Go to bed with a book (or at least someone who's read one)

[beelikej]

Hello! In the old days this post at the top of my LiveJournal & Dreamwidth would be called the "comment-to-be-added-post", these days it's a sticky post; I make a new one every year:)
My journal is not locked; you are welcome to read all my posts. I am a hermit, but I do like to interact here with fellow fangirls or passers-by and I encourage you to comment on any of my posts at any time. (I especially love responses to my artposts; it's NEVER too late to tell me what you think of those *grins*)

If you find my journal's dark background hard on the eyes:

you can watch any page on LJ and DW in your own journal's style by adding ?style=mine behind the url.

or if you add ?format=light, you get the standard lay-out with the white background.

(If the url already contains a questionmark, use an ampersand (&) instead:)

Also: I made a step-by-step post on how to back-up your LJ [DW]

Despite my occasional use of harsh language and posts about sensitive or personal subjects, I chose to not put an age warning on my journal. I will not censor what I choose to share online. I'm a green left voting atheist woman, HEAR ME ROAR!

I was an active participant in several fandoms, as a moderator and artwork creator; there are links in my sidebar if you want to explore any of the fancommunities I played in:)
If you're curious about my creations, you can check my Artmasterlists, that are also on top of my LJ & DW. I made so many fanworks over the years, I had to split the list in two:
Artmasterlist 2010-2018 [DW] | Artmasterlist 2019 and beyond [DW])

To remind myself there is more to life than being online,
I keep my booklist at the top of my LJ. That's ironic, Alanis.

What I'm reading in 2024
How this list works: Book(s) I am in the middle of | Books I have read + date | link to review (or credit;) | DNF = Did not finish (gave up)

MY 2023 BOOKLIST
Left over books from 2023 (and before)

Le Deuxième Sexe - Simone de Beauvoir (Dutch translation, August 2021) DNF JAN2024

Zwerfgoed - Katinka Polderman & Sophie Reinders (October 2021)

Skulls, Portraits of the Dead - Paul Gambino (2021 Birthdaygift from Mom)

Terra Ultima - Raoul Deleo (December 2022)

Christmas Books - Charles Dickens (2022 Birthdaygift from T.)

The Future is Female, volume 2 - the 1970s (2022 Birthdaygift from brother H.) 10 JAN.

Jheronimus Bosch, Visioenen van een Genie - Matthijs Ilsink & Jos Koldeweij (February 2023)

The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde (Kickstarter Black edition, February 2023)

Librorum Ridiculorum - Brian Lake (March 2023) 15 JULY

Faces in the Water - Janet Frame (March 2023) 31 JAN.

Zwolle 40-45 - Herman Aarts & Paul Harmens (May 2023) 20 MAY

De Schone Slaper e.a. verhalen - Jan Vander Laenen (June 2023) Note: NSFW!!

Kindred - Octavia E. Butler (September 2023) 15 MAR.

The Periodic Table Of Feminism - Marisa Bate (October 2023) 17 JUNE

The Little Book of Shakespeare's Insults - Stella Caldwell (October 2023) 14 NOV.

The Return of the Soldier - Rebecca West (October 2023) 7 MAR.

A View of the Harbour - Elizabeth Taylor (née Coles) (October 2023)1 NOV

The Weather in the Streets - Rosamond Lehmann (October 2023)

This Book Will Send You To Sleep - K. McCoy & Hardwick [UK edition] (November 2023) 16 MAY

This Book *Will* Put You To Sleep - K. McCoy & Hardwick [USA edition] (November 2023)

Loitering with Intent - Muriel Spark (November 2023) 15 FEB.

Added in December 2023

Fortuna's Kinderen - Annejet van der Zijl (Sinterklaas 2023) 28 SEP.

Het Lied van Ooievaar en Dromedaris - Anjet Daanje (Sinterklaas 2023) 15 NOV.

Small Things Like These - Claire Keegan (2023 Birthdaygift from T.) 24 JAN.

Het Onofficiële Kookboek voor Harry Potter Fans - Tom Grimm (2023 Birthdaygift from Mom)

jl. - Anjet Daanje (2023 Birthdaygift from Mom) 21 APR.

De Herinnerde Soldaat - Anjet Daanje (2023 Birthdaygift from J.) 16 JULY

The Boy, the Mole, The Fox and the Horse; the Animated Story - Charlie MacKesy - NLD translation by Arthur Japin (2023 Birthdaygift from M.) 9 DEC.

Added in January

The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels 4 APR.

The Atheist's Mass - Honoré de Balzac 25 MAR.

A Single Man - Christopher Isherwood 6 OCT.

Added in March

Just Stab Me Now - Jill Bearup 20 MAY

Added in May

Dracula - Bram Stoker 14 SEP.

Powers of Darkness (The Lost Version of Dracula) - Valdimar Ásmundsson

Kinderen Krijgen Is Optioneel - Marloes de Vries 25 MAY

Added in May

De Opoponax - Monique Wittig (FR)

Vrouwenguerrilla - Monique Wittig (FR) 9 JULY

3Pak2019 - o.a. Joost Klein 26 JUNE

Added in July

De Chocolade Villa - Maria Nikolai 3 AUG [Review-in Dutch;)

Added in August

De Grote Van Gogh Atlas - Nienke Denekamp & René van Blerk

Added in November

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

Heartburn - Nora Ephron 2 DEC

Added in December

Ongemakkelijke Mensen - Elly Biesters (Sinterklaas 2024)

Buried Deep - Naomi Novik (Sinterklaas 2024)

Moresnet - Philip Dröge (Sinterklaas 2024)

Happy Reading! ~ J.
What I read in 2023 [DW] / 2022 [DW] / 2021 [DW] / 2020 / 2019 / 2018 / 2017 / 2016 / 2015 / 2014 / 2013 / 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008
My old archive of alphabetized book reviews / Readingcommunity thej2bee LJ