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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 a love for sewing, and has become a certified seamstress. She makes bookmarks and booksleeves that are sold at the ABC under the Lília’s Atelier brand.

She still loves reading, mostly Romance, Science Fiction, and Fantasy. Books about fashion and sewing are always on her TBR list.

Book review: Shades of Milk and Honey

"Jane Ellsworth and her sister Melody's lives still revolve around vying for the attentions of eligible men. While Jane's skill with glamour is remarkable, it is her sister who is fair of face, and therefore wins the lion's share of the attention. At the ripe old age of twenty-eight, Jane has resigned herself to being invisible forever."

Lilia2026-08-24T22:04:04+02:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Fantasy, Lília, Mary Robinette Kowal|

Notes from a sewist: 7 Books on Mending, Upcycling and Repurposing those clothes you love

by Lília We all have T-shirts with tears, socks with holes in the heel, jeans torn from the friction between our thighs... You get the idea. Most of the time, the garments we’ve loved to death are all still very wearable, if not for those pesky details. So what can we [...]

Lilia2026-08-27T15:38:51+02:00Tags: Best of Lists, Crafts, Lília, Sashiko, sustainability|

Book-to-screen adaptations: the love edition

by Lília With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, we thought we’d home in on screen adaptations of romantic fiction. Because who hasn’t heard of or watched – maybe many times! –adaptions of Jane Austen’s books such as Pride and Prejudice and Emma, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre or Emily Brontë’s Wuthering [...]

Lilia2026-09-07T17:10:32+02:00Tags: adaptations, Best of Lists, Book to Movie, Book to Screen, Book to Series, Ester, Lília, Romantic Fiction, Sophie|

Book review: Vagina Obscura

"A myth-busting voyage into the female body. A camera obscura reflects the world back but dimmer and inverted. Similarly, science has long viewed woman through a warped lens, one focused narrowly on her capacity for reproduction. As a result, there exists a vast knowledge gap when it comes to what we know about half of the bodies on the planet. That is finally changing. Today, a new generation of researchers is turning its gaze to the organs traditionally bound up in baby-making―the uterus, ovaries, and vagina―and illuminating them as part of a dynamic, resilient, and ever-changing whole. Welcome to Vagina Obscura, an odyssey into a woman’s body from a fresh perspective, ushering in a whole new cast of characters."

Lilia2026-08-15T17:47:45+02:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Lília, Non-Fiction, Rachel E. Gross|

How we work

by Lynn & Lília The book buyer: Lynn Kaplanian-Buller interviews Lília Visser Lilia is a seasoned ABC book buyer. Asked how she would define a good one, she says the most important characteristic for book buyers is listening to customers. Besides that, a book buyer must keep an eye [...]

Lilia2026-08-15T17:47:38+02:00Tags: ABC Staff, interviews, life as a bookseller, Lília, Lynn|

Conversations with customers: Marie

Marie is a good example of a “growing up with ABC” customer: niece of our Sophie, she has known the ABC since she was born. Her ABC store may have changed from The Hague to Amsterdam, where she moved to study and work, but her loyalty remains the same. [...]

Lilia2026-08-15T17:46:50+02:00Tags: ABC Birthday, Conversations with Customers, interviews, Lília, Sophie|

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 [...]

Sophie2026-08-15T22:05:36+02:00Tags: Bella, Best of Lists, Board Games, Bob, Crime Fiction, Emma, EmmaV, Fantasy, Fiction, Iris, 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|

Conversations with customers: Lauren

Lauren Lauren is not only a customer but also our blog editor. She’s an avid reader, so when she moved to the Netherlands back in 1996 to work as a journalist, she just had to find the ABC. ABC Lília: Hi Lauren, great talking to you! Lauren: Thanks, [...]

Lilia2026-08-15T14:46:36+02:00Tags: ABC Birthday, Conversations with Customers, interviews, Lauren, Lília|

ABC Staff Picks: October 2022

by Lília Halloween may be over, but we’re still in a ghostly mood. If you’re looking for some horror recommendations to counter all that holiday good cheer, read on… Syarah, from our Amsterdam store, recommends Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz. Set in Edinburgh in 1817, it [...]

Lilia2026-08-25T22:42:19+02:00Tags: ABC Staff Picks, Best of Lists, Biography, EmmaV, Fantasy, Floris, Games, Graphic Novels, Horror, Iris, Jilles, Lília, Luke, Romantic Fiction, Syarah, Sywert, Young Adult|

ABC Ghost Stories

by Lília Our Halloween reading list It’s that time of year again: jack-o'-lanterns, ghosts and black cats hiding under flaming autumn leaves. Why not get in the mood? From ghost stories to thrillers, we’ve got your ghoulish literary cravings covered. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier A newlywed arrives [...]

Lilia2026-08-15T14:45:58+02:00Tags: Best of Lists, Halloween, Lauren, Lília, Lynn|

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