Sophie Archives

Staff Choices: what we’ve read and loved – Part 5

Put together by Lília Written by Jouke, Martijn, Chiara, Sophie, Iris and Simone Warbreaker - Brandon Sanderson Jouke: Two sisters, captive gods, an ingenious magic system featuring breath and colors, and a talking sword. I love Warbreaker and I have no idea why I waited 11 years to [...]

Lilia Visser2023-11-29T15:46:15+01:00Tags: Best of Lists, Book Reviews, Crime Fiction, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Iris, Jouke, Lília, Martijn, Mythology, Science Fiction, Simone, Sophie|

Staff Choices: what we’ve read and loved – Part 3

Put together by Lília Written by Renata, Martijn, Lília, Jouke, Sophie, Simone, Jonna and Natalia In this Part 3 of our Staff Choices the titles below were chosen by one or more ABC colleagues, and everyone has their own reasons for loving them. Read on to see what they are. You [...]

Lilia Visser2023-08-22T11:26:08+02:00Tags: ABC, Best of Lists, Fiction, Greek Mythology, Jonna, Jouke, Lília, Martijn, Mythology, Natalia, Renata, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction, Simone, Sophie|

Staff Choices: what we’ve read and loved – Part 1

Put together by Lília Written by Bob, IrisW, Jonna, Naomi, Tiemen, Sophie, Jitse, Júlia and Lília Some of these titles were chosen by one or more ABC colleagues, and everyone gives their own reasons to have loved them. Take a look at what we say about our personal favorites. You might [...]

Lilia Visser2023-07-22T12:28:25+02:00Tags: Bob, Essays, Fiction, Global politics, Iris, Jonna, Júlia, Lília, Naomi, Romantasy, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction, Sophie, Tiemen|

Machinery of Empire series by Yoon Ha Lee

Written by Sophie Ninefox Gambit, Raven Stratagem, Revenant Gun and Hexarchate Stories by Yoon Ha Lee. I find it very hard to review this series of books because despite it being one of my favorite science fiction series, it is also one of the strangest. As in, [...]

Lilia Visser2023-06-22T10:16:56+02:00Tags: Book Reviews, Science Fiction, Series, Sophie, Yoon Ha Lee|

ABC Mothers: What We Read to Our Kids

To celebrate Mother's Day, we show 3 ABC moms talking about their favorite books they read to their kids. Sophie "What my daughter and I loved about Sandra Boynton's books is that the rhythm of the text works so well together with the words. The Going to Bed [...]

Lilia Visser2023-05-15T08:39:35+02:00Tags: ABC, ABC Moms; Mother's Day, Lília, Renata; Board Books; Picture Books, Sophie|

ABC Staff Picks

Luke and Iris W. are back with our first ABC Staff Picks of 2023. Think cozy titles, biographies, science fiction novellas, a YA horror title and much more…. As the books buyer for Amsterdam’s film section, Luke chose two quite different memoirs from two famous authors. Both have similar themes about [...]

Ester2023-04-06T12:02:20+02:00Tags: Bella, Fantasy, Fiction, General Fiction, Horror, Iris, Jouke, Luke, MariaS, Reinoud, Science Fiction, Simone, Sophie, Sports, Staff Picks, Tiemen, Young Adult|

Book-to-screen adaptations: The love edition

written by Lília With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, we thought we’d home in on screen adaptations of romantic fiction. Because who hasn’t heard of or watched – maybe many times! –adaptions of Jane Austen’s books such as Pride and Prejudice and Emma, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre or Emily Brontë’s [...]

Ester2023-02-08T12:46:58+01:00Tags: Best of Lists, Book to Movie, Book to Screen, Book to Series, Ester, Lília, Romantic Fiction, Sophie|

Conversations with customers

Marie is a good example of a “growing up with ABC” customer: niece of our Sophie, she has known the ABC since she was born. Her ABC store may have changed from The Hague to Amsterdam, where she moved to study and work, but her loyalty remains the same. [...]

Ester2023-01-07T13:40:18+01:00Tags: Interviews, Lília, Sophie|

ABC Top 5: 2022 Edition

Here we go again with our 5(ish) favorite reads of 2022. We try very hard to keep to 5, but it’s not always possible. So, there may be 5 or 6, an A and a B list, memorable reads or just plain marvelous books. We hope you enjoy it and [...]

Ester2022-12-20T22:33:27+01:00Tags: Bella, Best of Lists, Board Games, Bob, Crime Fiction, EmmaS, EmmaV, Fantasy, Fiction, Japanese Fiction, Jelle, Jitse, Jonna, Jouke, Klaartje, Lauren, Lília, Lynn, Maarten, MariaS, Martijn, Natalia, Nature, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction, Sigrid, Simone, Sol, Sophie, Steven, Sywert, Tiemen, Young Adult|

ABC Staff Picks

written by Lília Nothing beats curling up on the couch with a blanket, book and (hot) beverage in the autumn months. We’ve got some great new titles for you spanning the genres—starting with true story-based fiction, passing through pure romantic escapism and falling finally into the magical world of translation. (You’ll [...]

Ester2023-04-06T12:02:26+02:00Tags: Bella, Bob, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Lília, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction, Simone, Sophie, Staff Picks, Young Adult|

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