Ok, first of all - I am a white. So please do take my recommendations with a grain of salt. I've tried to ensure that all of the books I'm recommending are also recommended by black bloggers, but if you have found that any of these books have problematic representation, please do let me know, … Continue reading top 5 recommendation | black history month
The 2019 mental health book bingo is over. Cue sad faces! I had a fantastic time yet again, and would like to sincerely thank all of my co-hosts: Jess @ jessicacwrites Lili @UtopiaMind Inge @ingeswonderland Ayah Assem @DystopianCitzn Laura @bbliophile Sar @readtorecover They were all absolutely brilliant, and I could not have done this without them. I'd also like to … Continue reading mental health book bingo 2019: wrap-up
Hey everyone! A while back the books for the 2019 World Book Night were announced, so I thought that I would talk about them a little bit! About World Book Night: World Book Night is a national celebration of reading and books that takes place on 23 April every year. Events up and down the … Continue reading world book night 2019
One of the books that I was most excited to read in this year's Mental Health Book Bingo was Girl in Need of a Tourniquet by Merri Lisa Johnson. She talks about her experiences as a queer woman with Borderline Personality Disorder - I think you can see why I was so interested in reading … Continue reading girl in need of a tourniquet review
I personally love reading everyone's lists of their top books of the year (my TBR always explodes!) So here are my top 10 of 2018. They are in no particular order, and, to no one's surprise, they are pretty much all YA and nonfiction. The Astonishing Colour of After by Emily X R Pan - this … Continue reading it’s that time again: top 10 books of 2018
Hey everyone! I am FINALLY making my Mental Health Book Bingo TBR! I have so many books that I want to read that it was so difficult to try and choose which ones I'm going to try to prioritise. (Don't know what the Mental Health Book Bingo is? Go here!) I'm going to be tackling … Continue reading mental health book bingo TBR
So now that we've announced the squares, you must be looking for books to fulfil them! Last year's post can be found here. There are at least three recommendations for every bingo square. I have tried my best not to repeat any of the recommendations from last time to create a whole new recommendation list. The things … Continue reading mental health book bingo – recommended reads
As you may have gathered from my general 2018 reading, I've been really into nonfiction this year. And while my interests are pretty specific (e.g. if it is feminist, queer, or mental health related, I'm there) there are a lot of nonfiction books coming out in 2019 that I'm interested in! Here are just a … Continue reading top 5 recommendation | nonfiction 2019 releases (part 2)
The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya was sent to me by the publishers. This has not affected my thoughts about the book. A riveting story of dislocation, survival, and the power of stories to break or save us. Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father began to speak in … Continue reading the girl who smiled beads review
I've read a lot of really great books so far this year - so I thought I would mention five books that I LOVED. This isn't in any particular order. FreshwaterDeliciously dark, Freshwater is Akwaeke Emezi's debut novel about fractured selves. Ada's alternate selves (Asụghara and Saint Vincent) develop after she is sexually assaulted, and protect … Continue reading top 5 recommendation | best books of 2018 (so far!)
