Tag: feminism
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Indigenous Representation Recommendations
This blog was wrote as an accompaniment for my 2025 reading challenge: Read nine books from nine prompts over the first six months of the year and be entered into a draw to win a bundle of bookish goodies.
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Review – Iron Widow – Xiran Jay Zhao
After collapsing the corrupt government, Wu Zetian now is forced to deal with the aftermath of rebuilding a world. Xiran Jay Zhao has such a talent for writing politic worlds that will truly make you hold a mirror up to your own, I can’t recommend it enough.
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2025 Bookish Bingo
I’m launching a six month reading competition in the form of a bingo sheet to help you either smash through your TBR or help diversify your book shelves. To be in with a chance of winning some incredible prizes, you’ll need to read nine books that fit with the prompts.
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Review – The Henna Wars – Adiba Jaigidar
Nishat and Flávia end up working on the same idea for their businesses in school that forms a rivalry and some.. Another brilliant YA romance from Jaigirdar!
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Review – Chaos Theory – Nic Stone
Shelbi and Andy keep finding each other, but how far can their relationship be pushed? Deeply complex and messy teenagers make for the best love story.
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Bookish Gifting
If you’re looking for inspiration for the bookworm in your life then you’re absolutely in the right place. Read on to find my favourite places to gift from.
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A Beginners Guide to Memoirs
I absolutely adore compelling and emotional memoirs. The best move me to tears and shake me to my core. All of these have moved me and if you love a memoir and reading about incredible people and their lives, then I wholly recommend you check these out.
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Review – No Small Thing – Orlaine McDonald
This is a tale of the hardships of motherhood and the pains of today’s world. A brilliant debut and one I know a lot of people need to read.
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Review – The Things That We Lost – Jyoti Patel
When losses in the family are hidden under the rug, cracks form and secrets start to spill. This is a literary fiction you need on your shelves.
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Review – Remember, Remember – Elle Machray
A retelling and twist on the gunpowder plot, with a clever narrative and a great suite of characters. It’s bursting with heart and soul, I was hooked from the beginning.
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Review: Iron Widow – Xiran Jay Zhao
Zetian is done with following orders and bowing to the orders of men, she’s ready to make them all burn. The epitome of feminine rage and I’m obsessed.
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Review: Interstellar Megachef – Lavanya Lakshminarayan
Hitch-hikers galaxy meets bake off in an intergalactic adventure, surrounding the politics of food. A lot of fun to start a duology and I’m excited to see where it goes next.
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Review: The Night Ends with Fire – K. X. Song
A Mulan retelling with the grit and determination of a woman told she can’t do something. Absolutely glorious.
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Review: All That We’ve Got – Jendella Benson
An unlikely friendship forms after to women get caught up interconnected issues. This is a coming of age novel with some serious bite! I cannot recommend enough!
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A Beginners Guide to Graphic Novels
All of my other beginners guides have been genres I’ve loved for years, but in this one, I’ve had to catch up and do some reading first! I’ve only recently been introduced to graphic novels but I have thoroughly loved finding them.
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The Best of YA Romance
If you’ve been around for a while, you’ll know that romance is my genre. I’m a hopeless romantic and love a happy ending. It’s my comfort genre, it’s a genre I’ll always come back and I just love it.
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Lessons from Seven Books in Seven Days Reading Challenge
Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to have some time off between jobs and I took in upon myself to take on a little challenge: can I read seven books in seven days?
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A Beginners Guide to Fantasy
The fantasy shelves in a bookshop can be a scary thing if you’re looking to dip your toe into the genre. Let me start you off with some recommendations.
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