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

    #BoekPerWeek 59/52 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†

    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.

    #Boeken #Bookstodon
    #Lezen #Read
    #SurvivalOfTheRichest

  2. β€˜Freedom begins the moment we forget ourselves.’
    #DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

    #BoekPerWeek 57/52 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

    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: verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/12/31

    #Boeken #Bookstodon
    #Lezen #Read
    #Jeugdliteratuur #ChildrensBooks

  3. β€˜Freedom begins the moment we forget ourselves.’
    #DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

    #BoekPerWeek 57/52 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

    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: verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/12/31

    #Boeken #Bookstodon
    #Lezen #Read
    #Jeugdliteratuur #ChildrensBooks

  4. β€˜Freedom begins the moment we forget ourselves.’
    #DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

    #BoekPerWeek 57/52 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

    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: verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/12/31

    #Boeken #Bookstodon
    #Lezen #Read
    #Jeugdliteratuur #ChildrensBooks

  5. β€˜Freedom begins the moment we forget ourselves.’
    #DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

    #BoekPerWeek 57/52 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

    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: verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/12/31

    #Boeken #Bookstodon
    #Lezen #Read
    #Jeugdliteratuur #ChildrensBooks

  6. β€˜Freedom begins the moment we forget ourselves.’
    #DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

    #BoekPerWeek 57/52 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

    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: verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/12/31

    #Boeken #Bookstodon
    #Lezen #Read
    #Jeugdliteratuur #ChildrensBooks

  7. β€˜Even so, there are obvious limits to our understanding.’
    #DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

    #BoekPerWeek 55/52 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†

    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.

    #Boeken #Bookstodon
    #Lezen #Read
    #Fictie #Fiction
    #PoΓ«zie #Poetry

  8. β€˜I donΒ΄t make a taller fence, but fight to build a better bridge’
    #DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

    #BoekPerWeek 51/52 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†

    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: verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/12/31

    #Boeken #Bookstodon
    #Lezen #Read
    #PoΓ«zie #Poetry
    #Kinderboeken #ChildrensBooks
    #SingAlong

  9. Β΄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.' β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†
    #DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

    #BoekPerWeek 46/52 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†

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

    #Boeken #Bookstodon
    #Lezen #Read

  10. 'β€˜We matter greatly and not at all.’'
    #DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

    #BoekPerWeek 40/52 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

    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::
    goodreads.com/review/show/7131

    En hier vertel ik dat iets uitgebreider in het Nederlands:
    verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/09/28

    #Boeken #Bookstodon
    #Lezen #Read
    #Fiction #SpaceTravel #Time

  11. '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 β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†

    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

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

    #BoekPerWeek 34/52 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

    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:
    verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/08/06

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

  13. β€˜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 β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†

    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

  14. '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 β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†

    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

  15. '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 β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†

    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

  16. '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 β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†

    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

  17. '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 β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†

    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

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

    #BoekPerWeek 20/52 β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†

    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.

    #Boeken @boeken
    #Bookstodon @bookstodon
    #Lezen #Read #Herlezen #Reread #SciFi

  19. β€˜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 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

    Here's why this is a mustread (in πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ):
    goodreads.com/review/show/6074

    En hier lees je waarom in πŸ‡³πŸ‡±:
    verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/03/16

    #Boeken @boeken
    #Bookstodon @bookstodon

    #Lezen #Read
    #Mustread #History #Slavery #1619Project

  20. 'Het grootste gevaar schuilt niet in de trickstercharlatans en schoften, maar juist in degenen die hun te weinig weerstand bieden. En dat zijn we bijna allemaal.'
    #DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
    #BoekPerWeek 54/52 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†

    #Boeken @boeken
    #Lezen #Nonfictie

  21. 'Then the voice in your head silently tells you to take your foot off your throat because just getting along shouldn't be an ambition.'
    #DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

    #BoekPerWeek 1/52 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

    Here's why I think this is an absolute mustread:
    goodreads.com/review/show/5660

    #Boeken @boeken
    #Bookstodon @bookstodon
    #Lezen #Read
    #Racism #AntiRacism #ClaudiaRankine

  22. 'And when finally they set the structure to burn the books, using the firemen, I grunted a few times and subsided, for there were no others grunting or yelling with me, by then. Now, it's too late.'
    #DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

    #BoekPerWeek 82/52 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

    My review on Goodreads:
    goodreads.com/review/show/3153

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

    #Fahrenheit451
    #RayBradbury
    #SciFi #ScienceFiction
    #BookBans #ImmersiveTechnology

  23. 'We want other people to have a centre, a history, an account that makes sense.'
    #DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

    #BoekPerWeek 62/52 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†

    A very impressive elegy printed as a leporello.
    It made me realize a thing or two about mourning and about translating (and their interrelatedness). Here's how:
    goodreads.com/review/show/5007

    #Boeken @boeken
    #Bookstodon @bookstodon

    #Rouw #Grief #Elegy
    #Latin #Latijn
    #Vertalen #Translation
    #BijzondereBoeken #SpecialBooks #Leporello

  24. 'Sometimes, the best expression of what is real and true is only possible through an imaginative act.'

    #DeZinVanHetBoek
    #TheEssenceOfTheBook

    #BoekPerWeek 44/52 β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†

    Too bad it's not feasible to travel all over the world to admire and experience Erlichs intriguiging artworks. Fortunately, books bring the world to my lap. This volume captures Erlichs clever and playful takes on spaces.

    #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon
    #Boeken @boeken
    #Read #Lezen
    #Art #Kunst #LeandroErlich
    #WorldOnMyLap

  25. β€˜whatever you look at and wherever you direct your attention, you can come across confusing and surprising things anytime and anywhere.’

    #DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook
    #BoekPerWeek 2/52

    Silke Vry - My Big Book of Art and Illusion
    β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†

    #Boeken #Lezen
    #Books #Reading #Bookstodon @bookstodon #Art #OpticalIllusion #3DArt #Anamorphosis