Proud is a young adult anthology edited by Juno Dawson. I was kindly sent an ARC via Netgalley. All views are my own. A stirring, bold and moving anthology of stories and poetry by top LGBTQ+ YA authors and new talent, giving their unique responses to the broad theme of pride. Each story has an … Continue reading proud review
So February was a surprisingly awesome month. I read OVER 20 BOOKS, which is the most I have read probably since I was in high school. I also am finally sort-of getting my blog stats to what they used to be after my (extended) hiatus last year. While that isn't the point of my blog, … Continue reading february wrap-up
I read History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera for the 2019 Mental Health Book Bingo - it fulfilled many prompts, including OCD representation and LGBTQIA+ main character. When Griffin's first love and ex-boyfriend, Theo, dies in a drowning accident, his universe implodes. Even though Theo had moved to California for college and … Continue reading history is all you left me review
I read Darius the Great is Not Okay for the 2019 Mental Health Book Bingo - it was the group read! It also counts as part of YARC 2019! Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones. He's about to take his first-ever trip to … Continue reading darius the great is not okay review
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
Admittedly, I am not the biggest fantasy reader. However, over the past couple of years I've realised that if a fantasy book is diverse in any way, it makes me 10000% more likely to read it. So, here are a couple of diverse fantasy books that I've read pretty recently. I do apologise if a … Continue reading top 5 recommendation | diverse fantasy
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
Well, January 2019 has come to a close, and therefore so has the 2019 Mental Health Book Bingo! I'm going to do a proper wrap-up in the next couple of days, but I just wanted to say a big thank you to all my co-hosts and CW, who designed the board and Instagram schedule. It's … Continue reading january wrap-up
It's round two of Sapphicathon! It goes from 1st February at 12am your time to 7th February 11:59. There are seven challenges you can complete if you would like, but not a requirement. You don’t have to do these if you want to participate, you can just sit back and read sapphic books more casually. … Continue reading sapphicathon tbr
