Review: Yellowface - R.F Kuang - May 2023 This book is one of those that has been sitting on my bookshelf staring at me, it's one of those books that I was almost scared to read as I had built this book up so much in my head and I was terrified that it would crash and burn and not meet the expectations I had created. It was actually in my mind a good read and touched several aspects of strands and issues that have been over the past few years floating around the book world. The biggest one is the race of authors and whether an author of one race can write about another race. To be honest, I have seen many non-whites writing about white characters and there not being an issue, but then you flip the script and it is an issue that I have seen authors attacked for. In Yellowface, we have two frenemies June Hayward and Anthena Liu. They were both great writers but June was just another white female and became part of the sea of faceless average white writers whereas Anthena was Asia...

Review: Questions for Rebel Girls - Rebel Girls Series - October 2021 One of the series that I love so much is the books being released by Rebel Girls. I wish that they had been around when I was a tween/teenage girl as I might have been able to look up to some strong female heroes instead of plastering my wall with celebrities and movie stars. Each page in Questions for Rebel Girls features one of history's and today's strong female heroes and a series of questions relating to the things that role model has achieved or the qualities they possess. This book is great to start discussions with one another and if you are running a girl’s group or book club, then this book will spur a lot of different topics/themes to talk about. When I worked at the library, one of the groups I wanted to start was an inspiring group for girls who don't fit in and was going to do something similar to this book and this book would have been the perfect resource. The other thing I loved about ...