It´s Pride Month. I´m in a Muslim country. What better time to read a bunch of Queer Muslim fiction and memoirs? Here are some that you should definitely add to your to-be-read list. Some of the least represented, in already underrepresented LGBTQ+ media, are queer Muslims. In many narratives, Islam and LGBTQ+ are often characterised… More Three Queer Muslim Fiction Reads You Should Add to Your TBR
At some point last year I wrote that I wanted to read more books with disabled or chronically ill characters in them, and I posted a preliminary post with five different books. Since then, I have read several more and thought it was about time I shared them with you. So here are four disabled… More 4 chronically ill & disabled books you should read
TW Aids, Death:I read The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai recently and decided that I needed to review it. Today is World Aids Awareness day so seemed like the perfect time to discuss a novel set in the gay scene whilst the AIDS epidemic was on the rise. At the beginning of this novel we… More The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
I haven’t read a book that was so well put together as The Overstory by Richard Powers, in a long time. When I finished it, I was speechless and felt I had to jot down my thoughts on the book straight away. So here are those thoughts. The Overstory tells the story of several different characters… More The Overstory by Richard Powers
When looking through my bookshelves recently, I realised that I had read very few books about people with disabilities, and even less about people with chronic illnesses. I grew up reading books like What Katy Did, and The Secret Garden, where chronic illness is usually treated euphemistically or else there is a miracle cure –… More Chronic illness book recommendations
In light of the ongoing anti-racist protests around the world, I wanted to take the chance to share some recommendations of books written by Black authors that centre around a Black experience of the world. In literature, as with other aspects of culture, we too often read and see books that centre around white experience of the… More Five books by Black authors