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simonevanheijst April 26, 2020

Sorcery of Thorns – Spoiler Free Review

I’m finally reading and reviewing more! I finished Sorcery of Thorns, and it’s the first completed book of my new Books About Books challenge, so here is my spoiler free review! I’ve had Sorcery of Thorns for a while, and even brought it with me to The Netherlands. Because it was still unread… I don’t know why I never picked it up sooner, but since I started reading it, I immediately wanted to read more books about books! First, here’s the blurb from Goodreads: All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised…

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simonevanheijst April 17, 2020

Havenfall by Sara Holland – Spoiler Free Review

I finished my 15th book of the year! That means I remain one book ahead of schedule for my Goodreads reading challenge. There’s a lot of story in this short book, and I actually have opinions for once, so I decided to write a review about it! Havenfall came out March 3, and I almost immediately bought it. I really enjoyed Sara Holland’s other book, Everless. I haven’t read Evermore yet, though. Oops. I was surprised to see Havenfall is only a little over 300 pages, but there was still a lot of story in this book. Anyway, here is…

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simonevanheijst April 6, 2020

Chain of Gold Review – Spoiler Free

I finally finished a book again! I feel like it’s been ages since that happened. Reading has been hard for me basically since the beginning of March, and some events in my life didn’t make it better. Luckily I can always count on a good book to make me happy! Chain of Gold was one of the first books I bought at my favorite Barnes & Noble as soon as I arrived in the United States. It’s my favorite Barnes & Noble because I used to work there:) I didn’t start reading it until the end of March, though. And…

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simonevanheijst February 19, 2020

Review: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Review time! I just finished reading the Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, and honestly this book was so fun. I need more people to read it! The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers is one of those books that does not have a big plot, but is more driven by its characters. The blurb on the back makes it seem like the story is centered around Rosemary, but in the end every character in the book is important. So a little more about the setting. Rosemary takes on a job as a clerk on…

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simonevanheijst December 1, 2017

It’s a new blog!

Hello readers! Ever since starting my Bookstagram account I have wanted to make it more about the books instead of just the photography and me rambling about my day. I would’ve liked to include reviews as well, but let’s face it, an iPhone isn’t the best for typing out entire texts. So I finally bit the bullet and started this blog! I won’t post reviews exclusively though, you can expect me to talk about basically anything bookish! If you have read my about section, you know that I am a girl from The Netherlands. However, I have decided to post entirely in…

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