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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|

Triple take: Blood Over Bright Haven

Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang Magic has made the city of Tiran an industrial utopia, but magic has a cost—and the collectors have come calling. An orphan since the age of four, Sciona has always had more to prove than her fellow students. For twenty years, she has [...]

Lilia2025-04-10T12:55:29+02:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Else, Fantasy, Iris, IrisW, M.L. Wang, Staff Choice, Tiemen|

African Mythology Inspired Fantasy

By Else There are so many subgenres within the Science Fiction Fantasy world that I would lose the plot if I were to have to divide my section into them all. But some genres do not get the attention they deserve, so I am going to highlight a couple of subgenres [...]

Lilia2025-04-10T14:49:53+02:00Tags: African Mythology inspired Fantasy, Else, Evan Winter, Fantasy, Jordan Ifueko, Marlon James, Mike, N.K. Jemisin, Namina Forna, Nnedi Okorafor, O.O. Sangoyomi, Rogba Payne, Saara El-Arifi, Tomi Adeyemi|

Book review: The Rage of Dragons

The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter The Omehi people have been fighting an unwinnable war for generations. The lucky ones are born gifted: some have the power to call down dragons, others can be magically transformed into bigger, stronger, faster killing machines. Everyone else is fodder, destined to fight [...]

Lilia2025-04-03T16:18:45+02:00Tags: African Mythology inspired Fantasy, Book review, Book Reviews, Else, Evan Winter, Fantasy|

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