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Book-to-screen adaptations: Young Adult (aka YA edition)

Written by Lília Young Adult (YA) books have been among the most adapted to screen over the past few years. While crime and romance novels have always been popular fodder for film adaptations, recent YA books have scored such success that more are popping up as films and series on all [...]

Lilia2023-08-22T12:22:12+02:00Tags: Best of Lists, Book to Movie, Book to Screen, Book to Series, Lília, Young Adult|

Staff Choices: what we’ve read and loved – Part 2

Put together by Lília Written by Tiemen, EmmaV, IrisW, Juno, Jesmae and Maria Some of the titles below were chosen by one or more ABC colleagues, but everyone has their own reasons for loving them. Read on to see what they are. You might even find one or two new titles [...]

Lilia2023-08-17T14:50:20+02:00Tags: ABC, Best of Lists, EmmaV, Fantasy, Iris, Jesmae, Juno, Maria, Nature, Staff Choices, Tiemen|

ABC Staff Quotes – Sayings from your local ABC Store Part 3

Written by EmmaV As a bookseller, you see loads of books coming in and going out of the store every day. We can tell you with certainty: this is a good source for all kinds of contemplations and conversations! But also dealing with customers, or even plain equipment, has been inspirational for [...]

Lilia2023-07-21T17:54:08+02:00Tags: ABC, Anecdotes, EmmaV, Staff Quotes|

Cooking Around the World

Written by Natalia A list of mouth-watering cookbooks to whet your appetite! NORTH AMERICA Comida Mexicana by Rosa Cienfuegos Comida Mexicana is an excellent cookbook for those who want to taste authentic Mexican flavors. We have all tried Tex-Mex, but Mexican cuisine is about so much [...]

Lilia2023-07-21T21:01:18+02:00Tags: Around the World, Best of Lists, Cookbooks, Natalia|

Queer & Pride in Amsterdam

Written by Lauren With Amsterdam's legendary Canal Parade capping off the city's Pride festivities this weekend, our Natalia shares her thoughts on what Amsterdam gets right and where there's still room for improvement. Born and bred Amsterdammer Natalia Lloyd has been working at The American Book Center in [...]

Lilia2023-08-05T10:24:42+02:00Tags: ABC, Lauren, Natalia, Pride, Queer|

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 [...]

Lilia2023-07-22T12:28:25+02:00Tags: Bob, Essays, Fiction, Global politics, Iris, Jonna, Júlia, Lília, Naomi, Romantasy, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction, Sophie, Tiemen|

30 years of laughs with Amsterdam’s Boom Chicago

Writen by Luke and Lauren While visiting Amsterdam a couple decades ago, two young Chicagoans—Andrew Moskos and Pep Rosenfeld—proceeded to do what most young American tourists do in the nation’s capital: they went to a coffee shop to get stoned. The year was 1992, the coffee shop may or may not [...]

Lilia2023-07-21T10:27:06+02:00Tags: ABC, Boom Chicago, Comedy, Events, History, Luke|

CHANNELING OUR INNER BARBIE

Our The Hague staff has caught the Barbie bug and channeled their inner Barbies--and Kens--to pose with their favorite books! In honor of the movie, our Leidschendam and The Hague team made amazing, very pink displays!

Lilia2023-07-17T17:00:37+02:00Tags: ABC, Best of Lists, Biography, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Games, Philosophy, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction|

Top 7 Romance Podcasts for the open-hearted

Written by Lília There are so many romance podcasts out there! You can listen to readers ranting about their preferred romance authors, romance authors talking about new and old titles or even to new romantic novellas. If you can’t decide what to tune into, here are my top 7 romance podcasts [...]

Lilia2023-07-09T20:49:40+02:00Tags: Best of Lists, Lília, Podcasts, Romantic Fiction|

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