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Hello! This was my sort of comment-to-be-added-sticky-post for 2018.
Now it's just a list of the books I read this year.
You can find my new reading-list on top of my LJ:)


What I read in 2018
How this list works: Book(s) I am reading | Books I have read + date | link to review (or credit;)

MY 2018 BOOKLIST
Bookpile in December 2017
  • Olento Salaperäinen - A Field Guide to Fantastical Beasts (Sinterklaas)
  • Robert Lagendijk - Ajeto! Het Verhaal van Buurman en Buurman (Sinterklaas)
  • J.K. Rowling - Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them Screenplay
  • Margaret Atwood - Moral Disorder 14 JAN.
  • Wim Sonneveld & Hubert Janssen - Opnieuw Nabij 17 FEB.
  • Margaret Atwood & Johnnie Chrismas & Tamra Bonvillain - Angel Catbird 19 MAR.
  • Sue Lloyd-Roberts & Sarah Morris - The War on Women (and the Brave Ones Who Fight Back) 28 JULY
  • Maggie Stiefvater - The Raven Boys 6 FEB.
  • Wim Sonneveld & Friso Wiegersma - Niemand Dan Wij 23 FEB. (present from Sinterklaas)
  • Margaret Atwood - The Door
  • Stephen Wildish - How to Swear
  • Naomi Alderman - The Power 11 FEB. (bday present from tanisafan)
  • Sarah Winman - Tin Man 16 MAR. (bday present from tanisafan)
  • Dave Eggers - Heroes of the Frontier 2 APR. (bday present from mom)
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton - What Happened 30 JAN. (bday present from brotherdearest)

  • Added in February
  • K.J. Charles - The Magpie Lord 9 MAR. (bday present from Jelle)
  • K.J. Charles - A Case of Possession 13 MAR. (bday present from Jelle)
  • K.J. Charles - Flight of Magpies 24 MAR. (bday present from Jelle)
  • Maggie Stiefvater - The Dream Thieves 21 APR.

  • Added in March
  • Myrthe van der Meer - PAAZ 13 JUNE
  • Griet op de Beeck - Gezien de Feiten 8 APR. (freebie for Bookweek:)

  • Added in April
  • Hella S. Haasse - Oeroeg 17 MAY
  • Jan Terlouw - Natuurlijk 20 APR.
  • Maggie Stiefvater - Blue Lily, Lily Blue12 MAY
  • M.C. Beaton - Minerva (The Six Sisters part 1) XX APR.1
  • M.C. Beaton - The Taming of Annabelle (The Six Sisters part 2) NOPE2
  • Ben Aaronovitch - Moon over Soho 28 JUNE (Peter Grant series part 2)
  • Ben Aaronovitch - Whispers Underground XX AUG. (Peter Grant series part 3)

  • Added in May
  • Maggie Stiefvater - The Raven King 1 JUNE
  • Lynn S. Zuberniss - Family Don't End With Blood

  • Added in June
  • Olja Savičević - Vaarwel, Cowboy 12 SEP. (Dutch translation from Croatian 'Adio Kauboju';
    title in UK: Farewell, Cowboy; in USA: Adios, Cowboy...)
  • Euripides - Medea (in English;)
  • Sophocles - Antigone (in English;)
  • Kamila Shamsie - Home Fire 10 AUG.
  • A. den Doolaard - De Bruiloft der Zeven Zigeuners (copy for Mom's Bday:)

  • Added in August
  • George Orwell - 1984
  • George Orwell - Animal Farm 25 SEP.
  • George Orwell - Down and Out in Paris and London XX OCT.
  • Virginia Bergin - Who Runs the World 22 OCT.
  • Ben Aaronovitch - Broken Homes 16 NOV. (Peter Grant series part 4)
  • Ben Aaronovitch - Foxglove Summer (Peter Grant series part 5)
  • Ben Aaronovitch - The Hanging Tree (Peter Grant series part 6)
  • The Detection Club - The Anatomy of Murder

  • Added in September
  • Jan Austen & Seth Grahm Smith - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (present from tanisafan)
  • Mitch Albom - For One More Day (present from tanisafan)
  • Maggie Stiefvater - Ballad (present from tanisafan)
  • Ethel Portnoy - Zielespijs En Wat Verder Ter Tafel Komt 1 JAN. 2019 (that totally counts for 2018;)

  • Added in October
  • Arend van Dam - De Reis Van Syntax Bosselman
  • Simon van der Geest - Spinder
  • Jozua Douglas - De Eilandenruzie (Freebie for Children's Bookweek)
  • Nelleke Noordervliet - Door Met De Strijd (Essay for History Month)
  • Richard Herring - Emercency Questions (paperback, Christmas & new hardback!)
  • Richard Herring - How Not To Grow Up! 8 DEC.

  • Added in December
  • Martine de Jong - De Aanloopman (Sinterklaas:) 15 DEC.
  • Arjen Lubach - Magnus (Sinterklaas:)
  • Andrew Sean Greer - Less (Bday present from [profile] kennsea)
  • Tonke Dragt - Als De Sterren Zingen (Bday present from brotherdearest)
  • Stephen Fry - Mythos (Bday present from tanisafan)
  • Circe - Madeline Miller (Bday present from tanisafan)


  • From the Library
  • Hubert Janssen - De Suikerzoete Madonna 7 APR.


  • Rereading
    This year I want to reread: Audrey Niffenegger - The Time Traveler's Wife 4 MAR.
    & Thea Beckman - Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek (Crusade in Jeans)

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    1Resented the subplot in this so much that had to fastforward and skip bits, as a result
    2this second sisterbook will not be opened; both books are dismissed, bleech.
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    Happy Reading! ~ J.
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