Recent Book Activity

"In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others."
Andre Maurois





Books I have read in 2012:
Ellis Peters: The Rose Rent (bought) Lisa Ann Sandell: Song of the Sparrow (Castricum: AylaMey) Hadley Irwin: Een zomer met Lilith (present)CURRENTLY READING David Harp: 3 minuten meditaties(OBCZ-Studio-K) AND Louise Hay: Je kunt je leven helen (re-read) AND National Geographic: Sacred Places of a Lifetime (bought)AND Krishnamurti: Innerlijke eenvoud (dutchbooky)

Books I have read in 2011:
Joseph O'Neill: Netherland (RABCK from rapturina) Alexander McCall Smith: The Importance of Being Seven (bought) Alexander McCall Smith: The Sunday Philosophy Club (bought)Alexander McCall Smith: Friends, Lovers, Chocolate (present from Chris) Bill Bryne: A Short History of Nearly Everything (RABCK from maid-of-kent) Anne Donovan: Being Emily (OBCZ-westerpark)The 20th Century Artbook (OBCZ-westerpark ) James Finn Garner: Politically Correct Bedtime Stories (Bought) Sue Townsend: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 (Re-read, OBCZ-Studio-K) Roddy Doyle: The Woman Who Walked Into Doors (Bought) Rhonda Byrne: The Secret (bought in Dublin)Woordheks (samenst.): Inspiratie (gift) Edward Rutherfurd: Dublin(gift)Dr K. de Vries: De middeleeuwse Friese vrijheid (inherited) Yann Martel: The Life of Pi (OBCZDeDoelen)Sarah Dunant: The Birth of Venus (gift) Deepak Chopra: The Return of Merlin (re-read)Rohan Candappa: The Little Book of Stress (OBCZ-Westerpark) Aubrey Malone: Talk Nation (present)Sue Townsend: The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole (present) Kurt Vonnegut Jr: Mother Night (bougt)David Mitchell: Cloud Atlas (bought) David Crystal: The Stories of English (present) Gustave Flaubert: De legende van Sint Julianus (inherited)25 Lynne Truss: Going Loco (bought) De Dalai Lama: Vriendelijkheid en helder inzicht (Studio-K) Samenst. R. Kopland e.e.a: Stof zijn wij (present)Elaine N. Aron: Hoog sensitieve personen(bought) Edna O'Brien: House of Splendid Isolation (bought) Alexander McCall Smith: Bertie Plays the Blues (bought)Froukje Annema: Maleur yn Maaie (Aaltsje) Kader Abdolah: Dit mooie land (OBCZ-De Doelen)J. Dominguez & V. Robin: Your Money Your Life (OBCZ-Studio-K) Jonathan Stroud: The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book I(gift) Anne Doughty: Summer of the Hawthorn (bought)Chaim Potok: I Am The Clay (RABCK maid-of-kent) Ed. by Daily Mail: Do Crocodiles Cry? (Castricum/LenaLena) Agatha Christie: Dumb Witness (bought; re-read)Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt: Meneer Ibrahim en de bloemen van de Koran(Castricum) P. Harrap: Harrap's Picture Wordbook (Castricum) Hans van Hartevelt: De voorbestemming (bought)Ingrid Black: Het duister (re-read, van Mayti) Jan Bommerez: Minder moeten, meer FlowMitch Albom: The Five People You Meet in Heaven (re-read, bought) Elisabeth Goudge: Henriette's droomhuis (from janna2) 46 Chaim Potok: Davita's Harp (from maid-of-kent)Mellie Uyldert: Leven uit inspiratie (borrowed) Mrs Hungerford: Molly Bawn (inherited)Natasha Koning: Recepten voor peulvruchten (Castricum) Susanne Hühn: Spiritueller Schutz im Alltag (OBCZ-Westerpark) Robert Schoemacher & Roy Martina: Perfect Age (Castricum)

Books I have read in 2010:
Banana Yoshimoto: Hardboiled & Hard Luck (gift) Eckhart Tolle: The Power of NOW (borrowed from bassop) Uitg. Prometheus: Kort & goed (OBCZ-Studio-K/Talamasca)David Mitchell: Ghostwritten(OBCZ-Studio-K/afraberg) Padraic Colum: Het verhaal van de koningszoon van Ierland (RABCK from MarieBox) Ellis Peters: The Confession of Brother Haluin (gift) Johann Wolfgang Goethe: Het lijden van de jonge Werther (OBCZGriffioen/-Angela-) Akky van der Veer: Kuneara (RABCK from Mayti))Youp van 't Hek: Fax (bought) Chaim Potok: My Name is Asher Lev(OBCZ-Studio-K/Melanthe) Chaim Potok: The Gift of Asher Lev (bought)Madeline Bruser: The Art of Practising (OBCZ-Studio-K/afraberg) Jan van Kilsdonk: Met het licht van jouw ogen...(re-read) Sean O'Faolain: And Again (OBCZ Mulligans)Taisen Deshimaru: Questions to a Zen Master (RABCK from hippolein) Sel. by Brian Edwards: Book of Incredibly Short Stories (Present) Hildebrand: Camera Obscura (inherited)Jos Burgers: Hondenbrokken(gift) Lisa Tucker: The Song Reader (bought)Edna O'Brien: A Scandalous Woman (RABCK from oehoeboeroe) Ellis Peters: Het heilig vuur (gift)Chaim Potok: The Chosen (gift) Chaim Potok: The Promise (bought)Oscar Wilde: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (RABCK from MarieBox) Cervantes: Don Quichote I and II (inherited)Maeve Binchy: Nights of Rain and Stars (OBCZ Mulligans) Maeve Binchy: Het keerpunt (gift)Ed. by P. Fallon & D. Mahon: Contemporary Irish Poetry (OBCZ Mulligans) William Golding: Heer der vliegen (gift)Roddy Doyle: The Commitments (re-read) Lynne Truss: Talk to the Hand(re-read)Ingrid Black: Judashart (RABCK from smitjes) Georges Simenon: L'Homme de la Tour Eiffel (RABCK Stromend_Water) Cees Buddingh': Een pakje per dag (gift)Sean O'Faolain: The Heat of the Sun (OBCZ-Manu) Joseph O'Connor: The Secret World of the Irish Male (Mulligans) Mary: All That You Are (gift)Kazuo Ishiguro: The Remains of the Day (Mulligans) Deepak Chopra: The Return of Merlin (RABCK from dutch-flybabe) Chr. Rueger: De muzikale huisapotheek (bought)T.A. Hooftman: Wanneer moet ik in den nacht mijn dokter laten komen? (inherited) Mies Bouhuys: Rijmpjes en versjes uit Grootmoeder's tijd (OBCZ-Griffioen) W. Somerset Maugham: Collected Short Stories vol. 4 (OBCZ-Studio-K) 45 Marina Lewycka: A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (RABCK from Gritty)

Books I have read in 2009:
Robin Hobb: Shaman's Crossing (Part I of The Soldier Son Trilogy; Re-read; Present) Robin Hobb: Forest Mage (Part II of The Soldier Son Trilogy; Re-read; bought) Robin Hobb: Renegade's Magic (Part III of The Soldier Son Trilogy; present from Corry) Marten Toonder: En daar houd ik mij aan (Re-read; bought) Ian MacEwan: Amsterdam (bookray hosted by ariuca)Alexander McCall Smith: Het raadsel van de pompoen (library) Lynne Truss: Talk to the Hand (RABCK from rapturina) Ben Mackworth-Praed: The Book of Kells (from smitjes)Rodney Bolt: The Xenophobe's Guide to the Dutch (OBCZ De Doelen) W.H. Auden: Oxford Book of Light Verse (from boekenxnl through OBCZ-Publiek) Caroline Mathieu: Guide to the Musée d'Orsay (bought) Deepak Chopra: The Path to Love (a present from Jeanine)John O'Farrell: An Utterly Impartial History of Britain (RABCK from Rapturina) Paulo Coelho: De heks van Portobello (from Afraberg through OBCZ-Studio-K) Gustave Flaubert: Madame Bovary (bought)Deepak Chopra: De zeven spirituele wetten van succes (from Jetske) Banana Yoshimoto: Kitchen (through OBCZ-Studio-K from iiwi) John O'Farrell: The Best a Man Can Get (RABCK from Lellie)F. Bordewijk: Blokken/knorrende beesten/bint (OBCZ De Doelen) Emma Donoghue: Kissing the Witch (bought)Greg Behrendt & Liz Tuccillo: He's just not that into you (OBCZ-Studio-K) Marian Keyes: The Other Side of the Story (from OBCZ-Paris) Van Gool e.a.: Pocahontas (RABCK from Hoisvolbuukskes)Maarten H. Rijkens: I always get my sin (bookswap with dutchbooky) Evert van Straaten: Johannes Vermeer 1632-1675 (OBCZ-De Doelen) F. Scott Fitzgerald: Tender is the Night (from Jeanine)Youp van't Hek: En het bleef nog lang onrustig in mijn hoofd (OBCZ De Doelen) Kees Fens: De eigenzinnigheid van de literatuur (bought) Sue Townsend: The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (a present)Marian Keyes: No Dress Rehearsal(re-read) Maeve Binchy: The Return Journey (from chamonix44) Edna O'Brien: Girls in Their Married Bliss (bought)Paul Gallico: Ada Harris gaat naar New York (OBCZ-Mulligans) Paul Gallico: The Poseidon Adventure (RABCK from ekke) Marten Toonder: Het Gouden Bommelboek (OBCZ-Studio-K)Edna O'Brien: The Love Object (bought) Philippa Gregory: The Wise Woman (OBCZ-Paris)John Connolly: The Book of Lost Things (present from Ali) Alexander McCall Smith: Love over Scotland (Findhorn Boutique) Agatha Christie: The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (present) Alexander McCall Smith: De goede echtgenoot van de Zebra Drive (library) Michael Moore: Stupid White Men (Findhorn Boutique)Edna O'Brien: The High Road (bought) Laura Day: Durf te vertrouwen op je gevoel (Mulligans) Samenst. Adriaan Morriën: Beeldende poëzie: Amsterdam (present)Alexander McCall Smith: The World of Bertie (book-swap with rahar109) Alexander McCall Smith: The Unbearable Lightness of Scones (bought) Sue Townsend: Adrian Mole, The Cappucino Years (present) Mitch Albom: The Five People You Meet in Heaven (RABCK from dutch-flybabe) Vatsyayana: A Lover's Alphabet (gift)Mako Yoshikawa: 101 regels van de liefde (through OBCZ-Studio-K from afraberg) Bram Stoker: Dracula (OBCZ-Studio-K))Marian Keyes: Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married (OBCZ-Paris)) Alexander McCall Smith: Dream Angus (Findhorn Boutique)) Floor Buschenhenke: Eiland op sterk water(RABCK from Wollie!)Cormac McCarthy: The Road (OBCZ-Lef) Mies Bouhuys: Rijmpjes en versjes uit grootmoeders tijd (OBCZ-Griffioen) Marion Bradley: The Mists of Avalon (Bought)Vincent van Gogh, Japanese catalogue by Exhibition 1976/77(OBCZ-De Doelen) Jules Verne: Around the World in 80 Days (OBCZ-Studio-K) Dolf de Vries: Ierland in een rugzak (RABCK from Yinny)Ian McEwan: Boetedoening (OBCZ-NPK) Jacob Weisberg: George W. Bushisms (OBCZ-Mulligans) Marian Keyes: Anybody Out There(OBCZ-Studio-K)Marianne Keser: Lieve Vrouwe(RABCK van Reijsje) Ed. by Joseph O'Connor: Yeats is Dead(re-read)Ingrid Black: Gevallen meisjes (bought)

Books I have read in 2008:
James Joyce: Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man(OBCZ Lef) Dick Slootweg: De B-kant van de Beat (a present from Jan) J.D. Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye (RABCK from fairy-dust)Robert Emmons': Thanks! (RABCK from wollie) Edna O'Brien: Huis van volmaakte eenzaamheid (OBCZ Lef) Edna O'Brien: Mother Ireland (from Moem)Alexander McCall Smith: Goede zeden voor mooie meisjes (Library) Alexander McCall Smith: De Kalahari avondschool(Library) Alexander McCall Smith: The Full Cupboard of Life (RABCK from Kerriou) Fish!: A remarkable way to improve results by S.C. Lundin (OBCZ Lef) Het zilveren spoor by Anthony van Kampen (present from Yinny) Ferrifeljende froulju by Dorine van den Beukel (present from Mayti) James Joyce: Ulysses (Bought)Further Under the Duvet by Marian Keyes (RABCK from plum-crazy) Wie was/who was/qui était/quién fué Rembrandt by Dr J. Hulsker (2 x)(inherited) The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne(a brandnew gift from Yinny!) National Geographic: 100 beste foto's(from afraberg through OBCZ-Studio-K) Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho(present from franaloe) Levenslessen by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross & David Kessler(present from wollie) Love in Another Town by Barbara Taylor Bradford(RABCK from Joanazinha) Zaterdag by Youp van 't Hek (from Moem)Bent u iemand? by Nuala O'Faolain (RABCK from boom-soma) Love in Amsterdam by Nicolas Freeling(OBCZ De Doelen) Heart Songs by Annie Proulx (RABCK from foxed)De alchemist by Paulo Coelho (RABCK from Marsala) The President is a Lot Smarter Than You Think by G.B. Trudeau (OBCZ-Studio-K) The Painter by Will Davenport (RABCK from samulli) In de soete suikerbol by W.G. van de Hulst (unfinished; RABCK from oehoeboeroe) Mijn leven als fotomodel by Daphne Deckers(obcz-npk)Het zal me jeuken by Youp van 't Hek(from Phoenix-Flight through OBCZ-Studio-K) Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie(RABCK from Yinny) Punt van uitgang by Jaap Romijn(geërfd)Down by the River by Edna O'Brien (from silvertje through oehoeboeroe) Delights, Dilemma's and Decisions by Maggie Bedrosian(present from wollie) De essentie van het evenwicht by De Dalai Lama(from obcz-npk/ wollie) Alexander McCall Smith: Blue Shoes and Happiness (RABCK from tabby-cat-owner) Yvonne Kronenberg: Het zit op de bank en het zapt (RABCK from Linniepinnie) Arthur Japin: De klank van sneeuw (borrowed)Kurt Vonnegut, Jr: Mother Night(bought) Rembrandt, 1606-1669 by Michael Bockemühl(bought) Simon Carmiggelt: Speciaal voor u (OBCZ-Studio-K)Anne Enright: The Gathering (trade with kizmiaz) Anne Wilson Schaef: Altijd bezig (OBCZ-NPK; unfinished) Amy Hall: Het leven is mooi! (OBCZ-NPK)John Irivng: Het leven volgens Garp (OBCZ-NPK) Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray(RABCK from both Marsala and Joshua-Mozes!) Edna O'Brien: Mrs Reinhardt and Other Stories (bought) Paul Gallico: Love of Seven Dolls (3rd re-read; bought)Dan Brown: The Da Vinci Code(in Dutch: OBCZ-Lef, and English: bought) Simon Vestdijk: Ierse nachten(unfinished; from Moem through OBCZ-Mulligans) Dennis Wheatly: The Irish Witch (RABCK from Reijsje) Benoîte Groult: Uit liefde voor het leven(OBCZ-Mulligans)Paulo Coelho: Brida (ringbook, courtesy of -Nika-) Joseph Ostrom: Understanding Auras (RABCK from AnnevO) Jodi Picoult: Second Glance(Present from Ann)Rosemary Roberts: Keltische spiritualiteit (Present from dutch-book) Jostein Gaarder: De wereld van Sophie (RABCK from boom-soma) Judith Viorst: Noodzakelijk verlies (from Jeanine and Paul)Peter Vervloed: De weg terug (RABCK from Soloo) Tjaal Aeckerlin: Tanda mata 2 (present from Tjaal(!) Roddy Doyle: The Commitments (RABCK from maid-of-kent)Roisin McAuley: Mijn Ierse dochter (RABCK from Boekenxl) Nevil Shute: On the Beach (RABCK from 1972Galadriel) Alexander McCall Smith: The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs (RABCK from Lukutulli) Het toekomend jaar 3000: verhalen (RABCK from SylS and Saxosan)Alexander McCall Smith: 44 Scotland Street (RABCK from yorkshire-lass) Alexander McCall Smith: Espresso Tales (RABCK from violoncellix) Maeve Binchy: This Year it Will be Different (audiobook-RABCK from booklady 331) Louise Hay: Gedachten van innerlijke wijsheid (re-read; bought) J.R.R. Tolkien: The Children of Húrin (present from Sinterklaas) Tad Williams: Caliban's wraak (RABCK from Carto)Susanna Tamaro: For Solo Voice (from obcz-npk) Sue Townsend: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4

Books I have read in 2007 after joining Bookcrossing in April 2007:
Lewis Carroll: Alice in Wonderland (RABCK from smitjes) D.H Lawrence: Sons and Lovers (and another RABCK from smitjes!) Kenneth Grahame: The Wind in the Willows (RABCK from RickyDD) De vrouwen van Napoleon (thanks to my mum)Louise Hay: Leef nu! (RABCK from Bassman2211) C. Linedecker: Een passie voor moordenaars(thanks to OBCZMulligan's) Ingrid Black: Het duister (book-exchange with Mayti) Yeats is Dead! by 15 Irish authors (thanks to OBCZ Mulligan's) Peter R. de Vries: Uit de dossiers van commissaris Toorenaar (OBCZ Mulligan's) Ronald Shone: Creative Visualization (thanks to myself;-) Benoîte Groult: Het leven zoals het is (thanks to OBCZMulligan's) Kees Fens: Op weg naar het schavot (borrowed from Han) Maeve Binchy: Scarlet Feather (bought) Marian Keyes: Sushi for Beginners (bought) J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (bought) Pearl Abraham: Vreugde der wet (thanks to OBCZMulligan's) Kahlil Gibran: De dwaas (twice in a row, borrowed from bassop) Edna O'Brien: Ik heb je nauwelijks gekend, Johnny (RABCK from Yinny) Youp van 't Hek: Rijke meiden en andere verhalen (Another RABCK from Yinny) Marian Keyes: No Dress Rehearsal (bought) Paul Newham: The Healing Voice (borrowed from bassop) Padraic O'Farrell: How the Irish speak English (thanks to Rubberchicken) De Dalai Lama i.s.m. Howard Cutler: De kunst van het geluk (borrowed from bassop) Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: Slaughterhouse-Five (RABCK from moogytee) Irish Girls About Town by 13 Irish women authors (bookray hosted by bluesneak) Alexander McCall Smith: Het geheim van de krokodil (library) Alexander McCall Smith: Tears of the Giraffe (OBCZ Mulligan's) Ann Pratchett: Bel Canto (RABCK from lonerunner) Edna O'Brien: The Country Girls (RABCK from BookCrosser) Edna O'Brien: Girl with Green Eyes (bought)Rob McGibbon: Eminem. The Real F*cking Story(in German, a RABCK from samulli) Jean-Paul Sartre: Les jeux sont faits (courtesy of Moem) Philip Pullman: The Subtle Knife (RABCK from DrSlump612)Philip Pullman: The Amber Spyglass (a present from Corry) Maeve Binchy: In het hart van Dublin( OBCZ Mulligan's) Susanna Clarke: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (RABCK from Boekies)

Trilaloe

'For it is in giving that we receive
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned'
St Francis of Assissi