DianaNL in 2023 (2)

Welcome to my second thread of 2023.

I am still recovering from Covid, yesterday I went to work again.

Happy new thread, dear lady.

I hope that the new thread heralds an improvement in your health.

>2 PaulCranswick: Thank you, Paul, I hope so too xx

Happy new thread, Diana. It's always nice to hear from you.

Happy new thread, Diana!

Happy new thread Diana!

Happy new thread!

Hi Diana my dear, Happy New Thread my dear dear friend, always nice to see you on here.

Hi there and happy new one! Wishing you the best on the Covid front as I sit in the ER with my Hubby. He's been fighting it for four days and needs a little help. I have it too, but am asymptomatic. The fun never stops.

Thank you, Reba, Anita, Susan, Jim, John and Kim!

>9 Berly: Kim, that must have been scary. I hope your Hubby is better now xx

33. Sascha Rothchild - Blood Sugar

Suzanne wrote a review on her thread. I agree, this was really good.

Happy new thread!

Sorry to hear you have Covid. May it pass quickly.

>12 figsfromthistle: Thank you, Anita.

Diana wishing you Godspeed on getting rid of that awful COVID bug. xx

>14 PaulCranswick: Thank you, thank you, Paul xx

34. Samuel Bjork - I'm travelling alone

First thriller in the Norvegian Munch and Kruger series.

35. Marc D. Feldman - Dying to be ill

36. Jill Lepore - The Secret History of Wonder Woman

Trust you are now feeling much better my dear Diana. x

>19 PaulCranswick: My health is not okay, Paul, and I am not feeling good. But thank you for asking, that's sweet xx

37. Paolo Coelho - Veronika Decides to Die

38. Claire Baglin - En salle

>21 DianaNL: Did you take something positive from the book, Diana?

My favourite time of the year with Le Tour starting. The Yates twins did GB proud but I am always pleased to see the French do well and they could do with some success right now.

>23 PaulCranswick: Positive in the book for me was its originality, Paul.

Yes, Le Tour!! The Yates twins started very well and your French wish has come true with Victor Lafay's win yesterday.

39. Mick van Wely - Levenslang!

40. Alice Laplante - Turn of Mind

This book about a woman with dementia made a big impression on me. I work with people with dementia and I think the author did a great job. It's sad, but highly recommended.

Diana, Vingegaard and Pogacar are tearing up the Tourmalet just now. I have ridden it from both sides and I think that side is the tougher but they made it seem like a walk in the park!

>27 PaulCranswick: They are in! I'm glad JumboVisma is so strong.

What a great Tour de France this year. The Tour is on fire!

Same two fellows lighting it up too, Diana. Marvellous stuff. I was nostalgic too as the Tour returned to Puy de Dome.

>30 PaulCranswick: Another day in the mountains starts in 30 minutes. Happy watching, Paul!

41. Sander Aarts - Niet te breken

What did I just see in the Tour? I've never seen a time trial like that, wow.

42. Bart van der Boom - De politiek van het kleinste kwaad

43. Bart van der Boom - We weten niets van hun lot

44. Delphine de Vigan - Les enfants sont rois

45. Lisa Jewell - The Family Upstairs

This was the first Lisa Jewell I read and it was the right book at the right moment. Five stars!

In 1985, Joop Zoetemelk was the last Dutch world champion in cycling.

Today, Mathieu van der Poel did an amazing job in winning the championship! :-)

Hi Diana my dear, it was a good race after the demonstration, Bettiol had too far to go on his own but then Mathieu went straight past and no one followed, i did expect Van Aert to go after him.

When he fell at that corner i did wonder if he would be able to get up quickly or would Van Aert and the other two suddenly appear. He was mad and that increased his effort and determination to win and from that moment, his lead just increased with every pedal turn. A very deserved win for the young man.

>38 DianaNL: And he did it in an amazing way, going on after his fall and still a large gap between him and number 2.

>39 johnsimpson: A very deserved win, John.

>40 FAMeulstee: He did, Anita. It was so beautiful.

46. Lucas Zandberg - Mayling: moeder van het Chinese volk

47. Gijs Wilbrink - De beesten

48. Lisa Jewell - The Family Remains

My second Lisa Jewell and very good again!

49. Witold Szablowski - How to Feed a Dictator

50. Sally Hayden - My fourth time, we drowned: seeking refuge on the world's deadliest migration route

51. Bert Natter - Leven met Lidewij

>38 DianaNL: I was very pleased for Van der Poel, Diana.

>49 PaulCranswick: Me too, Paul. My dog seemed a bit concerned about me, shouting at the television ;-)

>50 DianaNL: Hahaha I can just imagine that, Diana. I am currently watching the Vuelta and it has been conquered by the Jumbo Visma team and I just feel that the parcours is simply too tough this year.

> Maybe the parcours is too tough, Paul, I don't know. The Jumbo Visma team is on its way to win all three big tours this year, they have a very strong team again.

>52 DianaNL: They have an impressive roster, Diana. It will be interesting to see whether or not the two obvious leaders of the team attack the race leader and normal lieutenant currently in the leader's Red Jersey.

>53 PaulCranswick: I don't know what will happen, Paul. I think it would be a perfect gift to Sep Kuss, who works so hard for them in nearly every big tour.

>54 DianaNL: I am conflicted and I guess that they will all be too. I would want to win the Grand Tour because I was the best in that race not because my teammates allowed me the win. Not saying that that is the case though. On the other hand it would be a just reward for his excellent support elsewhere.

>55 PaulCranswick: We agree, and we'll see who will be first xx

52. Matt Haig - The Midnight Library

>56 DianaNL: Looks almost certain to be Kuss so the two of them supported rather than thwarted him.

Have a great weekend.

>58 PaulCranswick: It's a beautiful result, isn't it? He already told his wife that he has no ambition to do this ever again :-)

Happy weekend to you, Paul.

53. Sarah Krasnostein - The Trauma Cleaner. One woman's Extrordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay and Disaster

>58 PaulCranswick: Hahaha I remember cycling up to Superbagneres in the Pyrenees 35 years ago and saying the same thing, Diana. I never did but I hope that he will not hold to his word - this year's Vuelta was, as usual, great fun to watch.

>61 PaulCranswick: Fortunately, he didn't mean to stop cycling, Paul, but he has no ambition to win a Grand Tour ever again.

This year's Tour and Vuelta were both great fun to watch. I watched the Giro too, obviously, but in my opinion that one was not as much fun as the other two this year.

>62 DianaNL: I have always liked the Vuelta more than the Giro but some of the courses for the latter recently have been brutal.

54. Jens Andersen - The LEGO Story

55. Sarah Ogilvie - The Dictionary People. The unsung heroes who created the Oxford English Dictionary

>65 DianaNL: You got an ARC? It's coming into my library (one of my libraries) mid-October - I've put it on hold. I grew up with a Compact OED, love stories about it and dictionaries in general.

>66 jjmcgaffey: No, I've read it on the ereader, in the Netherlands it's already available. I loved the stories and I think you're in for a treat!

56. Rachel Aviv - Strangers to Ourselves

57. Teun Toebes - VerpleegThuis

58. Paul Murray - The Bee Sting

59. Ben Rawlence - City of Thorns

60. Nynke Sietsma - B