Sarah S. Davis is the founder of Broke by Books, a blog about her journey as a schizoaffective disorder bipolar type writer and reader. Sarah's writing about books has appeared on Book Riot, Electric Literature, Kirkus Reviews, BookRags, PsychCentral, and more. She has a BA in English from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Library and Information Science from Clarion University, and an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
I have always loved books. I love them so much that I even wrote a list here on Broke by Books about
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With this post, I’m bringing back my monthly Recommended Reads report. This recurring feature is a roundup of what I’ve been reading over the last month, along with several books I recommend. These essays are always published first in The
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If you look at my Goodreads shelves, you will see that apart from shelves for designating a year I read a book, the most populated shelf is “Love Story.” Since I was
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Bow down…I did it. I finished my reading goal to read 52 books in 2014. I can safely say that was more books than I’ve ever read in one year of my
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Cohn, Rachel and Levithan, David. Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. Genre: Contemporary Intended Audience: 14 and Up Personal Reaction to the Book: Yes! This is what it’s like to read a
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Higgins, M.G. Bi-Normal. Costa Mesa, CA: Saddleback Press, 2013. Genre: Contemporary, LGBT Intended Audience: 14 and Up Personal Reaction to the Book: I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I picked it up in a
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Green, John. Looking for Alaska. New York: Dutton Juvenile, 2005. Genre: Contemporary Intended Audience: 14 and up Personal Reaction to the Book: This is the third book by John Green which I have read. It
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Ritter, William. Jackaby. New York: Algonquin Young Readers, 2014. Genre: Mystery, Historical Fiction Intended Audience: 12 and up Personal reaction to the book… Jackaby has been heavily branded as “Doctor Who meets Sherlock,” by the
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Pope, Paul. Battling Boy. New York: First Second, 2013. Genre: Graphic Novel, Superhero, Action/Adventure Intended Audience: 12 and up Personal reaction to the book… From the Eisner-award-winning author of Batman: Year 100 comes Battling Boy, a
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Brosgol, Vera. Anya’s Ghost. New York: First Second, 2011. This graphic novel is about Anya, a first generation Russian immigrant, and the challenges she faces with making friends at her American private school,
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Yang, Gene Luen. American Born Chinese. New York: Square Fish, 2006. Genre: Graphic Novel Intended Audience: 14 and up Personal reaction to the book American Born Chinese was an interesting graphic novel, one that I
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Araki, Mari & Kashyap, Keshni. Tina’s Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2012. Genre: Graphic Novel, Contemporary Intended Audience: 14 and up Personal reaction to the book This graphic novel is
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