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Tag: 18 days of 2018

18 Days of 2018: Contemporaries

Dec 19, 201815 Comments

One of my favourite sub-genres of fiction is contemporary YA, which is when realistic fiction creates imaginary characters and situations that depict our world and society. Therefore, I wanted to share 18 of the best contemporaries I read this year (not counting re-reads or thrillers/mysteries, as those will be separate lists). I am limiting myself … Continue reading 18 Days of 2018: Contemporaries

Revisiting Reading Goals

Dec 18, 2018Dec 17, 20181 Comment

To follow-up yesterday's late wrap-up, I realised I had another gap that I needed to fill. I haven't checked my reading goals for October and November yet, so I decided to combine them into one post! 1. Books that feature BAME characters and/or are own voicesYou're Not Proper by Tariq Mehmood Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin … Continue reading Revisiting Reading Goals

18 Books With Great Mental Health Representation

Dec 15, 2018Apr 18, 201910 Comments

It's day 3 of my 18 Days of 2018 feature and if you missed the last two parts, you can find them here and here. Today, I'm sharing 18 books I've read this year that have what I consider to be good mental health representation. My criteria for this is that it isn't the defining characteristic of the … Continue reading 18 Books With Great Mental Health Representation

18 Days of 2018: My Top 15 Non-YA Books

Dec 14, 20181 Comment

Today is day 2 of my 18 days of 2018 countdown, which kicked off yesterday with eighteen of my favourites series of this year. I feel like I talk an awful lot about YA books on here and it is my favourite genre, but I do also enjoy reading other things, so today I wanted to … Continue reading 18 Days of 2018: My Top 15 Non-YA Books

18 days of 2018: Favourite Series

Dec 13, 2018Apr 19, 20203 Comments

There are only 18 days left in 2018 and I want to try and share a bookish post each day that relates to a certain theme. A lot of them will be my favourite books of the year that fit a certain category, but essentially I just want to celebrate this year, as I created … Continue reading 18 days of 2018: Favourite Series

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Updated on the 4th August 2019 to differentiate between disability and mental health representation, so will be used going forward in future posts

⭐️ = BAME authors/characters

🏳️‍🌈 = LGBT+ authors/characters

💙 = disability representation

🧠 = mental health representation

Star Ratings:

⭐️ = Hated it

⭐️.5 = Strongly disliked it

⭐️ ⭐️ = Disliked it

⭐️ ⭐️.5 = It was just ok

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ = I enjoyed it, but it was forgettable

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ .5 = Had great moments but something was missing for me

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ = Really enjoyed it

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ .5= Loved it, would probably buy a copy of it

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ = Obsessed with it – will read everything I can in the series or by the author

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