Greetings, friend, and welcome to Broke by Books, a book blog created and run by me: Sarah S. Davis, a freelance writer and author. I designed Broke by Books to be a
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I’m back to blogging! It’s been an eventful last sixteen months as I have had to decide which way to pivot after this blog, my beloved Broke by Books, has seen a
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Welcome to my roundup of the Best Books of 2023! Wow, can you believe it’s nearly 2024? I’ve mostly had a pretty good year, packed with great reading, a good amount of
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The 1997 disaster-romance movie Titanic is arguably among the best movies of all time, and it has many craft lessons if you’re looking for romance writing tips. In this article, I’m going
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In this list of the best new Christmas romance books for 2023, you’ll find a delightfully cozy mix of love stories. Whether it’s snow storms or fake relationships bringing people together, discover
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Welcome back to Recommended Reads, my monthly roundup of books I recommend (courtesy of The Swarthmorean, which houses this column)! Can you believe it’s fall already? That means it’s time for the
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If you want to learn how to read tea leaves, there’s no better place to start than with the best tea leaf reading books. And in this list of the top books
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The best politics books of all time capture the drama of political power, both having it and striving for it. This list contains a wide-ranging variety of topics in politics, and it
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The best novels in verse for teens reflect a diversity of voices, identities, perspectives, and poetic forms. The YA novels in verse featured in this list of poetry books for teens are
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The. best mystery books for kids are engrossing and engaging, intriguing and interesting. In this roundup of the best middle grade mystery books, you’ll find an assortment of different kinds of mystery
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Hello, reader, and welcome to Recommended Reads! In this monthly column, I recap my reading for the previous month and talk about what’s been going on in my bookish life. Then I
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