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simonevanheijst October 15, 2021 Blog

My Favorite Books With Extraterrestrial Life

Happy Friday book friends! Today’s post comes with great timing, because I want to talk about ETs and I’m currently rereading a sci-fi series full of ETs. I was planning to read spooky books only this month, but… that didn’t work out. I love books that have extraterrestrial life. The possibilities are endless, and it’s so fun to see authors go all out in coming up with interesting ETs for their stories. In this post I’ll discuss six books: some with the scary type of ET, and some with the nice type of ET. Do let me know what your…

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simonevanheijst October 14, 2021 Blog

Vampires in Literature and Books I Enjoyed

Hello book friends! Do you enjoy books that feature vampires? I think they’re one of the most classic literary monster, and really enjoy a good vampire book every now and then. So I decided to dedicate a special post to vampires! This post will focus mostly on the creatures that dominated European folklore. But know there are many other countries and regions that have vampiric creatures, too! Blood-drinking monsters actually already “existed” in ancient Mesopotamia, although they obviously weren’t called vampires back then. Mostly, they were referred to as demons, but historians seem to think that these ancient beliefs could’ve…

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simonevanheijst October 13, 2021 Blog

Popular Books I Haven’t Read

Happy Wednesday book friends! Today is my last day of work for this week, and I’m looking forward to sleeping in. Even though I already do that on the weekends, too… Oh well, I’ll have more reading time as well! Maybe I can pick up one of the books I’m gonna mention in this post… I’m normally very good at reading books that are popular. I’ve read all the Grisha books, I’ve read ACTOAR and Throne of Glass, and also the Selection and the Shatter Me series, to name as few. But there are a few books out there that…

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simonevanheijst October 12, 2021 Blog

Five Reasons Why Fall is Great

Happy Tuesday book friends! I’m happy, because this week I don’t have to work a lot. I’m have two birthday parties, too, so that’s going to be fun! Less fun is that it’s going to rain bunches too this week… Of course that comes with the season. And yet, there are many reasons why I think fall is great! To be honest, I don’t know if fall is my favorite season. The cozy vibes are great, but I also immensely enjoy summer and winter. Although last summer was horrible weather-wise, so maybe summer is not my fav anymore. Anyway, here…

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simonevanheijst October 11, 2021 Blog

Lovely, Dark and Deep – Spoiler Free Review

Happy Monday book friends! I made my Blogtober schedule and completely forgot to factor in reviews… Good thing that I was too lazy to write the post that was actually meant for today, because now I get to talk about Lovely, Dark and Deep! At the very beginning of my blogging journey, I was approached by author Claudia Cain to read and review her book Silver and Bone, which I loved. I actually loved it so much I bought the second book immediately and read that, too. So yes, I was excited to read Lovely, Dark and Deep, which is…

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