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.

Het A.P. Beerta Instituut by J. J. Voskuil

  • Started on: 2011-04-06
  • Finished on: 2011-04-11
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): General Fiction

The continuation of the Bureau series, in the same vain as the other three books. Some of the people Maarten works with really annoy me, or what annoys me more is actually how Maarten (doesn’t) deal with it. I wouldn’t know a solution either, but I do know that the mood in the office isn’t what he wants, or what I would want. But later on in the book I get the feeling Maarten doesn’t care anymore, so neither does the reader have to. The sections, each covering one year, seem to get longer, but I still enjoy reading it. Part 5 is next for me.

  • Started on: 2011-04-06
  • Finished on: 2011-04-11
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): General Fiction

The continuation of the Bureau series, in the same vain as the other three books. Some of the people Maarten works with really annoy me, or what annoys me more is actually how Maarten (doesn’t) deal with it. I wouldn’t know a solution either, but I do know that the mood in the office isn’t what he wants, or what I would want. But later on in the book I get the feeling Maarten doesn’t care anymore, so neither does the reader have to. The sections, each covering one year, seem to get longer, but I still enjoy reading it. Part 5 is next for me.