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  • Anmeldelse: Frit spil i DR Koncerthuset

    ‘Frit Spil’, der foregik i DR Koncerthuset i går byggede på en rigtig god idé om at samle alle spilinteresserede til en messe. De, der fik mulighed for at prøve computerspillene og brætspillene havde også nogle gode oplevelser, men der manglende i den grad noget samling, nogle imødekommende spilværter/guides og nogle flere fysiske spilaktiviteter for hele familien, så man kunne have vist, at spillenes verden ikke kun er mørk, indelukket og stillesiddende. (mere…)

  • ‘Dark Room’ by Tom Becker

    Due to the uninspiring cover and the toe-curling slogan ‘Are you ready for your close-up?’, I almost skipped this novel. The only reason I changed my mind was the overall positive reviews on Goodreads. Now, I’m really glad I gave it a chance, because ‘Dark Room’ isn’t horror at all, but über good YA mystery that doesn’t disappoint a bit. In fact the wonderfully creepy atmosphere and excitement that hung in the air at night in gloomy, southern Saffron Hills, was absolutely to die for! (mere…)

  • ‘Hello, I Love You’ by Katie M. Stout

    Sometimes you think you know exactly what you’re going to get, and you got the entire book planned out in your head. ‘Hello, I Love You’ was nothing like that. From the moment I got on the plane to Korea with the main character Grace, I was just as lost as her and had to find my way.
    ‘Hello, I Love You’ shows us how love can be tricky and difficult and most of all, that sometimes it is worth fighting for, even if you’re scared. (mere…)

  • ‘How to be brave’ by E. Katherine Kottaras


    High School student Georgia is determined to go through a self-made bucket list to live life after her mothers dead. The blurb sounded really interesting, but ‘How to be brave’ and espcially Georgia’s bucket list disappointed me big time. Amanda from our editorial board asked me this very good question: “What items would you have liked instead on Georgia’s bucket list, in order to understand her better?” (mere…)

  • ’52 likes’ by Medeia Sharif

    17 year old Valerie is raped and goes through hell. But other girls from Miami Gardens High have also been in trouble recently; one found murdered. Is the killer the same person who raped Valerie? Or is Valerie just a slut who asked for the rape herself, like some of the boys say? ’52 likes’ is both mystery and contemporary. In a really good way Valerie’s narrator voice remindeds me a lot of Hannah’s tape-voice in Jay Ashers ‘Thirteen reasons why’. I liked the contemporary part of the novel so much. The mystery solving, not so much. (mere…)

  • “Jeg kunne aldrig nogensinde finde på at smide mine bøger ud!”



    Mit navn er Zaynab, og jeg er 20 år gammel. Jeg kommer fra den charmerende Sjællandske by Køge, syd for København. Jeg begyndte, at begå mig i den fiktive verden, da jeg var 8. Det var nok et år efter mine forældres skilsmisse, da min mor besluttede, at vi skulle flytte til København. (mere…)

  • ‘The Anxiety Survival Guide for Teens’ af Jennifer Shannon


    Det er så ufedt at kæmpe med angst, når man står i sin teenageår og rigtig føler, det er ens tur til at komme ud at opleve livet. Hvem tør man i det hele taget fortælle det til, og holder de tæt med det, eller synes de bare, man er underlig og tager endnu mere afstand til een?

    Ofte ender det med, at man indtager det, der hedder noget så fint som en ‘undgåelsesadfærd’, man undgår alle de situationer, hvor man får angst, og det er også bare et mega kedeligt liv. Så hvad gør man? Hvor får man hjælp, når man dårligt nok selv ved, hvorfor man reagerer, som man gør?

    Svaret kunne i den grad være: I den nye ‘The anxiety survival guide for teens’. Forlaget New Harbinger er nemlig ved at lave en hel serie af selvhjælpsbøger til teenagere, så de får lettere ved at håndtere mange af de svære situationer, de hele tiden står i.

    I den her selvhjælpsbog om angst, bliver du selvfølgelig ikke bare lige rask efter at have læst den igennem på to timer. Bogen forklarer dig, hvad det er for nogle reaktioner, du kan have, og hvordan du på en overskuelig måde træner løbende – og igennem rigtig mange uger – så de uoverskuelige ting bliver bare lidt mere overskuelige, og du ikke hele tiden bliver “slået tilbage til start”.

    Der er masser af varme og humor i bogen, og der er fine tegneseriestriber, så man kan sidde og smile af alle de situationer, man så godt kender, og som man synes er SÅ trælse.

    En SUPER bog, der får topkarakter af os, og som du skal læse på engelsk, fordi der slet ikke eksisterer noget lignende på dansk endnu! Amerikanerne er bare hurtigere fremme med tingene 😉 Læs hele anmeldelsen via linket nedenfor.
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  • ‘A School for Unusual Girls’ (Stranje House #1) by Kathleen Baldwin


    ‘A School for Unusual Girls’ isn’t just another story about a guy and a girl falling in love though. It is a book about finding yourself and finding people who accept you for you.

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  • ‘Between’ by Dora Hilburn


    “17 year old Anna moves into the haunted Fenway House with her dad.” And already at that point, it sounded like one of those novels I’m addicted to scare myself with in the late hours and with only the reading lamp on. But the story was really slow-paced, and the author couldn’t get deep into the characters to build up catching moments. I had so high hopes for this one, but it ended up feeling like preparing for a fabulous teenage road trip — in a car without spark plugs. (mere…)

  • ‘The Anxiety Survival Guide for Teens’ by Jennifer Shannon


    “Hi Everyone! My name is Peter, and I’m the editor at Youth Culture Denmark. I was suffering from severe anxiety when I was a teen in the 90ies, and I would have paid anything to get introduced to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) through a self-help book like this.” Everyone: “Hello Peter” 🙂 (Photo: Peter Henrichsen, Youth Culture Denmark)
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  • ‘Lies We Tell Ourselves’ by Robin Talley

    A brutal book with so much to say: ‘Lies We Tell Ourselves’ were one of my most anticipated reads for this summer, and it did not disappoint me. (mere…)

  • ‘Break my heart 1000 times’ by Daniel Waters

    Did you like the movie ‘The sixth sense’ from 1999 because of the scary things that happened, when the world of the living and the world of the dead collided? And did you like Alice Sebold’s novel ‘The Lovely Bones’, because of the thrilling parts where you got to know the murderer, but still couldn’t prevent bad things to happen? Then there’s a really good chance that you’ll also like the story in ‘Break my heart 1000 times’ and the way it’s told. (Photo: Peter Henrichsen) (mere…)

  • ‘My True Love Gave to Me’ edited by Stephanie Perkins

    ‘My true love gave to me’ came out 2014 and was a great subject at Bookstagram through december. Actually the theme is ‘Winter Romances’, but it’s obvious most authors interpreted it as ‘Romantic Christmas novellas’. (Photo: Peter Henrichsen) (mere…)

  • ‘We All Looked Up’ by Tommy Wallach

    ‘We All Looked Up’ is a contemporary Young Adult novel with a very interesting concept and four main characters whom are very different from each other. I expected something new and educational from this book, but all it did was leaving me with a feeling of disappointment. (mere…)

  • ‘A Midsummer’s Nightmare’ by Kody Keplinger

    ‘A Midsummer’s nightmare’ is a companion novel to ‘The Duff’ and ‘Shut out’. It began promising, but it really became a YA nightmare. (Photo: Peter Henrichsen) (mere…)

  • ‘Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda’ by Becky Albertalli

    “Don’t you think everyone should have to come out? Why is straight the default?”
    ‘Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda’ is one of the funniest and most heart touching stories I’ve read so far this year. I’m absolutely in love with this book and believe me, if I could force everyone in the world to read it, I would. (mere…)