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A Note About J.K. Rowling
CW: Discussions of transphobia, abuse, and sexual assault. Hi everyone, As I am sure many of you have now seen, J.K. Rowling has recently made some reprehensible comments about transgender people. This is not the first time she has said such hurtful things- her defence of transphobic women such as Maya Forstater and the 61 year old woman assaulted by Tara Wolf (while I don’t condone violence, it should be noted that Rowling deliberately neglected to mention that the 61 year old had repeatedly misgendered Wolf prior to the assault, and had used transphobic slurs against her), prove that she has always harboured problematic and transphobic views. This is the…
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Pairing Books and Board Games
Hi everyone, So recently Bloomsbury made an announcement that they’ve created a card game based off Sarah J. Maas’ Throne of Glass series. The game will be called Embers of Memory and although you can preorder it now, it won’t be coming out til around October time. In the interim, I decided it was high time I made a post to try and pair some of my favourite YA books with some of my favourite board games. If you didn’t know already, I have recently gotten into board games since moving into my new apartment. We currently have around 20 of them on our shelves and there are plans to add more…
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Book Roast’s Magical Readathon Introduction to the Challenge
Hey everyone, So I heard about this awesome book readathon hosted by Booktuber Book Roasts and I couldn’t resist joining in. This will be my first ever readathon, and I’ll be documenting it right on this page, with some lists, comments and maybe even some videos. The readathon is running from April 2nd til April 29th and you can find out more in her amazing video here. It’s Harry Potter themed, based on the O.W.L.S. If you decide to join in, please use the hashtag #OWLsReadathon2018
