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Review: Atlas: The Story Of Pa Salt by Lucinda Riley and Harry Whitaker
Finally it was there, the final book in the really popular “The Seven Sisters” series by Lucinda Riley. As she passed away in 2021 to cancer, she couldn’t finish this series herself. Her son Harry Whitaker granted his mom’s wish and finished the final book. He and Riley co-wrote several childeren’s books together. However, many people were eagerly awaiting this final book as the story of the mysterious Pa Salt was revealed. I was one of them and listened to the 25-hour audiobook, narrated by Richard Armitage and Tuppence Middleton.
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Wrap Up | May 2023
Wow, it’s already June, can you believ it? I can’t, the first half of 2023 is nearly over. May was quite a busy month at work. We had several days off due to Labour Day and Pentecost. I witnessed the honoring of our national football champion without even attending, I just had to open the window at the office to be able to hear literally everything. Furthermore, I feel quite tired and I just don’t know why. However, I’ve read more than I initially thought, I found out when writing this post. Without further ado, here’s my month of May.
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Goodreads Monday | Love From Mecca To Medina
Goodreads Monday is a meme hosted by Emily @ Budget Tales Bookblog. The purpose of this meme is to talk all things Goodreads like you want, but it mainly is used to highlight a book that has been on your TBR. My Goodreads TBR is long, so without further ado, here’s my pick for the week.
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Let’s Talk Bookish: Reading Slumps
Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme that was originally created and hosted by Rukky @ Eternity Books starting in August 2019, and was then cohosted by Dani @ Literary Lion from May 2020 to March 2022. Since April 2022, the meme moved to another host, Aria @ Book Nook Bits. Let’s Talk Bookish is a meme where participants discuss certain topics, share their opinions, and share their love by visiting each other’s posts.
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Review: The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty
As you might know by now, the Daevabad series by S.A. Chakraborty has been translated into Dutch. The final installment, The Empire of Gold, just has been released and therefore the series is now complete. I’ve reread all books in my mother tongue, I’ve read them in English in 2021. Be aware for spoilers of both The City of Brass and The Kingdom of Copper in this review.
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Goodreads Monday | Girl, Goddess, Queen
Goodreads Monday is a meme hosted by Emily @ Budget Tales Bookblog. The purpose of this meme is to talk all things Goodreads like you want, but it mainly is used to highlight a book that has been on your TBR. My Goodreads TBR is long, so without further ado, here’s my pick for the week.
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Review: The Traitor Queen by Danielle L. Jensen
Several years ago, I found The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen on Audible Plus. This means that no credit is needed to listen to the audiobook, which is a nice surprise. I liked the book and I was planning on listening to it’s sequel, The Traitor Queen, soon-ish. Well, that took me about 2 years, but I finally did. Actually, I read the Dutch translation of the book which just got released. In this review you can read my thoughts on it. Spoiler warning: there are spoilers for The Bridge Kingdom in this review that simply cannot be avoided.
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Review: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Rebecca Yarros has been known for her new adult and romance novels which are often emotional rollercoasters. Recently, she also published several adult novels such as The Last Letter and Reason To Believe as well as historical fiction, The Things We Leave Unfinished. Now, she decided to take on a different approach and published a fantasy novel, Fourth Wing. This is the first book in the “Empyrean” series.. I’ve read most of this author’s work so I was a little surprised. Furthermore, with me being so out of the loop when it comes to new releases, I only knew of this book’s publication just before release date. However, that didn’t get me less excited to read it as soon as I could. Did Yarros manage to deliver within the fantasy genre?
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Top Ten Tuesday: Things Getting in the Way of Reading
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
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Let’s Talk Bookish: Book Blogger’s Imposter Syndrome
Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme that was originally created and hosted by Rukky @ Eternity Books starting in August 2019, and was then cohosted by Dani @ Literary Lion from May 2020 to March 2022. Since April 2022, the meme moved to another host, Aria @ Book Nook Bits. Let’s Talk Bookish is a meme where participants discuss certain topics, share their opinions, and share their love by visiting each other’s posts.
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