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
Today is International (working) women’s day, so what better day to talk about a book that left a huge impression on me: Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick by Maya Dusenbery. When I first became sick, I noticed that a lot more women than men… More Doing Harm by Maya Dusenbery – a review for International Women’s Day
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
“There is something about everything that you can be glad about, if you keep hunting long enough to find it.” ― Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna Believe it or not, in many ways I am very thankful for having an illness. Don’t get me wrong, I feel I’ve learnt my lessons now and would certainly not… More Playing the glad game with a chronic illness
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
Disclaimer: this post contains affiliate links. As a book depository affiliate I earn a small from qualifying purchase to make sure my biscuit tin is always filled. Strange Weather in Tokyo is a fairly short book set, unsurprisingly, in Japan. It tells the story of a middle-aged woman who bumps into her old Japanese teacher,… More Strange Weather in Tokyo – Hiromi Kawakami
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