by Natalia There are many bookish podcasts out there, with something for everyone. If you have no idea where to start or which one to download, here are my top 5 bookish podcasts. 1. SFF YEAH! For fantasy and science fiction lovers, there is the entertaining [...]
An extraordinary story about a Jewish woman who pretended to be Catholic to survive the Holocaust
by Lília Surrounded by chocolate and tea, our Luke and Iris talked books on this month’s ABC Staff Picks livestream on YouTube. This time around, they (with a little help from their ABC friends) pointed us to fantasy, science fiction, some artistic and non-artistic self-help tomes, and a history book with [...]
"Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She’s always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories. Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he’s been cast from home. He's found a new one on the banks of the bottomless lake. Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists. But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli’s best friend, will drive their worlds together in ways they haven’t been in centuries. And there are some who will kill to keep them apart."
by EmmaV March 21 is World Poetry Day, and it’s a good moment to reflect on this beautiful and ancient art form. Poetry has been written through the ages, and it’s been brought to readers in all sorts of ways. Medieval bards recited their tales in long rhyming forms, while today, [...]
"A disillusioned millennial ghostwriter who, quite literally, has some ghosts of her own, has to find her way back home in this sparkling adult debut from national bestselling author Ashley Poston."
by Lília We start this ABC Staff Picks with an unusual choice: a cookbook! In recent years, we’ve seen many fandom cookbooks showing up on our shelves, and even though we might be a bit skeptical, many are actually quite good. Think about cookbooks based on TV series, games and, yes, [...]
"Jane Ellsworth and her sister Melody's lives still revolve around vying for the attentions of eligible men. While Jane's skill with glamour is remarkable, it is her sister who is fair of face, and therefore wins the lion's share of the attention. At the ripe old age of twenty-eight, Jane has resigned herself to being invisible forever."
by Natalia March is International Women’s History Month, during which we celebrate contributions to history, society and culture by women. The United States initiated this month in the late seventies, but the UK, Australia and Canada also celebrate it. In The Netherlands, we also celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8. [...]
by Lília We all have T-shirts with tears, socks with holes in the heel, jeans torn from the friction between our thighs... You get the idea. Most of the time, the garments we’ve loved to death are all still very wearable, if not for those pesky details. So what can we [...]
