#mental health monday: haldol and hyacinths

Another Monday, another post about mental health! This week I'm intersecting Mental Health Monday and the Ramadan Readathon to bring you a review of Melody Moezzi's autobiography Haldol and Hyacinths. Melody Moezzi was born to Persian parents at the height of the Islamic Revolution and raised amid a vibrant, loving, and gossipy Iranian diaspora in …

ramadan readathon tbr

Another month, another diverse readathon! I clearly just cannot be stopped. Created by Zoya @ We Are All Critics and Nadia @ Words Beneath the Wings, the Ramadan Readathon will be taking place from the 1st to the 30th of June. You can read the full instructions here. I am really excited to take part in …

diversity bingo 2017 update

I'm sure most of you know about the Diversity Bingo 2017 - this is my main blogging challenge of this year, so I thought I would give you a bit of an update! As you can see, I haven't made a row yet, but I'm getting close! I've got a couple of books waiting that …

disability diaries: mad girl review

Bryony Gordon has OCD. It's the snake in her brain that has told her ever since she was a teenager that her world is about to come crashing down: that her family might die if she doesn't repeat a phrase 5 times, or that she might have murdered someone and forgotten about it. It's caused …

born a crime review

Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man's relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother: his teammate, a …

disability diaries: TBR

Disability Diaries is a week-long twitter and blog campaign that will be focusing on a huge variety of disabilities. (Check out #DisabilityDiaries2017 for everyone's posts! Because I'm doing this on my phone I can't link to the organisers, but if you check out the tag I'm sure you'll find everyone.) On my blog I'm going …

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: diverse non-fiction

Welcome to the first official square of my Diverse December Bingo: diverse non-fiction. This was one of the squares that most interested me, because I've been making the effort to read different genres this year, including poetry and non-fiction. The book I chose is Negroland by Margo Jefferson, a book I've had on my TBR for quite …

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 …