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Lília

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.

At First Spite

When Athena Greydon’s fiancé ends their engagement, she has no choice but to move into the Spite House she recklessly bought him as a wedding gift. Which is a problem, for several reasons: The house, originally built as a brick middle finger to the neighbors, is only ten feet wide. Her ex’s home is literally attached to hers. And Dr. Matthew Vine the Freaking Third—AKA the uptight, judgy jerk who convinced his younger brother to leave her—is living on her other side, only a four-foot alley away.

2025-02-12T17:41:17+01:00Tags: , , , , , , |

Book-to-screen: the sci-fi edition

Written by Lília With the second part of Dune finally being released, I started thinking about all the sci-fi books that have been made into films or TV series and was amazed to find there are many more films and series based on books than I [...]

2024-03-26T12:13:22+01:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Heart Principle

To most people, Quan Diep is nothing but a surly-looking, underachieving playboy. Anna Sun dislikes Quan Diep almost as much as germy bathroom door handles. Or so she tells herself. Slowly, Anna breaks down Quan's dangerous and careless exterior while peeling off her own tough, protective shell. But when Quan discovers Anna's true intentions, he's forced to confront his own hurtful past and learn to forgive, while Anna must face her greatest challenge: truly opening herself up to love.

2025-02-12T17:41:48+01:00Tags: , , , , , , |

Book-to-screen: the fantasy edition

Written by Lília When I was 15 or 16-years-old, I got obsessed with The Lord of the Rings and its first film adaptation. It opened a world of fantasy books and films to me. Back then, having a fantasy book filmed was not as popular as it is nowadays. Fast-forward several [...]

2025-07-07T12:48:17+02:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Happy Place

A couple who broke up months ago makes a pact to pretend to still be together for their annual week-long vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry. Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college—they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Except, now—for reasons they’re still not discussing—they don’t.

2025-02-12T17:41:56+01:00Tags: , , , |

X: ABC Top 5 2023 Edition: Lauren, Maarten and Lília

Here we go again with our 5(ish) favorite reads of 2023! We try very hard to keep it to five, but it’s not always possible. So, there may be five or six suggestions, an A and a B list, memorable reads or just plain marvelous books. This year we’re presenting [...]

2024-11-28T19:33:05+01:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Staff Choices: what we’ve read and loved – Part 5

by Jouke, Martijn, Chiara, Sophie, Iris, Simone & Lília Warbreaker - Brandon Sanderson Jouke: Two sisters, captive gods, an ingenious magic system featuring breath and colors, and a talking sword. I love Warbreaker and I have no idea why I waited 11 years to read this; I would [...]

2026-08-03T20:23:27+02:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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