Lília Archives

Lília was born in Brazil, worked there as a translator and moved to the Netherlands for love. It was her love for books that brought her to the ABC in July 2000. First buying Romance novels, then Children’s and YA books, then back to Romance and into new adventures about Fashion, Sewing, Psychology and all the magazines.

In the Netherlands she also found love for sewing, is a certified seamstress. She makes bookmarks and booksleeves that are sold at the ABC under Lília’s Atelier brand.

She still loves reading and Romance, Science Fiction, Fantasy and books about Fashion and Sewing are always on her TBR list.

Gift Editions: Children’s Books

By Lília en Renata Colleague Renata and I put our heads together to make a list of beautiful, attention-worthy children’s books that have heirloom potential. These stunning editions have sprayed edges or amazing illustrations and can be read to and for children and adults alike. The Grumpus [...]

Lilia2024-12-13T13:09:32+01:00Tags: Alex T. Smith, Ballet Stories, children's books, Classic Tales, Enchanted Tales, Gift editions, gift season, Julia Donaldson, Ken Mondschein, Lília, Renata, Tove Jansson|

XI: ABC TOP 5 2024: Naomi, Sophie and Lília

We are back with our 5(ish) favorite reads (and games) of 2024! We try very hard to keep it to five, but it’s simply not always possible. So, per staff member there may be more or less than five titles, but there can also be an A and a B list, [...]

Lilia2024-12-09T10:19:56+01:00Tags: ABC Top 5, ABC Top 5 2024, Art, Autobiography, Booker Prize, Booker Prize Winner, Fiction, General Fiction, Graphic Novels, Japanese Fiction, Lília, Naomi, Our Top 5, Psychology, Romance, Romantasy, Science Fiction, Sophie, Translated Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult|

ABC Interview: Lília

We decided to play the Q&A game with the ABC staff, and asked all sorts of bookish questions. In the coming weeks we will be posting their (sometimes cheeky!) answers here on the blog, so you can learn a little more about us. Enjoy! This time around we talk to Lília, blogmistress, [...]

Lilia2024-10-01T12:46:19+02:00Tags: ABC, ABC interview, Autism, board books, Fantasy, Fashion, Lília, magazines, Nalini Singh, Psychology, S.K. Dunstall, Science Fiction, Sexuality, Ursula K. Le Guin|

Series Spotlight: The Five Packs by Cate C. Wells

By Lília It’s always a bit weird to start a book with “rejected mate” in the title, but this series is quite entertaining and much deeper than its titles suggest. Cate C. Wells has created an interesting world and lore with this series, in which wolf changelings are a reality but [...]

Lilia2024-10-09T17:47:30+02:00Tags: Cate C. Wells, Fated Mates, Five Packs series, Lília, Romantasy, Series Spotlight|

The inside scoop: Where have all the magazines gone?

If you’ve been to our Amsterdam store recently, you may have noticed our magazine section has been reduced by half. Things have been less dramatic in The Hague, but the number of magazines on offer there has also been steadily decreasing. Many magazines still being printed are coming out less often [...]

Lilia2024-08-14T13:13:45+02:00Tags: ABC, ABC interview, Lauren, Lília, magazines|

Interesting books on Autism

Written by Lília As the mother of a neurodivergent girl who discovered her neurodiversity in her late teens, I suddenly saw myself with this big hot potato in my hand: how to help my kid navigate life better without having to drown herself in the demands of daily life? How to [...]

Lilia2024-07-22T12:51:38+02:00Tags: Autism, Books on Autism, Childcare, Lília, Neurodivergency, Neurodivergent, Psychology|

Farewell ABC Staff Picks

By Lília All good things must come to an end. And so, we say goodbye to our ABC Staff Picks on YouTube. Thanks to everyone who watched us over the years. A big thanks to hosts Luke and Iris and all our expert booksellers who have given [...]

Lilia2024-06-24T15:30:14+02:00Tags: Alexis Hall, Business, David Van Reybrouck, Else, EmmaV, Fantasy, Fiction, General Fiction, History, Iris, Japanese Fiction, Jeroen, Lília, Luke, Matty, Nghi Vo, Pierce Brown, Poetry, R. B. Lemberg, Rohinton Mistry, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction, Simon Sinek, Sophie, Toon Hezemans, Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Travel|

Happy Pride Month!

By Lauren and Lília It’s Pride Month, celebrated every June to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York, when the gay community protested against its treatment by police. These days, June is a month of celebration and awareness about the LGBTQ+ community worldwide, but it’s especially marked in the US. [...]

ABC Staff Picks: The birthday edition

By Lília Continuing with the celebration of our 52 years of existence, ABC’s Iris and Luke asked colleagues their book choices for the occasion. Most of them revolved around the lives of normal people in somewhat exceptional settings (reminiscent of ABC!), with overcoming adversity a prominent theme. No one chose it, [...]

Lilia2024-05-16T15:03:16+02:00Tags: Amor Towles, Best of Lists, Bob, Crime Fiction, David Nichols, EmmaV, Fantasy, Fiction, General Fiction, Graphic Novel, Hein de Haas, Iris, Japanese Fiction, Jeroen, Juno, K. O'Neill, Lília, Luke, Maria, Martijn, Michael R. Miller, Naomi, Political Science, Romantic Fiction, Rosie Talbot, Sarah Hogle, Seicho Matsumoto, Simone, Travis Baldree, Young Adult|

From screen to books: Star Trek

By Lília We talk a lot in this blog about turning books into films or TV-streaming series, but we don't talk enough about those stellar series or films that launch books that resist time and space. My love for Star Trek began with the original 1960s TV series, which I watched while [...]

Lilia2024-04-28T18:45:13+02:00Tags: Lília, Science Fiction, Screen to Book, Second-hand supplier, ST Original Series, Star Trek, TV series|

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