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simonevanheijst November 21, 2021 Blog

Thronebreakers – Spoiler Free Review

Happy Sunday book friends! And long time no see. In all honesty, I’ve been absent because I was too lazy to write anything. I haven’t even read a lot lately either. I did go on a city trip for like a week, but still. Maybe you noticed that I changed my blog theme to winter! These changes always make me excited to write again. I actually finished Thronebreakers on October 29th, and I’m only just now sitting down to review it. Good thing I’ve read exactly two books since then, because otherwise I would’ve never remembered the details. This book…

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simonevanheijst October 27, 2021 Blog

Books With Time Travel I Enjoyed

Happy Wednesday book friends! Do you read books with time travel? I tend to really like these, even though the science behind it often makes my head hurt. Mostly because like 50% of my brain tries to come up with reasons why it wouldn’t work, and the other 50% is telling me to shut up and enjoy the fiction. I haven’t read a whole lot of books with time travel, but the ones I have I’ve often enjoyed. They’re all quite different in setting, too! Time travel is something you’d mostly expect out of a science fiction novel, but some…

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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 August 29, 2021 Blog

Iron Widow – Spoiler Free Review

Happy Sunday book friends! I finally decided to start reading through my NetGalley arcs, and I have no regrets that I chose Iron Widow first. It also comes out within a month, so it was probably time I started that one anyway. Iron widow is what happens when someone decides to write a story about Pacific Rim (but not) and ancient China (but not). That sounds vague, so lemme retry. Basically, the author has described it as taking place in a separate sci-fi world, with a society very loosely based on Chinese history. So it’s not to be taken as…

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simonevanheijst July 26, 2021 Blog

Winter’s Orbit – Spoiler Free Review

Happy Monday book friends! Everything book related has suddenly taken a backseat, because I started working again and I immediately forgot how to manage my time. But I’m still finishing books! Albeit more slowly than usual… I just finished reading Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell. To be real honest, the beginning of this book confused me immensely. But, by the end of it I realized I did have a good time reading it. So check out the content warnings below if you want to, and I’ll attempt to explain this book.winter’s orbit View content warnings Domestic abuse Flashback to instances…

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