Keeping track of 2011
Last year I had fun listing all the books I read, and I'm off again, so here we go :)
Listed is my finish date, title, author, original publishing year, number of pages, and the language.
- 1] January 5: 'De ontdekking van de hemel' by Harry Mulisch, 1992; 936 p. (Dutch, original)
- 2] January 15: 'Vaslav' by Arthur Japin, 2010; 374 p. (Dutch, original)
- 3] January 17: 'Nachtverhaal' by Paul Biegel, 1992; 159 p. (Dutch, original)
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- 4] 'Noorderburen' by Nico Dros (Dutch, original)
- 5] 'Opwaaiende zomerjurken' by Oek de Jong (Dutch, original)
- 6] 'How to write a damn good novel' by James N. Frey (Dutch translated from English)
- 7] May: 'Het verhaal van Aeneas' (Aeneid) by Vergilius (Dutch translated from Latin)
- 8] June: 'Pippi Langkous' by Astrid Lindgren (Dutch translated from Swedish)
- 9] July: 'No Plot? No Problem!' by Chris Baty (English, original)
- 10] July: 'De gebroeders Leeuwenhart' by Astrid Lindgren (Dutch translated from Swedish)
- 11] July: 'Nils Holgerssons wonderbare reis' by Selma Lagerlöf (Dutch translated from Swedish)
- 12] August: 'Het Achterhuis' by Anne Frank (Dutch, original)
- 13] August: 'The Magical World of Harry Potter' (or somesuch) by Unknown (English, original)
- 14] August: 'Stardust' by Neil Gaiman (English, original)
- 15] September 2: 'Anne of Green Gables' by L.M. Montgomery (Canadian English, original) <3
- 16] September 9: 'The Cotswolds' by Robin Whiteman and Ron Talbot (English, original)
- 17] September 14: 'The brightest star in the sky' by Marian Keyes (English, original)
- 18] September 25: 'The Gift' by Alison Croggon (English, original) <3
- 19] October 14: 'Het puberende brein' by Eveline Crone (Dutch, original)
- 20] October 21: 'Zoals dat gaat met wonderen' by Arthur Japin (Dutch, original) <3
- 21] October 29: 'The Riddle' by Alison Croggon (English, original)
- November was spent writing my own novel.
- December was spent deliberately keeping away from any novels so as not to influence my still-finishing novel.