I'm back again with another top 5 recommendation post! Are you enjoying these little lists? I'm really enjoying putting them together. Today we're going to be taking a look at body positive books that I've read or purchased recently. Shrill by Lindy West Y'all knew I was going to recommend this book. This is my … Continue reading top 5 recommendation | body positive books
I am very pleased to have Daja from Thoughtful Black Girl on my blog today! Thanks for agreeing to chat with me! Who are you and where do you blog?My name is Daja and I’m a full time college student studying Communications with a minor in African-American Studies and English. I am the blogger behind … Continue reading diverse book blogger spotlight: thoughtful black girl
I received Final Draft by Riley Redgate via Netgalley from the publisher. All views are my own. The only sort of risk 18-year-old Laila Piedra enjoys is the peril she writes for the characters in her stories: epic sci-fi worlds full of quests, forbidden love, and robots. Her creative writing teacher has always told her … Continue reading final draft review
It is Juuuuuuune! And that means one thing when it comes to blogging and tags - the mid year freak out tag! I wasn't tagged, but I wanted to do it anyway! BEST BOOK YOU’VE READ YET IN 2018 I don't know whether it is definitively the best book I've read, but I really enjoyed Final … Continue reading mid year freak out tag
If you think I've got a lot of hardcopy books, you've got another thing coming - I have infinitely more Kindle books. I'm a bit of a guru for finding deals and sales for diverse books that I want to read. So here's a list of my top 5 books on my Kindle! The Astonishing … Continue reading top 5 recommendation | books on my kindle
Today I am delighted to have an interview with Less Than Three press, a queer romance press! Tell me a little bit about Less Than Three Press! What are your guiding principles/ideas? We are a queer romance press run by, fittingly enough, three people. Our focus is on happy endings for EVERYONE. Not just the … Continue reading focus on: less than three press
It is very apt for me to talk about All Out during June, which is Pride Month! All Out is a collection of queer YA short stories which I received for my birthday back in April. From a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood set in war-torn 1870s Mexico featuring a transgender soldier, to two … Continue reading all out review
Hello all! This is a small series that I've been doing over the past couple of months - you can check out the first instalment of mental health tropes and how to avoid them here (I talk about the trope of the curative power of love). Today I'm going to be tackling another trope that I really … Continue reading mental health tropes and how to avoid them: part 2
Happy pride month everyone! I've been celebrating hard this month - listening to Hayley Kiyoko and reading queer books! So today I thought I would give some recommendations for queer books! I've tried to stick to under-hyped books that you may not have heard of, to support smaller (often queer) authors! Lesbian - Kissing the Witch … Continue reading pride book recommendations
The Ramadan Readathon Book Tag was created by Amna at YA Book Corner as a part of this year’s Ramadan Readathon. ~*Mirrors and Windows*~ Name a book that you felt represented you or that you were able to relate to. There are many books that depict some of my marginalisations, but I'm choosing Queens of … Continue reading ramadan readathon book tag
