2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Welcome to my enchanted reading corner!

My goals for this year are:

clear my shelves
attempt some big books
finish 6 series
read 3 Jane Austen novels and 2 books related to Jane Austen
read multiple books by Sophie Kinsella, Agatha Christie, Iain Banks, Irvine Welsh, Marian Keyes and Alexander McCall Smith
read books from Last Six Years' Leftovers
read books in Dutch
read a wide variety of books including non-fiction, classics, fantasy, mysteries & thrillers, historical fiction, science fiction, contemporary, romance and children's books.

Goodreads Reading Challenge: 47/60

Yearly Challenges

Clear the Shelves: 28/40
Serial Reader: 18/20
Colour: 12/12 Completed
A to Z: Authors: 20/20 Completed
TBR Randomiser: 3/10
TBR Jar: 5/10
Big Books: 3
Jane Austen: 0/5
I'm Your Biggest Fan 2/4
Author's Works: 7/18
Last Six Years' Leftovers 8/71
2016: 1/14
2017: 0/7
2018: 2/10
2019: 2/4
2020: 2/17
2021: 1/19
Dutch: 9
Non-Fiction: 7
Classics: 7
Fantasy: 12
Mysteries and Thrillers: 7
Historical Fiction: 4
Science Fiction: 1
Contemporary: 12
Romance: 7
Children's: 12

Monthly Challenges

January

Marathon: 1507/1500 pages completed

Best Books of 2022

The Nutcracker by E. T. A. Hoffmann
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman

4 star reads

The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine by Alexander McCall Smith
Wrapped Town and Other Stories by Jules Horne
Life Support by Tess Gerritsen
The Boy Between Worlds by Annejet van der Zijl
The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman
Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time by Rob Temple
The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well by Meik Wiking
The Big Four by Agatha Christie
The Song of Achilles by Madeleine Miller
Komijnsplitsers by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
For One More Day by Mitch Albom
Poems of the Great War 1914-1918
A Dangerous Game by Friedrich Durrenmatt

Re-Reads
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling 5 stars
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 5 stars
Rebecca's World by Terry Nation 4 stars
Neither here Nor there: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson 4 stars
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht 4 stars
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss 4 stars
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 5 stars

Clear the Physical Shelves

1. Onmacht by Charles den Tex 3 stars 8/1/22
2. Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella 3 stars 9/1/22
3. The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket 3 stars 20/1/22
4. The Midnight Folk by John Masefield 3 stars 26/1/22
5. Swimming Pool Sunday by Madeleine Wickham 3 stars 1/2/22
6. Normal People by Sally Rooney 4 stars 4/2/22
7. The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine by Alexander McCall Smith 4 stars 8/2/22
8. Life Support by Tess Gerritsen 4 stars 3/3/22
9. The Boy Between Worlds by Annejet van der Zijl 4 stars 12/3/22
10. The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman 4 stars 22/3/22
11. Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time by Rob Temple 4 stars 25/3/22
12. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata 3 stars 1/4/22
13. Angels by Marian Keyes 3 stars 17/4/22
14. Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes 3 stars 29/4/22
15. The Big Four by Agatha Christie 4 stars 3/5/22
16. The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht 4 stars 7/5/22
17. Neither here Nor there: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson 4 stars 14/5/22
18. Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah 3 stars 1/6/22
19. The Song of Achilles by Madeleine Miller 4 stars 26/6/22
20. The To-Do List by Mike Gayle 3 stars 19/7/22
21. Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan 3 stars 26/8/22
22. Girls' Night In 2 stars 30/8/22
23. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger 3 stars 24/9/22
24. The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket 3 stars 1/10/22
25. For One More Day by Mitch Albom 4 stars 8/10/22
26. Espedair Street by Iain Banks 3 stars 13/10/22
27. Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers 2 stars 24/11/22
28. A Dangerous Game by Friedrich Durrenmatt 4 stars 31/12/22


28/40

Serial Reader

Finish Series

Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows #7 5 stars 4/1/22

Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

2. Christmas Shopaholic #9 3 stars 9/1/22

Continue Series

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

3. The Vile Village #7 3 stars 20/1/22
4. The Hostile Hospital #8 3 stars 1/10/22

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

5. The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine #16 8/2/22

The Walsh family by Marian Keyes

6. Angels #3 3 stars 17/4/22
7. Anybody Out There? #4 3 stars 29/4/22

Tintin by Herge

8. The Shooting Star #9 3 stars 29/4/22
9. King Ottokar's Sceptre #8 3 stars 14/8/22

Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie

10. The Big Four #5 4 stars 3/5/22

The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis

11. The Horse and His Boy #3 3 stars 12/6/22

Start Series

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

12. Before the Coffee Gets Cold 4 stars 23/1/22

Kay Harker by John Masefield

13. The Midnight Folk 3 stars 26/1/22

Amelia Peabody by Elizabeth Peters

14. Crocodile on the Sandbank 3 stars 29/3/22

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

15. Heartstopper: Volume One 4 stars 5/6/22

The Illuminae Files by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

16. Illuminae 4 stars 5/8/22

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

17. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 5 stars 11/8/22

Lord Peter Wimsey by Dorothy L. Sayers

18. Five Red Herrings #6 2 stars 24/11/22

18/20

Colour

1. White
Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella 3 stars 9/1/22

2. Pink
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata 3 stars 1/4/22

3. Red
Normal People by Sally Roonery 4 stars 4/2/22

4. Orange
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff 4 stars 5/8/22

5. Yellow
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier 3 stars 20/1/22

6. Green
Het zwemfeestje (Swimming Pool Sunday) by Madeleine Wickham 3 stars 1/2/22

7. Light Blue
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 4 stars 23/1/22

8. Dark Blue
Komijnsplitsers by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld 4 stars 27/6/22

9. Purple
Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes 3 stars 29/4/22

10. Brown
Sonny Boy The Boy Between Worlds by Annejet van der Zijl 4 stars 12/3/22

11. Black
Onmacht by Charles den Tex 3 stars 8/1/22

12. Metallic
The Nutcracker by E. T. A. Hoffmann 5 stars 10/2/22


12/12

Challenge completed

A to Z: Authors

A: Alexander McCall Smith The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine 4 stars 8/2/22
B: Bertolt Brecht The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui 4 stars 7/5/22
C: Charles den Tex Onmacht 3 stars 8/1/22
D: Dorothy L. Sayers Five Red Herrings 2 stars 24/11/22
E: Elizabeth Peters Crocodile on the Sandbank 3 stars 29/3/22
F: Friedrich Durrenmatt A Dangerous Game 4 stars 31/12/22
G: Tess Gerritsen Life Support 4 stars 3/3/22
H: E. T. A. Hoffmann The Nutcracker 5 stars 10/2/22
I: Iain Banks Espedair Street 3 stars 13/10/22
J: Jules Horne Wrapped Town and Other Stories 4 stars 20/2/22
K: Toshikazu Kawaguchi Before the Coffee Gets Cold 4 stars 23/1/22
L: Lemony Snicket The Vile Village 3 stars 20/1/22
M: John Masefield The Midnight Folk 3 stars 26/1/22
N: Terry Nation Rebecca's World 4 stars 12/4/22
O: Alice Oseman Heartstopper: Volume One 4 stars 5/6/22
P:
Q:
R: J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 5 stars 4/1/22
S: Sophie Kinsella Christmas Shopaholic 3 stars 9/1/22
T: Tracy Chevalier Girl with a Pearl Earring 3 stars 20/1/22
U:
V: Annejet van der Zijl The Boy Between Worlds 4 stars 12/3/22
W: Madeleine Wickham Swimming Pool Sunday 3 stars 1/2/22
X:
Y:
Z:


20/20

Challenge completed

TBR Randomiser

1. The Boy Between Worlds by Annejet van der Zijl 4 stars 12/3/22
2. Angels by Marian Keyes 3 stars 17/4/22
3. Neither here Nor there: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson 4 stars 14/5/22

TBR Jar

1. Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes 3 stars 29/4/22
2. The To-Do List by Mike Gayle 3 stars 19/7/22
3. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger 3 stars 24/9/22
4. The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket 3 stars 1/10/22
5. A Dangerous Game by Friedrich Durrenmatt 4 stars 31/12/22

8/20

Big Books

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling 5 stars 4/1/22 607 pages
2. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff 4 stars 5/8/22 599 pages
3. Girls' Night In 2 stars 30/8/22 586 pages


3

Jane Austen

1.


0/5

I'm Your Biggest Fan: Leonardo DiCaprio

1. Angels by Marian Keyes 3 stars 17/4/22 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2. The Shooting Star by Herge 3 stars 29/4/22 Don't Look Up

2/4

Author's Works

Sophie Kinsella 2

1. Christmas Shopaholic 3 stars 9/1/22
2. Swimming Pool Sunday (Madeleine Wickham) 3 stars 1/2/22

Alexander McCall Smith 1

1. The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine 4 stars 8/2/22

Marian Keyes 2

1. Angels 3 stars 17/4/22
2. Anybody Out There? 3 stars 29/4/22

Agatha Christie 1

1. The Big Four 4 stars 3/5/22

Iain Banks 1

1. Espedair Street 3 stars 13/10/22

7/18

Last Six Years' Leftovers

2016 1/15

Oldest Books

Girls' Night In 2 stars 30/8/22

2017 /8

2018 2/11

Particular: German

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht 4 stars 7/5/22

Particular: French

The Shooting Star by Herge 3 stars 29/4/22

2019 2/4

Last A to Z

Swimming Pool Sunday (Het zwemfeestje) by Madeleine Wickham 3 stars 1/2/22

A to Z Authors

The Boy Between Worlds (Sonny Boy) by Annejet van der Zijl 4 stars 12/3/22

2020 2/17

Books Desperate to Read

The Midnight Folk by John Masefield 3 stars 26/1/22
Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan 3 stars 26/8/22

2021 1/19

TBR Randomiser

Swimming Pool Sunday by Madeleine Wickham 3 stars 1/2/22

Dutch 9


1. Onmacht by Charles den Tex 3 stars 8/1/22
2. Meisje met de parel (Girl with a Pearl Earring) by Tracy Chevalier 3 stars 20/1/22
3. Het zwemfeestje (Swimming Pool Sunday) by Madeleine Wickham 3 stars 1/2/22
4. Diagnose besmet (Life Support) by Tess Gerritsen 4 stars 3/3/22
5. Sonny Boy (The Boy Between Worlds) by Annejet van der Zijl 4 stars 12/3/22
6. De geheimzinnige ster (The Shooting Star) by Herge 3 stars 29/4/22
7. De weerstaanbare opkomst van Arturo Ui (The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui) by Bertolt Brecht 4 stars 7/5/22
8. In het daglicht (Distant Shores) by Kristin Hannah 3 stars 1/6/22
9. Komijnsplitsers by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld 4 stars 27/6/22

Non-Fiction 7

1. The Boy Between Worlds by Annejet van der Zijl 4 stars 12/3/22
2. Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time by Rob Temple 4 stars 25/3/22
3. The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well by Meik Wiking 4 stars 18/4/22
4. Neither here Nor there: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson 4 stars 14/5/22
5. Komijnsplitsers by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld 4 stars 27/6/22
6. The To-Do List by Mike Gayle 3 stars 19/7/22
7. Poems of the Great War 1914-1918 4 stars 30/11/22

Classics 7

1. The Nutcracker by E. T. A. Hoffmann 5 stars 10/2/22
2. The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht 4 stars 7/5/22
3. The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis 3 stars 12/6/22
4. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 5 stars 11/8/22
5. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 5 stars 18/12/22
6. The Nutcracker by E. T. A. Hoffmann 5 stars 27/12/22
7. A Dangerous Game by Friedrich Durrenmatt 4 stars 31/12/22

Fantasy 12

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling 5 stars 4/1/22
2. Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 4 stars 23/1/22
3. The Midnight Folk by John Masefield 3 stars 26/1/22
4. The Nutcracker by E. T. A. Hoffmann 5 stars 10/2/22
5. Rebecca's World by Terry Nation 4 stars 12/4/22
6. The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis 3 stars 12/6/22
7. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 5 stars 11/8/22
8. Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan 3 stars 26/8/22
9. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger 3 stars 24/9/22
10. For One More Day by Mitch Albom 4 stars 8/10/22
11. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 5 stars 18/12/22
12. The Nutcracker by E. T. A. Hoffmann 5 stars 27/12/22

Mysteries and Thrillers 7

1. Onmacht by Charles den Tex 3 stars 8/1/22
2. The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine by Alexander McCall Smith 4 stars 8/2/22
3. Life Support by Tess Gerritsen 4 stars 3/3/22
4. Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters 3 stars 29/3/22
5. The Big Four by Agatha Christie 4 stars 3/5/22
6. Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan 3 stars 26/8/22
7. Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers 2 stars 24/11/22

Historical Fiction 4

1. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier 3 stars 20/1/22
2. The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman 4 stars 22/3/22
3. Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters 3 stars 29/3/22
4. The Song of Achilles by Madeleine Miller 4 stars 26/6/22


Science Fiction 1

1. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff 4 stars 5/8/22

Contemporary 12

1. Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella 3 stars 9/1/22
2. Swimming Pool Sunday by Madeleine Wickham 3 stars 1/2/22
3. Normal People by Sally Rooney 4 stars 4/2/22
4. Wrapped Town and Other Stories by Jules Horne 4 stars 20/2/22
5. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata 3 stars 1/4/22
6. Angels by Marian Keyes 3 stars 17/4/22
7. Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes 3 stars 29/4/22
8. Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah 3 stars 1/6/22
9. Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman 4 stars 5/6/22
10. Girls' Night In 2 stars 30/8/22
11. For One More Day by Mitch Albom 4 stars 8/10/22
12. Espedair Street by Iain Banks 3 stars 13/10/22

Romance 7

1. Swimming Pool Sunday by Madeleine Wickham 3 stars 1/2/22
2. Normal People by Sally Rooney 4 stars 4/2/22
3. Angels by Marian Keyes 3 stars 17/4/22
4. Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes 3 stars 29/4/22
5. Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah 3 stars 1/6/22
6. Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman 4 stars 5/6/22
7. Girls' Night In 2 stars 30/8/22

Children's 12

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling 5 stars 4/1/22
2. The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket 3 stars 20/1/22
3. The Midnight Folk by John Masefield 3 stars 26/1/22
4. The Nutcracker by E. T. A. Hoffmann 5 stars 10/2/22
5. Rebecca's World by Terry Nation 4 stars 12/4/22
6. The Shooting Star by Herge 3 stars 29/4/22
7. The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis 3 stars 12/6/22
8. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 5 stars 11/8/22
9. King Ottokar's Sceptre by Herge 3 stars 14/8/22
10. The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket 3 stars 1/10/22
11. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss 4 stars 14/12/22
12. The Nutcracker by E. T. A. Hoffmann 5 stars 27/12/22

January Marathon

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling 5 stars 4/1/22 188/607
2. Onmacht by Charles den Tex 3 stars 8/1/22 45/92
3. Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella 3 stars 9/1/22 314/427
4. The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket 3 stars 20/1/22 256
5. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier 3 stars 20/1/22 192/233
6. Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 4 stars 23/1/22 213
7. The Midnight Folk by John Masefield 3 stars 26/1/22 299

1507/1500

Challenge completed

1.


Book Read: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
Rating: 5 stars
Read: 4th January 2022
Language: English
Pages: 607
Type: Hardback
Bought: 2007
Date added to Goodreads: 23rd August 2015
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Keeping
Reason for Reading: Finish my re-read of Harry Potter

2.


Book Read: Onmacht by Charles den Tex
Rating: 3 stars
Read: 8th January 2022
Language: Dutch
Pages: 92
Type: Paperback
Date added to Goodreads: 19th January 2016
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Donating
Reason for Reading: Short book in Dutch

3.


Book Read: Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Rating: 3 stars
Read: 9th January 2022
Language: English
Pages: 427
Type: Paperback
Bought: December 2020
Date added to Goodreads: 6th December 2020
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Donating
Reason for Reading: Christmas vibes.

4.


Book Read: The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket
Rating: 3 stars
Read: 20th January 2022
Language: English
Pages: 256
Type: Paperback
Bought or Borrowed: Borrowed
Date added to Goodreads: 6th March 2018
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Reason for Reading: To continue the series.

5.


Book Read: Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Rating: 3 stars
Read: 20th January 2022
Language: Dutch Meisje met de parel
Pages: 233
Type: Ebook
Date added to Goodreads: 22nd June 2018
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Reason for Reading: Read it on phone on way to work. Not so long. Saw the film a while ago.

6.


Book Read: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Rating: 4 stars
Read: 23rd January 2022
Language: English
Pages: 213
Type: Paperback
Bought: December 2021
Date added to Goodreads: 27th December 2021
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Keeping
Reason for Reading: Was intrigued about the story. Want to read more Japanese authors.

7.


Book Read: The Midnight Folk by John Masefield
Rating: 3 stars
Read: 26th January 2022
Language: English
Pages: 299
Type: Paperback
Bought: 2015
Date added to Goodreads: 27th August 2015
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: 2020: Books Desperate to Read
Keeping or Donating: Donating
Reason for Reading: Wanted to read the companion book to The Box of Delights, a BBC series I loved as a child.

8.


Book Read: Swimming Pool Sunday by Madeleine Wickham
Rating: 3 stars
Read: 1st February 2022
Language: Dutch Het zwemfeestje
Pages: 287
Type: Paperback
Bought: 2013 - 2015
Date added to Goodreads: 22nd August 2015
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: 2019: Last A to Z, 2021: TBR Randomiser
Keeping or Donating: Donating
Reason for Reading: Another Sophie Kinsella book. This book was written under her real name before the Shopaholic series.

9.


Book Read: Normal People by Sally Rooney
Rating: 4 stars
Read: 4th February 2022
Language: English
Pages: 266
Type: Paperback
Bought or Borrowed: Borrowed
Date added to Goodreads: 7th June 2021
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Reason for Reading: Wanted to read something by Sally Rooney.

10.


Book Read: The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine by Alexander McCall Smith
Rating: 4 stars
Read: 8th February 2022
Language: English
Pages: 246
Type: Paperback
Bought: 12th July 2021, Second-hand bookshop Amsterdam
Date added to Goodreads: 13th July 2021
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Keeping
Reason for Reading: Was in the mood for some Alexander McCall Smith.

11.


Book Read: The Nutcracker by E. T. A. Hoffmann
Rating: 5 stars
Read: 10th February 2022
Language: English
Pages: 96
Type: Hardback
Bought: November 2021, Blackwell's Edinburgh
Date added to Goodreads: 13th December 2021
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Keeping
Reason for Reading: This book is so beautiful with lovely illustrations by Sanna Annukka. Read it for the winter prompt for the Winter Olympicsathon.

12.


Book Read: Wrapped Town and Other Stories by Jules Horne
Rating: 4 stars
Read: 20th February 2022
Language: English
Pages: 255
Type: Paperback
Date added to Goodreads: 19th February 2017
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Keeping
Reason for Reading: 5 colours on the cover prompt for the Winter Olympicsathon.

13.


Book Read: Life Support by Tess Gerritsen
Rating: 4 stars
Read: 3rd March 2022
Language: Dutch Diagnose besmet
Pages: 301
Type: Paperback
Bought: Between 2012 and 2015
Date added to Goodreads: 14th October 2015
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Donating
Reason for Reading: The writing is small so I wanted to read it sooner rather than later.

14.


Book Read: The Boy Between Worlds by Annejet van der Zijl
Rating: 4 stars
Read: 12th March 2022
Language: Dutch Sonny Boy
Pages: 212
Type: Paperback
Bought: King's Day April 2016
Date added to Goodreads: 26th April 2016
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: 2019: A to Z authors
Keeping or Donating: Donating
Reason for Reading: Dutch book for Globetrotterathon. Interested in the story. Already seen the film.

15.


Book Read: The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman
Rating: 4 stars
Read: 22nd March 2022
Language: English
Pages: 461
Type: Paperback
Bought: December 2017
Date added to Goodreads: 1st March 2016
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Donating
Reason for Reading: Globetrotterathon: water word, Roll of Reads Readathon: Australian author

16.


Book Read: Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time by Rob Temple
Rating: 4 stars
Read: 25th March 2022
Language: English
Pages: 221
Type: Paperback
Bought: December 2017
Date added to Goodreads: 29th December 2017
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Donating
Reason for Reading: Buzzwordathon: pronoun

17.


Book Read: Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Rating: 3 stars
Read: 29th March 2022
Language: English
Pages: 296
Type: Paperback
Bought: December 2020
Date added to Goodreads: 29th December 2020
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Keeping
Reason for Reading: Globetrotterathon: Egypt

18.


Book Read: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Rating: 3 stars
Read: 1st April 2022
Language: English
Pages: 163
Type: Paperback
Bought: Waterstones Edinburgh, November 2021
Date added to Goodreads: 13th December 2021
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Donating
Reason for Reading: Globetrotterathon: Japan and Translated Work.

19.


Book Read: Rebecca's World by Terry Nation
Rating: 4 stars
Read: 12th April 2022
Language: English
Pages: 127
Type: Paperback
Bought: primary school
Date added to Goodreads: 4th January 2019
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Keeping
Reason for Reading: Re-read was overdue.

20.


Book Read: Angels by Marian Keyes
Rating: 3 stars
Read: 17th April 2022
Language: English
Pages: 482
Type: Paperback
Bought: Between 2004 - 2007
Date added to Goodreads: 1st September 2015
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Donating
Reason for Reading: Marian Keyes is one of the authors I want to read more books of this year.

21.


Book Read: The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well by Meik Wiking
Rating: 4 stars
Read: 18th April 2022
Language: English
Pages: 285
Type: Hardback
Bought: December 2016
Date added to Goodreads: 26th January 2017
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Keeping
Reason for Reading: Eurovisionathon: Denmark, Booktube Spin, Buzzwordathon: big or small

22.


Book Read: Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes
Rating: 3 stars
Read: 29th April 2022
Language: English
Pages: 456
Type: Paperback
Bought: Between 2008 and 2015, Book fair
Date added to Goodreads: 1st September 2015
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Donating
Reason for Reading: Reading more Marian Keyes. Eurovisionathon: Ireland

23.


Book Read: The Shooting Star by Herge
Rating: 3 stars
Read: 29th April 2022
Language: Dutch De geheimzinnige ster
Pages: 62
Type: Comic
Bought or Borrowed: Borrowed
Date added to Goodreads: 21st March 2018
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: 2018: Particular: French
Reason for Reading: Eurovisionathon: Belgium

24.


Book Read: The Big Four by Agatha Christie
Rating: 4 stars
Read: 3rd May 2022
Language: English
Pages: 159
Type: Paperback
Bought: 12th July 2021, second-hand bookshop Amsterdam
Date added to Goodreads: 13th July 2021
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Donating
Reason for Reading: Eurovisionathon: U.K.

25.


Book Read: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht
Rating: 4 stars
Read: 7th May 2022
Language: Dutch De weerstaanbare opkomst van Arturo Ui
Pages: 169
Type: Paperback
Bought or Borrowed: Borrowed from little free library
Date added to Goodreads: 14th June 2017
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: 2018: Particular: German
Keeping or Donating: Donating
Reason for Reading: Eurovisionathon: Germany

26.


Book Read: Neither here Nor there: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson
Rating: 4 stars
Read: 14th May 2022
Language: English
Pages: 304
Type: Paperback
Bought: 2004
Date added to Goodreads: 23rd August 2015
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Donating
Reason for Reading: Eurovisionathon: The Netherlands

27.


Book Read: Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah
Rating: 3 stars
Read: 1st June 2022
Language: Dutch In het daglicht
Pages: 319
Type: Paperback
Bought: December 2016
Date added to Goodreads: 15th December 2016
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Donating
Reason for Reading: A book from my these books will self-destruct in a year.

28.


Book Read: Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Osman
Rating: 4 stars
Read: 6th June 2022
Language: English
Pages: 278
Type: Graphic Novel ebook
Bought: 5th June 2022
Date added to Goodreads: 5th June 2022
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Reason for Reading: Whateverathon: Host Fave

29.


Book Read: The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
Rating: 3 stars
Read: 12th June 2022
Language: English
Pages: 237
Type: Paperback
Bought: 2002
Date added to Goodreads: 1st December 2015
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Keeping
Reason for Reading: Continuing the Chronicles of Narnia series.

30.


Book Read: The Song of Achilles by Madeleine Miller
Rating: 4 stars
Read: 26th June 2022
Language: English
Pages: 352
Type: Paperback
Bought: December 2017
Date added to Goodreads: 24th May 2016
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Donating
Reason for Reading: Whateverathon: Pride

31.


Book Read: Komijnsplitsers by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
Rating: 4 stars
Read: 27th June 2022
Language: Dutch
Pages: 103
Type: Poetry Paperback
Bought: 25th February 2022, Broese Utrecht
Date added to Goodreads: 25th February 2022
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Keeping
Reason for Reading: Whateverathon: Pride

32.


Book Read: The To-Do List by Mike Gayle
Rating: 3 stars
Read: 19th July 2022
Language: English
Pages: 343
Type: Paperback
Bought: Between 2008 + 2015
Date added to Goodreads: 20th October 2015
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Donating
Reason for Reading: Like lists. Like Mike Gayle.

33.


Book Read: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Rating: 4 stars
Read: 6th August 2022
Language: English
Pages: 599
Type: Paperback
Bought: 9th May, 2021, Broese Utrecht
Date added to Goodreads: 9th May 2021
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Keeping
Reason for Reading: Interested to read mixed media. Heard a lot of positive things about this book.

34.


Book Read: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Rating: 5 stars
Read: 12th August 2022
Language: English
Pages: 172
Type: Paperback
Bought: December 2016
Date added to Goodreads: 31st December 2016
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Keeping or Donating: Keeping
Reason for Reading: Re-reading a favourite.

35.


Book Read: King Ottokar's Sceptre by Hergé
Rating: 3 stars
Read: 14th August 2022
Language: English
Pages: 62
Type: Comic
Bought or Borrowed: Borrowed
Date added to Goodreads: 21st March 2018
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: No
Reason for Reading: Wanted to read another Tintin adventure.

36.


Book Read: Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Rating: 3 stars
Read: 24th August 2022
Language: English
Pages: 288
Type: Paperback
Bought: January 2016
Date added to Goodreads: 15th January 2016
Last 6 Years' Leftovers: 2020: Books Desperate to Read
Keeping or Donating: Donating
Reason for Reading: Wanted to read a book about a bookshop.