Goodreads challenge 2020

On the Youtube channel of Books with Emily Fox, Emily decided to read all the winners in the different categories of the Goodreads Choice Awards (or their runner ups). I think this is a great idea to also read some different styles of books. In the different categories, the top 3 is: Fiction The Testaments…

My year in books

I managed to read 52 books in 2017, which is essentially 1 a week. The goal was 50 so I am pretty happy I made it. Travelling by train to work really helps with the reading. In 2018, I will try to read more at home and I am planning on keeping my blog more…

Review: Uncommon Type: Some Stories by Tom Hanks

When I heard that Tom Hanks had written a book, I couldn't wait to read it. 

Review: The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley

Title: The Bedlam Stacks Series: / Author: Natasha Pulley Edition: Kindle edition Pages: 352 pages Language: Read in English Genre: fiction, fantasy, adventure   In 1859, ex-East India Company smuggler Merrick Tremayne is trapped at home in Cornwall after sustaining an injury that almost cost him his leg and something is wrong; a statue moves, his grandfather’s pines explode, and his…

July TBR

I decided that from now on, I will set for myself a number of books I want to read each month. Because I keep putting books on my to-read shelf in Goodreads but at the moment there are so many, I don't know which to read first. So for July, these are the books I…

Top 5 books of 2017 so far

Here are my 5 favorite books of the first part of 2017

Book Tour: Legacy of the Mind by H.R. Moore

Title: Legacy of the Mind Author: H.R. Moore Series: The Legacy Trilogy #1 Pub. date: January 2, 2014 Formats: Kindle Pages: 316 Publisher: Harriet Moore Genre: Fantasy, Romance, YA Find it: Amazon, Goodreads Anita has never been ordinary, she’s stuck out like a sore thumb her entire life; not only can she see the energy of others, a rare skill, but she’s won every…

Review: The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

Title: The Sword of Summer Series: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #1 Author: Rick Riordan Edition: kindle edition Pages: 491 pages Language: Read in English Genre: fantasy, adventure, young adult Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother's mysterious death, he's lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, keeping one step ahead of the…

Review: Everything I don’t remember by Jonas Hassen Khemiri

Title: Everything I don't remember Series: / Author: Jonas Hassen Khemiri Edition: paperback edition Pages: 224 pages Language: Read in Dutch Genre: fiction, mystery One of Sweden’s most celebrated young writers and activists spins an exhilarating, innovative, and gripping murder mystery reminiscent of the hit podcast Serial. A young man named Samuel dies in a horrible car crash. Was it an accident…

Book Blitz and Giveaway: Clan by Realm Lovejoy

Title: Clan Author: Realm Lovejoy Pub. date: November 13, 2013 Formats: paperback Pages: 338 Publisher: Createspace Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Find it: Amazon, Audible, Goodreads Clans are Unity. No variation. No deviation. On Clades, to be a Clan is to be an exact copy. A perfect society cloning themselves to survive, even as the zombielike Frags threaten to overrun…