Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature meme created by the awesome The Broke and the Bookish. There is a new theme each week which gives bloggers the opportunity to share book lists! You have the choice to participate per week. Check out The Broke and the Bookish’s blog for more info! This week's topic is … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday
It's Banned Book Week, one of my favourite international literary celebrations! Over the course of one week, from 25 September to 1 October, a community of readers comes together to support the freedom to express ideas, especially those that are considered nontraditional and upsetting to the status quo. Websites like bannedbooksweek.org seek to educate people over … Continue reading Banned Books Week 2016: 25 Sept – 1 October
A common trend I’ve noticed these days is the occurrence of the gay side character, especially in YA fiction. Now, while I love seeing a larger representation of the LGBT community in fiction, I am not happy with the fact these characters are not at the forefront; rather, they are the background characters, pushed to … Continue reading The importance of LGBT fiction
“Just when you think you're having a scene without Simon, he drops in to remind you that everyone else is a supporting character in his catastrophe.” Rainbow Rowell’s standalone/sequel to Fangirl is one of the best books of 2016. I bought the novel not too long after it was published, and it stayed on my … Continue reading Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
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