+#+date: <2024-01-15 Mon 21:27>
+#+title: My year in books.
+#+filetags: :reading:lists:
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+#+BEGIN_PREVIEW
+I compiled an overview of the books I finished in 2023, including the language I read them in. During this year, I did most of my book reading on an e-reader (Kobo Clara 2nd edition), and the list only reflects these. I'm pleased with having read a book in French, which I also finished while on holidays, adding to the positive memories of it. Using an e-reader was very helpful there - I could look up words I didn't know without having to step out of the book thanks to the in-built dictionaries.
+
+Early on in the year, I decided I'd try to read some classics from Dutch language writers, and that didn't disappoint. Harry Mulish's /De ontdekking van de wereld/, finished on the last day of 2023, was the best read of the year, although /The lord of the rings/ would possibly have taken that spot had I not read it before.
+#+END_PREVIEW
+
+- *The Lord of the Rings* by J.R.R. Tolkien
+Language: English
+Started : 26 Nov 2022
+Finished: 07 Feb 2023
+
+- *How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them* by Barbara F. Walter
+Language: English
+Started : 23 Nov 2022
+Finished: 11 Mar 2023
+
+- *Villa des Roses* by Willem Elsschot
+Language: Dutch
+Started : 01 Apr 2023
+Finished: 05 Apr 2023
+
+- *Lijmen Het Been* by Willem Elsschot
+Language: Dutch
+Started : 05 Apr 2023
+Finished: 31 May 2023
+
+- *De Avonden* by Gerard Reve
+Language: Dutch
+Started : 06 Jun 2023
+Finished: 15 Jun 2023
+
+- *La chaleur* by Victor Jestin
+Language: French
+Started : 15 Jun 2023
+Finished: 15 Jul 2023
+
+- *Pulp* by Charles Bukowski
+Language: English
+Started : 19 Jul 2023
+Finished: 01 Aug 2023
+
+- *Kaas* by Willem Elsschot
+Language: Dutch
+Started : 10 Aug 2023
+Finished: 14 Aug 2023
+
+- *Black Venus* by Jef Geeraerts
+Language: Dutch
+Started : 28 Aug 2023
+Finished: 27 Sep 2023
+
+- *Post Office* by Charles Bukowski
+Language: English
+Started : 01 Oct 2023
+Finished: 01 Nov 2023
+
+- *De ontdekking van de hemel* by Harry Mulisch
+Language: Dutch
+Started : 21 Dec 2023
+Finished: 31 Dec 2023