Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

Plankton by J. J. Voskuil

  • Started on: 2011-03-15
  • Finished on: 2011-03-17
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): General Fiction

The third part of the “Het Bureau” series about the working life of the writer. He hates his work more and more, and he hates himself and how he is at work and in work-social situations. I loved this book even more than the first two, because of the humor in the book. At several points the main character (Voskuil himself) refers to writing a book about his work-life and colleagues, and reassures them that he never would, because they are too boring. I do feel sorry for him sometimes, because no matter what he does, he doesn’t seem to do it right (he feels, or if he thinks he is right, others disagree). The ending is a sad transition to the next part.

  • Started on: 2011-03-15
  • Finished on: 2011-03-17
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): General Fiction

The third part of the “Het Bureau” series about the working life of the writer. He hates his work more and more, and he hates himself and how he is at work and in work-social situations. I loved this book even more than the first two, because of the humor in the book. At several points the main character (Voskuil himself) refers to writing a book about his work-life and colleagues, and reassures them that he never would, because they are too boring. I do feel sorry for him sometimes, because no matter what he does, he doesn’t seem to do it right (he feels, or if he thinks he is right, others disagree). The ending is a sad transition to the next part.