BOOK REVIEW: The Other Side of the Sky by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

North’s and Nimh’s lives are entwined—though their hearts can never be. Linked by a terrifying prophecy and caught between duty and fate, they must choose between saving their people or succumbing to the bond that is forbidden between them.

Or this: 

Or this: 

You have get your name crossed off (if you don’t want to wear the fine), but you don’t have to make your vote counted if you’re opposed to it. 

And it is so, so easy to vote. Stuck at work or on holidays? That’s fine. Do a postal vote.  Stuck in hospital? That’s fine. They’ll go to you. Stuck in an old people’s home and can’t get around? Again, they’ll go to you. It’s amazing to me that it’s so hard for so many Americans to actually vote. If you make it compulsory, than at least the government is obligated to provide you with the means to vote. 

Our system certainly has some issues still, but I can show up to somewhere nearby, line up for a few minutes (if at all), vote exactly in line with my values (on paper, leaving a paper trail that can be recounted), and then buy a sausage and some home made cupcakes on my way out.

A country’s voting system matters a hell of a lot and every citizen deserves one that makes it easy to vote and results in a government that is representational and accountable.

What a wonderful feeling to have a place at home to browse through shelves and shelves of books.

Look at the gorgeous book I just started! I’m really loving the YA trend of animated covers in this art style, they let me get a look at the characters without being real photos of people (makes it too hard for my imagination to take over).

Shelf-Confidence BPC | August 2020 | 29. Magic or Folklore

8.2.20📚 It’s Super Stack Sunday!

This stack is all about books you absolutely NEED an adaptation for🎞 (And I say this with the hope that if they did have tv/film adaptations, they’d be done well and not change 80% of the original plot.) I would happily sell my soul for adaptations of any of these books👆🏻🤩 (And yes, I finished I’ll Give You The Sun last night and yes, my heart is so full and yes, I’ll post about it in the coming days✨)

My new custom set of Schwab books! Gah! I am IN LOVEEEEE!