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’m back to blogging! It’s been an eventful last sixteen months as I have had to decide which way to pivot after
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Welcome to my roundup of the Best Books of 2023! Wow, can you believe it’s nearly 2024? I’ve mostly had a pretty good year, packed with great reading, a good amount of writing, and a little bit of blogging, although
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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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One of my big goals this year was to become better at divination. I’ve spent a lot of the year learning more about tarot, but I’ve spent just as much time learning
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I fell head over heels in love with verse novels a few years ago after reading Elizabeth Acevedo’s YA novel in verse, The Poet X. Since then, I’ve been introduced to more
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Your easy-to-use book review format and why it works! Unsure how to structure your book review? Look no further. I’m sharing with you my tried-and-true template for crafting a substantive, helpful book
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On this blog, we’ve previously featured mystery short stories, short stories for YA readers, and children’s short story collections. Naturally, it’s time for science fiction short stories to get the spotlight! And
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Holy moly, it’s been nearly a year since I published my second semester of my MFA program recap last June and nearly two years since I started my MFA in Writing for
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This past weekend, I had the very special treat of reading The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse. It was an utterly delightful book, and a soothing read given the
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