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Comment by Arwa Lokhandwala on January 19, 2010 at 2:15pm

Hii Everyone, glad to find a book club here. I am an Indian expat in Netherlands..living here since a little more than a year.
I am a voracious reader, mainly interested in non fiction though I like all Dan Brown books too( since I guess they fall somewhere between fiction and non fiction ). Looking forward to getting to know you and have a good time discussing and sharing stuff about reading!!

Comment by Dilyana on July 8, 2009 at 2:16pm

Well, as to me, 90% of the books I read nowadays are in Dutch. But most of them are specialized literature. A few suggestions here:
1. Het uur en de dag - Maarten Asscher
2. Gekweld - Chuck Palahniuk
3. Organisatiedynamica - Thijs Homan
4. Het meisje met de parel - Tracy Chevalier
5.Bevoorrecht bewustzijn - Esther Gerritsen (this one I suggested a few times I think)
6. Dromen, durfen, doen - Ben Tiggelaar
7. De kleine miezerige god - Esther Gerritsen

(and others...)

Comment by Michelle on July 8, 2009 at 2:06pm

I am curious to know what book you read in Dutch. I live in the hague so obvioulsly will not attend many meetings.

Michelle

Comment by Dilyana on July 8, 2009 at 12:21pm

Hello ladies!

I hope your day is beautiful and inspiring despite the moody weather!
I'm adding here a bunch of both wonderful titles I've come upon in the last 6 months, that might be of interest to you:

1.Exploring Corporate Strategy - Johnson and Scholes
2.Exploring Strategic Change - Julia Balogun and Hope Hailey
3.A New Earth, Awakening to Your Life's Purpose - Eckhart Tolle
4.Now, Discover Your Strengths - Marcus Buckingham & Donald O. Clifton
5.Robert Ludlum - The Prometheus Deception

Enjoy!

Comment by twopenneth on May 17, 2009 at 8:53pm

Hi Everyone, Im so happy to have found a book club to join. Im a book lover and you can read some of my favourite books in my blog Going Dutch Hope to get to know everyone. twopenneth

Comment by Bea on May 8, 2009 at 2:55pm

Hi Orie, maybe it's a good idea. For me anyhow, yesterday I found out about moving to another address! That means a lot of work and too little time to read. By the way, I read the mail a day after the deadline...
Groeten, Bea

Comment by Alina on April 27, 2009 at 10:26pm

Dear ladies, great you can find so many things in common! I am very curious how the on-line discussions will go. And maybe for people who wants to discus Dutch books in Dutch we can just start a new discussion forum.

Comment by Dilyana on April 27, 2009 at 3:59pm

Hi Orie,

It's great to hear that we share a common educational background! Before coming to Holland, I took a degree in English and American Studies but later I decided to pursue a career in Informationmanagement and Communication.

As to your suggestion, I know Coelho's work well.:) He is an inspiring author with phenomenal ability to let you immerse into the narrative in a very romantic way. Maybe I should re-read some of his masterpieces...:)

By the way, do you know Julian Barnes's "A History of the World in 10 1/2 chapters"? This is a book that I tend to recommend very often as it's the finest, most amazing example of a parody of all the grand myths that mankind has so far manufactured. A little bit of a post-modern 'declaration of independence' sliced into ten and a half chapters( the half chapter being an amusing elaboration on love) and tinted by the old-new disbelief in the sacredness of any narrative, religion or institution. You might enjoy it...:)

Comment by Orie on April 27, 2009 at 3:37pm

Hello Dilyana,

There is no connection to Holland at all; the common denominator is being an expat, sharing and learning with other global nomads and enjoying the friendly, welcoming environment of this social network.

By the way, one of my degrees is in Communication and Design; I don't know if that is what you are studying but good luck! I'm sure this is a very hectic time for you as you near the end of Term.

If you need a little 'fiction fix' or 'fiction escape', may I recommend Paolo Coelho's Like A Flowing River: Stories (2005). Its a collection of short stories on his musings and reflections on how life has lessons for us in the greatest, smallest and most unusual of experiences. It is a little jewel of a book and you can read one of its short stories now and then without taking too much of your time.

My favourite is the one where a grandmother explains to a grandson how a pencil has all the characteristics that we need to be happy and successful human beings. I think this short story is probably the reason I often gift this book to friends.
If you ever get a chance to read it, let me know what you think of it.

Comment by Dilyana on April 27, 2009 at 2:50pm

Hi Orie,

Thank you for your suggestions!
I'm well aware that the club is open to literary suggestions of any kind but it's just that I've got such a soft spot for fiction and so little time to devote to it nowadays...

I might eventually share a few specialized titles here although I'm afraid 80% of them are in Dutch as I'm taking a Communication degree at a Dutch school and the English of my fellow-students is not exactly as fluent as it's claimed to be...

By the way, I was just checking your profile and I noticed that you are currently(or permanently?) residing in Switzerland. So I couldn't help but wondering what your connection with Holland and Twente in particular is...:-)

Greetings from Deventer!

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