[MIJB#19]

I can't say I've been reading much and I doubt that any book I read made a big impact on me. That said, two books I read did make me look a bit different to the small world I live in.

De Steile Helling - Maarten 't Hart - Dutch book by probably the most famous person from Maassluis. Really puts the whole society in Maassluis in perspective, even as it's situated in the 50/60's.

Brilliant Orange - David Winner - English writer who campares the Dutch soccer team, it's style and the repuations with anything else Dutch. Proably not a master piece, but written by an outsider. Put the whole culutre in the NLs in another perspective to me.

The Bible - some Dutch translations - I spent my 4th through 12th year of my life on a school where one specific teacher was very extreme in proclaiming how good Christianity is. I really felt good about being caring about others, but the "this is the only truth" part turned me off and taught me that kids should be kept away from religion until they turn 18 or 21 and go on their own discovery of religion and where they'd fit in. Reading it is a big word, but it's existence surely partily made me how I am today.