What I've been reading in the first months of 2022
Since last year I have set myself an implicit goal to read approximately one book per month. Thanks to our membership in the library and the vacation time, I made it to 14 books last year. This year I still take out 3-4 books each time in the library (guessing I can prolong up to 3 months). I had to pay a small fine for returning the last book a little late when I could not extend it anymore, but I finished 4 books so far.
An easy reading roman on a teenage girl and her cripple brother getting evacuated from East London to the English coast during the world war and starting a new life there...It's smooth, a bit predictable but nice to read during a break on a weekend.
De Pasja van de Keuken:
I picked this up when searching for a historic book in the library. Situated in Istanbul during the Ottoman empire, it's all about the life of a cook. It has mystical elements with magic. To be honest: I struggled with this one. I've started it, finished a different book first but returned in the end and persisted anyhow. In the end I did want to know if the cook's conquest would fail or not but I wish I had learned a lot more about the Ottoman empire and less about secret ingredients in dishes. I do like it was often situated in the palace of TopKapi which I've visited as a teenager.
I had to think of Haaike who challenges herself to read books from different countries. That's quite a challenge. My experience with the Japanese book at the end of 2021 wasn't easy either.
I picked this up when searching for a historic book in the library. Situated in Istanbul during the Ottoman empire, it's all about the life of a cook. It has mystical elements with magic. To be honest: I struggled with this one. I've started it, finished a different book first but returned in the end and persisted anyhow. In the end I did want to know if the cook's conquest would fail or not but I wish I had learned a lot more about the Ottoman empire and less about secret ingredients in dishes. I do like it was often situated in the palace of TopKapi which I've visited as a teenager.
I had to think of Haaike who challenges herself to read books from different countries. That's quite a challenge. My experience with the Japanese book at the end of 2021 wasn't easy either.
Een kwestie van vertrouwen:
A very easy page turner, a bit predictable too...but turns out I like easy going literature as a pass-time.
Een huis op de kliffen:
This is the 3rd book by Liz Fenwick in a year time, always situated in Cornwall. I like her romantic stories that have sufficient depth with difficult old family relationships that unravel slowly through the book. I also love the descriptions of the Cornwall landscapes and mansions and makes me put Cornwall on a bucklist to visit one day.
Comments
I hope you enjoy. As said, it's easy reading, nice as free relaxing time but it's not high literature. For me it was a good match.
(hmm en nu zitten we beide in het Engels te typen, het kan en mag natuurlijk ook in het Nederlands)