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Tag Archives: Reading

Romance is Diverse AF

This week:
• I read a lot of self-published Romance
• Main characters can be diverse in a lot of different ways
• Everyone deserves a happily ever after

Posted byalisonjanetbrownJan 5, 2023Dec 22, 2022Posted inBook Review, Positive LGBTQ+ representation, Women in FictionTags:Diversity, Gender Equality, Protagonists, ReadingLeave a comment on Romance is Diverse AF

Fantastic Regency Fantasy – Shades of Milk and Honey

This week, Shades of Milk and Honey is:
• A brilliant blend of subtle magic and historical fiction
• Exactly the kind of gentle romance I like
• Making me want some strawberries

Posted byalisonjanetbrownNov 5, 2022Nov 5, 2022Posted inBook Review, Fantasy fiction, Women in FictionTags:Book Review, Fantasy fiction, Reading, Regency fiction

Three Twins at the Crater School Review

This week:
• I love school stories
• How many twins are there, exactly?
• This book has weird, fascinating worldbuilding

Posted byalisonjanetbrownAug 7, 2022Jul 26, 2022Posted inBook Review, Fantasy fiction, Reading with ChildrenTags:Book Review, Chaz Brenchley, Fantasy fiction, Reading, School Story, Three Twins at the Crater School

Choosing your genre as a reader

This week, defining your genre as a reader:
• Means you know yourself well
• Can close you off from finding other things you love
• Will help you avoid things that annoy or trigger you

Posted byalisonjanetbrownJul 3, 2022Jun 3, 2022Posted inAbout Me, Book Review, Fantasy fictionTags:choosing genre, defining genre, Genre, Reading, Reading for pleasure

Legends & Lattes: what is cosy fantasy? Or, how to make yourself hungry by reading descriptions of cake

This week:
• I try to nail down what cosy fantasy is
• Travis Baldree becomes a one-click author for me
• The mouth-watering descriptions of pastries made me hungry

Posted byalisonjanetbrownJun 5, 2022Jun 5, 2022Posted inBook Review, Fantasy fiction, Positive LGBTQ+ representation, Women in FictionTags:Book Review, Cosy Fantasy, Fantasy fiction, Legends and Lattes, Reading

Rainbringer: passive heroine, active heroine

This week, Rainbringer:
• Has two strong heroines
• Subverted my expectations
• Totally blew me away

Posted byalisonjanetbrownMay 1, 2022Sep 22, 2022Posted inBook Review, Fantasy fiction, Gender Equality, Women in FictionTags:Active heroines, Book Review, Fantasy fiction, Rainbringer by Adam Berg, Reading, Women in Fiction, Writing, YA Fantasy2 Comments on Rainbringer: passive heroine, active heroine

Secondary Characters, Narrative and Comedy – Review of Redshirts by John Scalzi

This week, Redshirts is:
• A fun romp through the Universal Union
• Sneakily asking ethical questions
• Much more meta than I anticipated

Posted byalisonjanetbrownFeb 6, 2022Apr 15, 2022Posted inBook Review, WritingTags:Book Review, Reading, Redshirts, Science Fiction

Stop Book-Shaming Children

This week:
• I define book-shaming and why adults do it
• Book-shamed children stop reading
• Top ways to get children to move on with reading

Posted byalisonjanetbrownMar 8, 2020May 30, 2021Posted inReading with ChildrenTags:Get children reading, Great books, Inspire children, Reading

World Book Day 2020

In this blog, I will:
• Tell you why I love World Book Day
• Give you an inspired lesson idea (if I do say so myself)
• Start a radical movement to get World Book Day introduced to every working office environment

Posted byalisonjanetbrownMar 4, 2020May 30, 2021Posted inReading with ChildrenTags:Lesson plan, Love reading, Reading, World Book Day
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