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.
Dear reader, I can’t believe 2025 is over! My main goal for 2025 was not so much to reach a number of
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Autumn is basically here, but this list of the best new books fall 2025 has to offer heralds the unofficial start to the season. What is better than books, falling leaves, cozy blankets, and hot tea? Not much! Here’s my
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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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Wondering how to learn dream interpretation? It’s easy to teach yourself dream interpretation when you have the best dream interpretation books. In this list, you’ll find 15 of the best books on
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Looking for the best self-help books of all time? Craving the most transformative books of all time? Enter Goodreads. This social reading site aggregates reviews and ratings from millions of readers who
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Last year, I was feeling good about blogging, but I wanted to take it to the next level. I felt stuck as a blogger. I didn’t know how to take it to
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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 first heard of Bookroo last year when I did a write-up on Book Riot about the 5 Best Middle Grade Box Subscriptions. I’m so pleased to say I’ve now tried the
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I have lived with bipolar disorder symptoms for 14 years after I was diagnosed with bipolar I in my freshman year of college. Recently, my diagnosis changed to schizoaffective disorder bipolar type,
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Looking for fun facts about children’s authors and kid lit? You’ve come to the right place! In this post, I’ve compiled 40 book trivia facts about authors of children’s literature. A sampling
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