Some books are a perfect mix of murder mysteries, love interests and teenagers. This Is Our Story by Ashley Elston is one of those books: it has all the right elements in just the right dose. Centering around the death of a boy from a private school, the plot twists in unexpected places AND ways. …
After a long wait, it finally happened: the story of Twilight from Edward’s perspective. In Midnight Sun we get to see his darkest desires, thirst and memories from his family members. Reading minds Although we already know that Edward has a special gift, this book makes that really clear. From the first page Edward reacts …
Fans of the Hunger Games trilogy were going crazy when it was announced that there would be a new book in the series – this time a prequel. Suzanne Collins wrote a very thick book (almost six hundred pages in the Dutch translation), but is it everything we wanted it to be? Origin story The …
Get ready for some icy chills if you’re planning to read 13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough, and not only because it is about a girl almost drowning in a river in the middle of winter. Let the story of these teenage girls pull you under water… About the story (no spoilers) The book centers around …
When you are allergic to everything, you’re not a normal teenager. Maddy Whittier, the main character in Nicola Yoon’s Everything, Everything knows this from experience. For the last 17 years, she has never left her house, been to a normal school or fallen in love. But everything is about to change… About the book Normally …
Using public transport has suddenly changed because of the thriller I See You by Clare Mackintosh. The daily journey to work and back is the main focus of this book, recognizable to many: you take the same route every day, wait on the same spot on the platform and do the same things while you …
Soooo… The last few months have been crazy and blogging kind of got pushed aside. Now, being in home-isolation because of the Corona-virus (don’t worry, I don’t have it. Everybody in the Netherlands has to stay home as much as possible to prevent spreading of the virus), I finally had the time to look at …
This. Is. Amazing. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is part of the Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge! Ever since I read it in high school, I’m hooked on this book. The first time I read it, I recognised the duality: one the one hand, trying to look and act older than your age; …
The next book on the list of the Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: 1984 by George Orwell. Even though this book was written in the first half of the previous century, some of the aspects are still relevant, which surprised me a lot. At first I was afraid that it would be like Dr. Jekyll and …
Are you in the mood for a book that is easy to read and has a great story? Then I can really recomment Lampie and the children of the sea by Annet Schaap. Even though it is a book for children, the characters and plot appeal to the imagination of adults as well. About the …
King’s Cage and War Storm by Victoria Aveyard are the final books in the Red Queen series and I was so excited to finally have the series complete! I rushed through the third book, loving every word of it. For the first time, the story was being told from different points of view: with the main characters being …
This one’s a classic. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson has become the metaphor of having two sides: good and evil. Even before reading it, I knew how the story went. Jekyll and Hyde appear in different kinds of media: movies, books, and even music, not to mention the more than one hundred movie adaptations of …
When packing my suitcase for Marrakech, I was wondering how many books I should bring. I was reading The Canterbury Tales and Glass Sword at the time, but I thought I should bring one more just to be safe. Looking at the Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge, I picked The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. It has been on my want-to-read …
At the first Dutch Comic Con in 2015, my friends wanted to buy a shirt at a stand. I didn’t feel like waiting in line with them, so I stayed behind at the pop-up store of The American Bookstore. And no, I was not sad about that. In fact, I saw some books that pulled …
During English literature in high school, we had to read The Wife of Bath from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. I loved that story and wanted to read more tales! Two years ago, I finally got myself a copy of the book, but didn’t start reading because of, well, a lot of other books. …
We’re almost done with 2018. And what a year it has been. I will spare you the details, but it has been a rollercoaster. That’s why I am really looking forward to the holidays, and my trip to Morocco right after! With the post for December’s Jar of Ideas coming next week, this is the …
Sometimes when I watch a series, I find out that it is based on a book. That always triggers me, because I like to read. Most of the time, I search for the book online and try to find the first few pages for free. Just to see if it is worth reading, or if …