Toen haar moeder veel te jong de diagnose darmkanker kreeg en binnen acht maanden overleed, ging de perfectionistische Lisanne van Sadelhoff op zoek naar een handleiding voor rouwen. Hoe doe je dat het snelst en kun je alvast beginnen als iemand er nog is? Die handleiding bleek er niet te zijn en de poging er zelf een te schrijven...
West kan simpel samengevat worden als een boek dat gaat over een man met een midlifecrisis en zijn dochter. Het verhaal is tragisch, maar ook komisch en verrassend. Het bevat magie, maar ook realiteit. Carys Davies, voor wie het boek haar debuut als romanschrijfster betekent, speelt met contrasten, en dat doet ze goed.
Na het succes van zijn eerste bundel, Gedichten van de broer van Roos, komt presentator Tim Hofman nu met Grappig jammer. Daarmee staat hij momenteel in de Bestsellerlijst 60. Hofman bespreekt in zijn gedichten alles wat in het leven van de twintigers en dertigers relevant is: seks, liefde, dood, de maatschappij, religie, seks...
It was a beautiful day in 2016 when a little boy named William Trundle first met an extraordinary creature: the Christmasaurus! After the success of his first book, Tom Fletcher wrote the next chapter filled with Christmas excitement , magic, and adventure. And I was thrilled to find a copy on my doorstep.
Once upon a time I was in this nice little town called Toronto, in a very charming and teeny tiny little bookshop called Indigo. All was quaint and cute and tiny, except... It was absolutely massive, and boy, was it glorious!
Ah yes, a book about wanting to float away from all responsibilities and not having to deal with the harshness of everyday life. What could be more relatable? How It Feels to Float by Helena Fox describes the life of seventeen-year-old Biz who is experiencing all sorts of difficult things, but does not talk about them. Ever. There...
I set myself a challenge: read all the books on the Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist 2019. I started with Circe by Madeline Miller and purchased An American Marriage by Tayari Jones and Ordinary People by Diana Evans as my next reads. The latter was one I had been looking forward to read, since the reviews were incredibly...
In the past month I have really picked up my reading again. Don't get me wrong, I read books regularly, but over the past four weeks I read seventeen of them, so I guess you could say my reading slump is over.
I love a good mystery. One of my favourite pastimes is watching crime documentaries on Netflix. Preferably when it's raining outside and I have my hands wrapped around a nice hot cup of tea. Some candles, maybe some chocolate... Long story short, I figured a book that's labelled both mystery and thriller would be one I'd enjoy.
My mum's fiftieth birthday was months and months ago. One of her presents was a gift card for books, but since she has not read a book in ages (busy schedule, boyfriend and reading being a time-consuming activity, you know how it is), she generously handed the gift card to me.