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Book review: Dungeon Master’s Guide 5th edition (2024)

Dungeons & Dragons RPG: Dungeon Master's Guide 5th edition - 2024 Create thrilling adventures with this revised and expanded Dungeon Master’s Guide fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons. Inside this essential guide is everything new and experienced Dungeon Masters need to weave epic tales, build fantastical worlds, and inspire memorable [...]

Lilia2025-05-11T12:46:32+02:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons, Mike, Wizard Of The Coast|

Book-to-screen: more crime fiction

By Naomi Last year was an excellent year for adaptations to the big or small screen. So many books were turned into shows or movies that we didn’t get a chance to highlight them all. Here are some crime fiction adaptations released in 2024 that we missed. [...]

Naomi2025-05-11T12:23:24+02:00Tags: Alex Cross, Book to Movie, Book to Screen, Crime Fiction, Jeffery Deaver, Louise Penny, Naomi, Robert Harris|

Series Spotlight: Letters of Enchantment

Letters of Enchantment, a YA duology by Rebecca Ross Divine Rivals When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths of hell, in a war among gods, to seal their fate forever. Iris Winnow just wants to hold [...]

Lilia2025-05-04T16:13:00+02:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Júlia, Naomi, Rebecca Ross, Series Spotlight, Young Adult|

Happy Mother’s Day!

by Damla Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers and mother figures out there! Today, we celebrate the wide range of experiences on motherhood, from relatable to singularly strange, eccentric to traditional, yet all remarkable. Take a look at our picks that shine the spotlight on unforgettable, powerful, and certainly remarkable [...]

Damla2025-05-06T11:44:32+02:00Tags: Damla, Fiction, General Fiction, Mother's Day|

What makes a book scary?

By Jilles Our own horror-loving Jilles has some thoughts on what makes a book scary. And came up with an amazingly horrific list of the 10 scariest book he's ever read. What makes a book scary? Is it when you’re reading in bed and are afraid to turn out the light? [...]

Lilia2025-04-29T11:48:32+02:00Tags: Agustina Bazterrica, Ann Rivers Siddons, Horror, James Herbert, Jay Anson, Jilles, Pau Tremblay, Peter Straub, Richard Matheson, Stephen King, Whitley Strieber|

Book review: The Names

The Names by Florence Knapp It is 1987, and in the aftermath of a great storm, Cora sets out with her nine-year-old daughter to register the birth of her son. Her husband intends her to follow a long-standing family tradition and call the boy after him. But faced with the [...]

Damla2025-05-05T20:21:41+02:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Damla, Fiction, Florence Knapp, General Fiction, Sophie|

Book review: Shame

Shame by Annie Ernaux WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 'My father tried to kill my mother one Sunday in June, in the early afternoon.' Thus begins Shame, the probing story of the twelve-year-old girl who will become the author herself, and the traumatic memory that will echo [...]

Lilia2025-04-10T15:21:49+02:00Tags: Annie Ernaux, Autobiography, Book review, Book Reviews, Bruna, Nobel Prize Winner|

ABC Bestsellers – April 2025

April was a month with quite a few holidays; an excellent moment to sit, enjoy the sun and read. And you, our customers, keep showing us what you enjoy reading. In these tumultuous times, The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank's Diary) reappears as a reminder of our history, and [...]

Series Spotlight: The Agency for Scandal

By Naomi This YA series by Laura Wood is set in the late 19th century and centers around an all-female secret agency, working to right the wrongs perpetrated by powerful men (or just men) against women. You have to suspend your disbelief quite a bit at [...]

Naomi2025-04-06T14:44:37+02:00Tags: Laura Wood, Naomi, Series Spotlight, Young Adult|

Bookbits for 1 May 2025

By Sophie How are we in May already?! It seems this past April's literary scene has followed what we do when this country has a spell of glorious weather: enjoyed the sun and take it east. Still, here are a few fun tidbits for you. - Summer reads! Well, since we're [...]

Sophie2025-05-01T15:46:53+02:00Tags: Awards, Bookbits, film and TV tie-ins, interview, Lauren, lists, mario vargas llosa, podcast, RIP, Sophie, summer reads, writing letters|

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