Readawaytherain

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Dutch 🇳🇱 ♾ • books📚 • writing✍️ • language learner • nature🌻🌿 • queer/ace🌈 I'll read pretty much anything from classics and non fiction to fantasy, comics and childrens books Main: @DecibelsummerMastodon: @bregje

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Today is the last day of the Dutch Children's Book Week. Every year you can get a free children's book if you spend a certain amount of money on children's books during that week. A while ago I found this Children's Book Week book from 1986 at the thrift store and I figured now was a good time to read it. It's a mixed-media mystery that makes me wish the Book Week gifts wouldn't have such a strict format these days and I can definitely imagine that it could make children excited about reading.

You can find a reading vlog and short explanation of the Dutch Children's Book Week here: https://youtu.be/hUeCQS2n2qA

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Lately I've been making very good use of my local library. It's just so much fun browsing books and being able to take books with you that you wouldn't necessarily buy. This week's stack includes some vegan cook books, some books about local history and traditions, a comic, historical fiction, a children's book and a historical film.

After a three year break I also started filming videos again, so if you're interested in books, language learning or slow living check out my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS7CBdPwd2m0brUVOJJiKgg

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This diary of autistic teen Dara McAnulty chronicles a year in his life in Northern Ireland, focussing on nature outings with his family and his naturalistic observations close to home.

Initially I felt like not enough was happening, the writing was too descriptive and at the same time too distant and repetitive. But somewhere along the way Dara's writing became a sort of comfort blanket, perfect for reading right before bed. I really enjoyed reading about Dara's passion for nature and I found myself becoming more observant on my own hikes because of it. What I maybe loved even more was the way Dara writes about his family; it is clear how much they all love each other.

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Sofia is a comic book series about a girl who loves to surf and who uploads a copy of herself to the cloud. I really enjoyed this first volume! The artwork was beautiful, with vibrant colours, a cute art style and extra texture to some of the panels to demarcate parts of the story that take place in the virtual world. The inclusion of songs was also a nice touch and I thought it was a great playlist. With regard to the story, I loved the concept of 'the internet falling apart' and the idea of living in a virtual sphere versus reality continues to fascinate me. However, there were definitely moments where I was quite confused as to what was going on. Some of my questions where eventually answered, but I'm asuming future volumes will address the others. Initially I also felt like I had to suspend my disbelief quite a bit (it almost seemed like the author was unaware that data in the cloud isn't something abstract but rather stored on physical servers), but pretty soon I was immersed in the story and it didn't bother me anymore. I'm definitely interested to see where this story will go.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for providing a review copy.

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After starting the book in 2020, I finally finished How To by Randall Munroe. It was certainly interesting and funny at times, but it is the type of book of which I can only read one or two chapters at a time before it starts to feel like too much of the same. I'm glad I read it though and even more glad to have lowered my currently reading pile from 13 to 8 books recently...

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Tea time with a book☕ I got the blueberry tea from someone who send me a card through Postcrossing. Love these little surprises people sometimes add!

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My Heart in Braille 📖

A graphic novel about a boy who struggles at school but then meets a girl who helps him gets his grades up, and in turn he helps her get into her dream school despite her family believing that her disability might make that impossible.

The artwork was absolutely beautiful and the colours were lovely. I also really liked main character Victor, who struggled to remember the right facts and who often blurted out things in class. I got the impression that Victor might have ADHD, but the story never mentions this. Instead, he simply overcomes his struggles by studying hard with the aid of Marie-Jo. This solution seems a bit too easy, but as this story is based on the novel A Friend in the Dark, this is probably not the graphic novel's fault. I also felt like Marie-Jo's struggles became Victor's whole identity, which didn't seem very healthy. However, in the beginning the two of them were very cute together.

My full review can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5773145977

A review copy was kindly provided by the publisher via Netgalley.

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