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Book Review: The Incandescent

The Incandescent - Emily Tesh Doctor Walden is the Director of Magic at Chetwood Academy and one of the most powerful magicians in England. Her days consist of meetings, teaching A-Level Invocation to four talented, chaotic sixth formers, more meetings, and securing the school's boundaries from demonic incursions. Walden is [...]

Damla2026-01-07T22:03:04+01:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Dark Academia, Emily Tesh, Fantasy, Iris, Iris W.|

Bookseller life: inventory edition

by Iris As booksellers at ABC, certain days of the year are more important than others. Thanksgiving is one of those days, and the last Saturday before Christmas. And then there's the first Monday of February: inventory day! Inventory checking, also known as stocktaking, is "the physical verification of the [...]

Iris W2026-01-23T20:43:26+01:00Tags: bookseller life, inventory, Iris, life as a bookseller, stocktake|

Book Review: The Invention of Amsterdam

The Invention of Amsterdam by Ben Coates Join Coates as he meanders past beautiful townhouses and glittering canals, dances at Pride celebrations, witnesses the King’s apology at Keti Koti, attends a WW2 memorial, gets high at a coffee shop, walks through the red-light district, and gazes in awe at Rembrandt [...]

Damla2026-01-04T13:08:23+01:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Colleen Geske, Molly Quell, Non-Fiction, The Netherlands|

Upcoming book-to-screen adaptations

By Naomi There are, once again, lots of books being adapted into movies or TV series this year. Below is a selection of what's coming to a screen near you in the first half of the year! People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry This is the first [...]

Naomi2026-02-11T18:37:30+01:00Tags: Book to Movie, Book to Screen, Book to Series, Naomi|

Here Be Dragons

by Iris Did you know that today, January 16th, is 'Appreciate a Dragon' Day? No? Well, every day is a school day, as they say! To commemorate the occasion appropriately, we've assembled a short list of dragon books for your perusal. There's much more out there, of course, and we highly [...]

Iris W2026-02-11T18:37:31+01:00Tags: Appreciate a Dragon Day, Dragons, Here Be Dragons, Iris|

Book Review: The Narrow Road Between Desires

The Narrow Road Between Desires - Patrick Rothfuss Bast knows how to bargain. The give-and-take of a negotiation is as familiar to him as the in-and-out of breathing; to watch him trade is to watch an artist at work. But even a master's brush can slip. When he accepts a [...]

Damla2026-01-03T14:42:30+01:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Mike, Patrick Rothfuss, The Kingkiller Chronicle|

Bookbits for January 2026

by Damla and Sophie Happy new year! The festive season is slowly winding down and the somewhat harsher realities of life (by which we mean weeks worth of unanswered emails at work, restarting coursework, or finally packing away those decorations) are rising back to the surface. But not to worry. [...]

Damla2026-02-11T17:37:25+01:00Tags: Awards, Book to Screen, Bookbits, Damla, Interviews, lists, RIP, Sophie|

2025 Bestsellers

by Lília Here we are, with a new year beginning again. Time to look back at 2025 and see what our customers' preferred books were. It's interesting to see certain titles pop up as bestsellers across all three stores, but also the different ones each of them favor. Location and customer [...]

Lilia2026-02-11T18:37:31+01:00Tags: ABC Bestsellers, ABC Bestsellers 2025, Art, Classics, Crime Fiction, Current Affairs, Dark Romance, Dutch author, Fantasy, General Fiction, History, Japanese Fiction, Philosophy, Prize winners, Psychology, Romance, Romantasy, Translated Fiction, Young Adult|

2026 Releases We’re Excited About – Part 2

by Naomi What better way to end the year 2025 than by looking forward to 2026? We’ve looked back on all our favorite books of 2025, but we’re booksellers! There are always more books to look forward to! We asked our staff what upcoming releases they are excited about, and of [...]

Naomi2026-02-11T18:37:32+01:00

Book Review: Quicksilver

Quicksilver - Callie Hart Do not touch the sword. Do not turn the key. Do not open the gate. In the land of the unforgiving desert, there isn’t much a girl wouldn’t do for a glass of water. Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about [...]

Damla2026-01-03T14:25:17+01:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Callie Hart, Lília, Romantasy|

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