🇬🇧 bookish reviews 🇳🇱
“You’ve had one moment of clarity and now you think you have all the answers.” She gave a grim smile. “Take a breath, Thomas. There has always been fear. There will always be fear. It’s up to us to stand tall, even when the fear demands we bow down to it.” Why is it always… Continue reading Fawkes by Nadine Brandes
Aiming for Love is the first book in the Brides of Hope Mountain series by Mary Connealy. You can notice this is not Mary’s first book, as you just fly through the pages with excellent pacing, there isn’t a dull moment. For me, it was a very fast read too. The story is very original,… Continue reading Aiming for Love by Mary Connealy
No yellow couch today, but I hope I’m making it up with hand sewn tiny boats! 😉 I still can’t believe I got an e-arc for The Girl the Sea Gave Back. One of my most anticipated releases of 2019! Sky in the Deep was one of the few 5 star reads of 2018 so… Continue reading The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young
Elizabeth Camden is one of my autobuy authors. I see a new book, I click “add to cart” and then patiently wait 6 months for it to be released. This time I got extremely lucky as I was able ro read an advance e-copy and the waiting was cut short! And I’m so glad it… Continue reading The Spice King by Elizabeth Camden
Ben ik heel erg als ik zeg dat dit eigenlijk gewoon een gevalletje mooie cover is? Ik zag hem, en ik wilde hem. Toen zag ik dat er een signeersessie was bij boekhandel Veenendaal en toen wilde ik er meteen heen - maar de boekhandel in Veenendaal zat dicht. Het was boekhandel Veenendaal in Amersfoort.… Continue reading De Zwendelprins van Rima Orie
Most of us know her, a wise older women with twinkles in her eye and a never ending supply of tea and cookies. She, who looks you in the eye and asks one simple question and all of a sudden you’re telling her your life’s struggles while she listens and rocks her chair. When you… Continue reading Suffering is Never for Nothing by Elizabeth Elliot
I'm in love with the Dutch cover In “In Mijn Hoofd” volgen we de 11-jarige Melody, een meisje met de diagnose cerebrale parese (CP), waardoor ze niet kan praten en moeite met motoriek heeft waardoor communiceren eigenlijk onmogelijk wordt gemaakt. Hierdoor weten haar ouders en de rest van de wereld niet hoe ontzettend slim ze… Continue reading Out of My Mind (In mijn hoofd) by Sharon M. Draper
The Express Bride is the ninth installment of the Mayflower series, written by Kimberley Woodhouse. I can’t believe we’re at nine already! They are all standalones so you don’t need to read other books in other to enjoy this one. And can I just mention how GORGEOUS this cover is? It’s my favorite so far.… Continue reading The Express Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse
Until the Mountains Fall is the third book in the Cities of Refuge series by Connilyn Cossette. It can be read indepently, I did that because I got an e-arc for this book, but I ordered book 1&2 immediately after finishing this book because there are characters from former books making an appearances and I’ve… Continue reading Until the Mountains Fall by Connilyn Cossette
Ann Gabhart goes back to the Shaker communities in her newest novel, The Refuge. And I’m here for it! I’ve reread The Outsider (the first about Shakers) so many times and still get teary eyes at the end so I couldn’t wait to get into this book! Ann’s writing has matured quite a bit, as… Continue reading The Refuge by Ann Gabhart
Flight of the Raven starts exactly where Mark of the Raven ends. If you’ve read it, you’ll know what I mean but let me just say it’s pretty spectacular and YOU JUST NEED TO KNOW MORE. Well, we definitely got to know more! The journey goes on to Damien’s kingdom and there we have a… Continue reading Flight of the Raven by Morgan L. Busse
This book is just as previous as the MC Sam. I’ve been crying throughout this book and I don’t know why (I’ve been informed many others cried to so I’m not the only one but feelings are confusing lol). Also what I absolutely loved was the awesome autism representation! I have a feeling we actually… Continue reading The Boy Who Steals Houses by CG Drews
The Noble Guardian by Michelle Griep follows a young woman who is neglected by her family as she makes her way across the country, towards her new husband who she has dances with once. However, the road is quite perilous with highwayman, and one handsome rugged lawman comes to her aid... and more trouble arises.… Continue reading The Noble Guardian by Michelle Griep
“The bond of family spans miles, memory and time.” Romanov was my most anticipated book of 2019. I love Nadine’s writing, the A Time to Die series changed my life (or at least my perspective on life), and then Fakwes, which made me doubt alongside Thomas in what was right and wrong and how to… Continue reading Romanov by Nadine Brandes
I must say, I had a rough start but it turned into AWESOME. I didn’t like the MC Aspasia at all and that lasted like half the book... After the truly wonderful kind person that is Shalia (MC of book 1), Aspasia is very much the opposite, she’s very closed and very morally grey and… Continue reading Imprison the Sky by AC Gaughen
🇬🇧 English below 🇬🇧Vanaf het moment dat hij door de brievenbus kletterde moest ik hem lezen. Ik heb in 1 ruk doorgelezen, en ik denk dat hij nog vaak herlezen gaat worden. Want wow, wat is dit een duidelijk en goed boek! En het zit schrijftechnisch zowaar ook heel goed in elkaar, met humor en… Continue reading Maar je ziet er helemaal niet autistisch uit (But You Don’t Look Autistic At All) – Bianca Toeps
English below! Ik begin met dit te zeggen: dit is een belangrijk boek. Eigenlijk zou iedereen deze moeten lezen, zeker onze jeugd - in de hoop dat zij het beter doen. Ingesloten raakte me diep in mijn ziel. Ik heb dagenlang over de thema's nagedacht, zeker toen ik in de afgelopen dagen een zekere witte… Continue reading Internment (Ingesloten) by Samira Ahmed
This is the book I didn’t know I needed! I never knew it could be THIS awesome to have a book set in your own country and your own culture! To know all the references like what being from the Bijlmer means and all the Amsterdam ethnic diversity that makes the city so beautiful. But… Continue reading On the Edge of Gone (Op de rand van het niets) by Corinne Duyvis
This is one of my top 10 anticipated releases of 2019... A Beauty and the Beast retelling with a girl with a disabilty as MC? Sign me on! Ok disabled MC would've been enough to hook me of course since I am chronically ill myself and am always looking for representation. Also, I think it… Continue reading A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
I finished this book in two sittings. However, those sittings were a year apart 😂 Let's say I'm just not good with illness self help books. After 20+ years and so much advocating I figure there is nothing new they can tell me. The only reason I picked up this book is because it's Ilana's,… Continue reading Surviving and Thriving with an Invisible Chronic Illness by Ilana Jacqueline
Yellow Mockingjay 