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.

De dood van Maarten Koning by J. J. Voskuil

  • Started on: 2011-06-05
  • Finished on: 2011-06-05
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): General Fiction

The seventh and final part of the ‘Het Bureau’ series. Maarten is retired, but still returns to the Bureau every now and then to finish up work, to take part in the commissions of which he is still a member, and to keep in touch with the employees. At home, Nicolien and Maarten have a hard time getting used to Maarten being home all the time. He spends his free time taking bike rides around the country and taking pictures. His return visits to the Bureau end in a dramatic realization, that the people there don’t need him anymore, and like to change all he held so dear.
A ‘nice’ finish to the series. Not nice in the subject matter, but nice in the fact that it provides a real ending to the long autobiographical story. Four out of five stars.

  • Started on: 2011-06-05
  • Finished on: 2011-06-05
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): General Fiction

The seventh and final part of the ‘Het Bureau’ series. Maarten is retired, but still returns to the Bureau every now and then to finish up work, to take part in the commissions of which he is still a member, and to keep in touch with the employees. At home, Nicolien and Maarten have a hard time getting used to Maarten being home all the time. He spends his free time taking bike rides around the country and taking pictures. His return visits to the Bureau end in a dramatic realization, that the people there don’t need him anymore, and like to change all he held so dear.
A ‘nice’ finish to the series. Not nice in the subject matter, but nice in the fact that it provides a real ending to the long autobiographical story. Four out of five stars.