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English Book Week: Dream Harbor style

by Iris Get ready, book lovers: tomorrow marks the start of the "Week van het Engelse Boek", or English Book Week. Founded in 2018 by Van Ditmar, this week (actually a fortnight, but who's counting?) aims to help Dutch readers explore the English written word. Your main perk: spend €12.50 on [...]

Iris W2025-10-13T09:07:04+02:00Tags: Dream Harbor, English Book Week, Iris, Laurie Gilmore, The Apple Pie Ice Cream Parlor, Week van het Engelse Boek|

Book Review: Ambessa

Ambessa Medarda is a woman to be feared. She has led conquests and armies. She has slain legendary beasts. She has made grave sacrifices in pursuit of glory during her ascent up the ranks. And for this she was rewarded: She entered the realm of death and was granted a [...]

Damla2025-09-18T15:38:20+02:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, C.L. Clark, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Mike|

ABC Bestsellers – September 2025

by Damla September was a month for big and exciting names when it comes to publishing. Dan Brown's latest book in the thrilling Robert Langdon series, The Secret of Secrets, has hit the shelves after a long hiatus. Ian McEwan has also released a new book this month, called What [...]

Damla2025-10-10T15:43:10+02:00Tags: ABC Bestsellers, ABC Bestsellers 2025, Art, Bruna, Crime Fiction, Damla, Else, Fantasy, Fiction, Júlia, Matty, memoir, Nonfiction, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Romantasy, Science Fiction, Sophie, Tiemen|

Taylor Swift Albums as Books

by Damla and Naomi Unless you have been living in a strict digital detox and have avoided all social media platforms in the last month (honestly, that sounds rather blissful, no judgement), then you have most likely heard that Taylor Swift has announced her 12th album, The Life of A Showgirl, [...]

Damla2025-10-02T11:25:07+02:00Tags: Damla, Fiction, Naomi, Poetry, Romance, Taylor Swift, Thriller, Young Adult|

Twilight: the 20th Anniversary

By Naomi It's Friday August 1st, 2008. My mom is picking ten-year-old little me up from a week-long dance camp. I get in the car, and she has Breaking Dawn on the passenger seat, even though it's not supposed to come out until the next Monday. The tiny newspaper shop in [...]

Naomi2025-09-11T18:42:34+02:00Tags: Naomi, Stephenie Meyer, Young Adult|

Book Review: Intermezzo

Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common. Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties – successful, competent and apparently unassailable. Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the [...]

Damla2025-09-18T15:41:23+02:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Bruna, Fiction, Sally Rooney|

Else rereads: back to Malazan (pt. 1)

by Else For the last 14 years, my answer to the question "What is your favourite fantasy series?" has been the same: Malazan Book of the Fallen, by Steven Erikson. But how could someone ever know this is my favourite book series of all time? Well, first of all, I tell [...]

Iris W2025-09-19T11:28:28+02:00Tags: Book review, Else, Gardens of the Moon, malazan book of the fallen, series review, Steven Erikson|

Booker Prize 2025 Shortlist

by Damla The shortlist for the 2025 Booker Prizes has been announced this week, highlighting six books among an impressive collection. This year's selection revolves around themes of family: what can bring them together, and what can break them apart. Among the many critically acclaimed nominees is a previous Booker Prize [...]

Damla2025-09-26T16:29:40+02:00Tags: Andrew Miller, Ben Markovits, Booker Prize, Booker Prize shortlist, Damla, David Szalay, Katie Kitamura, Kiran Desai, Susan Choi|

Banned Books Week

By Sophie This week, 20-28 September, is the first ever Week van het verboden boek in The Netherlands, and next week, 5-11 October, is Banned Books Week in the U.S. We're paying attention to it, not just because it is almost an epidemic by now over there, but because it [...]

Sophie2025-09-17T14:04:17+02:00Tags: Banned Books, banned books week, Graphic Novels, LGBTQIA+, Sophie, YA fiction|

Book Review: The Name of the Wind

The riveting first-person narrative of a young man who grows to be the most notorious magician his world has ever seen. From his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter [...]

Damla2025-09-18T15:39:38+02:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Fantasy, Mike, Patrick Rothfuss|

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