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Nodame

Mainly love reading thrillers, murder-mysteries, historical fiction, fantasy and magic realism. Sometimes I get adventurous and mix it up with a bit of non-fiction and classic novels.

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Wheel of Time
From Bookshelf to TV
Level 3
My Taste
The River Has Roots
A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
Once Upon a River
The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #1)
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Murder in the Crypt (Redmond and Haze Mysteries, #1)De heks van Near

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  • The Spellshop
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    She just...cut up and ate a tomato? Absolutely villain behavior

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  • A Resistance of Witches
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    Sep 04, 2025
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 3.5Characters: 4.0Plot: 3.5
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    This was a fun read, lots of action. For a debut, this was pretty solid. The ending did feel a bit rushed; with too many people constantly running around, but very enjoyable

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  • Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
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    Sep 03, 2025
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    It's maybe strange to say this about a book with a topic like tbc, but I really enjoyed this book. John Green is a really good storyteller (and also the narrator of the audiobook) and for me the perfect person to bring such a serious topic. I learned a lot and will definitely check out some of the recommended youtube videos regarding fashion & tbc

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    A Resistance of Witches

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  • The Path of Daggers (The Wheel of Time, #8)
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    Aug 28, 2025
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.0Plot: 3.0
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  • The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2)
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    Aug 24, 2025
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 4.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 4.0
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    I enjoyed this one a lot, I saw a lot of negative reviews and I do understand them, this feels more YA. But the Handmaid's Tale was just so brilliant, a sequal would always be a disappointment . For me, I was glad to spend some more time in the universe.

    Sidenote: I listened to the audiobook and the part by Aunt lydia was narrated by the actress from the Handmaid's Tale which really elevated it for me, highly recommend the audibook!

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    Nodame's 2025 Reading Challenge

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    The Judas Monk Murders (The Homefront Sleuths Cozy Mystery Series Book 4)
    The River Has Roots
    A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)
    Een Kroon van Zwaarden (Het Rad des Tijds, #7)
    The Lincoln Highway
    The Spitfire Murders
    Rebecca
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  • Recommendations for new readers

    I've just finished the series and I have some recommendations for readers that are considering starting it. Firstly you should know that while the series starts out extremely strong (the first 4 books are amazing) it really falls of later, specifically books 5-11. Some books will still be ok/good (for me they were 6, 7, 11, and obviously the last three, though I know some readers think others are better), but the rest will be straight out boring. The ending was good, though not extraordinary, and for me personally not worth a year of my life reading this series (granted I also read other books simultaneously). However, if you have no problem skipping over some of the books, or certain chapters (I'm sure there's a list of which are vital and/or interesting and which aren't somewhere on the internet, and there are chapter by chapter summaries for those you would skip), or if you skim read, instead of reading each and every word like I do, you probably would enjoy it much more. In addition, for everyone who like listening to podcasts on books, I would highly recommend listening to the Queens of Fantasy podcast, as for me it enhanced the experience and made it from 3⭐ - just the series itself to 4 maybe even 4.5 ⭐.

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  • Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)
    Nodame
    Aug 06, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0
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    All the stars! After a weaker number 4, I'm glad to say Horowitz is on top of his game again. I had no clue who did it and why, which made me very happy to be surprised at the end when everything came together. Now the waiting begins for nr6

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  • A Jane Austen Year
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    Aug 01, 2025
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: Plot:
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    This is a very pretty book and it's nice that you are supporting JA's museum/house when you buy it. But I wish we would have gotten some more background information regarding her letters; I found these difficult to understand without context

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