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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The best anxiety books give you relief from your struggles with anxious thoughts, phobias, panic attacks, and social anxiety. Similar to our roundups of the best books about bipolar disorder and the
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The best books about medicine capture the diverse subjects of the field, and this list of the best books to read about medicine capture every corner of the medical profession, from examining
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I’ve been fascinated by criminology since I was a child sneaking a peak at my aunt’s tabloids and following the sensational killing of JonBenét Ramsey. I was barely older than Ramsey and
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Think faeries are the stuff of fiction? Not true. In this list of the best books about faeries for adults, you’ll meet every kind of fae and their fellow enchanted folk. The
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The best personality books to read come in a variety of topics and subtopics within the study of personality. In this list, you’ll find a book for just about every subfield, interest,
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As a tarot reader, I love learning more about the symbolism in the cards. My passion for tarot led to an interest in learning about symbols since tarot is so rich in
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When I was first diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder bipolar type, I looked for the best books about schizophrenia to help me learn about what my new normal with my new diagnosis would
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If you’re fasciated by runes, you’re not alone. Runes occupy a prized place in divination. The runes we use today in divinatory settings are actually thousands of years old, systems that reach
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I love horror short stories. Maybe it’s because I’m a bit of a baby. I love horror, but I am usually too scared to watch a full-length horror movie. Yep, short stories
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When I was growing up, YA wasn’t really a thing, much less YA about mental illness Since then, we’ve come a long way, and now mental health YA books includes representation of
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