beelikej | Readinglist 2009 (Reply)

Oh hello flist,
this was my comment-to-be-added-sticky-post. Now all that's left of it is the list of books I read in 2009:) Enjoy. A list for 2010 will be up soon!

Happy reading! - J.

How this list works...

Books that are waiting for my attention.

Book(s) I am reading

~~Books I have read~~ date in dutch

link to review (or credit;)

MY 2009 BOOKLIST
Left overs 2008

Floortje Zwigtman - Kersenbloed (prequel to the Green Carnation Trilogy*)

~~Will Ferguson - Happiness~~ finished 20feb Review!

Germaine Greer - The Boy (Dutch edition De Jongen)²

~~Tonke Dragt - Verhalen van de Tweelingbroers~~ finished 7apr Review!

~~Tonke Dragt - Brief Voor De Koning~~ [childhood reread] finished 4mei Review!

~~Tonke Dragt - Geheimen Van Het Wilde Woud~~ [sequel to above] finished 16mei Review!

Roald Dahl - Gruwelijke Rijmen (Revolting Rhymes)

~~Jeroen Brouwers - Liefste In De Verte~~ finished 22apr 10words review

~~Yvonne Kronenberg - Mannenwerk~~ finished 4feb 10words review

~~Susan Smit - Kijk Naar Me~~ quit reading 22apr 10words review

~~Douglas R. Hofstadter - Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern~~
(on loan from brotherdearest) finished 3feb I wrote reviews per chapter: Science, Numbers, Default sexism

~~Aidan Chambers - Breaktime/Dance On My Grave~~ finished 11mrt Review Breaktime / Review Dance On My Grave

~~Aidan Chambers - Now I know/The Toll Bridge~~ finished 28mrt Reviews!

~~Tony Kushner - Angels in America~~ finished 25sept Bookreview (saw the amazing play in May 2008)

Added December 2008

~~Bad Girls Of Pulp Fiction~~ (present from

kennedy_unknown) finished 20feb Review with picture!

~~Karel Glastra van Loon - De Liefde Komt Altijd Te Laat~~ finished 23apr 10words review

~~Frans Kellendonk - Mystiek Lichaam~~ (present from Jelle) finished 11feb Review!

~~Giovanni Boccaccio - Slimme Vrouwen, Ten stories from De Camerone~~ (present from Gayleen) finished 28mrt Review!

~~Joris Luyendijk - Een Tipje Van de Sluier~~ (present from brotherdearest) finished 24feb Review!

~~J.K. Rowling - The Tales Of Beedle The Bard~~ finished 30mrt Review!

Added January 2009

~~Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman - Good Omens~~ (present from

tanisafan) finished 21mrt Review!

~~David Thewlis - The Late Hector Kipling~~ (present from

tanisafan) finished 21apr Review!

~~25 jaar Loesje: Ik heb altijd een roos klaar staan op het balkon... voor het geval dat~~ finished 7mei Review!

~~Kees 't Hart - De Revue~~ (was probably reading this when I moved house years ago, found it on my bookshelf and didn't recognize it) finished 2okt Review!

Added February 2009

~~Marco Polo *g* - Istanbul~~ finished 13mrt

~~Mini Capitool - Istanbul~~ finished 13mrt

Here is my travelreport (with bits and pieces of information on Istanbul inspired by two books above;)

Added March 2009

~~Annelies Verbeke - Groener Gras~~ finished 8sept 10words review

~~Tim Krabbé - Een Tafel Vol Vlinders~~ finished 1apr Review!

~~Middas Dekkers - Piep~~ finished 24apr Review!

~~Aidan Chambers - Postcards From No Man's Land~~ finished 25okt Review!

Added April 2009

~~Sean Kennedy - Tigers And Devils~~ finished 15jul Review!

Added May 2009

~~Pierre et Gilles - Sailors & Sea~~ finished 16mei review with pictures!

~~Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata - Deathnote 10, 11, 12~~ finished 11aug Review!

Tom Of Finland - XXL² (pictures of this HUGE art-book;)

~~Charles Darwin - On The Origin Of Species~~ finished 6nov Review!

~~Richard Dawkins - The God Delusion~~ finished 4sept Review!

~~Ariel Levy - Female Chauvinist Pigs~~ finished 18aug Review!

~~Matthew Chapman - 40 Days And 40 Nights~~ finished 18sept Review!
Added June 2009

~~Esther Verhoef - Erken Mij~~ (freebie because of bookshop's ThrillerMonth) finished 5sept 10words review

Added July 2009

~~Kennilworthy Whisp - Quidditch Through The Ages~~ (from the library of Hogwarts) finished 28sept Review!

~~Newt Scamander - Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them~~ (from the library of Hogwarts) finished 22sept Review!

~~Claire Messud - The Emperor's Children~~ (On loan from Jelle) finished 7aug Review!

Added August 2009

~~George Eliot - The Mill On The Floss~~ finished 24dec Review!

~~Best Erotic Comics 2008 - Edited by Greta Christina~~ finished 17aug

~~Rudi van Dantzig - De Bruid Staat Rechts Van U~~ (found in dearestbrother's storage) finished 5sept 10words review

Dirk van Weelden - Mobilhome (found in dearestbrother's storage)

Added October 2009

Kjersti Scheen - Maanmeisje¹ (bought for Children's bookweek)

~~Paul van Loon - Dolfje Weerwolfje~~ (bought for Children's bookweek) finished 8nov Review!

~~Jan Paul Schutten / Taufiq de Water - De Wraak Van Het Spruitje~~ (a gift for Children's bookweek) finished 9nov 10words review

~~John Barrowman - Anything Goes~~ finished 16nov Review!

Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee - Inherit The Wind (saw the play Oct 23-2009)

Added November 2009

~~Hella Haasse - Oeroeg~~ (Gift from the library because of "The Netherlands is reading Campaign 2009") finished 17nov 10 words review

Aidan Chambers - This Is All

~~Dash and Dingo In Search Of The Tasmanian Tiger - Catt Ford & Sean Kennedy~~ finished 21nov Review!

James Hanley - Boy

Added December 2009

xkcd - Volume 0

Dave Eggers - The Wild Things

Audrey Niffenegger - Her Fearful Symmetry

Bill Bryson - Troublesome Words

Hamilton & Cummings - CSI: Intern At Your Own Risk (Manga!)

Mitch Albom - Tuesdays With Morrie

John Barrowman - I Am What I Am (Thank you Jelle!)

Charles Darwin - The Descent Of Man

Wallpaper City Guide - Reyjavik

Maarten 't Hart - Het Dovemansorendieet

Arthur Japin - Zoals Dat Gaat Met Wonderen

Banksy - Wall and Piece

I plan to reread these:

*The first two parts of Floortje Zwigtman's Green Carnation Trilogy because/before the final part of the trilogy will be released in October 2010! Sadly only available in Dutch, but here is an English post that you should read;)

Dagboek van Anne Frank (Diary)

All the Harry Potter books before the new film is -finally- released (15 July 2009):

~~The Philosopher's Stone~~ finished 22mei

~~The Chamber Of Secrets~~ finished 26mei

~~The Prisoner Of Azkaban~~ finished 3jun

~~The Goblet Of Fire~~ finished 13jun

~~The Order Of The Phoenix~~ finished 28jun

~~The Halfblood Prince~~ finished 10jul discuss this book here!

21 July: Have seen the film, now ready for Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows:)

Rudi van Dantzig - Voor Een Verloren Soldaat (For A Lost Soldier)

¹Reading on the bus
²Coffeetable book(s)

Wishlist

~~Edward Tufte - The Visual Display of Quantitative Information~~ (Brought to my attention thanks to this xkcd comic) (ordered it from amazon 28dec)