December 2023 – Laurie Is Reading
2023 In Review | Part 4| Laurie Is Reading
It’s Wednesday once again and I haven’t done a weekly reading recap in a couple of weeks. I was – and still am – in kind of a reading funk and I have no idea what triggered it. Is it my annual autumnal slump or are the books I’m picking not what I’m in need […]| Laurie Is Reading
Hi and welcome back to another Top Ten Tuesday post! I have been absent last week due to the topic not piquing my interest, plus me being unable to bloghopat all as I had some other commitments that were interfering with my blogging. However, I’m back this week and although this topic isn’t really for […]| Laurie Is Reading
Sometimes, you stumble upon a book that happens to be published in your country and language shortly afterwards. This was the case for me with Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young. From the moment I laid eyes on the blurb on several other book blogs, I knew it would be right up my alley […]| Laurie Is Reading
If you are following my blog since 2022 and even before under different names, you know I really enjoy Jennifer L. Armentrout’s books. Ever since “Lux”, I’ve been a huge follower of her work, and I nearly read everything to this point. The start of the Covid-19 pandemic also marked the start of the “Blood […]| Laurie Is Reading
Hi and welcome to this week’s Let’s Talk Bookish post! And today we’re either – possibly – going to have some fun or get confronted really hard. Why? Because this week it’s time to play TBR roulette! I have to admit that I did a TBR cleaning and declutter not too long ago, but we’ll […]| Laurie Is Reading
If there is one book I’ve seen on multiple blogs multiple times, it’s The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams. I actually never paid attention to the bok itsself, I never looked it up. When I found the audiobook on Storytel, it immediately rang a bell and I saved it to my shelf on there. Now…| Laurie Is Reading
If there is one book I’ve seen on multiple blogs multiple times, it’s The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams. I actually never paid attention to the bok itsself, I never looked it up. When I found the audiobook on Storytel, it immediately rang a bell and I saved it to my shelf on there. Now…| Laurie Is Reading
If there is one book I’ve seen on multiple blogs multiple times, it’s The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams. I actually never paid attention to the bok itsself, I never looked it up. When I fo…| Laurie Is Reading
Book Review: Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry| Laurie Is Reading
I got introduced to Rebecca Yarros’ through other book blogs back in 2017 or 2018. However, I didn’t start reading them until 2019 and even though this is one of her first series translated into Dutch, it wasn’t my first book actually. However, I picked up the first installment of this “Flight & Glory” series…| Laurie Is Reading
I got introduced to Rebecca Yarros’ through other book blogs back in 2017 or 2018. However, I didn’t start reading them until 2019 and even though this is one of her first series translated into Dutch, it wasn’t my first book actually. However, I picked up the first installment of this “Flight & Glory” series…| Laurie Is Reading
Book Review: The Reality of Everything by Rebecca Yarros| Laurie Is Reading
It has been a while since I last posted a review, but I just didn’t feel like it. I have been slacking in both reading and reviewing last week and I think this little accidental break is what I nee…| Laurie Is Reading
Back in February, I read and surprisingly enjoyed Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole. Especially the cliffhanger at the end made me curious for the next book in this series, Glow of the Everflame.…| Laurie Is Reading
Me and romantasy are often a good match. However, this totally depends on the kind of book and whether it’s interesting to me. Said book has to have some components to make this an enjoyable read f…| Laurie Is Reading
Early this year I read my first cowboy romance ever, Flawless by Elsie Silver. This was in fact my first book of the year and the start of my romance era which lasted for nearly the entirety of 202…| Laurie Is Reading
If there’s one book you possibly couldn’t have missed the past few years, it is The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston. Although I wasn’t living under a rock, I didn’t want to pick it up. However, I …| Laurie Is Reading
As you might remember – you will definitely do when you have been following my blog for a longer while –, I was really in my romance era in 2024. It was exactly that summer when I came across Just …| Laurie Is Reading
I have been seeing people talking about Fredrik Backman and his books for years now. However, I haven’t read any of them before, I never felt like doing so. His latest novel, My Friends, piqued my …| Laurie Is Reading
One of the many advantages of being a bilingual reader is the wide variety of diverse books accessible to you. If This Gets Out, published in 2021, is a collaboration between authors Sophie Gonzale…| Laurie Is Reading
In 2022 I read The Charm Offensive, which was my introduction to books by Alison Cochrun. I really enjoyed this book, so I was wondering how Here We Go Again would hold up. It’s a romcom where oppo…| Laurie Is Reading
Sometimes, you stumble upon a book that happens to be published in your country and language shortly afterwards. This was the case for me with Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young. From the moment I…| Laurie Is Reading
At the start of this year, I set myself some bookish resolutions and reading goals. One of these is to declutter my TBR and focus some more on the backlist titles. Unexpectedly, I do quite a good j…| Laurie Is Reading
It is good for every reader to read outside their comfort zone every now and then. I find myself doing this more and more often, and I notice that I really need it. The Most Secret Memory of Men by…| Laurie Is Reading
Sometimes, you come across a book that has been out in Dutch much earlier than in English. I read both languages, so no problemo for me. When the Fireflies Dance by Aisha Hassan is such a book. It …| Laurie Is Reading
Last year, I finally read One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig, long after everyone and their mother had read it. Although I wasn’t fully captivated, I still went ahead with Two Twisted Crowns, the seq…| Laurie Is Reading
It is already October and that means that both autumn and the fourth and final quarter of the year have officially started. But first, it’s time to wrap up September. The first week of this month I…| Laurie Is Reading
A year ago, I started seasonal reflections alongside the seasonal TBR’s. The first season I reflected o was summer 2023. I can’t believe this has been more than a year ago and that it’s already time to look back on fall 2024. Fall is not showing up yet, we still had lots of summery days until now. The weather forecast for the upcoming week doesn’t look too bright, but still no real signs of fall yet. I can’t remember a lot about fall 2024, so maybe this post will have some surprises...| Laurie Is Reading
Janet Skeslien Charles is an author I have come across on multiple book blogs. I thought I didn’t any of her books to my TBR, but to my surprise, I did! And now, I thought this would be a good time picking it up, after too many dragons and fantasy. The book I’m talking about| Laurie Is Reading
One of my anticipated reads for this summer was A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair. This book has been on my radar for a longer while now, but I never managed to get to it. Untill its Dutch translation got published last month. I enjoy Greek mythology retellings, so I was curious for| Laurie Is Reading
Book Review: Lady of Embers by Melissa K. Roehrich| laurieisreading.com
It has been over a year now since The War of Two Queens by Jennifer L. Armentrout was published. I’ve read it already upon publication in English, but in the Netherlands we’re about a y…| Laurie Is Reading
A good while ago, I stumbled upon the book Pachinko by Min Jin lee. I can’t remember where I first found out about this work of historical fiction, but I instantly knew I wanted to read this …| Laurie Is Reading
Rebecca yarros is one of my autobuy authors. My introduction to her novels was when I picked up the first book in the “Flight & Glory” series (which I still haven’t finished b…| Laurie Is Reading
Emily Henry is a really polpuar author of romance novels, although they’re not for everyone. Beach Read, People We Meet on Vacation, Book Lovers and her latest release Happy Place are all gre…| Laurie Is Reading
Book review: Let the Games Begin by Rufaro Faith Mazarura| Laurie Is Reading
Goodreads Monday is a meme hosted by Emily @ Budget Tales Bookblog. The purpose of this meme is to talk all things Goodreads like you want, but it mainly is used to highlight a book that has been o…| Laurie Is Reading
Last year I got introduced to Sarah Adams by reading The Cheat Sheet. I needed a light romance, and many people were raving about this book. I ended up enjoying it as well, but it took me over a ye…| Laurie Is Reading
Earlier this year, I finally read Book Lovers by Emily Henry and to say that I wasn’t pleased with it is just an understatement. In fact, I zoned out a lot and decided that Happy Place would …| Laurie Is Reading
The Book Blogger Hop was originally created by Jennifer @ Crazy-For-Books in March 2010 and ended on December 31, 2012. With Jennifer’s permission, Billy @ Ramblings Of A Coffee Addicted Writ…| Laurie Is Reading
I got introduced to Rebecca Yarros’ through other book blogs back in 2017 or 2018. However, I didn’t start reading them until 2019 and even though this is one of her first series translated i…| Laurie Is Reading
As stated in this post where I outline my bookish goals for the year, focusing on my backlog is one of the key goals for 2025. I have so many books I tend to forget about because of all the interes…| Laurie Is Reading
Late last year, I finally read Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett, after leaving it rotting on my shelf for a fair amount of time. Even though I wasn’t fully convinced by thi…| Laurie Is Reading
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Last March, I finally managed to read and finish Jade City by Fonda Lee after trying it two times before. I enjoyed it, although the second half did the convincing part since the first half is used…| Laurie Is Reading
Today I have my final review of the “Lady of Darkness” series for you, because Lady of Starfire is the final book in this series. I’ve read it straight after Lady of Embers, becau…| Laurie Is Reading
I promise this will be my forelast post about the “Lady of Darkness” series, but I’ve read the last three books back-to-back. After the cliffhanger in Lady of Ashes, I needed to k…| Laurie Is Reading
If there’s a book that has been sitting on my TBR for a very, very long time, it’s The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai. I retrieved my copy early 2020, but we all know what happened then. Covid h…| Laurie Is Reading
After already powering through both Lady of Darkness and Lady of Shadows by Melissa K. Roehrich this month, I simply could not resist continuing the “Lady of Darkness” series by reading…| Laurie Is Reading
Pretty recently, I’ve read Lady of Darkness by Melissa k. Roehrich, which i was really invested in. Something I haven’t experienced in a while. Usually, I’m not someone to read se…| Laurie Is Reading
In Dutch we have a saying which basically means that you need three chances before succeeding. Well, that’s exactly what happened to me with Jade City by Fonda Lee. After finishing R.F. Kuang…| Laurie Is Reading
Lady of Darknes, the first book in the “Lady of Darkness” series by Melissa K. Roehrich was rcommended in a Discord server I’m part off. Many people in there read (new adult) romance with spice, so I trust them when they recommend a book. Sometimes their recommendations don’t work for me, sometimes they do. In| Laurie Is Reading
July is already over and that means most people are on summer holidays now. In the Netherlands, summer holidays started from July 8 till July 22 and end from August 19 till the latest few provinces…| Laurie Is Reading
Book Review: The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata| Laurie Is Reading
Book Review: Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young| Laurie Is Reading
In late 2023, I finally read one of the most hyped books of that year, Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross. I enjoyed this book, but I wasn’t really jumping on the hype train. Its sequel Ruthless V…| Laurie Is Reading
Earlier this year, I buddyread Jade City by Fonda Lee and this was my final chance for this book since I had tried it twice and put it aside as often. I surprisingly enjoyed it. When I read Jade Wa…| Laurie Is Reading
