Book Blogger Test

Thanks so much to Charlotte and Naty for the tags! This tag was harder than I expected, but I still had lots of fun doing it! Rules: Thank the person who nominated you and add a link to their blog Answer the ten questions asked on this post Nominate at least five people to do it …

Discussion: book titles

I see a lot of posts about superficial things that draw people to books. Almost always, it's the cover. But I think titles are just as important. There are some books that I read simply because the title caught my attention. Sometimes the books were a let down, sometimes they were really great. I thought …

Book recommendations for: young or new activists

Even though I participate in giving Monthly Recommendations, I thought I would start my own where every few weeks I give recommendations for a specific topic. This month I'm doing books for young or new activists. These are books that I think everyone who considers themselves an activist and wants to be better read in …

Top Five Wednesday: bookish classes

Find more about T5W here! This week’s topic is Classes Based on Books/Characters: It's back to school season, so let's discuss some classes you'd like to take either based on books or based on characters' skills. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO NOT USE HARRY POTTER, because that is too easy. You are supposed to make up your own …

Monthly Recommendations: required reading

Found here! This month's topic is required reading, or books you think everyone should read! This is similar to a couple recent Top Ten Tuesday's I've done, which you can read here and here! I think required reading is a tricky thing, because on the one hand I think there are books everyone should read …

T5W: Books For Your Hogwarts House

Find more about T5W here! This week's topic is books for your Hogwarts house. So according to Pottermore, I'm a Ravenclaw but I've always identified as a Gryffindor, so I'm going to do books for both. The Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Ravenclaw) (although I think Pi would be a Hufflepuff tbh). Fight Club …

My favourite book covers

These are some of my favourite book covers, in no real order! The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls. This is possibly one of my favourite book covers I've ever seen. I just love the simplicity of it. Looking for Alaska by John Green. Again it's very pretty and simple, which is the theme here really. …

First book review: The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls So this book is the first non-fiction memoir I read and it's one of my favourites. It follows Walls throughout her childhood, growing up in severe poverty in the United States. Her father has trouble working for other people and her mother would rather pursue her (unsuccessful) art career …