Dora Reads is the book blog of a Bookish Rebel, supporting the Diversity Movement, bringing you Queer views and mental health advocacy, slipping in a lot of non-bookish content, and spreading reading to the goddamn world! :) (All posts may contain Amazon links, which are affiliate, unless marked otherwise. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. USA ONLY - please do not make UK purchases with my links)
Thursday 27 September 2018
Comics Wrap-Up - I Wear This On My Sleeve
Trailers and more fun stuff from both Marvel and DC this week for you my nerdlets!
Let's get this wrap-up started!:
Wednesday 26 September 2018
Really Mini-Reviews! - The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen and The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
I have two reviews for stunning collections of short stories by Asian-American writers for you today dear nerdlets!
Check out my reviews of The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen, and The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu:
Labels:
Alternate History,
anthology,
contemporary,
crime,
diversity,
dystopian,
fantasy,
fiction,
historical fiction,
LGBTQ+,
M/M,
magic realism,
really mini reviews,
review,
sci-fi,
short stories,
Silkpunk,
steampunk
Sunday 23 September 2018
#BannedBooksWeek: Nerd Church - F**k It, Let's Talk Censorship (Ft. Thirteen Reasons Why)
Warning: this post discusses suicide, suicidal thoughts, mental health problems, sexual harassment, and censorship.
Links may also discuss these topics.
(Did you notice I self-censored in the title of this post? I can't bring myself to swear without *'s because in a traditional Welsh household, the only one allowed to swear is your mam. Lol.)
Via Banned Books Week |
Banned Books Week is back! (23-29 Sept 2018)
And, darling nerdlets, I'm here once again to ask all the goddamn awkward questions!
Cos that's kinda what this week is about!
Friday 21 September 2018
Friday Fics Fix - Love Vs War. Freedom Vs Silence.
'He’d read all of Bucky’s letters over and over till he almost knew them by heart, and none of the phrases in the transcript were in any of those letters. There must be another letter, one that never got sent.'
Stop the presses, Cee's back on the Stucky!
Shocking, I know.
(Fangirling notes: Stucky is a Steve Rogers (Captain America) and Bucky Barnes romantic and/or sexual relationship. You can't tell me it doesn't make sense.)
Thursday 20 September 2018
Sunday 16 September 2018
Nerd Church - The Writer Diaries: 7 Radical Ways To Defeat Writer's Block
Staring at the blank page (...or screen...) we've all been there.
You need to write the thing - but the thing just doesn't seem to want to be written.
You have the Dreaded Writer's Block.
But Writer's Block ain't welcome around here!
I don't put up with Writer's Block (that pushy little so-and-so) - and neither should you!
Friday 14 September 2018
Friday Fics Fix - Draco In A Bow
'“Okay, so look, so, Harry's birthday, yeah? Is soon. And the thing is, he's sort of... well, he doesn't need much. In general. And in... not general he can buy anything he fancies himself. So I kind of don't know what to get him. Except... I know that he fancies you...”'
It's my birthday tomorrow (15th Sep)!
And as such, I'm totally picking a birthday-themed Drarry fic this week. Because birthday.
Yes, this is total Mindless Self Indulgence.
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