September 23-29, 2018 is Banned Books Week. The 2018 theme is “Banning Books Silences Stories. Speak Out!” Censorship succeeds when no one talks about the issues. It’s unfortunate that books are banned and challenged. Every year for Banned Books Week we like to share some media and raise awareness. We here at Chapterbreak are not […]
We have a fun contributed post today about the different types of readers. I definitely fall into the second category – I read purely for escapism and enjoyment. Do you bicker with those who read for education purposes? Picture Credit There is snobbery in all walks of life. You are always going to get […]
Today we have a lovely guest post from Book Blogger Kayl. I love this topic and it segways nicely into a feature we’ve been wanting to start here. Life as a Basic Book Blogger (On Judging Books Based On Their Covers) From a very young age, we are taught the simple concept “Don’t Judge a […]
Book covers are something that often rub me the wrong way. So many books these days look the same, some to the extent that it becomes difficult to recognize a specific book or distinguish it from another. Why do so many book cover artists insist on using the same stock photos? Are there not enough […]
We’ve already discussed how we feel about tropes in novels, and I previously shared why I might rate a book 2 stars. Now let’s talk about features I would love to see in a new series (especially of the YA and fantastical varieties). These are features I just don’t see enough of, and these could […]
We bookworms have this awesome hobby – reading – maybe you’ve heard of it? We’ll practice our hobby wherever and whenever we can. Unfortunately, there are plenty of times when we can’t read, and that just breaks our hearts. Some of us are so addicted that we are (not literally) dying on the inside. These […]
Fiction University has this amazing post about approaching book bloggers for review requests. OMG every author who’s been spamming me lately needs to see this post! David Estes also has an amazing Author guest post on Happy Indulgence Books on dos and don’ts of successful indie authors. I’m so happy to see people recognizing the […]
If you’ve been reading my reviews lately, you’ll noticed I’ve been underwhelmed by most of my reads this year. So I thought it would be interesting to have a post listing out some of my biggest bookish peeves that have caused me to give some books lower ratings. 10 reasons I will rate a book […]