Character with Mental Health Challenges

Character with Mental Health Challenges

What Was Your First…? The First Character with Mental Health Challenges By: Emily Carrington May is National mental Health Awareness month, and I wanted to highlight mental illness as something many people live with. It’s more than just depression, just as it’s...
Book You Read Specifically For the Setting

Book You Read Specifically For the Setting

What Was Your First…? The first book you read specifically for the setting? By: Emily Carrington Setting can be time as well as place, and for me, the first book I read with this in mind was a book that took place partially in New York City over three or four...
Book You Read Specifically For the Setting

Protest Song

What Was Your First…? Protest Song By: Emily Carrington What was the first protest song you heard or read about? Weird question for March, right? But it’s National Music in Our Schools month here in the US and I can’t think of a better way to fight tyranny than...
Culturally Different Characters

Culturally Different Characters

What Was Your First…? Culturally Different Characters By: Emily Carrington What was the first book you remember reading with characters from a different culture than your own? This doesn’t just mean people of color, if you’re white, or disabled people if you’re...
Culturally Different Characters

Book You’ll Read in 2026

What Was Your First…? Book You’ll Read in 2026 By: Emily Carrington What is the first book you’re going to read this year? For me, it’s almost always a re-read of a favorite book, be it a craft book, an urban fantasy novel, or a romance that I really enjoyed the...
Non-Holiday December Read

Non-Holiday December Read

What Was Your First…? Non-Holiday December Read By: Emily Carrington What was your first non-holiday related novel that you read every year in December? Some people have a tradition of only buying holiday-themed books during the month of December. I’ll probably...