'If you stare at the sidewalk long enough, it starts to stare back.'
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

#BoekPerWeek 39/52 ★★★★★

Here's why this heartwarming work by @DavidZinn is an ABSOLUTE mustread/musthave:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7876762321

En hier vertel ik dat iets uitgebreider in het Nederlands:
https://verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/08/31/tijdelijke-kunst-vereeuwigd-boekbespreking/

WON-DER-FUL!

#Boeken @boeken
#Bookstodon @bookstodon

#Lezen #Read #StreetArt #Anamorphosis #Pareidolia #EphemeralArt #DavidZinn

'In his experience, things generally got worse, and on the rare occasion when things actually seemed to get better, it was only as a dramatic prelude to a cataclysmic worsening.'
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

#BoekPerWeek 37/52 ★☆☆☆☆

It couldn't get much worse than Adams's Mostly Harmless, I thought. But it didn't get much better, either. So I quit at page 42.

#Boeken @boeken
#Bookstodon @bookstodon
#Lezen #Read #SciFi #THHHTTG

'We need to learn to share this land, otherwise we will be sharing it in our graves.’
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

#BoekPerWeek 34/52 ★★★★★

Gut wrenching. A beautifully written horrible (hi)story. Nuanced and multifaceted, but clear support for ending Israel's occupation of Palestine.

I wrote a review in Dutch:
https://verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/08/06/een-eindeloze-geschiedenis-boekbespreking/

#Boeken @boeken
#Bookstodon @bookstodon
#Lezen #Read #Aanrader #MustRead
#FreePalestine

'Oh, I don't know.. you've got to have hope, right?'
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

#BoekPerWeek 32/52 ★★★★★

Here's why I recommend this book, in English:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7498410959

Hier waarom ik het boek aanbeveel, in NL:
https://verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/07/11/getekende-mensen-boekbespreking/

#Boeken @boeken
#Bookstodon @bookstodon

#Lezen #Read #GraphicNovel #Striproman #ChrisWare

‘Tijd winnen, tijd winnen. En waar bleef de tijd? Nergens bleef de tijd, en er was niets gewonnen, alles verloren.’
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

#BoekPerWeek 30/52 ★★☆☆☆

Ooit las ik dit voor school. Toen vond ik het rete interessant. Dit keer: mwah. Wel goed gekozen vooruitwijzingen naar de toekomst / het heden: een vertaalmachine, surveillance, zelfs een soort van transhumanisme (die Dendermonde tamelijk kritiekloos oplepelt).

#Boeken @boeken

#Lezen #Fictie

‘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/

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#Lezen #Read #Nonfiction
#Commons #Commoning #Solarpunk

'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/

#Boeken @boeken
#Bookstodon @bookstodon

#Lezen #Read #SciFi
#THHGTTG #HHGTTG
#TowelDay #TowelDay2025

'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 nasty 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

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#Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon
#Lezen #Read

'We apologise for the inconvenience.'
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

#BoekPerWeek 20/52 ★★☆☆☆

I apologise for the low rating. As I am rereading THHGTTG, 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.

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#Lezen #Read #Herlezen #Reread #SciFi