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Wilmar

From Leiden, Zuid-Holland Netherlands
Age 47
Joined Friday, June 13, 2003
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books registered 0 134
released in the wild 0 119
controlled releases 0 0
releases caught 0 78
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books found 0 24
tell-a-friend referrals 0 106
new member referrals 0 7
forum posts 0 494
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Hello there visitor!
Do you love to read, like me?
Then please take your time and look around on my shelf. If you find something you like, feel free to contact me.

About me:
I like to sleep, to cook, to run, to write, and lots of other things, but I simply *love* to read.

Just to give you an idea of my taste in books, a few of my favourite authors are: Arnaldur Indriðason; Thea Beckman; Louis Couperus; Renate Dorrestein; Hella S. Haasse; Barbara Kingsolver; Guus Kuijer; Astrid Lindgren; Margriet de Moor; F. Springer; Patrick Süskind; Fiona Walker & Oscar Wilde. As you see I like all sorts of books.

A few of my (all-time?) favourite books are:
~The Bone People: Keri Hulme~
~Bougainville: F. Springer~
~The Catcher in the Rye: J.D. Salinger~
~French Relations: Fiona Walker~
~De ontdekking van de hemel: Harry Mülisch~
~The Time Traveler's Wife: Audrey Niffenegger~ (*the 2004 read*)
~Middlesex: Jeffrey Eugenides~ (*the 2006 read*)

I'm currently reading:

* Maps: Nuruddin Farah

And of course there are also books that I would still like to read. Here's my wishlist (thank you cliff1976!). Somehow it keeps expanding...

Interested what I read this year?
Here you find the books I read in 2008. And, if you are really interested, here are 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004 as well.

These are my challenges for 2008 (the same as in 2007):
* Finally tackle my stress causing Pile TBR (status: 1 down, 3 to go) (2007: read 7)
* Read 30 books of my private Mount TBR (status: 16 down, 14 to go) (2007: read 29)
BookRings I joined:
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant: Anne Tyler (dank je wel Erbie!)
De Arkvaarders: Anne Provoost (dank je wel powerhouse!)
Gut Symmetries: Jeanette Winterson (thank you daemonwolf!)
Een liefde in Parijs: Remco Campert (dank je wel Moslog!)
Het Nederlandse bookcrossers namenboek: Vele bookcrossers (dank je wel Jehanne!)
Atonement: Ian McEwan (thank you elliemae!)
The Time Traveler's Wife: Audrey Niffenegger (thank you allbookedup!)
Vernon God Little: D.B.C. Pierre (thank you cestmoi!)
De zonnewijzer: Maarten 't Hart (dank je wel powerhouse!)
Alias Grace: Margaret Atwood (thank you squirrel818!)
Wijze vrouwen: Susan Smit (dank je wel Elefteria!)
The Bookseller of Kabul: Asne Seierstad (dank je wel Suzy26!)
De eetclub: Saskia Noort (dank je wel Binebal!)
Written on the Body: Jeanette Winterson (thank you daemonwolf!)
The Nanny Diaries: Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus (thank you WintersQT4ever!)
Het zwijgen van Maria Zachea: Judith Koelemeijer (dank je wel Bien!)
French Relations: Fiona Walker (thank you sugarnoise!)
Het onbegonnen feest: Els Pelgrom (dank je wel powerhouse!)
Geld kost tijd - voel je rijk en ontspan: Lisette Thooft (dank je wel Elefteria!)
Aldi klanten: Hanneke van Veen & Rob van Eeden (dank je wel dutch-flybabe!)
De Stomme van Kampen: Thea Beckman (dank je wel Batatinha!)
A is for Alibi: Sue Grafton (thank you vicki9170!)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: Dave Eggers (thank you Chellis & katalirob!)
De ûle, de slange en de stiennen: Irene Bal & Liuwe Westra (dank je wel AnnevO!)
Altijd Genoeg: Marieke Henselmans (dank je wel janna2!)
Een schitterend gebrek: Arthur Japin (dank je wel Dettie!)
The PowerBook: Jeanette Winterson (thank you daemonwolf!)
Schaduwzuster: Simone van der Vlugt (dank je wel bisa!)
Middlesex: Jeffrey Eugenides (dank je wel maupi!)
Het boek van alle dingen: Guus Kuijer (dank je wel Barbje!)
Me talk pretty one day: David Sedaris (thank you ajsmom!)
Engelenstem: Arnaldur Indridason (dank je wel LenaLena!)
Maandagskinderen: Arnaldur Indridason (dank je wel janna2!)
Vang me als ik val: Nicci French (dank je wel Impuls!)
Lila, Lila: Martin Suter (vielen Dank urpfi!)
BookRays I joined:
Tijl Uilenspiegel: Thomas Murner (dank je wel 1972Galadriel!)
Die Taube: Patrick Süskind (thank you buchsuch!)
Larry's Party: Carol Shields (thank you Flicki!)
Memoirs of a Geisha: Arthur S. Golden (thank you beatrice-s!)
De Mannen van Nederland: Sophie Perrier (dank je wel LenaLena!)
The Devil Wears Prada: Lauren Weisberger (thank you FiBe!)
The Wind in the Willows: Kenneth Grahame (dank je wel Plinius!)
The Handmaid's Tale: Margaret Atwood (thank you karendawn!)
Le Petit Prince: Antoine de Saint Exupéry (dank je wel owlet!)
Every Second Counts: Lance Armstrong (thank you Bunnybee!)
Hasse Simonsdochter: Thea Beckman (dank je wel powerhouse!)
De gouden dolk: Thea Beckman (dank je wel mybooks4u!)
Slaap!: Annelies Verbeke (dank je wel anness!)
Noorderveen: Arnaldur Indridason (dank je wel koekiebak!)
About a Boy: Nick Hornby (thank you Blue183!)
The Lady and the Unicorn: Tracy Chevalier (thank you BlueAmazon!)
The lovely Bones: Alice Sebold (thank you GorgeousGlo!)
Het Instituut: Vincent Bijlo (dank je wel captkoenig!)
BookRings & Rays I started:
Mijn grootmoeder had nooit gebrek aan tijd: Bodil Jönsson [onderweg/on its way]
Lots of Love: Fiona Walker [onderweg/on its way]
Does My Bum Look Big in This?: Arabella Weir [vastgelopen/stalled]
Love is a Four Letter Word: Claire Calman [kwijt?/book seems lost]
Sushi & Chardonnay: Yoyo van Gemerde [inmiddels rond/completed]
Moordkuil: Arnaldur Indridason [inmiddels rond/completed]
Zolang er leven is: Renate Dorrestein [inmiddels rond/completed]
Wild Release Catches: 31 out of 69 = 45%
01.
Lolita lezen in Teheran: Azar Nafisi
02. De oude slaaf en de bloedhond: Patrick Chamoiseau
03. Gloed: Sándor Márai
04. Boetekleed: Ian McEwan
05. De geest van Anil: Michael Ondaatje
06. Elementaire deeltjes: Michel Houellebecq
07. De asielzoeker: Arnon Grunberg
08. Schuld & boete: Ian Rankin
09. Between Males: Fiona Walker
10. Lucky Jim: Kingsley Amis
11. De stille kracht: Louis Couperus
12. Moordkuil: Arnaldur Indridason
13. Kroeglopen 2 Tweede bundel: Simon Carmiggelt
14. Tápame en andere Antilliaanse verhalen: Cornelis Goslinga
15. De nabestaanden: Monika Sauwer
16. De naam van de vader: Nelleke Noordervliet
17. Het leven op aarde: J. Slauerhoff
18. De complete gids handleeskunde: Peter West
19. Vóór alles een dame. Een vrolijke geschiedenis in dagelijkse afleveringen: Renate Dorrestein
20. Wraak in Laguna: T. Jefferson Parker
21. Het bezoek van de lijfarts: Per Olov Enquist
22. Deception Point: Dan Brown
23. Digital Fortress: Dan Brown
24. Angels & Demons: Dan Brown
25. Full Scoop: Janet Evanovich
26. A slipping down life: Anne Tyler
27. Polygamy: Gaye Shortland
28. Hou je mond!: Sophie Kinsella
29. The Japanese Corpse: Janwillem van de Wetering
30. Afgunst: Saskia Noort
31. Fantoompijn: Arnon Grunberg


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