Monday, May 8, 2023

Book Review: The Shattering by Kathryn Lasky (Guardians of Ga'Hoole #5)

 

I gotta be blatantly honest: I have no idea if the Ga'Hoole book series is sub-divided into arcs. I think there's around 13-16 books total but I'm really unsure on how they're divided up, if at all. However, I'm also not going to look it up on the gfan wiki out of fear of running into spoilers. So I'll just be reading them in order and go from there. I've also heard there's several spinoff books (not counting other series set in the same universe such as Wolves of the Beyond and Bears of the Ice), so I'll probably be checking those out after finishing all main-arc Ga'Hoole books. 

Anyways, here's The Shattering. Spoilers ahead.

Saturday, May 6, 2023

Book Review: The Cat Who Came in Off the Roof by Annie M.G. Schmidt

 

Originally published in Dutch, I'm unsure how popular this book is outside of the Netherlands. That said, over here it's one of the most famous children's books written in our language. So I was happy to re-visit it for the first time in probably two decades. It also spawned a movie adaptation, which is really fun as well. Spoilers ahead.

Friday, May 5, 2023

Book Review: Dogs Who Changed the World by Dan Jones

 

This one I saw in a bookstore a while ago, but back then didn't buy it. Not much later I regretted it, and to make things worse I'd forgotten the title and author, so I couldn't look it up online, either. So recently I went back to the bookstore and than the Lord they still had a copy. So I took it home with me, this book is just too "me" not to own. Let's have a look.

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Book Review: The Jackdaw by Achilles Cools

 

 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 kauw.

This is the second book in this bird non-fiction series I'm reading. I hope this one is a bit better than The Raven, because that one wasn't a joy to read. 

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Book Review: Prehistory by Neil Morris

 

I really want to learn more about the prehistory, so I picked up some non-fiction books from the library on the subject. Let's review one of them here today.