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    The Fitzalong #3: Assassin’s Quest

    Robin Hobb is a much-loved fantasy author and one I have long wanted to read, but also one I find extremely intimidating. A readathon is something that often activates me, so I was happy to find out about The Fitzalong by Lianne from Literary Diversions. The plan is to read the entire Realm of the Elderlings series, comprised of 16…

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    The Fitzalong #2: Royal Assassin

    Robin Hobb is a much-loved fantasy author and one I have long wanted to read, but also one I find extremely intimidating. A readathon is something that often activates me, so I was happy to find out about The Fitzalong by Lianne from Literary Diversions. The plan is to read the entire Realm of the Elderlings series, comprised of 16…

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    The Fitzalong #1: Assassin’s Apprentice

    Robin Hobb and her The Realm of the Elderlings are names that I hear and see very often as a fantasy reader. If you do anything online with reading, it is almost impossible to avoid these books or to not witness legions of fans speaking enthusiastically about the trauma this series caused them. Given the immense popularity of these books,…

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    Reading in 2025: Planned Readathons and Book Clubs

    There is a world of new vocabulary to be found online to make reading a more social activity. I discovered a few years ago that I am up for a reading challenge, and since then the so-called readathons with accompanying prompts have become a permanent fixture in my reading behaviour. I have also tried the occasional readalong and buddy read…

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    Read in 2024: Most memorable

    You will not have missed the fact that I have read quite a bit in 2024. If I put all the covers of the books I started reading in 2024 – and most of which I also finished – next to each other, it really is a wall of books. On the Flemish side of this blog, I already highlighted…

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    NOTE: I only started writing my reviews in English in August 2022. For the books for which only a review in Dutch is available, I have provided a link to it and you can use Google translate if you are curious about my opinion 🙂 2022 2023 2024 2025 2022 2023 2024 2025

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    Faith Fall Along #1: Malice

    I haven’t quite decided in which readathons and bookclubs I want to participate this year, and I’ve been on the fence about whether or not to join this new readalong from Becca’s Catch-up Bookclub ever since it was announced. After we completed the #firstlawalong, where we read all the books in Joe Abercombie’s First Law World in August last year…

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    Read in July 2024

    In July, my reading started to improve. Not quite back to normal yet, but there is definitely improvement! In July, I read a total of 11 books, good for 3571 pages. The average July book comes to 325 pages/book. The stars fluctuated between 2 and 4, with mainly 3-star books. This brings the average July book to 3.2 stars. In…

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    Read in May 2024

    The first half of May was a boom for my reading pleasure, but then in the second week I delved into a highly rated book for a book club that I just couldn’t find my way into. I felt how the book sucked all the pleasure and enthusiasm out of me, but I still didn’t want to give in. I…

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    Read in March 2024

    March was a month of serious ups and downs as far as reading goes. It started well, but as the month progressed my choice of books became increasingly unsuccessful, even for a few for which I had high hopes. In total I read 9 books, good for 3174 pages. The average March book comes to 353 pages/book. As mentioned, a…