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BarbaraBB
Luister | Sacha Bronwasser
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Pickpick

“Listen” is a Dutch book that has won many literary prizes and I read as an audio. It‘s about a Dutch girl who becomes an au-pair in Paris in the early ‘90s. We also know it‘s a story about 2015, the year Paris was shook up by the Charlie Hebdo attack at the beginning of the year and suicide bombers in November. We know this but not what‘s the connection between them. An engaging read, I hope it will be translated!

Cathythoughts Nice review 👍🏻❤️ I hope it‘s translated too. 5d
squirrelbrain What @Cathythoughts said! ❤️ 5d
youneverarrived Sounds great! 5d
Suet624 Sounds great! 2d
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swynn
An Untouched House | Willem Frederik Hermans
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My #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin for April are an unlikely pair: in the one hand a literary novella about desperate lives in wartime, translated from Dutch; on the other, urban fantasy featuring demigods and shapeshifters and vampires and who knows what all else.

Looking forward to both of course. Thanks @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! I read books 4 and 5 in the Kate Daniels series this month, so I may get to 6 and 7 in April haha 4w
swynn @TheAromaofBooks It's such a fun series. Hope you like them, whenever you get to them! 4w
TheAromaofBooks I was a little iffy on the first book, but I've just enjoyed them more and more as I go along!! 4w
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VRM1975
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Tineke
Dunya | Tomas Lieske
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An intriguing and strange book. The ending wasn't satisfying, but I don't think it could have been resolved anyway.
TBR since 23/1/2011; 343 pages.

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nosferatu
Der Taucher | Mathijs Deen
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Mehso-so

This sequel doesn‘t quite deliver; its plot seems thin and relies too much on happy coincidence; the narrative style feels sloppy at times, the dialogue stilted. I wouldn‘t be surprised if this was rushed out to capitalize on the first book‘s success.

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AlaMich
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1. When little, a “stewardess” 😂 because I flew a lot to see distant family and thought it looked exciting. When a little older, an Egyptologist.
2. I am an extremely over-educated paraprofessional in a kindergarten class.
3. Lately, a lot of 70s music because reminds me of simpler times and it soothes me.

#wondrouswednesday

Eggs #3 Music for “simpler times” Totally understand 🎶 13mo
LeahBergen I wanted to be an Egyptologist, too. 😁 13mo
AlaMich @LeahBergen It was that darn Zilpha Keatley Snyder who put that idea into my head! (edited) 13mo
LeahBergen 😆 Yep! And I was obsessed with this one, too 13mo
AlaMich @LeahBergen I think I missed that one! I don‘t see how it‘s possible and I feel very sad for 10 year old me. 🥺 13mo
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TheBookHippie
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nosferatu
Der Hollnder | Mathijs Deen
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Pickpick

Basically Bron/The Bridge in the Dutch and German parts of the Wadden Sea, featuring a gruff but kind detective and lots of little accidents and chance encounters that constitute a crime plot, I suppose. It‘s not really my usual genre, but I did enjoy it, mostly because of the setting and the restrained use of humour.

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GatheringBooks
Lost Paradise: A Novel | Cees Nooteboom
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#JanuaryJazz Day 11: I love the #Wintery peppermint flavor in everything during the Christmas holidays while in the US. I love anything peppermint flavored, especially with chocolate. This peppermint chocolate chip bundt cake is heavenly.

MoonWitch94 We just got a Nothing Buddy Cake by us! I haven‘t tried it yet but heard it‘s delish. 1y
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GatheringBooks
The Following Story | Cees Nooteboom
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#JanuaryJazz Day 4: For #TopRead2022, here is my #Top22Of2022 in fiction and poetry. Here‘s my full post: https://wp.me/pDlzr-oWQ

Tagged book hit me deeply - read it on my flight from Amsterdam to Dubai. Here is my review of Nooteboom‘s surreal story that is indelibly etched in my mind: https://wp.me/pDlzr-oKh

Will post in advance for the week since will be traveling back to Dubai in 48 hours or so.

Eggs Impressive ❣️📚🙂 1y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1y
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