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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

Top Ten Tuesday: 31st July

Jul 31, 2018Jul 24, 2018Leave a comment

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and this week's prompt is Popular Books That Lived Up To The Hype. So, without further ado, here's my ten choices for this week, which I thought not only lived up to but exceeded the hype: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi Six of Crows … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: 31st July

Did I achieve my Monthly Goals in June?

Jul 7, 2018Sep 23, 20181 Comment

Monthly Goals: I want to read at least: At least one book by BAME authors and/or one that contains BAME characters At least one book by an LGBT+ author or that contains LGBT+ themes At least one book containing themes about mental health issues/disabilities I'm going to tackle one bullet point at a time and … Continue reading Did I achieve my Monthly Goals in June?

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Rating System

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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