As a Bookshop affiliate, I get a small commission if you purchase anything through the book links in this post. Welcome back to another day of Blog Everyday in October! It's been a while since I've done a WWW Wednesday, so I figured now is the perfect time to do it, since I have aContinue reading "BEDIO: WWW Wednesday (10/06/2020)"
BEDIO Top Ten Tuesday: Books that Give off Fall Vibes
Hey everyone and happy Tuesday! For this week's Top Ten Tuesday, I'll be talking about books which, in my opinion, make me think of fall (and wish it were all year round)! Fall is one of my favorite seasons, as the weather cools down (Well, maybe not where I live... but usually that's what isContinue reading "BEDIO Top Ten Tuesday: Books that Give off Fall Vibes"
Rape- a heinous crime
I want to share this post because it's important we keep the conversation around how we handle rape as a crime. If you're from the United States, you've probably heard of the Brock Turner case, where he was only sentenced to six months in prison, and was released after only three months due to "goodContinue reading "Rape- a heinous crime"
BEDIO: Poetry Prompt #10
I skipped last weeks Poetry Prompt Monday because of Banned Book Week, so now we're going to do a Halloween inspired poetry prompt 🎃 For this weeks prompt, I'm taking inspiration from the post Scary Poetry Prompts on the website Writing Forward. They have Halloween word prompts divided into three categories, and this week I'mContinue reading "BEDIO: Poetry Prompt #10"
BEDIO: Sunshine Blogger Award
As a Bookshop affiliate, I get a small commission if you purchase anything through the book links in this post. Hey everyone, I hope you've been having a great weekend! 😊 Last week, Riddhi B, from Whispering Stories, nominated me and 10 other bloggers for the Sunshine Blogger Award! You can go check out herContinue reading "BEDIO: Sunshine Blogger Award"
BEDIO: 6 Banned Books to Read in October
As a Bookshop affiliate, I get a small commission if you purchase anything through the book links in this post. Since it is Banned Books Week, and the beginning of October, let's discuss banned horror books! Horror books faced a lot of challenges and bans in the 90's especially, when there was more of aContinue reading "BEDIO: 6 Banned Books to Read in October"
BEDIO and Banned Books Week: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Many of the books I discussed this week were published a while ago, with Fahrenheit 451 being published in 1953, The Color Purple was published in 1982, and the most recently published book discussed, Persepolis, in 2000. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas was published more recently, having come out in 2017, and wasContinue reading "BEDIO and Banned Books Week: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas"
BEDIO and Banned Book Week : Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
During my senior year of high school, I took AP World History, as I had a strong interest in history, and had taken other AP history classes in the past. My teacher would have us do reading assignments that had us reading books discussing world history, from non-fiction memoirs to graphic novels. This is howContinue reading "BEDIO and Banned Book Week : Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi"
Banned Book Week: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Color Purple was first published in 1982, was made into a movie in 1985 (it was Whoopi Goldberg's breakthrough role, which led to her Academy Award nomination for Best Actress and winning her first Golden Globe), and then was made into a musical in 2005. It is a story of the lives of BlackContinue reading "Banned Book Week: The Color Purple by Alice Walker"
🎃It’s That Time of Year!🎃
Hey everyone, welcome to my special mid-week announcement!In case you didn't realize it, tomorrow is the first day of October which means... It's time for another round of Blog Everyday In October (BEDIO)! I had a lot of fun doing it last year, so I decided to go ahead and continue the tradition this year!Continue reading "🎃It’s That Time of Year!🎃"
Eclectic Erin 