Recent Book Activity

Books read in 2012 so far :

Mannen die vrouwen haten – Stieg Larsson (Milennium trilogy 1)
Steine auf dem Weg zum Pass – Anja Siouda (*****)
Sing you home – Jodi Picoult
Stiefland – Karlijn Stoffels
Een heel klein scheepje - Chris Yperman (DUD)
Frost at christmas - R.D. Wingfield (*****)
Erik - Godfried Bomans
In de hoogste versnelling - Jeremy Clarkson (Orig. : I know you got soul)
Het afscheid - Ivo Michiels
Tot stof vergaan - Tami Hoag (Orig. : dust to dust)(*****)
De welriekendedreef - Marcel Van Nieuwenborg
Muziek voor twee stemmen - Gerard Walschap
Midwinteroffer - Anna Jansson
Vingervlug - Sarah Waters (Fingersmith)
Oh Jackie O ! -Saskia Noort (dud)
De engel - John Katzenbach (Mad man's tale)
Paarden zijn ook varkens - Guido Van Heulendonck
De beloning - Margo Lanagan (The best thing)
Na mijn dood geschreven - J.H. Donner
Zussen - Danielle Steel (Sisters)
De grammatica van een niemand - Abdelkader Benali
The piano teacher - Elfriede Jellinek
Aan de wilde kant - Liesje Schreuders (dud)
Kwantum - Herman Brusselmans
De intrede van Christus in Brussel - Dimitri Verhulst
Rode rozen en tortilla's - Laura Esquivel (Like water for chocolates)
David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
De minnaar - Marguerite Duras (L'amant) (*****)
The return of the soldier - Rebecca West
Zusje - Camilla Läckberg (Olycksfägeln)
Niiwam - Sembène Ousmane (*****)
Puffins - Colin Baxter
Gedichten 1988 - verschillende auteurs
De facebookmoorden - Bart Debbaut
Het Bosgraf - Simone van der Vlugt (dud)
Begoochelingen - Nelleke Noordervliet (dud)
Specht en zoon - Willem Jan Otten
Histoires de rencontre - Maeve Binchy
Richtlijnen voor bedienden - Jonathan Swift (orig : directions to servants)
Lucrezia - Louis Couperus
Eerste liefde 1983 - various artists
Volgens de regels van de kunst - Thomas Van 't Land
S : a novel about the Balkans - Slavenca Drakulic (*****)
The diving Bell and the butterfly - Bauby
Ouwehoeren - Martine en Louise Fokkens
Reasons to live- Amy Hempel (*****)
Stil Water - Martien Beversluis -dud
De kus van Klimt - Jos Smeyers
De voorlezer - Bernard Schlink (*****)
Candy - Luke Davies
Beneath a darkening moon - Keri Arthur
Zeven gaatjes in m'n oor - Kate Rigby
Dodendans - Willy De Bleser
Zout op mijn huid - Benoîte Groult
Bezonken rood - Jeroen Brouwers
Last days of summer - Steve Kluger
I can see you - Karen Rose
De kerstman in september - Dirk Dufraing
Een zuil van zout - Kristien Hemmerechts (*****)
The Ghost Road - Pat Barker
Stuart - Alexander Masters
Postmortem - Patricia Cornwell (*****)
Summer Island - Kristin Hannah (reread)






Just a short 'note' on my wishlist : it is the path of to be read books I intend to follow ... :-)
It's my own version of (and slightly based on) the 1001 books -list featuring 1005 books you should 've read before you kick the ... yep.

I don't expect everybody who might have a copy of one of those to go through the effort (and money ) to send it to me ! (I might be interested in trading though)

I can read books in French, English and Dutch easily and in German with a bit of effort.
So for the wishlist tag games or exchanges : all titles can be in all of those languages.





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The book quiz reports the following , which is amazingly correct ;)

You're Thus Spoke Zarathustra!
by Friedrich Nietzsche
A tongue-in-cheek philosophical type, you enjoy making fun of others, but to make a serious point. While you feel that the world has generally been misled by others, you nonetheless feel driven to inspire people to undertake passionate work that raises themselves to new heights. Some think these heights will trample those around them and are concerned that you're defending fascism. After all, you have this nasty tendency to write things in blood. Your favorite comic book hero is Superman.


You're Ulysses!
by James Joyce
Most people are convinced that you don't make any sense, but compared to what else you could say, what you're saying now makes tons of sense. What people do understand about you is your vulgarity, which has convinced people that you are at once brilliant and repugnant. Meanwhile you are content to wander around aimlessly, taking in the sights and sounds of the city. What you see is vast, almost limitless, and brings you additional fame. When no one is looking, you dream of being a Greek folk hero.


You're Ireland!
Mystical and rain-soaked, you remain mysterious to many people, and this makes you intriguing. You also like a good night at the pub, though many are just as worried that you will blow up the pub as drink your beverage of choice. You're good with words, remarkably lucky, and know and enjoy at least fifteen ways of eating a potato. You really don't like snakes.