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De Seizoenen
Reviewed by Wim Barbier
Niet echt hoogstaande kunst maar leuke tekeningen van natuur en boerderijtjes aangevuld met teksten en gedichten gekozen door Cees Buddingh ... More
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Huizen in torens De Zichemse Maagdentoren en ander...
Reviewed by Wim Barbier
De middeleeuwse donjons spreken tot de verbeelding. Waren het woontorens of eerder verdedigingsbouwwerken? De maagdentoren gidst u naar de... More
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Hoogbegaafde kinderen, op school en thuis
Reviewed by Wim Barbier
In januari kreeg ik het interessante en praktische boekje Hoogbegaafden in het basisonderwijs in handen. In dit boekje krijg je de evolutie ... More
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Phantom
Reviewed by scullyx101
i love this book! it's amzing, eloquent, compelling... one of my favorites. More
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Vurt
Reviewed by Vikster
This book is set in England, only a few years into the future. England is very different though - because of Vurt Feathers. They are drugs t... More
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The Lake Of Dead Languages
Reviewed by Vikster
It's a brilliant novel, even more so because it's a debut. Jane Hudson returns to Heart Lake, a small private school, as a Latin teacher twe... More
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Reviewed by Vikster
The subtitle of this book is The Curious Lives Of Human Cadavers. That could almost say enough right there. XD It's the exploration of the v... More
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Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Chil...
Reviewed by Vikster
The memoir of a Munchausen by proxy childhood. It is extremely engaging, emotionally revolting, & utterly moving. Julie is a remarkable woma... More
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The Night Country: A Novel
Reviewed by Vikster
It's Halloween & five teenagers are speeding away from the police when their car hits a tree. Three die, one suffers severe brain damage, & ... More
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Practical Magic
Reviewed by Vikster
If you've seen the movie, you know the story. If you haven't ... Gillian & Sally Owens are sisters who had been raised in their aunts' world... More
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Diary
Reviewed by Vikster
This is the kind of book that a lay critic can't begin to try and describe. The plot is so complex that all my efforts to sum it up in a few... More
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Lullaby
Reviewed by Vikster
My review could be just two words long. The two words that came out of my mouth as soon as I closed the book -- f-cking amazing. But really,... More
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The Acid House
Reviewed by tartan_skirt
This is probably the best short story collection I've come across so far. It is so creative, funny, and twisted in such a way that holds the... More
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Psyche in a Dress
Reviewed by scullyx101
I don't know how to begin describing this book other than simply and undeniably beautiful. Greek mythology FLB style. (and since i'm obsesse... More
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Affinity
Reviewed by chuckmuck
This is one of those books I picked up because of the interesting cover and took home with no clue of what it was about. I did recognize the... More
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Prinsen van Amber
Reviewed by DerMika
Een man wordt wakker in een ziekenhuis zonder geheugen. Hij ontsnapt en komt bij zijn zus Flora aan, waar hij een deel van zijn geheugen ter... More
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De weg naar Amber
Reviewed by DerMika
Dit is het tweede deel uit de Amber-reeks. Amber is macht, geluk. Aarde is slechts Schaduw, een stukje doolhof op weg naar Amber. More
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Excellent Women
Reviewed by senovalente
One of Barbara Pym's wonderful novels set in the almost oppressive environs of the Anglican circles (High Church, of course) and where every... More
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Paul Celan: Poet, Survivor, Jew (Yale Nota Bene)
Reviewed by senovalente
To my great regret I came to the poetry (and the life story behind so much of it) of Paul Celan somewhat late in life, unpardonably late, ev... More
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew/Th...
Reviewed by DefenderOfKnowledge
Probably my most favorite series. Read them once, read them twice, THEY ARE GREAT! More
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The Chronicles of Narnia
Reviewed by DefenderOfKnowledge
If you people think you have read a fantasy book, unless you've read the Narnia series, you've settled for less. These books (or this one bo... More
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The God of Small Things
Reviewed by chuckmuck
This book is hard for me to summarize. I had heard very good things and it was a Booker Prize winner, I had very high expectations. When I s... More
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Destiny
Reviewed by djn73
If good art should disturb and unsettle us, then this book may well have merit as a work of literary art. It puts on the page the narrator's... More
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Being In Balance: 9 Principles for Creating Habits...
Reviewed by varresa
I have been a fan of Dr. Wayne Dyer for years - ever since I first saw a special of his on PBS. I generally have never read many "self=help... More
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweil...
Reviewed by Vikster
This was a reread from my younger years, yet another example of my foray into recapturing my childhood literally. Only kidding ... partially... More
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The Princess Diaries Volume I
Reviewed by Vikster
The Princess Diaries is exactly that. It is the diary [think Bridget Jones] of a young girl who wakes up one morning to discover that she is... More
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Carrie Pilby vs. the World (Red Dress Ink S.)
Reviewed by Vikster
The title character, Carrie Pilby, is a prodigy. At the age of 18, she graduated with honours from Harvard. It is now a year later & she is ... More
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Gallows Hill
Reviewed by Vikster
The concepts that the book expands on, quite well for a YA novel, are mystical in nature - karma & reincarnation. The Salem Witch Trials are... More
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Idlewild
Reviewed by Vikster
If the author's name seems familiar, it's because he is the son of the famed Carl Sagan. His debut novel is brilliant; I read it in one sitt... More
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American Gods
Reviewed by Vikster
This book was brilliant & I could not put it down. It's an intellectual fantasy novel that only he could write; there is a strong mythical b... More
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