Tag: reading
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7 Bookish Problems Every Bookworm Can Understand
As most bookworms will tell you, there’s so much to love about books. Reading them, collecting them, sniffing them. But as blissful as all that sounds, being a bookworm also has its challenges.
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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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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 Overrated Books
I usually only post about books I love on my blog but this post is a bit different as I’m sure you can tell from the title. Today, I’m going to be discussing the 5 books I believe to be hyperbolically overrated as far as the online book community is concerned
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Book Review: Surviving Home by Katerina Canyon
Surviving Home is a potent collection of autobiographical poems about the harsh challenges of life as told from the perspective of a black American woman.
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Book Bloggers Share Their Favourite Books of 2021 So Far
For today’s post, I teamed up with some fellow bloggers in the book community to share with you our Top 3 books of 2021 So Far! I’m so excited to be sharing my first ever collaborative post with you all, which wouldn’t have been possible without the help of all the lovely bloggers featured below. I hope you enjoy reading their recommendations! x
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Why do I read diversely? Performative reading and virtue-signalling
Many argue that reading diversely carries no real weight compared with the practical hands-on work of protesting, making donations, signing petitions and vocalizing your opposition of the displacement and violence towards ethnically repressed groups. I agree with this sentiment and the view that reading diversely has in some way become a performance for many readers.
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How to read multiple books at once
Because of the amount of books that I’m still yet to read, some of which sit on my bookshelf staring at me pleadingly, with anxious spines, I’ve had to learn the art of reading multiple books at once so that I can get through my never-ending TBR a bit more swiftly. In today’s post, I’m going to share with you some of the tips I’ve used.
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Books You Should Read by Asian authors
In honour of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) heritage month, observed in the United States during the month of May, I’ve put together a list of some books written by Asian authors that I have thoroughly enjoyed reading and would like to share with those of you looking for more diverse book recommendations.
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Six Of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo – Review
Six Of Crows is a young adult fantasy heist thriller that transports the reader into a stimulating world of magic, yet conveys the pragmatism of carefully planned prison break mission.
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