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Posts with a more personal feel.
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Reflection – The Book That Never Left Me…
Some books visit for a moment, and some books unpack their bags and stay. The Color Purple by Alice Walker is one that settled into my heart and has never left. My connection to it began with the film. I was way too young to grasp all the complex themes, but old enough to feel… Read more
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The Stories I Want to Write…
If you know a bit about me and my literary tastes. You will have picked up my love for chaos, magic, messy love, Black girl brilliance and unhinged energy. These are the story elements that live rent-free in my imagination at all times. I’ve always been drawn to narratives with layers: complex relationships that twist… Read more
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Hot Take: We all need a dose of female rage on our shelves.
I don’t know if it’s my age, the fact that I work within the field of women’s health or that I need to take a break from true crime, but I, and I mean LOVE me some female rage in literature! After discovering the joy that is “weird girl lit”, this sub-genre had me hooked… Read more
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75 Booked Reading Challenge: Why I want to read with intention.
So, I following a bookstagram post I saw recently by the awesome @charscozycorner, I decided to step out of the comfort of my delulu and count exactly how many books I have on my physical TBR. Gentle reader, I have 167 books, that I own and have not read!!And suddenly it all became clear as… Read more
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Hi, I’m the reader who wants to be a writer…
✨ A reader becoming a writer, one post at a time. ✨ Hi, I’m Chelsea, the book-loving midwife behind the instagram account @bookishmidwifec — and now this little corner of the net. I created this blog as a slower, cozier extension of my Bookstagram: a place where I can linger over the stories that move… Read more