Boekenworm, geinteresseerd in digitale samenleving, geschiedenis, Engelstalige fictie, snufje filosofie erbij, rondslenteren met mijn fototoestel. Voormalig freelance ICT-erfgoedspecialist. Dutch bookworm, interested in literary fiction, history, digital society, all with a pinch of philosophy. Love wandering around with my photo camera. Used to work as freelancer in digital heritage sector. (New followers approved manually, sorry if that seems unfriendly. My posts are deleted after 4 weeks)
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Last Notes npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema When we bought our house, our main wish was to have a "library" and this is what it looks like. Three walls of books, floor to ceiling, all English language fiction (the rest of the house is full of other books). The fourth wall has a window with a good couch in front. The little ladder is the finishing touch. We're really happy with it. The piano is in the middle, because we couldn't afford a separate music room, haha. And yourself, Bob on Books? @npub1q60…kp90 https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/569/009/615/744/511/original/0b55b3c2db9a80d5.jpg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #SilentSunday https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/469/390/763/335/541/original/d4de00272b3cc5af.jpg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema Yes! You're probably familiar with the spot to recognise it. npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #SilentSunday https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/390/455/538/218/835/original/c2dd63629b6f3bea.jpg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema @npub1q60…kp90 Everyday People - Stewart O'Nan (2001) Pittsburgh in the 1990s. This book is about a group of people in a neighbourhood where all of them suffer from the consequences of gang violence. Some of them are involved, others stay away from it. But like all everyday people, each of them has their own dreams. The art of graffiti plays an important role. O'Nan creates a whole world from their different perspectives, unique voices and stories. He is such a good writer! npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema @npub1q60…kp90 R.C. Sherriff - The Fortnight in September (1931) As every year, a family spends their holiday at the seaside. Nothing spectacular happens, but they enjoy themselves and each of them has their own insecurities. I loved the ordinariness and innocence of this book and found their small worries funny. I kept wondering if the author meant it to be slightly ironic. Were people really more innocent 100 years ago? Or have I become too cynical to believe such innocence to be real? npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema Jammer! Ik ben op die andere platforms niet van de partij en zal 'Zo was Utrecht' missen. npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema @npub1q60…kp90 Liane Moriarty - Apples Never Fall Joy and her husband have retired after running a successfull tennis academy and raising four tennis playing children. Suddenly Joy disappears. Has she gone off-grid? Did her husband kill her? What about their mysterious house guest? The puzzle pieces slowly fit together from the perspectives of all family members and quite a few bystanders. Meanwhile some uneasy truths appear This book is well constructed, has lively characters and is much fun! npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #Monochrome #MonochromeMarch https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/276/958/689/261/076/original/a581de785ee000ba.jpeg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema @npub1q60…kp90 Paradise - Abdulrazak Gurnah East Africa, early 20th C. 12 year old Yusuf is given in bondage to a rich traveling merchant. He learns the workings of his society with all the diverse population. It's a world on the verge of disappearing by the arrival of the Europeans I loved the atmosphere of this book. Matter of fact, taking things as they come, but also somewhat dreamy, reflecting how Yusuf feels after being taken away from home. Everyone is full of stories, searching Paradise npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #SilentSunday #MonochromeMarch #Monochrome https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/271/338/904/124/112/original/e36fe492b5d68cfb.jpeg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema @npub1q60…kp90 The Women Behind the Door - Roddy Doyle A new novel about Doyle's wonderful Paula Spencer character. She is in her sixties now and it's the covid lockdown. Her eldest daughter comes to stay with her. Slowly and uncomfortably they start to face their issues. Family is who you love, hate and are stuck with. Doyle is very good at writing about ordinary people and their problems without getting overly dramatic. I love his dialogues: jumpy, funny and very real life. npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #MonochromeMarch #Monochrome https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/265/905/720/215/491/original/2cdeebce2de4dcf2.jpeg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #MonochromeMarch #Monochrome https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/243/295/752/596/470/original/ccac2b4b2a6a08a1.jpeg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema Did these women know that it is #MonochromeMarch ? 😀 https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/237/336/445/325/203/original/1f9ed9c0206453c2.jpg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema @npub1q60…kp90 Silent Bones - Val McDermid This crime novel has everything you want. It starts with a buried body that is uncovered after a landslide. Police officer Karen Pirie and her team unravel a complicated plot, which I almost lost sometimes, but that is part of the fun of the genre. Above all it offers terrific writing, good dialogues, a set of wonderful characters, with many personal touches of their personal lives. As a bonus it features a book club. npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #SilentSunday #MonochromeMarch #Monochrome https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/231/882/730/784/471/original/ccf52d6b7a2107f4.jpeg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #MonochromeMarch #Monochrome https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/226/185/909/034/051/original/a7268f2d1e4961d1.jpg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #MonochromeMarch #Monochrome https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/220/617/466/213/226/original/15476d4ee08436f5.jpeg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/214/976/056/488/949/original/4826a486cce9fbc3.jpeg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema Lovely video about going slower and not frantically chasing pictures. Especially how you talk in the end on how it works in your own neighbourhood as well, not only in Kathmandu :) npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #MonochromeMarch #Monochrome https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/209/336/788/935/506/original/6d67a848fce99f02.jpg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #MonochromeMarch #Monochrome https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/197/685/136/821/256/original/426aeabbd55d89a4.jpg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #SilentSunday https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/192/014/421/942/061/original/70ec5f07d921e6bd.jpeg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #MonochromeMarch #Monochrome https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/186/616/575/445/774/original/62460315d5832432.jpg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #MonochromeMarch #Monochrome https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/180/941/503/846/362/original/0d147fafe4d072ee.jpg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema Ha, llikewise with your posts! npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema Thank you! It's only recently that I'm trying my hand at monochrome and I'm enjoying the different atmosphere it creates! npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #MonochromeMarch #Monochrome https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/175/731/573/896/197/original/a89f789c00d9bbd6.jpeg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #MonochromeMarch #Monochrome https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/171/889/071/282/535/original/7a3ad3b88f3e8688.jpg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #MonochromeMarch #Monochrome https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/164/940/185/646/168/original/5957ba6e3d3a5167.jpeg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema Looks good, thank you! npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema Any online introduction you can recommend? I can use some more insights as well! As an ignorant amateur I'm not even sure if there is a difference between 1. switching my camera to monochrome; and 2. taking the picture in colour and applying a monochrome filter afterwards. npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #MonochromeMarch #MonochromeMonday #monochrome https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/158/042/963/908/931/original/4cfeccc855de412d.jpeg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #SilentSunday https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/152/482/379/167/512/original/efb8c0844cdfb141.jpeg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #Monochrome #MonochromeMonday https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/120/406/799/426/054/original/3604b7024a7bbe72.jpeg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/112/719/966/906/011/original/7e20ea8329065f0b.jpeg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema Hope you'll find and enjoy it! npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema @npub1q60…kp90 The Coincidence Authority by J.W. Ironmonger (2013) A wonderful read! Azalea's life is a series of extremely unlikely coincidences. She consults Thomas, a scientific expert, for explanations. Together they explore her past. Does everything happen for a reason? Or is it purely random? Or determined by the laws of nature? What about free will? Meanwhile they start to know each other and I as a reader started to love them. npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/080/468/203/773/166/original/796b9305bf124e5a.jpeg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #SilentSunday https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/073/366/016/528/929/original/c57c8af959fe8722.jpeg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #MonochromeMonday #monochrome https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/041/439/549/556/001/original/0cb68a7dfeedbb67.jpeg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #SilentSunday https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/033/645/393/665/389/original/609f574ce85d7749.jpeg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #monochrome #BlackAndWite https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/116/014/527/765/678/825/original/424e80e4a192e589.jpeg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema @npub1q60…kp90 The Pages - Hugo Hamilton This book's narrator is a book: a copy of Rebellion by Joseph Roth, which was rescued from the nazi book-burning in 1933 Usually I don't like such setups but Hamilton makes it work It's a book about stories. The story of Roth's main character. Of Roth himself. Of Lena, the book's current owner. Of the first owner. And many stories-within-stories I really enjoyed this mosaic of stories full of echoes, although I was not always sure what to make of it npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema @npub1q60…kp90 Jennifer Haigh - Mercy Street Boston. A woman who works at a women"s clinic. A weed dealer. A prepper and a man with a disability, both pro-life activists. Each of them with their own history. During a winter of heavy snow storms their lives touch upon each other. I really loved this book and it's characters. Haigh is a very good writer and the book is more fun than it may seem from this short synopsis. npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema @npub1q60…kp90 Katie Kitamura - Intimacies A woman moves to The Hague to work as an interpreter at the International Court. She makes several friends and starts a relationship. But will she be able to settle? I really loved the atmosphere of this book: melancholy, non-dramatic despite everything that happens and reflective about belonging and feeling at home. Beautifully written, highly recommended. npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #SilentSunday #monochrome #BlackAndWhte https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/115/954/378/630/494/906/original/0fe23a413fd809b8.jpeg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema I've seen it called a novel in stories. Or simply linked or interlinked stories. Agreed, this is a little boring, so I'd welcome something fancier. npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema Nice to have a Shields club here! So we are the lucky ones to read her from our own free will. It's so sad if you lose the fun of reading at school. My school never managed to break my greedy reading habits :) npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema The Stone Diaries was the first Shield I read. First ones tend to be favourites when I like a writer, probably because of the the feeling of discovering something "new". I loved The Republic of Love as well. But every one of her books is good. Enjoy! Your post made me feel like rereading her. npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema Amazing how similar our book tastes are :) Carol Shields is another one of my favourite writers. npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema dankje! npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema @npub1uc0…cpgf @npub1ny7…uv57 The Wager by David Grann Fascinating history of the shipwreck of The Wager in 1741, off Cape Horn. The crew is stranded on a remote island, dying of hunger, cold, storms and illness. There is mutiny and savagery in the struggle to survive. But also attempts to maintain order and the lines of command. Amazingly, they wrote official documents justifying their behavior in case they would make it back to England and end up in court. Which some of them miraculously did. npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema In mijn omgeving hebben mensen goede ervaringen met Fairphones. Ik wacht tot mijn 7 jaar oude Samsung het begeeft en neem dan een Fairphone van Murena. Die zijn ontGoogled, privacyvriendelijk, niet datahongerig. En je kunt er praktisch alle apps op draaien die je wilt. npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema Agree, this is a very good book, and Amor Towles is a very good writer! If you have not read them, I also highly recommend his 'Rules of Civlity' and 'A Gentleman in Moscow. And I'm very much looking forward to his newest book. npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #TexturesChallenge For the last week of this challenge a Fluffy one. Textures were harder than I expected, but it was fun. I enjoyed all the beautiful pictures of other participants. Thanks, and thank you @npub1rx9…yyt5 for the idea of these past four weeks! https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/112/976/078/435/143/490/original/8fce3c884e678963.jpg npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema #geschiedenis Het boek is te krijgen bij de boekhandel. Het e-boek is gratis te downloaden op https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.12720984 2/2 npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema @npub1ahj…kakq #geschiedenis Mijn boek is af! Het heet "Een kolossale overdrijving" en het gaat over zes Nederlandse journalisten die in 1946 door de VS reisden. Ze bezochten o.a. Wall Street, Harvard, een groep atoomgeleerden, de Ford-fabrieken, Capitol Hill en de Walt Disney Studio's. Zij schreven er ieder een serie krantenartikelen over. Hun artikelen geven een prachtig inkijkje in het Amerika van 1946. In de verzuilde pers van die tijd gaven ze ieder een heel eigen beeld van het land. 1/2 npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema Once again a beautiful collection, Steven. Black&white works so well! I love the hair. And thanks for the surprise! npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema These are wonderful, especially the blue one! Funny story about that woman. Something similar happened to me when we were doing the green colour challenge and I was pointing my camera to some boring green grasses :) npub12pllx5nsgugkpc57v3djt64xdqlfclppuue55c200dscfhsqc9sq3slr3c Marian Hellema Here are some #RepeatingPatterns . This week it was Arrows, as proposed by @npub1y23…uw32 Phew, arrows were much harder than circles to find. And even harder to make interesting pictures of. But I really started to have fun when I realised that arrows can have so many different shapes. Even triangles can be arrows sometimes: see the remote control. This makes arrows different from circles or squares, which are always the same shape. Next weekend we'll have Squares. Enjoy! https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/112/737/867/777/507/761/original/6a36469f7c613daa.jpg https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/112/737/870/596/846/471/original/dd67f87e612a9c15.jpg https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/112/737/872/791/435/580/original/534d9f056851d7c8.jpg https://mastodon.nl/system/media_attachments/files/112/737/875/722/228/423/original/dd3466829b65ac0d.jpg