Dora Reads
Dora Reads is the book blog of a Bookish Rebel, supporting the Diversity Movement, bringing you Queer views and mental health advocacy, slipping in a lot of non-bookish content, and spreading reading to the goddamn world! :) (All posts may contain Amazon links, which are affiliate, unless marked otherwise. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. USA ONLY - please do not make UK purchases with my links)
Tuesday, 11 March 2025
The Bookish Diversity Link List 2025
Friday, 21 February 2025
Another Life/Blogging Update
(CW: death)
Hi everyone —
My mother passed away last week.
Thanks to everyone who’s been so supportive the last few months, it really means a lot.
I will get back to doing more on here and on Medium — although possibly the social interaction side of things is going to take a lot longer — but for now it’s just… awful.
Hope you’re having a better 2025 than I am.
Thursday, 30 January 2025
Life/Blogging Update (...Again)
Cards on the table time: I have no idea when I'll be able to get back to my regular blog series.
I'm hoping to put out the odd post here and there, but I honestly can't guarantee anything for the foreseeable future.
My mother is dying.
My mental health is terrible.
I don't know if/when I'll be able to put the time and effort in that I want to.
This is not me giving up blogging - I don't think that's ever going to happen at this point.
This is me saying that things are going to be sporadic around Dora Reads, my Medium account, and my socials, for a long time to come, so apologies for not being great at the whole social interaction thing for a while.
Tuesday, 7 January 2025
Life/Blogging Update + Updated Blogging Schedule
OK, so... life continues to be tough AF for yours truly.
So while I fully intended to bring my regular series (Comics Wrap-Up, Friday Fics Fix, Nerd Church,) back in January, for my own mental health and ability to use my free time for such luxurious things as sleeping and eating, that's not going to happen.
I'm tentatively aiming to bring them back in February, but honestly the way my life is right now, we all could have been hit by a meteor by then.
Still, I'll keep you updated when I can!
Look after yourselves, and remember to shelter from meteors... somehow.
Tuesday, 24 December 2024
Life/Blogging Update
Sorry if I've been a bit absent lately - I've had some major family stress and it's taken a massive toll on my mental health.
Will get back to things slowly... when I can, anyway.Friday, 29 November 2024
Friday Fics Fix - A Time-Loop Rec-List
...ironically, I thought I'd already done a rec-list on time-loops. I had not. 😅
I'm actually not a huge fan of time-loop fics.
If you don't know what a time-loop is - think Groundhog Day, or Happy Death Day, OK? OK.
In order for me to like it, a time-loop fic usually has to have a little something quirky to it - otherwise I get bored.
...So these aren't likely to be straight-forward, just a head's up!