Sometimes it is not so much a question of whether you read a sequel, but simply when. After the complete WTF-ending of Pines, it was immediately clear to both my colleague and me that we wanted to keep going. We did have to wait a few days to get our hands on the sequel, but once we could start Wayward,…

Sometimes the best reading experiences happen entirely by accident. Pines was not on my immediate TBR at all, but when a colleague mentioned she had started reading it and became so engrossed that she nearly missed her train stop on the way home, my curiosity was piqued. I have had the entire trilogy sitting on my e-reader for ages, waiting…

Ever since I first read the Dutch translation of Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier years ago, I’ve been meaning to continue the Sevenwaters series. However, given how much time has passed since that first read, I wanted to revisit the story before continuing, this time in its original English. An impromptu buddy read with a few people online…

February turned out to be a somewhat more difficult reading month. Not so much because I didn’t read much, but mainly because several books I had chosen with fairly positive expectations ended up being more disappointing than enjoyable. As a result, I found myself deciding not to finish books quite often this month, sometimes even after I had already read…

My reading year is off to a good start for the first month of 2026. I started January with a fairly clear reading plan, with a few books I really wanted to read, but that plan was quickly turned upside down. Not due to a lack of time or a reading slump, but because one book completely consumed my mind…

Before diving into my in-depth reading statistics for 2025, I first want to take a moment to look back at the books I read in December. A final reading month to close out the year, and one that felt surprisingly well balanced. In total, I read 8 books in December, amounting to 2930 pages. That brings the average December book…