Neutrality In the Library? Don’t Give Me That Bullshit
The other day, I was working at the library catching up on old issues of Library Journal. In the May 15th issue, I read an interesting article titled “Tolerance is not enough.” Here, the author…
Author: Beth
Beth O’Brien is a library assistant and book blogger. Born and raised in Atlantic Canada, she lives in picturesque Nova Scotia with her cat Edith. You can often find her rocking double denim with her nose in a book and a craft beer in her hand. Follow her on Twitter @fuelldbyfiction.
99 PERCENT MINE by Sally Thorne Blog Tour
Hey friends! I have been on quite the romance kick so far in 2019. This was the first book I read in the new year and it was a great start! My favourite kind of…
THE MATCHMAKER’S LIST, A Fun and Exciting New Romance (Blog Tour)
Oh my goodness, folks. If you’re into contemporary romance (if not you obviously haven’t read The Wedding Date), you are going to absolutely adore this one. The Matchmaker’s List (out now) by Sonya Lalli is a cross-cultural…
10 of my Favourite Feminist Quotes
Y’all. I love quotes. I’ve done like, four or five quotes posts for Book Riot in the last year. Words have so much power. When they are strung together to say something beautiful and/or important in…
My 5 Star Reads of 2018
I read a lot of great books this year. I made a Best-Of list with my favourites, but there were so many good ones that I just didn’t want to leave out! I decided to…
The Friday Feminist Five
Welcome to The Friday Feminist Five. Here you’ll find links to articles and news around the web that piqued our interest and come from a feminist perspective. An new Sci-Fi anthology highlights 25 stories by…
The Best Books I Read in 2018
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you had an excellent holiday season. I know I did! It was nice, quiet, relaxing. It feels like I’m back to the real world now, but I want nothing…
Ten 2018 Book Releases I Still Need to Get to!
As per usual, my TBR was and is overly ambitious. Each year, tons and tons of amazing books come out and it’s impossible to read them all. There are some, however, that stick out more…
2018 In Book Riot Posts
Happy New Year’s Eve y’all! Hope you’re enjoying your holidays. Today, friends, I must share my love of Book Riot with you. I have been writing for Book Riot for TWO YEARS. My anniversary is…
10 Back List Fiction Books on my Winter TBR
I hope everyone is enjoying their winter holidays! I certainly am. Curled up away from the cold with a book–that’s where you’ll find me. Right now, I’m really feeling adult fiction. I’m in the mood…
16 of my Most Anticipated 2019 Book Releases
To all who celebrate, merry Christmas Eve! Allow me to regale you with bookish cheer. I tried to do a list of ten most anticipated 2019 books but I just couldn’t. There are SO MANY…
Instead of Baby It’s Cold Outside, Can We Talk About Consent?
Look folx. I know there are seventy gillion think pieces about everyone’s favourite Christmas song, Baby It’s Cold Outside. But this isn’t really that. People love to debate about otherwise insignificant things and leave the…
November Book Releases I Need to Get My Hands On
For the past several months, I haven’t been paying too much attention to new releases. I’ve been sticking to what’s interesting me in the moment and what’s available to me. I’ve been picking my way…
Well, That Escalated Quickly by Franchesca Ramsey: Review
Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist by Franchesca Ramsey Published May 22nd, 2018 by Grand Central Publishing Audiobook I’m not going to lie. I didn’t know who Franchesca Ramsey was…
Link Round Up
“Shout Your Abortion” Is Changing the Conversation, from Bitch Media. The best part about SYA is that it centres people who are actually having abortions–and normalizes it. (You can also check out this post from…