Category: RECENSIES

THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR – AMAL EL-MOHTAR & MAX GLADSTONE

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Title: This is how you lose the time war || Author: Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone|| Audiobook Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller, Cynthia Farrell|| Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Time Travel, LGBT || Publisher: Quercus || Year of publication: 2019|| No. of pages: 208|| Available at Amazon.com , Bookdepository and Bol.com

This is the story of Red and Blue, two time-traveling agents from warring futures, who while working their way through the past, start to exchange letters—and fall in love.

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THE BLACK GOD’S DRUMS – P. DJÈLÍ CLARK

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Title: The Black God’s Drums || Author: P. Djèlí Clark || Audiobook Narrator: Channie Waites|| Genre: Fantasy, Steampunk, Science Fiction, Novella, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Alternate History || Publisher: Tor.com|| Year of publication: 2018 || No. of pages: 110|| Available at Amazon.com , Bookdepository and Bol.com

In an alternate New Orleans caught in the tangle of the American Civil War, the wall-scaling girl named Creeper yearns to escape the streets for the air—by earning a spot on-board the airship Midnight Robber. Creeper plans to earn Captain Ann-Marie’s trust with information she discovers about a Haitian scientist and a mysterious weapon he calls “The Black God’s Drums.” But Creeper also has a secret: Oya, the African orisha of the wind and storms, speaks inside her head, and may have her own ulterior motivations… Continue reading “THE BLACK GOD’S DRUMS – P. DJÈLÍ CLARK” →

THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO – TAYLOR JENKINS REID

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Title: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo || Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid || Audiobook Narrators : Alma Cuervo, Julia Whelan, Robin Miles || Genre: Historical Fiction, Contemporary, Fiction, Adult || Publisher:  Atria Books || Year of publication: 2017|| No. of pages: 388 || Available at  Amazon, Bookdepository and Bol.com

Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life and Monique Grant, a relatively unknown magazine reporter, is the only person she wants to tell her story to. The question is why her and why now?

The story of Evelyn’s life is a tale that spans decades from the 1950’s till the late 80’s. And as we learn about Evelyn’s ruthless ambition, an unexpected friendship and a great forbidden love, we also learn about the irreversible and tragic way her life intersects with Monique’s.

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MOSTLY VOID, PARTIALLY STARS – JOSEPH FINK & JEFFREY CRANOR

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Title: Mostly Void, Partially Stars || Authors: Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor || Podcast Narrator : mostly Cecil Baldwin || Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fiction, Horror || Publisher:  Harper Perennial || Year of publication: 2016 || No. of pages: 281 || Available at  Amazon, Bookdepository and Bol.com 

Mostly Void, Partially Stars introduces us to Night Vale, a town in the American Southwest where every conspiracy theory is true, and to the strange but friendly people who live there. This book is a collection of episodes from Season One of the hit podcast Welcome to Night Vale, featuring an introduction by the authors, behind-the-scenes commentary, and original illustrations by Jessica Hayworth.

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THE ALIENIST – CALEB CARR

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Titel: The Alienist || Auteur: Caleb Carr || Nederlandse titel: De Ontmaskering || Luisterboek voorlezer: George Guidall ||Genre: Thrillers, Spanning, Detective & Mysterie|| Uitgeverij:  Random House US || Jaar van verschijnen: 1994 || Aantal pagina’s: 498 || ISBN: 9780525510277 ||  Verkrijgbaar via Bol.com

Het is 1896 in New York, wanneer misdaad verslaggever John Schuyler Moore door zijn vriend psycholoog Dr. Laszlo Kreizler wordt ontboden om naar het ernstig verminkte lichaam van een adolescente jongen te kijken. Dit luidt het begin in van een revolutionaire onderneming op het gebied van criminologie. Voor het eerst in de geschiedenis worden details van een misdrijf gebruikt om een psychologisch profiel van de dader te schetsen. Met behulp van een scherpzinnig en vindingrijk team start Dr. Laszlo Kreizer een speurtocht die de lezer meeneemt in het akelige verleden en de verknipte psyche van een moordenaar die zeker opnieuw zal toeslaan voordat het onderzoek voorbij is.  Continue reading “THE ALIENIST – CALEB CARR” →