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Book Review: Intermezzo

Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common. Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties – successful, competent and apparently unassailable. Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the [...]

Damla2025-09-18T15:41:23+02:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Bruna, Fiction, Sally Rooney|

Else rereads: back to Malazan (pt. 1)

by Else For the last 14 years, my answer to the question "What is your favourite fantasy series?" has been the same: Malazan Book of the Fallen, by Steven Erikson. But how could someone ever know this is my favourite book series of all time? Well, first of all, I tell [...]

Iris W2025-09-19T11:28:28+02:00Tags: Book review, Else, Gardens of the Moon, malazan book of the fallen, series review, Steven Erikson|

Booker Prize 2025 Shortlist

by Damla The shortlist for the 2025 Booker Prizes has been announced this week, highlighting six books among an impressive collection. This year's selection revolves around themes of family: what can bring them together, and what can break them apart. Among the many critically acclaimed nominees is a previous Booker Prize [...]

Damla2025-09-26T16:29:40+02:00Tags: Andrew Miller, Ben Markovits, Booker Prize, Booker Prize shortlist, Damla, David Szalay, Katie Kitamura, Kiran Desai, Susan Choi|

Banned Books Week

By Sophie This week, 20-28 September, is the first ever Week van het verboden boek in The Netherlands, and next week, 5-11 October, is Banned Books Week in the U.S. We're paying attention to it, not just because it is almost an epidemic by now over there, but because it [...]

Sophie2025-09-17T14:04:17+02:00Tags: Banned Books, banned books week, Graphic Novels, LGBTQIA+, Sophie, YA fiction|

Book Review: The Name of the Wind

The riveting first-person narrative of a young man who grows to be the most notorious magician his world has ever seen. From his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter [...]

Damla2025-09-18T15:39:38+02:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Fantasy, Mike, Patrick Rothfuss|

Cozy Books for Fall

By Naomi It feels like it's been here for a while, but today it is official: fall has begun! 'Tis the season to get cozy on your couch, wrapped up in a blanket, with a cup of tea at your elbow and a good book in your hands. You can listen [...]

Naomi2025-09-08T15:05:45+02:00Tags: Cookbook, Crafts, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, General Fiction, Graphic Novel, Horror, Japanese Fiction, Manga, Middle Grade, Naomi, Romantasy, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction, seasonal celebration, Staff Picks, Young Adult|

Bookseller life: Leidschendam edition

by Iris Our Leidschendam store in the Westfield Mall of the Netherlands opened its doors in 2021. It was pandemic times and the many extra rules and regulations didn't make for the smoothest of starts. But four years later we're still here, and it's well past time to bring you along [...]

Iris W2025-09-15T13:53:26+02:00Tags: A Day in the Life of a Bookseller, ABC History, bookseller life, Iris|

ABCxJAI: On the Edge with Nate Silver

by Claudio Some of us would like to believe that the days when we were still being ruled by quants and risk analysts are drawing to a close. That by now we would be reasoned to tears and sucked empty from looking at the world through the veil of spreadsheets and [...]

Iris W2025-09-08T13:39:21+02:00Tags: ABC Events, ABC in the Wild, abcxjai, John Adams Institute, nate silver|

Book Review: Katabasis

Alice Law has sacrificed everything to become one of the brightest minds in the field of Magick. All to work with Professor Jacob Grimes at Cambridge, the greatest magician in the world—until he dies in a magical accident that could possibly be her fault. Grimes is now in Hell, and [...]

Damla2025-09-12T17:30:29+02:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Damla, Fantasy, Katabasis, R.F. Kuang|

We love Weird Books

By Naomi If you've ever been to our store in The Hague, you might have spotted our tiny little Weird Book of the Week sign. Every week, staff members pick a new book that, for whatever reason, is weird. It's in good humor, because we love weird books! There are many [...]

Naomi2025-09-08T10:08:19+02:00Tags: Fiction, Humor, Naomi, Non-Fiction|

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