false 700852 I'll be going back to The Netherlands this October 2009 - to live there, for the first time in 8 years.
I'm very excited about this big change in my life, eager to go back to my roots, speak my own language and live in the city I was born and raised in.
I will miss New Zealand and my family and friends here, however feel that what I'll gain in The Netherlands will hopefully outweigh what I'll miss in New Zealand.

I've worked as a reference and technology services librarian for the past 2,5 years and studied at University before that - teaching and social sciences.

I grew up surrounded by books and developed a love of reading very early on. It was my way to escape from the world and from everything going on around me.

I'm a huge Star Trek fan, enjoy reading fiction books to do with science fiction, vampires, magic, the occult and religion.

Most of the non-fiction books I read are about Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the Middle East, Israel, Muslim countries, languages, culture and politics.

I'm fluent in Dutch and English, know high-school French and German, and am learning Spanish, Hebrew and Arabic.

I hope to visit Spain, Italy, Germany and France while in Europe, and am very much looking forward to visiting Israel, a dream I'll hopefully be able to make reality in 2010.]]> 26 female New Zealand 12/2007 12/2009 26897 Anne Bishop 396497 Traci Harding 9550 Laurell K. Hamilton 14 1418 802 true 5667665 read 0 true 1414216 currently-reading 616 true 1414215 to-read 220 false 1414250 star-trek-n-scifi 164 false 1422188 childrens-ya 136 false 1421748 vamps-n-fantasy 119 false 1422120 easy-reading 84 false 1995868 culture 69 false 1415029 well-known-books 68 false 3813242 bishop-harding-harris 63 false 3812806 judaism 38 false 3812838 islam 36 false 3812850 christianity 29 false 1441892 dutch 23 false 1421233 religion-n-spirituality 23 false 2857400 auto-and-biogs 18 false 1421795 reichs-fairstein 16 false 1441891 mzb 14 false 1415082 nz 13 false 3812853 m-e 6 false 2857407 self-improvement 5 false 3869197 language Exodus (Mass Market Paperback) by Leon Uris]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38019301 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1226504732s/42697.jpg 700852 Nikki http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1230421161p2/700852.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/700852-nikki Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:51:26 -0800 Going through the bookshelves on a visit home, I noticed my Dad owned a copy. I´d been looking for light reading, however couldn´t ignore this book sitting on my shelf.
I cried, I laughed, I smiled, I cried some mor...more...]]> De dochter: Roman (Paperback) by Jessica Durlacher]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77873471 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1240842205s/1869362.jpg 700852 Nikki http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1230421161p2/700852.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/700852-nikki Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:24:09 -0800 Emoticon (Hardcover) by Jessica Durlacher]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77872963 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41JHDJhHRQL._SL75_.jpg 700852 Nikki http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1230421161p2/700852.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/700852-nikki Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:18:48 -0800 Turks Fruit by Jan Wolkers]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77872104 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241777087s/1451403.jpg 700852 Nikki http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1230421161p2/700852.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/700852-nikki Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:12:09 -0800 Twilight (Twilight, #1) by Stephenie Meyer]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40049312 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41DcKN0STkL._SL75_.jpg 700852 Nikki http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1230421161p2/700852.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/700852-nikki Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:05:44 -0800
I enjoyed Twilight for several different reasons. I liked Bella - smart, fun...more...]]> Seeing God (Paperback) by David Aaron]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72864294 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186607621s/1669196.jpg 700852 Nikki http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1230421161p2/700852.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/700852-nikki Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:51:46 -0700 My Year Inside Radical Islam: A Memoir (Hardcover) by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72864013 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170990143s/80841.jpg 700852 Nikki http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1230421161p2/700852.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/700852-nikki Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:47:16 -0700 Go Ask Alice (Paperback) by Beatrice Sparks]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37149748 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343599s/46799.jpg 700852 Nikki http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1230421161p2/700852.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/700852-nikki Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:43:34 -0700