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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.

ABC Bestsellers – November 2024

by Lília Here at ABC our experts always strive to bring the best to our customers and let you know what we love. We also get an inkling at what books you love through our monthly(ish) Bestseller lists, compiled from the lists of our three stores. We love to share this [...]

2026-08-23T18:09:20+02:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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, [...]

2026-09-07T15:35:56+02:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Book review: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

The Japanese bestseller: a tale of love, new beginnings, and the comfort that can be found between the pages of a good book. When twenty-five-year-old Takako's boyfriend reveals he's marrying someone else, she reluctantly accepts her eccentric uncle Satoru's offer to live rent-free in the tiny room above his shop. Hidden in Jimbocho, Tokyo, the Morisaki Bookshop is a booklover's paradise. On a quiet corner in an old wooden building, the shop is filled with hundreds of second-hand books. It is Satoru's pride and joy, and he has devoted his life to the bookshop since his wife left him five years earlier. Hoping to nurse her broken heart in peace, Takako is surprised to encounter new worlds within the stacks of books lining the shop.

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ABC Interview: Lília

We played 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, buyer [...]

2026-08-24T22:28:46+02:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

ABC Bestsellers – October 2024

by Lília Here at ABC our experts always strive to bring the best to our customers and let you know what we love. We also get an inkling at what books you love through our monthly(ish) Bestseller lists, compiled from the lists of our three stores. We love to share this [...]

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ABC Bestsellers – September 2024

by Lília Here at ABC our experts always strive to bring the best to our customers and let you know what we love. We also get an inkling at what books you love through our monthly(ish) Bestseller lists, compiled from the lists of our three stores. We love to share this [...]

2026-08-23T18:01:45+02:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Book review: The Gay Best Friend

As a people-pleasing gay man, thirty-year-old music lawyer Domenic Marino is an expert at code-switching between the hypermasculine and ultrafeminine worlds of his two soon-to-be-wed best friends: handsome sports attorney Patrick Cooper and glamorous beauty editor Kate Wallace. But this summer—reeling from his own failed engagement and tasked with attending both their bachelor and bachelorette parties at the Cooper family’s idyllic shoreline estate in Mystic, Connecticut—Dom is anxious about having to play both sides.

2026-09-20T16:33:59+02:00Tags: , , , , , |

The Booker Prize 2024: the shortlist

by Lília On September 16 The Booker Prize 2024 Shortlist was finally announced! As mentioned on their website: "The shortlist includes five women, authors from five countries, and stories which transport readers around the world and beyond Earth's atmosphere." The list includes a retelling of Huckleberry Finn, a title that also [...]

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ABC Bestsellers – August 2024

by Lília Here at ABC our experts always strive to bring the best to our customers and let you know what we love. We also get an inkling at what books you love through our monthly(ish) Bestseller lists, compiled from the lists of our three stores. We love to share this [...]

2026-08-27T15:40:11+02:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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