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I originally wrote this post on Irresponsible Cactus, but decided to cross-post it here as well. It has been over a month since I last blogged on Nyx Book Reviews. It has been over two since I last blogged on Irresponsible Cactus. One day I was here, and the next, I disappeared. Or at least, […]
Book lovers enjoy many bookish things, but the feeling of discovering a wonderful new book or author might be one of the most satisfying ones in the book lover’s existence. When I was thinking about what books to put on my Christmas wishlist today, I started to wonder – how do I decide what books […]
A few weeks ago I was doing a late night internet browse to find some more fabulous fantasy fiction to read. However, I found out that it was surprisingly tough to find good lists of fantasy recommendations. Mostly I found separate reviews – which are awesome – but sometimes you don’t feel like browsing through […]
To celebrate School Library month, MyVoucherCodes invited me to do a post on how ebooks have changed the world. More specifically, how ebooks might impact children’s literacy. I’ve talked about ebooks before, and in general I am an advocate of digital tools. And my thoughts on this particular topic can easily be summarized. Let us […]
If there is anything I love, then it’s data visualisation. There is just something so incredibly pleasing about seeing lists and graphs and tables. I barely keep track of things in real life (for example, I only occasionally actually open my planner to write appointments in there…) but when it concerns my entertainment, I’m a […]
When I think about myself as a reader, I wouldn’t really consider myself much of a fan of anything. Unlike the Constant Reader Stephen King often praises, I don’t really stick to author, don’t really follow them, and often don’t even pick up their other releases after enjoying one of their books. Books, books everywhere! […]
After the sad subject of book fatigue of two weeks ago, in today’s discussion I’m going to tread into highly controversial territory. I’m a highly neutral blogger in many ways – I don’t rant often, I don’t get involved in drama, and I rarely ever talk about topic that might shock or make people uncomfortable […]
I’ve been wanting to post about this topic, which is quite close to my heart, for a while. But I keep putting it off because it’s not a very fun thing to post about. Actually, it might be the one thing book bloggers don’t usually discuss. We hide behind “reading slumps” – temporary lapses of […]
This post is part of the Austen in August event hosted by Roofbeam Reader. Participating in this event, I’m going to tell a little story. The first Jane Austen book I read was in 2010. Growing up in the Netherlands means that I wasn’t familiar with most of the English classics, but ever since joining […]
I rarely have to explain myself to other people, because most people that know me know that I almost exclusively read English books. As a Dutch person, this isn’t that exceptional. Many Dutch readers are rather disgruntled by the state of publishing in the Netherlands. For me this was definitely part of the issue, but […]