Berini
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Berini

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BeriniIn deze verzameling van oorspronkelijke blogs, trekt Dick Gebuys vanuit culturele themas en vriendschappen de lijnen na die zijn leven tot nu toe bepaald hebben naar Rotterdam (waar hij geboren werd en opgroeide), naar Vlaanderen (waar hij het leven pas echt leerde kennen), naar Limburg (waar hij nu al weer bijna 40 jaar woont) en naar Duitsland (waar hij de sporen volgde die de oorlog in zijn geboortestad en in zijn eigen jeugd naliet). We belanden

In deze verzameling van oorspronkelijke blogs, trekt Dick Gebuys vanuit culturele thema’s en vriendschappen de lijnen na die zijn leven tot nu toe bepaald hebben – naar Rotterdam (waar hij geboren werd en opgroeide), naar Vlaanderen (waar hij het leven pas echt leerde kennen), naar Limburg (waar hij nu al weer bijna 40 jaar woont) en naar Duitsland (waar hij de sporen volgde die de oorlog in zijn geboortestad en in zijn eigen jeugd naliet).


We belanden in Rotterdam van de 20ste eeuw, de tijd van de Berini. We horen de echo van Vlaanderen in de jaren ’60 en ’70, we komen in Limburg vanaf 1979 en in Duitsland in de 21ste eeuw. En tussendoor lopen we over literaire paden en belanden we in oude monumentale panden en bruine kroegen. Of ontmoeten we menselijke monumenten.
Dick vertelt over Feijenoord en Sparta, over de Hefbrug, het Bombardement van 14 mei 1940, over de piratenzenders in de Sixties, over de ontgroening van de Mijnstreek met schlagerzanger Bruno Majcherek. Hij schrijft over de mijnwerkersliedjes van Carboon, de luisterliedjes van Vlamingen Willem Vermandere, Walter Debuck, Wannes Vandevelde en Zjef Vanuijtsel. Over Limburgers Paul Van de Velde, Wiel ‘Erwtje’ Gerrits, Jacques Kersten en Peter Smits. Maar ook over de schrijvers Jan Siebelink en Jef Geeraerts. Hij loopt zelfs ver terug de geschiedenis van de oude Mijnstreek in, met de Schaesbergse schrijver Frans Erens. Maar hij luistert ook naar het verhaal van Sinto Roger Moreno.


Op tijd en stond probeert Dick uiteenlopende literaire verschijnselen met een overkoepelende analyse aan elkaar te vlechten. Over waarheid en fictie, over verboden vruchten, over de Black Venus. Waarbij hij telkens het persoonlijke tot een algemene ervaring probeert om te buigen.

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Dick Gebuys (1954) werd geboren in Rotterdam. Hij groeide op in Feijenoord en Charlois. Hij haalde zijn middelbare schooldiploma op de SG. Hugo de Groot. Studeerde daarna Nederlands aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam, afstudeerrichting Middeleeuwse taal- en letterkunde (bij Herman Pleij). Studeerde vervolgens Middeleeuwse geschiedenis aan de Universiteit van Gent (bij Walter Prevenier en Ludo Milis). Werd in 1979 leraar op het Sintermeertencollege in Heerlen. Speelde met leerlingen veelvuldig toneel. Organiseert sinds 1979 ook literaire en culturele activiteiten: in Heerlen, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, Gent, Hasselt, Maastricht, HCMC en Hanoi. Deed 30 maal een boekenweekprogramma voor het Theater Landgraaf. Werkt al 20 jaar in de Pauluskerk in Rotterdam aan literaire projecten met de bezoekers. Debuteerde als dichter in 1984 met ‘De vrede van Galilea’, de eerste van 5 dichtbundels. Nam deel aan verschillende internationale onderwijsconferenties, vanuit zijn discipline van cultuur- en literatuuronderwijs. Vertaalde in 2015 Vietnamese verhalen van de schrijfster Di Li uit het Engels in het Nederlands, gepubliceerd in Hanoi onder de titel ‘Cocktail’. Gedichten van hem werden in het Vietnamees vertaald en gepubliceerd in het Vietnamese literatuurmagazine Van Nhieu.

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Shianne Whipple
Alexandria, US
★★★★★ 5
Strong Omegaverse Comfort and a Attention Grabbing Plot
Format: Kindle
Jillian West never misses when it comes to Omegaverse, and Not Ready is no exception. This story was the perfect blend of cozy comfort and emotional depth while still delivering a strong plot. Vale is such a powerful heroine, she is strong, capable, and determined but I love that she still allows her pack to love and take care of her. It’s that balance of independence and vulnerability that makes her so relatable. The relationship dynamics were amazing: Bishop is steadfast and completely head over heels, Mercy is skeptical but protective in his own way, and Holt is the hesitant one whose slow fall is so satisfying to watch unfold. The romance hits that sweet spot between insta-love and cautious build, keeping me hooked the entire way through. And that ending. Oh my god, the cliffhanger! I need the next book in this duet immediately.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2025
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NLB
Battle Creek, US
★★★★★ 5
Interesting
Format: Kindle
So I will say I enjoyed the story, for sure had its moments where it dragged but it was a great story. I really liked that omegas picked their alphas/make the pack. Normally the Alphas make it and the omega fits in with them which is great but I enjoyed this new version where all the power basically went to the omega. It was a nice change of pace. I can admit some of the weird bedroom stuff with her being pregnant was odd, it’s really not hard to do stuff when pregnant (I know I’ve had two and it’s normal and even encouraged at the end especially if you want the baby out). But I like the story as a whole and will read the second, I do hope the next one isn’t dragged bc it stopped being action or tense after she met her alphas and I don’t think it was brought up or properly done when they tried to do it. More sweet after she left.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2024
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Altairjones
Battle Creek, US
★★★★★ 3
I’m a little disappointed.
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I usually like Jillian West’s books but this one was missing a lot for me. The pregnancy didn’t come across as real. She’s on her feet for 12 hour days but is perfectly healthy at 8 months pregnant? Yet the week she moves in all of a sudden she’s not? She is planning on actually running during one of the plot buildups. But at 8 months pregnant that’s incredibly hard to do. The lack of breathing ability and lung space, the change in body center, mass, and gravity. All of it prohibits running, unless you’re an athlete this didn’t come off as at all realistic. I didn’t feel any connection with the alphas. There wasn’t any emotional connection. It could be because of the tense it was written in. But I didn’t get any deep feelings out of this. It came across as checking off boxes. Even the spicy scenes weren’t really believable for me. I wanted to see them fall for her, and it just kind of all fizzled. Even Bishop. One thing I did really like was the ending. I did not see it coming and I’m interested in reading book two because of it. But on the whole this book was mostly disappointing for me.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2024
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Melissa Williams
Massapequa, US
★★★★★ 4
4.25 stars
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Vale is an 8 month pregnant omega working as a waitress at a strip club and a cam girl. She starts to get very creepy vibes from a regular at the club, and her baby daddy ghosted her. She has had an online relationship with a man named Bishop through her cam girl status. One night, bishop was paying to watch her sleep and ansthe creepy regular Andrew break in and watch her sleep he tells vale to come to him at his business now. She flees and finds herself at a large security company with some.hot of alphas who are there to help her. This imegaverse is a little different than I have read, but I am thoroughly enjoying it. Vale is not a traditional omega she was raised by a single beta mom, and the alphas are not normal alphas they have never really loved pack life. But they are ruthless mercenaries. They need her, and she needs them. I love the aspect of the stalker and now the plot twists at the end, so so good. Sometimes, it seemed a little slow and stale mated, but since this a duet, I think It was just her starting to have Vale get to know her alpha suitors. Cliffhanger for sure with this one.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2024
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Austin & Cambria
Whiting, US
★★★★★ 5
That ending 😫
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I fell into a false sense of security and really thought this was gearing towards a happy ending. Then I realized there’s no work they don’t punish Andrew. I really liked Vale’s character. I don’t normally read books with pregnancy but going into this knowing she was pregnant made it more enjoyable for me. I loved Bishops devotion to her and her happiness. I also loved that Holt and Mercy couldn’t fight their attraction to her. I love scent matches so very much. I’m so curious to see how this duet will end up. And I need to pay more attention and notice that a book I’m starting is a duet to begin with lol
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Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2025

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