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Review of One Of Us Has To Go by Katja Schulz

Author Q&A with Louise Willingham

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Self-Care – My Word of The Year for 2023

Book Review• Books• Mental Health

Review of One Of Us Has To Go by Katja Schulz

February 2, 2023

The book One Of Us Has To Go by Katja Schulz, which shows two white females with their backs turned and looking towards a grey and stormy sky. The one on the left is wearing leggings and a hoodie with her blonde hair pinned up in a bun, and the one on the right is wearing a pale cream coloured coat with her blonde hair down. The book is sitting on a leaf themed duvet cover.

One Of Us Has To Go is a gripping tale in which OCD is personified in the character of Sonja. Can Finja finally release herself from Sonja's grasp? Find out what I thought to this book in my review. …

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The Author Louise WIllingham, a white woman with short pink hair and brown eyes. She is wearing a grey hat and a pink and purple scarf, and standing outside on a snowy day. Next two her image are copies of her two published books - Not Quite Out and Marshmallows.

Author Q&A with Louise Willingham

January 23, 2023

Health & Wellbeing• My Healing Journey

Self-Care – My Word of The Year for 2023

December 31, 2022

A dark blue background with 15 books on it - This Winter by Alice Oseman, Her Majesty's Royal COven by Juno Dawson, Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret ROgerson, Early BIrd Special by Priscilla Goins, Perception Check by Astrid Knight, Carry On by Rainbow Rowell, Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman, Daylight Chasers by Rue Sparks, Marshmallows by Louise Willingham, One Last Stop by Casey McQUiston, All That's Left In The World by Erik J Brown, Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales, Make You Mine This Christmas by Lizzie Huxley-Jones, and Lesser Known Monsters by Rory Michaelson

All The Fiction Books I Read in 2022

December 29, 2022

15 indie books on a dark blue background. The books from top left to bottom right are Gloria, Lesser Known Monsters, Labours of Stone, The Stars Will Guide Us Back, Salmonweird, One Of Us Has To Go, Each Little Universe, Heroes and Harbingers, Not Quite Out, The Murder Next Door, The Shield Road, Early Bird Special, Untouched, Perception Check, Cherrington Academy

The Ultimate List of Indie Books

November 16, 2022

A pale blue background with the book Marshmallows by Louise Willingham on the left. The book cover has the top down view of a mug of hot chocolate with marshmallows in it, with a teaspoon and extra marshmallows around it. Next to the book cover is some text that reads, "a soft and squishy companion novel to Not Quite Out. Join Will and Dan as they celebrate Russian Christmas, prepare for exams, and spend more time with friends."

Book Review• Books• LGBTQ+• Reviews

Review of Marshmallows by Louise Willingham

October 27, 2022

Asexual flag, which has 4 horizontal stripes with black at the top, then grey, then white, and finally purple at the bottom.

Community Spirit• LGBTQ+

What Asexuality Means To Me – The Diverse Voices of Ace People

October 23, 2022

A duck egg blue rectangle with the book Make You Mine This Christmas by Lizzie Huxley-Jones on the left. The front cover of the book shows a snowy landscape with 3 characters walking on it - a man and a woman with their warms around each other, and another woman with a cane holding the hand of the woman. Next to this is the text "A gorgeous queer festive romance full of representation. The classic fake dating story with a twist."

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AD | Review of Make You Mine This Christmas by Lizzie Huxley-Jones

October 13, 2022

A pride rainbow flag with a white christian cross on it

Faith & Spirituality• LGBTQ+

How To Be An LGBTQ+ Ally as a Christian

October 11, 2022

A transgender flag

Family Life• LGBTQ+

I’m so grateful my wife came out as trans!

October 9, 2022

A pink square with the cover for Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson on it, and text that reads - A top secret government department, Five old friends set at odds, A deadly prophesy, What could possibly go wrong?

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AD | Review of Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

October 6, 2022

A white woman with dark hair is resting in bed wearing headphones and looking at her phone.

Community Spirit• Health & Wellbeing

The Online Spoonie Community is Valid and Important

September 13, 2022

The book Sistersong by Lucy Holland. On the cover there are line drawings in blue, white, and yellow, depicting a character wearing a gold head band looking towards the reader, and two other characters behind them. The one on the left is facing left and their hair is like waves in water. The one on the right is looking right and their hair looks like flames.

Review of Sistersong by Lucy Holland

September 10, 2022

An illustration of a man sitting cross legged and holding a laptop, with a ginger cat beside him. Behind him is a large screen showing 4 different characters on a conference call. Above the image are the words M.E. Friends

Fibromyalgia/CFS• Health & Wellbeing

Introducing M.E. Friends – a monthly zoom call for those affected by M.E.

A copy of the book Perception Check is being held up in front of the camera by someone sitting in a wooden gazebo. You can see a garden in the background behind it. The book has a dark red cover with a diamond shape cut out, with a girl with dark brown hair turned away from the viewer. She is wearing a red beanie hat and is looking at two worlds, the one on the left looks like a modern city, the one on the right looks like a medieval fantasy land. Around her are crystals, flames, leaves, and a cloud with lightning coming out of it.

Book Review• Books• LGBTQ+• Reviews

Review of Perception Check by Astrid Knight

A graphic with 10 books on and the words My 10 favourite LGBTQ+ Fiction Books (so far...)

Books• LGBTQ+

My 10 Favourite LGBTQ+ Fiction Books (That I’ve Read So Far…)

A graphic illustration with an orange background and a rainbow falling into 6 characters standing in a line at the bottom right, all standing in a line and looking to the left. They are in rainbow colours, as in the person on the far left is red, the next person is orange, the next person is yellow, then green, blue, and purple. Above them are the words "support queer owned businesses" in white text. Beside them is the hashtag #pridemonth.

Queer Owned Businesses to Support During Pride

A pale yellow background with a book on the left hand side called Early Bird Special by Priscilla Goins and text on the right which reads "A delightful romance set in a retirement community in Miami... Come and meet Delores - you're going to love her!" The front cover of the books shows a one storey house with a pink and yellow front and a yellow door. There is a palm tree and shrubs in front of it and the sky is a pale blue.

Review of Early Bird Special by Priscilla Goins

January 22, 2022

A read painted heart with a white border on a bright yellow background.

“I Am Unapologetically Me” – My Affirmation for 2022

January 1, 2022

A grid of book covers, with 3 rows of books with 5 books in each row. The books are as follows - top row - fangirl, Simon vs the homosapiens agenda, as far as you'll take me, carry on, perfect on paper. middle row, felix ever after, loveless, not quite out, cemetery boys, the house on the cerulean sea. bottom row, aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe, pet, untouched, autoboyography, cherrington academy.

All The Fiction Books I Read In 2021

December 29, 2021

A hardback copy of the book Untouched by Jayme Bean, which is a dark brown cover with a face on it covered in vines and the words "some places are better left untouched" in white font

Book Review• Books• LGBTQ+• Reviews

Review of Untouched by Jayme Bean

September 23, 2021

Sometimes I Wish I Could Care Less…

September 21, 2021

A white woman with long dark hair, is sprawled across an unmade bed. She is wearing a white shirt and black shorts and covering her face with her arms. It is a vision of despair, the best I could find to express the trauma of PIP

Health & Wellbeing• Politics

The Trauma of PIP(Personal Independence Payment)

September 2, 2021

A selection of books to read instead of Harry Potter, including from left to right and top to bottom, Strange The Dreamer, Raybearer, Shadow and Bone, Akata Witch, Percy Jackson, Amari and The Night Brothers, The Frost Eater, Cemetery Boys, Earthsea, Wee Free Men, The Hunger Games, The Magician's Guild, Wild Magic, Magnus Chase, and Sorcery of Thorns

Middle Grade and Young Adult Books to read instead of Harry Potter

August 13, 2021

The book The Shield Road by Dewi Hargreaves is being held and rested on my legs as I sit in the garden. The book has a blue cover showing a castle in the distance in front of a full moon. In the foreground the silhouette of a character with a shield on their back crouches under a tree with bare branches.

Book Review• Reviews

Review of The Shield Road by Dewi Hargreaves