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 can’t believe it, but this blog, Broke by Books, is ten years old last month! I started this book blog as
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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 catastrophic collapse in traffic after I, like many,
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Lockhart, E. We Were Liars. New York: Delacourte, 2014. Genre: Contemporary, Mystery, Psychological Thriller Intended Audience: 14 and up Personal reaction to the book In Lockhart’s We Were Liars, the main character and
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Lockhart, E. Dramarama. New York: Hyperion, 2007. Genre: Contemporary Intended Audience: 14 and up Personal reaction This was the second book by E. Lockhart that I’ve read this fall, and I adored it. This novel
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Murphy, Julie. Side Effects May Vary. New York: Balzer & Bray (Harper), 2014. Genre: Contemporary Recommended Audience: 16 and up Personal reaction to the book In this novel, sixteen-year-old Alice is living under the
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Sales, Leila. This Song Will Save Your Life. New York: Macmillan, 2013. Genre: Contemporary Intended Audience: 14 and above Personal reaction to the book This Song Will Save Your Life is about a music-obsessed loner
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This has been a very strange week. This is one of the first weeks I’ve spent where my main job(s) are all working from home, so Thanksgiving didn’t feel as much like
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Perkins, Stephanie. Anna and the French Kiss. New York: Dutton Juvenile (Penguin), 2010. Genre: Contemporary, Romance Recommended Audience: 14 and up Personal reaction to the book In Anna and the French Kiss, the
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Portman, Frank. King Dork. New York: Delacorte Press, 2006. Genre: Contemporary Intended Audience: Ages 14-up Personal reaction to the book King Dork is a semi-parody of The Catcher in the Rye and is told from
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The ever-glorious Rainbow Rowell has the honor of writing the first non-YA book I’ve read since August. I’m back in the saddle, ladies and gents, and it feels good! Rainbow Rowell is
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Lockhart, E. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. New York: Hyperion, 2009. Genre: Contemporary Intended Audience: Grades 7-up Personal reaction to the book This book was just what I needed. I was sick of cardboard
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Hall, Sandy. A Little Something Different. New York: Macmillan, 2014. Genre: Contemporary, Romance Intended Audience: ages 12 and above Personal reaction to the book: Oof. In this novel, Hall looks at the budding
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