Wondering what’s happening in the vast and dynamic world of ABC? Well, worry no more because we got you covered with the latest on books, trends, stories, and much more.
Here we go again with our 5(ish) favorite reads of 2023! We try very hard to keep it to five, but it’s not always possible. So, there may be five or six suggestions, an A and a B list, memorable reads or just plain marvelous books. This year we’re presenting [...]
Here we go again with our 5(ish) favorite reads of 2023! We try very hard to keep it to five, but it’s not always possible. So, there may be five or six suggestions, an A and a B list, memorable reads or just plain marvelous books. This year we’re presenting [...]
by Lynn While going through boxes of old ABC papers, I recently ran across a book review ripped out of a 1989 edition of newspaper Het Parool. The reviewer, Johannes van Dam, saw The UnDutchables as a fresh take on Dutch life written by an American and British couple. [...]
by Lília Winter and Gift Season have arrived in our part of the world, so it’s time to talk about special editions and new titles to up our present ante! We have a huge pile of recommendations and also some advice: get your books and presents ASAP. The sooner [...]
by Jouke, Martijn, Chiara, Sophie, Iris, Simone & Lília Warbreaker by 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 read this; I would [...]
by Naomi Recently, the Romantasy genre – a hybrid subgenre of romance and fantasy – has experienced a big surge in popularity. This is in large part thanks to online reader communities such as BookTok, Bookstagram and BookTube, where readers can share recommendations and find like-minded people. A great example of [...]
by Naomi The days are getting shorter and darker, which means it’s the perfect time to light some candles, get comfortable under a blanket and pick up a cozy crime novel. The world can be bleak enough, so sometimes you want to read a book, knowing that in the end it’ll [...]
by Lília Luke and Iris discuss books and interview author Natali Simmonds. In the season 4 kick-off of our ABC Staff Picks, our Luke and Iris are back discussing the books they and their colleagues are loving right now. They also interview author Natali Simmonds about her [...]
by Naomi Manga is by its nature a very visual medium, which means it’s excellent source material for movies and tv series. Adaptations are either animated (anime) or live-action. There have been many adaptations of manga (Japanese), manhwa (Korean) and manhua (Chinese) series. Given that there are many manga series in [...]
by Lauren Norwegian author, poet and playwright Jon Fosse has won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature for what the Swedish Academy called his "innovative plays and prose which gives voice to the unsayable." The 64-year-old's major works, written in the Nynorsk variation of Norwegian, include the Septology [...]
