Member: BoekenTrol71

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About meMy life has become so much richer since I was tought how to read...
After the grammar school and University years with their compulsory reading of heavy literature in big quantities I'm now finding my way back to literature, just because I like to read something that I do have to chew on a bit longer. Apart from that, for me books are a way to learn about the world, other people's idea's. When reading a book, it is like a movie starts in my head. No need to see "the film, based on..." for me

About my libraryI like historical novels like Pillars of the Earth, thrillers & espionage books, literature. I also like books on language. What I definitely don't like is chicklit, most romance books, books on (child) abuse, vampire & werewolf books, westerns.

I am trying to read as many books of the 1001-list as I possibly can.

Groups100 books in 2014 challenge, 1001 Books to read before you die, 2015 ROOT Challenge - (Read Our Own Tomes), 75 Books Challenge for 2013, 75 Books Challenge for 2015, 75 Books Challenge for 2016, Alphabet Challenges, Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction, BookCrossers, British & Irish Crime Fiction —show all groups, Combiners!, Common Knowledge, WikiThing, HelpThing, Crime, Thriller & Mystery, For BookCrossers: reduce MTBR 2015 Challenge, For BookCrossers: Reduce MTBR 2016 Challenge, For BookCrossers: Reduce MTBR Challenge 2014, Literary Centennials

Favorite authorsJ. Bernlef, Tom Clancy, James Clavell, John Irving, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Robert Ludlum, Henning Mankell, Cody McFadyen, James A. Michener, Tom Rob Smith, Lulu Wang, Herbjørg Wassmo (Shared favorites)

VenuesFavorites | Visited

Favorite bookstoresBoekhandel Van der Velde, Polare Leeuwarden

Favorite librariesBibliotheek Leeuwarden, OBCZ Tresoar

Other favoritesTRESOAR - Fries Historisch en Letterkundig Centrum

Favorite listsTop Five Books of 2015

Homepagehttp://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf

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Real nameGrada

LocationThe Netherlands

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Member sinceMar 31, 2013

Currently readingThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon