Eating more vegetables (as in 500 grams a day) Eating less carbs (as in eating less industrial foods) Moving more (as in a 30 min. Walk a day at least) That made me lose 10 kg in 2017, I think I can lose another 10 kg this way. To channel the stress and frustration that I normally ate away I attended a second choir.

I think I will try the BINGO from Robin again :)I started lasted year with that and it definitly broadened my readings. It also helped me to make a better use of our library system. DD wants to try again to get a black out

Amelie Nothomb is also a Wallonian author but one that writes almost gothic books. Her books about her time in Japan are different of style though. Tessa de Loo is a very accessible author, one that people really read also beside highschool literature. Dorrestein too btw... I have to admit I have never read Dorrenstein or Simenon, so I think you made a great choice :)

Robin, I am working on my BINGO planning and try to remember your monthly list for 2018, I thought there was a Dutch month, but I can’t find the post so I don’t know which authors you named...

One motivator to lose much weight in 2017 was the sickness of a parent with similar bodytype and similar amount overweight. Upon that became Realising that diabetes II can be avoid just by eating differently (sickness of the parent is a different one) So I hope to lose more weight in 2018

Thank you! Good to realise! I will send a mail (again)...

Is this article from the same site but more recent: http://www.academie-francaise.fr/actualites/declaration-de-lacademie-francaise-sur-lecriture-dite-inclusive Confirming your first one?

Thank you!It used to be easier, but they changed the requirement for 2018 exams. It is tough beceause she is in the languages track, other tracks don’t have this essay requirement for french but have to wright essays for other subjects. DD has to write a research essay for Latin (Julian-Claudic Dynastie) French (CERF) and History (Modern Era) These are not as huge as I see in WTM, but it is a good starting point :)

We will remember that! :) The essay had to be related to the ERK / CERF system. She had to interview at least four persons in French for whom French is a foreign language and had to indicate their CERF level using the grid. Then she also had to do a (very) small research about language acquisition. She had to pick from the four skills: reading, listening, speaking, writing. If she has passed the exam I can post her essay.

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Dd attends March 21st the 12th grade exam French written (B1/B2 level) For the exam she has to upload a small research essay in French that will be questioned on the exam itself. Dd and DH are discussing the French use of inclusive language, but we don’t know what the French custom in this is, nor we can find solid information about it. DH prefers the consequent use of il or il/elle. DD thinks il is excluding and considers il/elle as not readable, so she switched from il to elle and vice versa. DH thinks that is against the rules but is not able to find any rules in these... Does anyone knows how the French of France deal with this??? Thanks in advance!!!!!!!

1) Loose more weight. I lost 10 kg last year, and would like to lose another 15 kg I will be still 5 kg overweight by then. 2) Contentnes, this is my number one virtue I would like to have. 3) Getting more control about my emotions/depressions.

Thank you!That explains a lot. I think in basics our church runs the same way, except in Belgium the federal government pays the wages from Priests, vicars, imams, rabbi etc. but only for the recognised institutes. In the Netherlands the local parish pays the vicar in protestant churches.

What does PCC stands for? It is also used in the Rectors wife and electronic dictionary had no description.

You’re Welcome and glad you joined in!

Thank you for the suggestion! the description at Goodreads does not appeal to me at first sight, but will keep it in mind, just in case. The 2 books I mentioned are about already married women and their struggles to fit in the expections of the parish of their husband. How to link a book: Find the book at goodreads, amazon, or library website. Click and select the whole adress at the top of your screen, Copy (with right mouse button at computer or select copy on a tablet/phone) Come back to here and paste

Maybe an odd question, but does anybody know more books like: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19245347-the-rector-s-wife https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178569.Jane_and_Prudence I don’t laugh often loud, but these books made me laugh loudly I like that :) I think it is the humoristic curates/vicar/rector wife part that resonates to me.

:fained:! Wow robin, Impressive list!

137 is a prime number isn’t it? I think I will manage it before monday :) I very liked the writing style of the Irene Huss detective, the one I read:the glass devil, ended with a case of s3xual child abuse so some might want to skip this book.

Dd finished her bingo not, she still has 2 squares to do: Western and Your name in Title.These were hard to find in something she would like, She did a great a job, although I adjusted the rules a little to her: as she was 14 she was allowed to use YA books, and books she has to read for Dutch Literature she could also use for Bingo. The Bingo helped her to find her way in the adult section of the library. She will try the new bingo too :)

Oh I hope you will get the replacement soon! Our dishwasher failed last month, did you recieve a lot of company during the holidays? So you’ll have much more dishes to do?

One thing I like about Goodreads is to find the translations of titles. It is a huge database!

Hi! I track my books with Goodreads. One doesn’t have to do anything one doesn’t want to do. Last year we had several new BaW readers. Several of them aimed about 10 books for 2017. That is okay! Some people, like me, like the Bingo, others don’t Some people do monthly challenges. I don’t. And others are just happy they find time to read again! So I would say: Join the thread and read :)

Part 2 :) Which countries and time periods did you visit? - I visited: Egypt, Nairobi, Irak, UK, Poland, Russia, Germany, China, Spain, France, India, USA etc.... After reading a lot of Brontes in 2016 I was happy to read more modern books and making a better use of the library · Which books or authors would you recommend everybody read? Bloodlands was very good, but also nightmare giving. Hindergroen was a joyful light reading that plays with Dutch Language. I liked a lot of my readings :)