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ABC Staff Picks: Season 4 kick off!

Luke and Iris discuss books and interview author Natali Simmonds. In the new season of our ABC Staff Picks, Luke and Iris are back discussing the books they and their colleagues are loving right now. They also interview author Natali Simmonds about her new book, Good Girls Die [...]

Lilia2025-07-24T11:51:18+02:00Tags: Best of Lists, Biography, Bob, Book Reviews, Crime Fiction, EmmaV, Fantasy, Floris, Interviews, Iris, Iris M., Maria, Naomi, Natali Simmonds, Romantic Fiction, Staff Picks, 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|

ABC Staff Quotes – Sayings from your local ABC Store Part 2

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 [...]

Lilia2023-07-05T14:43:38+02:00Tags: ABC, Anecdotes, EmmaV, Staff Quotes|

Dear dad: ABC celebrates our reading fathers

Written by Lauren and Lília With Father's Day just around the corner (Sunday, June 18), we asked ABC staff to share their favorite father reading photos. Here's a selection. Happy Father's Day to all who celebrate! Lauren “English is not my ex's native language. This is a very tired [...]

Lilia2023-06-15T15:08:02+02:00Tags: Charlotte, EmmaV, Father's Day, Jitse, Lauren, Lília, Martijn, Memories, Naomi, Pleun|

ABC Staff Picks

Surrounded by chocolate and tea, Luke and Iris W. talked books on this month’s YouTube staff picks video. This time around, they (with a little help from their ABC friends) pointed us to fantasy, science fiction, some artistic and non-artistic self-help tomes and a history book with a very contemporary theme. [...]

Lilia2023-04-16T18:04:14+02:00Tags: ABC, Best of Lists, EmmaV, Fantasy, History, Jouke, Lília, Science Fiction, Self-Help, Staff Picks, Tom|

In Doubt: Date Mr. Darcy

It is almost Valentine’s Day! Need some 19th century dating advice? “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife,” Jane Austen taught us in her masterwork, Pride and Prejudice. Yes, in Ms. Austen’s time, the [...]

Sophie2023-02-13T12:07:46+01:00Tags: Best of Lists, EmmaV, Romantic Fiction, Valentine's Day|

Folklore & Fairy tale

Witches and the Folklore of Poisonous Plants written by Emma V Some of the most striking scenes of witchcraft in literature picture witches bent over a bubbling cauldron—from the three witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth tossing in ingredient after ingredient to cause “double, double toil and trouble”, to Harry, [...]

Sophie2023-01-13T13:56:45+01:00Tags: EmmaV, Fairy tale, Folklore|

Cackle

"All her life, Annie has played it nice and safe. After being unceremoniously dumped by her long-time boyfriend, Annie seeks a fresh start. She accepts a teaching job that moves her from Manhattan to a small village upstate. Her new home is picturesque and perfect. The people are all friendly and warm. Her new apartment is lovely too, minus the oddly persistent spider infestation. Then Annie meets Sophie. Beautiful, charming, magnetic Sophie, who takes a special interest in Annie, who wants to be her friend. More importantly, she wants Annie to stop apologizing and start living for herself. That's how Sophie lives. Annie can't help but gravitate toward the self-possessed Sophie, wanting to spend more and more time with her, despite the fact that the rest of the town seems... a little afraid of her. And, okay. Sophie's appearance is uncanny and ageless, her mansion in the middle of the woods feels a little unearthly, and she does seem to wield a certain power . . . but she couldn't be . . . could she?"

Sophie2025-02-12T17:55:50+01:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, EmmaV, Fantasy|

ABC Top 5: 2022 Edition

Here we go again with our 5(ish) favorite reads of 2022. We try very hard to keep to 5, but it’s not always possible. So, there may be 5 or 6, an A and a B list, memorable reads or just plain marvelous books. We hope you enjoy it and [...]

Sophie2024-11-29T15:14:53+01:00Tags: Bella, Best of Lists, Board Games, Bob, Crime Fiction, EmmaS, EmmaV, Fantasy, Fiction, Japanese Fiction, Jelle, Jitse, Jonna, Jouke, Klaartje, Lauren, Lília, Lynn, Maarten, MariaS, Martijn, Natalia, Nature, Non-Fiction, Our Top 5, Philosophy, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction, Sigrid, Simone, Sol, Sophie, Steven, Sywert, Tiemen, Young Adult|

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