brittmariasbooks's Reviews (1.45k)

FAQ Gender is een fantastisch boek met basisinformatie over gender en dan specifiek over non-binair zijn! Ik raad dit boek aan iedereen aan of je nu vrouw, non-binair of man bent.

Het audioboek wordt voorgelezen door Mandy Woelkens en Thorn Roos de Vries wat ik altijd leuk vind. 

 Interesting book on Kim Jong Un as well as his family.

Once I heard that the author Tashie Bhuiyan inspired this book on her time as a senior when Tom Holland came to her high school to research his role of the new Spider-Man, I knew I needed to read it. And I really enjoyed it! 

 Matthijs van Nieuwkerk en ik hebben niet dezelfde smaak.

 

A lovely novella about Heartstopper's Nick and Charlie. I enjoyed it although the miscommunication was a little annoying because I'm over this trope.
The physical copy I have, has illustrations which I quite enjoyed. 

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with the ARC of The Fae Keeper!

It was great to be back with these characters. I love H.E. Edgmon's writing style. It speaks to me. It is a writing style a lot of younger Millenials and Gen Z'ers will adore in both The Witch King and The Fae Keeper.

I loved that we got more worldbuilding about the witches, Faery and the kingdoms like Asalin. Because I love Aotearoa--New Zealand, I also loved that we visited there. I liked the quiet bits when it was just Wyatt and Emyr.

I would definitely recommend this duology to those who want to see more non-binary and queer representation as well as Indigenous representation. This duology has excellent characters and writing that understands our generation.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with the eARC & audiobook!

It took me a while, the audiobook had to carry me for the first 120 pages, to get into this book but I ended up really enjoying it. Especially, the character dynamics between Alessa and her body guard Dante. Alessa's power reminded me of Juliette's in the Shatter Me series.

On the island of Saverrio, every generation a Finestra is chosen to save the world from the scarabeo, a vicious insect like species that will attack. The Finestra chooses their Fonte and together they train to save Saverrio. Except the current Finestra Alessa accidentally killed her Fonte. Three of them. Now the conspiracies about her grow, and after an assassination attempt, Alessa goes to Dante and asks him to be her bodyguard. He agrees, reluctantly. Will she find a new Fonte and save Saverrio before the scarabeo attack again?

The change in narrator shocked me. I think if I would have read it as a normal book I wouldn't have known the change of POV so immediately. It impacted that specific scene as well, in a good and emotional way.

I also feel that this book could have easily been a standalone. I am not yet sure if I want to read the sequel.

I would recommend This Vicious Grace to those who enjoy bickering romances between a cranky person and an optimistic one as well as the chosen one trope.

3.75

It was a little odd to read a Christmas story during the summer, but I did not want to skip This Winter as I am working my way through Alice Oseman's novels and novellas. I really enjoyed this novella about the Spring siblings.

I really liked that we got the POV's of Tori, Charlie and Oliver. Oliver's part was especially sweet.

I think I might revisit this novella during the holidays or when I reread Heartstopper.

Ga gewoon wat leuks doen staat het dichtste bij mij van alle Hoofdzaken-boeken (tot nu toe, I'm looking at you, Eetgestoord). Aafke Romeijn neemt de lezer bij de hand en vertelt over depressie, en de symptomen aan de hand van de wetenschap (met o.a. de DSM-5) en haar eigen ervaringen met depressies. Ze heeft het over therapie en medicatie en vertelt over haar ervaringen met de middelen en behandelingen die zij kreeg. De hoofdstukken over depressie en je omgeving, en depressie en ouderschap vond ik het mooiste en daarvan heb ik het meeste geleerd. Bij de motivational speech aan het einde kreeg ik tranen in mijn ogen.

Net als Aafke Romeijn wil ik benadrukken dat het belangrijk is dat je naar de huisarts/psycholoog/psychiater gaat als je hulp zoekt.

Ik raad Ga gewoon wat leuks doen zeer aan, zeker als jezelf of als je iemand kent die met een depressie te maken heeft (gehad).