#MentalHealthBookBingo – recommended reads

Now that you know that the bingo will be taking place in January, you must be thinking what books you could possibly read! Well, here is a HUGE recommendation list for every single square. I have given you 3 or 4 recommendations but these books are by no means the only books that you can read! …

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mini-reviews feat. graphic novels and fire boy

So I decided to follow the advice I was given on my Reading vs Reviewing post and do a couple of mini-reviews! I've been really looking forward to this, as it lets me talk about a couple of books that I didn't want to write full posts for. Onto the reviews! During the Reading Quest …

diverse summer releases

For me, summer = more time to read. I thought I would put together a huge list of some of the diverse books being released this June, July, and August - I know my TBR has suffered because of it! Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - Makenzi Lee (bisexual) Saints and Misfits - S.K. Ali …

disability diaries: recs

Sylvia Plath: The Bell Jar Esther Greenwood is brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under—maybe for the last time. In her acclaimed and enduring masterwork, Sylvia Plath brilliantly draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that her insanity becomes palpably real, even rational—as accessible an experience as going to the …

diversity spotlight thursday

Created by Aimal, you can check out the rules here. Basically, every week you list A diverse book you have read and enjoyed A diverse book that has already been released but you have not read A diverse book that has not yet been released This week, I am focusing on picture books! I've been …

diverse december wrap-up

I got bingo! Here's a better version of the graphic that I have on my twitter account: However, I did have plans to read a lot more! Here's my contenders for some of the other squares, all of which I have already: Non-Western Cultural Fantasy: The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh Refugee MC: The Good Immigrant edited by Nikesh Shukla …

diverse december: own voices

I read El Deafo by Cece Bell about a month back now, but I thought it would be a perfect fit for Diverse December's own voices square. This is Bell's graphic memoir (aimed towards children) that discusses her childhood experiences, including how she became deaf, and the deaf kindergarten that she went to. The book really picks …

diverse december bingo

I've posted a little bit about this, I think, but here is my official Diverse December Bingo TBR! I chose this row because I liked how open it was - own voices and diverse non-fiction could be pretty much anything! However, it also encourages me to read more SFF, which I've been really enjoying recently. …

fun home review

This is actually a re-read I'm doing for university, but I read it so many years ago that I thought a brief review was in order. Fun Home is a classic of lesbian non-fiction written by Alison Bechdel (made famous for her comics Dykes to Watch Out For, as well as the Bechdel test). Fun …