'there were none so blind as those who had already decided what it was they saw.'
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

#BoekPerWeek 59/52 ★★★☆☆

A group of guerilla gardeners engage in a deadly bond with a survival bunker building multibillionaire. In spite of the full plot, the broad collage of characters, and references to Shakespeare, it also felt something was missing. Still a very entertaining and thought provoking read.

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#SurvivalOfTheRichest

‘Freedom begins the moment we forget ourselves.’
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#BoekPerWeek 57/52 ★★★★★

Delightful story by Dave Eggers. Wonderful artwork of the hardcover print edition with beautiful illustrations by Shawn Harris. Heartwarming narration of the audiobook by Ethan Hawke.
Pure joy!

EDIT: For Dutch readers, here's a more extensive review: https://verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/12/31/fabelachtig-mooi-jeugdboek-van-dave-eggers-recensie/

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‘Even so, there are obvious limits to our understanding.’
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

#BoekPerWeek 55/52 ★★★☆☆

This story was just intriguing enough to keep going, and the critique on historical interpretations (and misconceptions) well executed. But that's it.
Ian McEwan is one of the authors who turned me from someone who enjoyed reading into a reader. But for me the time has come to leave him be, with gratitude.

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#Fictie #Fiction
#Poëzie #Poetry

“You’ve always had wings. Now they do. What’s unfair about that?”

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#BoekPerWeek 53/52 ★★★☆☆

A light and delightful little story.

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‘I don´t make a taller fence, but fight to build a better bridge’
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#BoekPerWeek 51/52 ★★★★☆

EDIT:
Hopeful thoughts by Amanda Gorman paired with beautiful artwork by Loren Long. A gem.

Here's my review in Dutch - with links to videos by readers who turned the poem into song: https://verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/12/31/zing-mee-met-change-sings-recensie/

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#SingAlong

´your education is not only in your head anymore: like hers, now your knowledge is also in your body, every bit of it, including your heart.' ★★★★☆
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

#BoekPerWeek 46/52 ★★★★☆

Not sure yet whether the ending to this impressive trilogy is painful or hopeful. A very compelling story.

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'What you four need is taking care of.'
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#BoekPerWeek 43/52 ★★★★☆

A rather repulsive story, but not a bad book at all.

Review in English: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7919027587

Recensie in Nederlands: https://verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/10/12/the-cement-garden-recensie/

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'‘We matter greatly and not at all.’'
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#BoekPerWeek 40/52 ★★★★★

A stream of collective consciousness, is what I like to call this book. Here's why I think it is very much worth your while::
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7131789407

En hier vertel ik dat iets uitgebreider in het Nederlands:
https://verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/09/28/een-razend-rustig-verhaal-boekbespreking/

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#Fiction #SpaceTravel #Time

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

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'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.'
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#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.

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