Note:
The title of this book has been translated into English by me for the
reading comprehension of this blog's viewers as the book itself isn't
available in English (yet). The original title reads Het wolvenboek
A Dutch non-fiction I've had my eye on for a while but never ended up getting to until now.
Book two, and the book that made me start reading this series because of the wolves on the cover. Spoilers ahead!
Another Dutch non-fiction I'm reviewing, let's have a look.
Note:
The title of this book has been translated into English by me for the
reading comprehension of this blog's viewers as the book itself isn't
available in English (yet). The original title reads Principessa dei Coralli.
This one spoke to me a whole lot less than the first book, mostly because of the lack of wolves and the presence of the sea/beach setting, but I do plan on continuing this series. Want to join me in this second book? Spoilers ahead.
The last in the trilogy! Spoilers ahead!
I normally don't do holiday-related reviews on this blog, only on my movies/series review blog, but since I came across this book in the library at the winter-section I figured: why not? There's a first time for everything. So have this Christmas-related review for you all. Spoilers ahead, as always.
Just a book I picked up at the library because of the pretty cover. Let's have a look.
A book I randomly bought because it looked very interesting to me!
Note: The title of this book has been translated into English by me for the reading comprehension of this blog's viewers as the book itself isn't available in English (yet). The original title reads Nergens.
This is actually the second book I've read & reviewed this year about people ending up in an alternate dimension called Nowhere where extinct animals live. And they're not even connected. Just thought it was funny I came across a similar concept twice in such a short amount of time. Ah well, spoilers ahead.
Okay, I promise this will be the last wolf non-fiction for younger readers by Jen Green I'll be taking a look at for at least a little bit. They just have a lot of these at my local library and I do want to review at many wolf-related books as possible for the heck of it.
Another thing, as you can probably see, there's not proper picture of the cover of this book. This was the highest quality I could find. Even of my Dutch translated edition I can't find any high quality cover photos online, so this'll have to do.
Book five of the first arc! I can't believe I'm so close to finishing this arc, I never even intended on reading it originally (like, years ago, I mean) but I really liked it so far. So let's have a look at this one. Spoilers ahead.
I picked this one up because it looked quite short yet appealing. It's yet another non-fiction.
Note:
The title of this book has been translated into English by me for the
reading comprehension of this blog's viewers as the book itself isn't
available in English (yet). The original title reads De wolvenroedel: De opstand van Lups Falsumor.
Dutch wolf xenofiction isn't very common so I'll take any that I can get! Let's have a look at this one!
Sometimes you gotta pick up that random book that looks interesting in the library, such as this one. Spoilers ahead.
Second book in the trilogy! Spoilers ahead!
We're almost done with this arc, and what an arc it has been so far. So let's continue, spoilers ahead!
The third book in the series! Let's have a look. Per usual, spoilers ahead. Also per usual, when reviewing a book of a friend of mine such as is the case here; me being friends with the author does not in any way affect my opinions or my reviews.
We're officially past the halfway point of this arc! Let's move on to this book! Spoiler ahead.
Yet another take on the story of Lobo, King of the Currumpaw, an enormous and troublesome wolf back in the past. This time aimed at younger children. I'm not going to put a spoiler warning here since this is a non-fiction and everyone and their grandma already knows the ending to Lobo's tale by now, with it being over a hundred years old. But just know that it has a sad historically-accurate ending.
If you really want to know the original tale of Lobo before going into this book or review, read it in the book Wild Animals I Have Known by Ernest Thompson Seton, who himself was a major player in the story. It's literally the original version of the tale and also public domain, so you can find it for free online.
A cool-looking fantasy I stumbled upon in the library. Spoilers ahead.
You ever read a non-fiction book about a particular individual animal you feel torn on? I've had this before with the books about lions like Christian and Elsa, and it's no different here with Ralph Helfer's lion Zamba, though the situation is a little different in this case.
Content warnings for "spoilers" (as far as you can spoil a non-fiction), racism and mentions of animal abuse/death.
Note: The title of this book has been translated into English by me for the reading comprehension of this blog's viewers as the book itself isn't available in English (yet). The original title reads Principesse del Regno della Fantasia #1: Principessa dei Ghiacci. I used the Dutch cover image because it is of a higher quality than the Italian one I could find.
Okay, so, fun fact, I used to love reading the Geronimo Stilton books. I used to not be a super big reader as a kid before I got introduced to those books. For those not in the know, they're (originally Italian) books written by the fictional pen name of a mouse and are about his misadventures. The Geronimo Stilton books are generally very playful tone-wise and visual-wise.
Later on, they also started to make spinoff books (supposedly) written by his sister, Thea Stilton. She wrote some of the same light-hearted books taking place in their mouse world but with the target audience being more-so girls than children in general. And later, spinoffs of the Thea (and Geronimo) Stilton books followed in various series, including the Fantasia/Kingdom of Fantasy series (more fantasy-oriented), which this is a spinoff off, and some historical literal classics (such as The Call of the Wild by Jack London and Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne) "re-written" by Geronimo Stilton to take place in the mouse world.
This is a lot of lead-up, but believe me when I say there's a lot of books to the Stilton name, both taking place in the mouse realm and spinoffs that take place in Fantasia or elsewhere. This is one of these spinoffs, and the first book in the Princesses of Fantasia series. These peaked my interest when they first came out as a teen, but I never ended up reading them because I was over reading the Stilton books at that point in my childhood. But now that I can read them with my library card, why not have a look? Spoilers ahead.
Another wolf non-fiction book for younger readers! Let's have a look.
Note:
The title of this book has been translated into English by me for the
reading comprehension of this blog's viewers as the book itself isn't
available in English (yet). The original title reads De Taragon Trilogie #1: Het vergeten volk.
Book two in the Taragon Trilogy, which I am revisiting and have fond memories of. Spoilers ahead.
Another random book I picked up at the library because it looked interesting. Let's see if it's good! Spoilers ahead.
The final book in the trilogy! Let's dive right in! Spoilers ahead.
Note:
The title of this book has been translated into English by me for the
reading comprehension of this blog's viewers as the book itself isn't
available in English (yet). The original title reads De ridders van Rosande.
New book review! Spoilers ahead!
Amazing how fast these books are coming out yet still manage to maintain quite a high level of quality. Like, I'm pretty sure all books of the Spires series I've reviewed so far have been rated four stars or up by me? Which is great especially considering how fast they're coming out. Ah well, spoilers ahead for this book!
Now that I have a library card I am way more open to checking out new book series that normally I wouldn't buy because I wouldn't know if I'd like them or not. Usually the books I buy are the ones I either really want to own physically (mostly xenofiction) or I buy some cheap ebooks for those I don't feel the need to have physical copies of. But with my library card, I can no check out way more. The covers of the Narroway Trilogy immediately spoke to me, so I of course had to check them out, starting with book one. Spoilers ahead.
Now that I have a library card, you better believe I'm gonna check out every wolf-related book I can find there. Including children books. So let's take a look at this children's non-fiction about wolves.
I liked books one and two of this series so far. So let's continue this journey. Spoilers ahead.
I honestly just instantly ordered this book when I first saw it recommended to me online because it looks really good, not just the cover but also the blurb and the genres (fantasy isekai animal xenofiction) really appealed to me. So let's have a look. Spoilers ahead.
More non-fiction, this time about large animals. Enjoy!
A spinoff of an already good series (The Dogs of the Spires), this time taking place in a semi-nonsensical world with lesbian dogs, anthro's and dinosaurs. What more could you want? Spoilers ahead.
Remember when Erin Hunter wrote trilogy arcs instead of six-book arcs? Yeah, me neither. This is literally a first. My guess (and that of a bunch of others as well) is that the Bravelands books weren't selling well enough, so they cut the second arc short and made it a trilogy instead.
I do fear what this means for future non-Warriors Erin Hunter series, however. I feel like I am one of the few who always likes checking out their other stuff aside from the cat series. I like Warriors fine, don't get me wrong, but I have always appreciated Hunter branching out to other animals and series rather than just keeping up the Warriors grindset and nothing else.
Ah well, like it or not, this is the final installment of at the very least arc two of Bravelands, possibly the entire series. Spoilers ahead.
I've read this book once before and didn't like it back then, however I'm totally open to re-visiting older books and re-reading them, maybe even gaining a new appreciation for or perspective on them in the process. I was a very snarky reader and reviewer back in 2016, after all. Spoilers ahead.
I don't read a lot of historical fiction. I don't have anything against the genre, it's just not something I'm usually into. However, Mom has been telling me for years how good Sarah's Key supposedly is, which prompted me to finally check it out. Spoilers ahead.
Book two of the Foxcraft trilogy! I don't quite know when I'll get book three yet, it might take a while since I don't own it yet. But let's have a look at this one for now. Spoilers ahead.
I have had this book on my to-read shelf of Goodreads for literal years, yet never actually bought the book for whatever reason. I knew that this trilogy was one I definitely wanted in paperback and not as an ebook, however with many Dutch webstores and real-life bookstores for whatever reason being unable to order the book I kept having to wait.
Until now, since I now finally own books one and two and hopefully get to order book three soon. Let's have a look at Isla's adventure. Spoilers ahead.
I've previously reviewed Kona's Song, a book about wolves by the same author. It was a fine book that had quite a bit of unrealized potential, so I did want to read more by Searl. Turns out, the author did write another book, this time about lions, so let's have a look. Spoilers ahead.
I've seen the movie based on this non-fiction book, but not the actual source material itself. So let's take a peek. This review contains brief mentions of racism and animal death.
Note:
The title of this book has been translated into English by me for the
reading comprehension of this blog's viewers as the book itself isn't
available in English (yet). The original title reads In de machts van de wolfheks.
For once, the reason I'm revisiting this book is not because it's about wolves. I actually read this book only once before as a kid, and for whatever reason it left a huge impact on me. I thought it was genuinely one of the most exciting books I read back then. And I mean it when I say I was young. This was way before I got into Warriors at age twelve, for example. I think I was like nine or ten years old at the latest when I got into this.
Ah well, now that I managed to obtain a ridiculously cheap second-hand copy of the book (apparently it's not being published anymore these days) I can take a look at it. Does it hold up? Spoilers ahead.
Note: The title of this book has been translated into English by me for the reading comprehension of this blog's viewers as the book itself isn't available in English (yet). The original title reads Het huis met de leeuwen.
Dutch history non-fiction is not something I usually tackle. However, since this one very much had to do with the Rotterdam Zoo and I do have a huge interest in animals, I did pick it up. It was honestly way darker than I expected, so content warnings for war, racism, antisemitism and animal death/suffering apply in this review and for the book itself.
You ever wanted to re-experience a bunch of Warriors books from the POV of Onestar? Yeah, me neither. But we get it anyways. Spoilers ahead.
Note: The title of this book has been translated into English by me for the reading comprehension of this blog's viewers as the book itself isn't available in English (yet). The original title reads Gewilde dieren.
A non-fiction book I've wanted to read for a while now!
