Category: reading
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Book Review | All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
More than just the framing of anguish and trauma, All My Rage is also a story of promise, of channelling rage and injustice into overcoming adversity and this made the story so appealing, as we want to see these characters flourish and surmount difficult obstacles.
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Book Review | Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou
Disorientation reads like a tongue-in-cheek satire novel, but behind the sardonic façade exists a complex web of meaningful commentary. Think Don’t Look Up but in a literary setting with much more Asian American representation and a less dire ending.
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Book Review | Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola
I was struck by the lush prose and deeply emotive voice, so of course I was keen to read her latest release; Honey & Spice.
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What’s New? Book Reviews, Booktube & Rebranding
So, what’s new? Apart from the sweltering UK heatwave currently among us and trying to maintain healthy hydration levels, there’s been lots of activity in the book world.
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10 Reasons to read Non-Fiction
Many readers in the online book community would have you believe that reading non-fiction is akin to reading a dictionary page-by-monotonous-page for pleasure. We tend to view this field of literature as an entire complicated and burdensome genre on its own rather than what it actually is
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Five Underrated Books
Last time, I posted my Top 5 picks for the most Overrated books right now in the book community online but today I wanted to do the opposite…
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Books I’m Reading for Bisexual Visibility Week
As it’s currently Bisexual Visibility or Awareness week, an international celebration that is observed annually from 16 – 23 September, I’ve compiled a line-up of books with bi characters that I’m hoping to finish by the end of this month.
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Book Review! BLACK JOY – An Essay Collection
From essays about revolutionising the way we perceive masculinity to Carnival to Caribbean food to creating spaces for Black people to enjoy cultural expression … these essays discuss how Black Joy can either be a deeply personal or collective experience.
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Let’s Talk About Cancel Culture
To claim victimhood for simply having an opinion is a wilful act of ignorance that completely disregards the detrimental impact those opinions have on society’s most vulnerable people.
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Books that got me into thriller
. These narratives have always lent themselves more suitably to TV and cinema in my opinion but the books featured in today’s post have shown me that they can be just as nail-biting and suspenseful in books too.
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