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Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
Tags: Aviva, Ester, JeroenW, Jesse, jouke, lilia, Lynn, Martijn, Nicki, PeterL, Pleun, PTRL, Renate, simone, Sophie, Tiemen, Tom, What We're Reading
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Monday, December 24th, 2012
Well, here we are, the last post of ABC’s Favorite Reads of 2012! I hope you have enjoyed our recommendations – they have all been made with passion and a lot of pleasant memories of the joy that each book has brought us.
Part Blogmistress is traditionally reserved for those of us that work on this blog. Sadly you won’t find Hayley’s Top 5 here anymore though, since she left us earlier this year (she does write for us now and again though!). Still, Ester and myself (Sophie) are trying to fill the void as best we can! Ester has taken over Tweeting duties, and besides prettying up your feed there with her calendar model shoots she also buys the books for the Manga/Graphic Novels, Film & TV, Animals/Nature, Horror and Philosophy sections, and the merchandise and calendars, in The Hague. I have worked on this blog since the beginning, and I write the monthly News Mailings now. I also buy the books for the Romance, Military, Military Fiction, Crafts and Audio Books sections in The Hague.
We would love to hear about your favorite reads of 2012, too. Please mail blog@abc.nl with your choices and a picture of yourself (optional). We will post your list at the beginning of the new year and send you an ABC Gift Certificate (so don’t forget to include your home address with your list!).
All of us at ABC hope you have a wonderful holiday this week!
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Tags: 2012 Staff Favorites, ABC's Favorite Reads 2012, Ester, Fiction, Humor, Mysteries & Thrillers, Philosophy, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Sophie, staff review
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Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
Ready for a new entry in ABC’s Favorite Reads of 2012 series? There will be new titles, old titles, magazines, Dutch books, games, fiction, non fiction, anything and everything we read and liked in 2012. We are as diverse as our individual choices and that is what makes ABC unique!
Part VI features Tiemen, Joe and Our-Maarten-of-the-No-Lists. Tiemen is Amsterdam’s Science Fiction & Fantasy buyer. Joe is the original ABC The Hague crew, and now works mainly with the Espresso Book Machine there. Maarten, as regular Blog readers will know, is not fond of lists, but always shares them anyway. 
Also, he is the buyer of the Business, History (except for North America and Europe), Intelligence, Political Science, Social Science, True Crime, Controversial Knowledge, and Magic & Occult sections in Amsterdam.
We would love to hear about your favorite reads of 2012, too. Please mail blog@abc.nl with your choices and a picture of yourself (optional). We will post your list at the beginning of the new year and send you an ABC Gift Certificate (so don’t forget to include your home address with your list!).
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Tags: 2012 Staff Favorites, ABC's Favorite Reads 2012, Children's Books, classics, Dutch fiction, fairy tales, Fiction, fortean non-fiction, Humor, Joe, Maarten, Music, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Social Science, staff review, Tiemen
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Friday, December 21st, 2012
Ready for a new entry in ABC’s Favorite Reads of 2012 series? There will be new titles, old titles, magazines, Dutch books, games, fiction, non fiction, anything and everything we read and liked in 2012. We are as diverse as our individual choices and that is what makes ABC unique!
Part V features Shirley, Simone and Aviva. Shirley is Amsterdam’s buyer for the Children’s Books section, and helps oversee the ABC Treehouse there. Simone is one of ABC The Hague’s store managers, and buys the books for the Fiction, Cookbooks and stationery sections. Aviva is Amsterdam’s buyer for the Travel, Erotica and Reference sections.
We would love to hear about your favorite reads of 2012, too. Please mail blog@abc.nl with your choices and a picture of yourself (optional). We will post your list at the beginning of the new year and send you an ABC Gift Certificate (so don’t forget to include your home address with your list!).
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Tags: 2012 Staff Favorites, ABC's Favorite Reads 2012, Aviva, Children's Books, classics, Fiction, Food & Cooking, Mysteries & Thrillers, Science, Shirley, simone, staff review
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
Ready for a new entry in ABC’s Favorite Reads of 2012 series? There will be new titles, old titles, magazines, Dutch books, games, fiction, non fiction, anything and everything we read and liked in 2012. We are as diverse as our individual choices and that is what makes ABC unique!
Part IV features JeroenW, Tom and Lynn. JeroenW is The Hague’s Science Fiction & Fantasy and Film & TV Tie-Ins buyer, and scarily good at accents. Tom is The Hague’s buyer for the Travel, Biography, Science, Poetry, Local Interest, Languages and Spanish Books sections, and whistles while he works. Lynn is ABC’s owner, driving force, and our Ruby Jubilee Girl this year. Without Lynn there would be no ABC, it’s as simple as that!
We would love to hear about your favorite reads of 2012, too. Please mail blog@abc.nl with your choices and a picture of yourself (optional). We will post your list at the beginning of the new year and send you an ABC Gift Certificate (so don’t forget to include your home address with your list!).
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Tags: 2012 Staff Favorites, ABC's Favorite Reads 2012, Business, dutch books, Dutch fiction, Fiction, Food & Cooking, German books, Health, JeroenW, journalism, Languages, Lynn, memoirs, Politics/Current Affairs, Psychology, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Social Science, staff review, Tom
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