Monday, September 30, 2024

Book Review: Tyger by SF Said

 

I have heard very good things about the book Varjak Paw, also by this author. So when I saw this one at the English bookstore in Amsterdam I just had to check it out. Spoilers ahead.

Friday, September 27, 2024

Book Review: Foxlight by Katya Balen

This one looked pretty interesting to me. Spoilers ahead.

Book Review: Journey Home by Sara Pennypacker (Pax #2)

 

 

Lucky find at the Amsterdam Waterstones. It doesn't seem the sequel has been translated into Dutch (yet). So I'll read the English version instead. Spoilers ahead.

Book Review: Women With Autism by Bronja Prazdny

 

  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 Vrouwen met autisme.

I don't usually read non-fiction about autism despite having it myself, but mom gave me this book to check out. So I did.

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Sunday, September 22, 2024

Book Review: Simon Thorn and the Black Widow's Web by Aimée Carter (Simon Thorn #4)

 

 Note: this book is not available in English (yet).
 

Almost done with arc one! We've by now also reached the point where the books haven't been released officially in English yet. This installment was apparently temporarily available to read online in English during the pandemic, but has since been taken down in order to be prepped for an official release. So for now it remains unavailable in English.

Like with my previous books, I'll be basing my review off the German version. Spoilers ahead.

Thursday, September 19, 2024

Book Review: The Lost Realm by Geronimo Stilton (The Chronicles of Fantasy Kingdom #1)

 

 

Another Fantasy Kingdom series by a Stilton, however this time it's the Chronicles of Fantasy Kingdom rather than Princesses of Fantasy Kingdom, which I have reviewed before. I honestly wanted to check out book one of this series for quite a while now, but never did as a kid and even now that I have a library card I came to the sad realization that my library does not own book one of this series, only books two through six.

So I decided to get myself a secondhand copy of book one so I could emerge myself in the world of Fantasy Kingdom this way. Let's take a look. Spoilers ahead.

PS, just as a quick disclaimer beforehand for those who have read the Princesses series: So far I cannot find any real hints connecting these two books other than the world sharing the same name. None of the characters of the sister-series appear, nor are there any familiar locations or other aspects other than it being a fantasy series. So whether or not there'll be any true connection or overlap between the two series remains to be seen. It could very well be that they explicitly want both series to not be connected, I honestly do not know.

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Book Review: Cry of the Wild by Charles Foster

 

Found this one at a bookstore recently, though it looked interesting. Let's take a gander, shall we? Spoilers ahead.

Monday, September 16, 2024

Book Review: White Fox in the Forest by Chen Jiatong (The White Fox #2)

 

Let's take a look at book two in this series. I believe that so far this is the latest book of the series which has been translated into English. However, since I'm reading the German editions (which have been translated much further ahead) that's no issue for me. Spoilers ahead.

Sunday, September 8, 2024