Posts Tagged ‘best of 2011’

ABC’s Favorite Reads of 2011, part Blogmistress

Saturday, December 24th, 2011

At last!  The final installment of our Favorite Reads of the Year! Here are Part A, Part B, Part C, Part D, Part E, Part F, Part G, and Part H.

These favorites come your very own Tweet- and Blogmistresses: Hayley and Sophie. Besides tweeting and blogging, Hayley also writes most of the newsletters that drop into your inbox every month and buys books for ABC Amsterdam’s Children’s Book section.  And besides tweeting and blogging, I buy the books for the Romance, Military, Military Fiction, Audio Books, Crafts and Nature sections at ABC The Hague.

We would like to thank all of our colleagues for rising to the occasion so magnificently in these busy times, and giving us so many Top 5s!  We would also love to thank all you wonderful readers, for continuing to visit our blog. We love working on it, and we hope you love reading our efforts.  Happy holidays!

We would still like to hear about what YOUR favorite reads of 2011 were, too! They don’t have to be books published in 2011, just read in 2011. Please send your top 5 to blog@abc.nl, and be sure to include your mailing address so we can send you an ABC gift voucher as a thank you. We’ll be publishing your Top 5s at the beginning of 2012, so you have the rest of the month to hand them in. Thank you to those who have already mailed them in!

And now, without further ado… our lists!

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ABC’s Favorite Reads of 2011, Part H

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

The penultimate installment of our Favorite Reads of the Year! Here are Part A, Part B, Part C, Part D, Part E, Part F, and Part G.

These favorites come from Mark and Aviva.  Mark has taken over as Supreme Head Honcho of the Warehouse at ABC Amsterdam (and was yours truly’s first ever trainee)(and he’s still here; surely a measure of success?).  Aviva is ABC Amsterdam’s Travel and Nature/Animal books buyer who loves to be serenaded.

We would love to hear about what YOUR favorite reads of 2011 were, too! They don’t have to be books published in 2011, just read in 2011. Please send your top 5 to blog@abc.nl, and be sure to include your mailing address so we can send you an ABC gift voucher as a thank you. We’ll be publishing your Top 5s at the beginning of 2012, so you have the rest of the month to hand them in. Thank you to those who have already mailed them in!

And now, without further ado… the lists!

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ABC’s Favorite Reads of 2011, Part G

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

And yet another installment of our Favorite Reads of the Year! Here are Part A, Part B, Part C, Part D, Part E, and Part F.

These favorites come from Shirley, PeterL, and Renee.  Shirley left us many years ago, but has happily returned to the fold this year; she now works our administration and helps out around ABC Amsterdam, too.  PeterL is ABC Amsterdam’s Horror, Manga, and Gay & Lesbian buyer (and hopefully over his True Blood obsession by now).  Renee is ABC The Hague’s Poetry and Tattoo books buyer, and has read ALL of the Science Fiction & Fantasy section’s books.  Srsly.

We would love to hear about what YOUR favorite reads of 2011 were, too! They don’t have to be books published in 2011, just read in 2011. Please send your top 5 to blog@abc.nl, and be sure to include your mailing address so we can send you an ABC gift voucher as a thank you. We’ll be publishing your Top 5s at the beginning of 2012, so you have the rest of the month to hand them in. Thank you to those who have already mailed them in!

And now, without further ado… the lists!

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ABC’s Favorite Reads of 2011, Part F

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

And yet another installment of our Favorite Reads of the Year!  Here are Part A, Part B, Part C, Part D, and Part E.

These favorites come from LynnJesse, Our Maarten-Of-The-No-Lists.  Jesse is ABC Amsterdam’s Fashion and Art buyer, Our Maarten-Of-The-No-Lists you will know on the blog from the irregular Weird Book of the Week posts (although he also buys the books for History, Business, and Controversial Knowledge at ABC Amsterdam).  Lynn is one of ABC’s owners and has worked at ABC since it was that little store on the Dam; another one of our pillars, in other words!

We would love to hear about what YOUR favorite reads of 2011 were, too! They don’t have to be books published in 2011, just read in 2011. Please send your top 5 to blog@abc.nl, and be sure to include your mailing address so we can send you an ABC gift voucher as a thank you. We’ll be publishing your Top 5s at the beginning of 2012, so you have the rest of the month to hand them in. Thank you to those who have already mailed them in!

And now, without further ado… the lists!

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ABC’s Favorite Reads of 2011, Part E

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

And yet another installment of our Favorite Reads of the Year! Part A is right here, Part B is here, C is here, and D is here.

These favorites come from JeroenW, Jilles, and Tiemen.  JeroenW is one of our newest treasures, works regularly in both stores, and buys the Science Fiction & Fantasy books for ABC The Hague.  Jilles is ABC Amsterdam’s Fiction Buyer (together with Renate), a certified Store Gem, and also likes to read while he works.  Tiemen is the Juvenile Fiction/Young Adult books buyer at ABC Amsterdam, sometimes interviews authors, and will astound you with his musical selection, too.

We would love to hear about what YOUR favorite reads of 2011 were, too! They don’t have to be books published in 2011, just read in 2011. Please send your top 5 to blog@abc.nl, and be sure to include your mailing address so we can send you an ABC gift voucher as a thank you. We’ll be publishing your Top 5s at the beginning of 2012, so you have the rest of the month to hand them in. Thank you to those who have already mailed them in!

And now, without further ado… the lists!

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