
Well, May seems to have evaporated and the May/June crossover has just blurred into a nightmarish landscape of surreal chaos…the latest being Rowling’s disappointing comments (again) about trans people. (See the JKR debacle section below for some great posts about it.)
Recent posts:
- A lot of ‘The School for Good and Evil’-related content: my review of ‘One True King’, the sixth book and series conclusion; my original book tag for SGE, and a bookish playlist for the fifth book!
- Book memes: Top 5 Saturday (books set at sea), First Lines Friday (double feature!) and #5OnMyTBR ft. LGBTQ+ main characters
Blog hopping!
- I really liked reading Kay @ Hammock of Books’ rendition of the Percy Jackson books as characters tag thats been going around! Made me laugh, and we share a godly parent too!
- This post by Arin @ Tomes of Our Lives on Leah Burke (from ‘Leah On the Offbeat’) and the problematic messages about bisexuality and labelling is really worth a read.
- Aditi’s really important post about diversity in the media, and why ‘Never Have I Ever’ is worth a watch.
#BlackLivesMatter
- Luke’s post details so many resources that have helped him in his self-education, anti-racism journey.
- Nuriya’s post is a great resource if you’re a white or non-Black person of colour in the UK looking to support the BLM movement!
- Nish & Ngoc have a detailed post about a whole range of ways to support the BLM movement even if you’ve got no money!
- Laurie compiled a great list of books to educate yourself further about how to be anti-racist, featuring both fiction and non-fiction across a wide range of reading ages.
- Because violent racism isn’t just a USA disease, Abbey added to this reading list with books aimed at British people who want to tackle racism at home too.
- I also just signed this petition asking medical schools to include BAME case examples in clinical teaching! I had no idea about this and it certainly needs to change.
Some insightful posts on the JKR debacle:
This is a really detailed comment by Portarossa on Reddit summarising what’s been going on.
TBR and Upcoming Posts:
I’ve been working on my #ReadTheChange TBR list (please let me know if you’ve got recommendations!):

My next review will be of ‘Enduring Chaos’ by Catherine Fitzsimmons, and I expect ‘Descendant of the Crane’ by Joan He and ‘The Unseen Force’ by Catherine Fitzsimmons to follow!
Thanks for reading! It’s a pretty heavy time for most (if not all) of us. As always, let me know any thoughts below…

Thank you so much for linking to my post!! I’m glad you enjoyed it ❤ I love your bujo spread for the #ReadTheChange TBR so much- it's super aesthetic and adorable. Have an awesome June!
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Of course, your post was awesome, and I need to watch ‘Never Have I Ever’ soon! Ahhh thank you so much!! I hope your June is lovely too 😀
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Thank you so much, that means so much to me 🙂
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I actually just finished binging Never Have I Ever the other day!! It was amazing I’m obsessed will probably watch it again soon 😂 so glad I followed your recommendation!
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Ahh I’m so glad that you enjoyed it!! omg sammeee 😂
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JKR is just such a mess. Someone needs to ban her from twitter already.
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I thought it was bad enough last December…let alone now
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thanks so much for mentioning my post, I’m glad you enjoy ❤
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Anytime!! 💕✨
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Thank you for sharing all these resources for educating ourselves – I’m checking out the posts you linked now! *sigh* I can’t believe that in the midst of a global pandemic AND worldwide protests against police brutality, JKR decided to spread harmful views on trans people AGAIN 🤦🏻♀️
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Oh I so agree, when I saw them I was just like ‘lady, PLEASE STOP’ – especially as it’s Pride month?! Such disrespect. Like could she have picked a worse time (not that transphobia is ever okay). And it may be especially harmful right now, as I’ve heard previously from some closeted trans people about being stuck at home during quarantine and already have to deal with frequent misgendering at home.
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