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simonevanheijst March 4, 2021

March Most Anticipated Releases

Happy Wednesday folks! This post comes a little late, because two of the books on this list literally published last Tuesday, but better late than never! I low-key forgot to make these type of posts, whoops. But there are certainly some books that come/came out this month that I’m excited for! You can check out my most anticipated releases for the whole year here! march most anticipated releases, march most anticipated releases Chain of Iron By Cassandra Clare Published: March 2 So, this one came out Tuesday of course. I really wanted to order it, but Amazon made me pay…

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simonevanheijst March 2, 2021

A Court of Silver Flames – Review

Happy Tuesday everyone! I said I’d attempt to review A Court of Silver Flames, and thus here is my attempt. I find reviewing popular books super hard, and I really don’t do it often. This book I found particularly hard to review, because I feel like I can rate it in different ways. I was utterly gripped by it from the start, and emotional-reader me says “give it five stars!” But, critical-reader me also saw some things that should make it less than five stars. The thing is, I’m not particularly fond of reading critically. I don’t want to weed…

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simonevanheijst February 28, 2021

February Wrap Up: Little Reading and Life Updates

Happy almost March everyone! It’s already time for my February wrap up. I feel like time is flying by so quickly. I always forget that February is really short. Weird that it’s already been one year since I started counting down the days until I could go back to the U.S. And that one year ago there was no lockdown… Anyway, let’s not talk about Lockdowns. Last month I read eleven books, and this month I read… four. Oh well, there’s good and bad months, and those four happened to be very enjoyable, so I can’t be too disgruntled about…

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simonevanheijst February 27, 2021

Tag Time – The Piano Playlist Tag

Happy Saturday everyone! I hope you’re all going into the weekend content and relaxed. I spent some time last week enjoying the wonderful Spring weather. Seeing all the flowers pop up makes me so happy! Anyway, I was tagged to do the Piano Playlist Tag by Yasmin from Despedida1992.blogspot.com! Thanks for the tag! A fun fact is that I actually play piano, so having a bookish piano tag to do is actually quite perfect. The tag was created by Moi from Bookish Blunders! Here are the rules for this tag:piano piano – Post the rules in your post – Answer…

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simonevanheijst February 21, 2021

Lost in the Never Woods – Spoiler Free Review

Not too long ago, I was pleasantly surprised when I got approved for an ARC of Lost in the Never Woods via NetGalley. Seriously, I was so surprised. But happy! I had a feeling this was going to be good — and it was. So here are my final thoughts on this Peter Pan retelling! View content warnings Grief Death Blood Gun violence Kidnapping Mental illness Lost in the Never Woods By Aiden Thomas Published March 23 by Swoon Reads retelling | mystery | young adult My rating: ★★★★☆ When children go missing, people want answers. When children go missing…

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