‘Beauty is not a virtue that floats free of cost.’
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
#BoekPerWeek 29/52 ★★★★☆
Interesting!
Here's my review in English:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6460659180
En hier mijn bespreking in NL:
https://verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/06/09/the-garden-against-time-recensie/
'We live in strange times. We also live in strange places: each in a universe of our own.'
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
#BoekPerWeek 27/52 ★★☆☆☆
Mostly nostalgic.
See also my discussion of rereading THHGTTG:
English: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6569274087
NL:
https://verzameldezinnen.nl/2024/06/16/herleeservaring-the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/
'there are a whole lot of things in this world of ours that you haven't started wondering about yet.'
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
#BoekPerWeek 25/52 ★★☆☆☆
Still in awe over Dahl's mind (who lets a giant peach, carried by seagulls, bump against a rainbow which was just painted by cloud men). But also sad that the only escape from a poor upbringing is through fantasy, and about the wicked bodyshaming.
#Boeken @boeken
#Books @bookstodon
#Lezen #Read
#Jeugdliteratuur #ChildrensBooks
'The question is: what do we make of this?'
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
#BoekPerWeek 23/52 ★★★☆☆
Imaginative and amusing
'We apologise for the inconvenience.'
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
#BoekPerWeek 20/52 ★★☆☆☆
I apologise for the low rating. As I am rereading THHGTTG trilogy, I am reminded of why this fourth volume of the trilogy did not stick with me. It contained too much uninteresting romance, and not enough Marvin.
#Boeken @boeken
#Bookstodon @bookstodon
#Lezen #Read #Herlezen #Reread #SciFi
''Hop, hop!'
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
#BoekPerWeek 18/52 ★★★★★
Marvellous! Both the book itself, as well as other works by Rufus Butler Seder that it led me to.
Here's why I loved it: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7484743829
Hier lees je dat in het NL: https://verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/04/13/serendipiteit-in-de-boekhandel-boekbespreking/
#Boeken @boeken
#Bookstodon @bookstodon
#Lezen #Read
#Kunst #Art
#Scanimation #Serendipity
‘It seems to be a hallmark of the human species: abysmal communication skills.’
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
#BoekPerWeek 17/52 ★★★★☆
Here's why I recommend this book 
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6060418732
En hier lees je dat in 
:
https://verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/03/23/remarkably-bright-creatures-recensie/
#Boeken @boeken
#Bookstodon @bookstodon
#Lezen #Read
#Luisterboek #Audiobook
#Fictie #Fiction
#Feelgood
‘Nothing has proved more threatening to our democracy, or more devastating to Black communities, than white fear of Black freedom dreams.’
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
#BoekPerWeek 16/52 ★★★★★
Here's why this is a mustread (in ):
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6074327469
En hier lees je waarom in :
https://verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/03/16/het-slavernijverleden-in-het-heden-boekbespreking/
'With Cats, some say, one rule is true: Don't speak till you are spoken to.'
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
#BoekPerWeek 15/52 ★★☆☆☆
I adore cats, and I can certainly appreciate light verse. This, however, did not appeal to me all that much.
'We own this mess.'
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
#BoekPerWeek 13/52 ★★★★★
Urgent and relevant. Concrete and concise.
My advice: Don't just read the titles of the chapters, but read the whole book (or listen to the author read the audiobook).
Then follow up on Snyders advice.
'People don't just happen. We sacrifice former versions of ourselves.'
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
#BoekPerWeek 11/52 ★★★☆☆
Raw. Razorsharp. Painful. Loving.
#Boeken @boeken
#Bookstodon @bookstodon
#Nonfiction #Lezen #Read
‘without any of the reassurance that comes from social acceptance or the bliss of cohesion, how do you know how to be?’
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
#BoekPerWeek 10/52 ★★★★☆
Here's why I recomend this book :
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58700482-on-connection
En hier lees je dat in :
https://verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/02/16/kae-tempest-on-connection-recensie/
‘People who do not know what others in a group actually think often decide that it is safer to go along with what appear to be the dominant norms in order not to stand out.’
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
#BoekPerWeek 8/52 ★★★★☆
Must read. Here's why in 
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6214923141
En hier in
https://verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/02/08/erbij-staan-en-ernaar-kijken-boekbespreking/
#Boeken @boeken
#Bookstodon @bookstodon
#Geschiedenis #History
#TweedeWereldoorlog
#WWII #WorldWarTwo #Holocaust
'Is this still your story, Reader?'
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
#BoekPerWeek 7/52 ★★★☆☆
My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7229784308
#Boeken @boeken
#Bookstodon @bookstodon
#Lezen #Read
#Schrijven #Writing
#Literatuur #Literature
'Any artist who isn't an activist is a dead artist.'
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
#BoekPerWeek 6/52 ★★★★☆
Here's why this book would be worth your while:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6460892863
#Boeken @boeken
#Bookstodon @bookstodon
#GraphicMemoir #AiWeiwei #Kunst #Art
'Why do we call our planet Earth, when clearly it is ocean?'
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
#BoekPerWeek 4/52 ★★★★☆
My (preliminary) review of the audiobook:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6940761382
#Boeken @boeken
#Bookstodon @bookstodon
#Lezen #Read
#Luisteren #Audiobook
'In fact, the very act of trying to look ahead to discern possibilities and offer warnings is itself an act of hope.’
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
#BoekPerWeek 1/52 ★★★★★
Mijn bespreking in :
https://verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/01/02/a-few-rules-for-predicting-the-future-boekbespreking/
My review in :
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6992653316
'so where is true history written
except in the poems?'
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
#BoekPerWeek 56/52 ★★★★☆
Review in
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6020411606
Review in
https://verzameldezinnen.nl/2024/12/27/audre-lorde-collected-poems-recensie/
'People take way too much energy taking things personally.'
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
#BoekPerWeek 55/52 ★★★☆☆
#Boeken @boeken
#Bookstodon @bookstodon
#Fotografie #Photography #Nonfictie
Lonely (lōn'lē) adj. Alone, or by oneself. The permanent state of being for all humans, despite any efforts to the contrary. Can be soothed or subdued in a variety of ways, viz. marriage, sexual intercourse, board games, literature, music, poetry, television, party hats, pastries etc. But cannot be solved.'
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
#BoekPerWeek 53/52 ★★★★★
Review :
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6889705946
Review :
https://verzameldezinnen.nl/2024/12/23/mensen-lezen-boekbespreking-jimmy-corrigan/
