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 Gonzales and Cale Dietrich, both of whom have multiple books to their credit. Both authors write books featuring queer characters. Sophie Gonzales […]| Laurie Is Reading
A new month means a new TBR! In contradiction to the past few months – or actually to the start of setting these monthly TBR’s – I’ve finished the entirety of my August one. This was quite unexpected, but I had a good reading month overall and I made an effort to finally finish this […]| Laurie Is Reading
I’m already writing my monthly wrap up for August, can we slow things down a bit? This is insane! Autumn is about to begin, but first, I finally have summer vacation. While I see people talking about August not being a good reading month for them, for me it’s the opposite. I was flying through […]| Laurie Is Reading
It’s Friday and that means discussion time! A lot later than I would normally post, but life happens sometimes. Today we celebrate the sixth birthday of Let’s Talk Bookish and we do this by having a celebratory freebie. We could use this week to catch up on a missed LTB topic (which was my original […]| 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 opposites attract and involves a road trip. It also involves some triggers, such as an off-page death of […]| 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
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 Vows got published right after Christmas and not long after I finished the first book in this “Letters of…| 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 Vows got published right after Christmas and not long after I finished the first book in this “Letters of…| 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
When I picked up Powerless by Lauren Roberts back in late 2023, I was not amused. In fact, I quickly put it on the DNF pile. I wasn’t intrigued by it, and I couldn’t see myself continuing this stor…| Laurie Is Reading
Nearly five years ago, I finally read Legend by Marie Lu. The series was already quite old at the time, but I’m still so behind on YA novels so hadn’t read it yet. The timing couldn’t be more ironi…| Laurie Is Reading
I can’t remember when I saw the announcement for Watch Me by Tahereh Mafi, but I do remember that my first reaction was something like ‘Another book in the “Shatter Me” universe? This is definitely…| Laurie Is Reading
The past few years, the romance genre has known a huge increase in popularity. One of the subgenres is dark romance, a genre I’m not particularly a fan of. However, I stay curious and therefore rea…| 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
Rebecca Yarros used to be one of my auto buy authors. I say “used to” on purpose, because lately her books haven’t been really for me. However, “Flight & Glory” was where it all started and I s…| 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
Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme that was originally created and hosted by Rukky @ Eternity Books starting in August 2019, and was then cohosted by Dani @ Literary Lion from May 2020 to Ma…| 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
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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
Sometimes, you happen to come across a book that sparks your curiousity instanty, but still is on your never-ending TBR ever since. This was the case for me with If You Still Recognise Me by Cynthi…| Laurie Is Reading
