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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In the first and previous Pillar of my series on How to Monetize a Book Blog about how to make money as a book blogger, we focused on professionalizing your blog through
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Altered books are a unique way to blend your artistic creativity with your love of literature. Wondering how to make altered books? In fact, the best way to learn altered books is
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November marked the seven-year anniversary of Broke by Books, the book blog I started in November 2014. Born out of the depths of a bad bout with depression, I clung to the
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Note: This review includes affiliate links Today I’m sharing my thoughts on the BenQ eReading Desk Lamp, which I received for free from from the manufacturers, BenQ Corporation, in exchange for a
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The best hashtags for bookstagram help readers find other readers through the power of bookish visual social content. I’ve compiled an epic list of the 400 top hashtags for bookstagram in this
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It’s critical for book lovers to know how you decide what books to buy, borrow, or bypass. As we all know, there is precious little time to read and far too many
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Are you looking to learn palm reading? Palmistry is not all smoke and mirrors. In fact, learning palmistry is easy when you learn from the masters. Consulting the best books to learn
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This month, I really started to emerge from the reading slump brought on by my father’s decline in health early this year and death in February 2021. Much of this month’s reading
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I think there’s no better topic that proves graphic literature’s potential than memoirs about mental illness. Through art, graphic memoirists can illustrate with immediate impact symptoms and experiences that are often hard
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My father passed away on February 25th, 2021, in a peaceful death at home. My dad was such an important person in shaping the bookish person I was to come. For his
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