Category: Judith Kroon
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In Defense of Young Adult
Read more: In Defense of Young AdultNext to my time as a student of English literature and final editor at Writer’s Block, I spend a lot of my time running a book review blog – or more specifically, running a book review blog that is mainly focused on young adult fiction. Usually, when I mention this to people, they give me…
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Baguettes and Bestsellers: English Bookshops in Paris
Read more: Baguettes and Bestsellers: English Bookshops in ParisLike Tessel and Isabel, who wrote about the bookstores of Gent and Amsterdam, I love exploring bookstores when I visit a city. A little over a year ago, I visited Paris for the second time and made it my mission to visit as many bookstores as I possibly could (much to the annoyance of my…
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Ode to the mixtape: a review of Eleanor & Park
Read more: Ode to the mixtape: a review of Eleanor & ParkIt starts with a bus ride and a begrudgingly shared seat. Eleanor is the new kid, slightly overweight with unruly red curls who wears hand-me-down clothes, and who is therefore an easy target for bullying. She comes from a family of poverty and a home with an abusive stepfather. Park is the complete opposite. He…
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Nordic Noir
Read more: Nordic NoirAfter Stieg Larsson’s well-loved Millennium trilogy, the popularity of Scandinavian television shows has risen drastically. And for good reason. Scandinavian crime shows, or ‘Nordic Noir’, as the popular term is, are dark and gritty, and have plots that twist and turn until you forget where they even began. The best thing, in my opinion,…
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