by lauralizbuckley | 12 Sep, 2020 | Book Reviews
Loveboat, Taipei Genre YA Contemporary, romance Content Warnings Domestic abuse, revenge porn, mentions of suicide, discussions of racism Loveboat, Taipei plot summary After all the sacrifices her parents have made for her, giving up her dream of dancing to instead...
by lauralizbuckley | 27 Jul, 2019 | Book Reviews
Toxic Nursery is a semi-autobiographical exploration of dissociative identity disorder, a dizzying free-fall through memories and alternate selves told in something halfway between poetry and prose. It’s difficult in some ways to work out what to say about this book,...
by lauralizbuckley | 29 Jun, 2019 | Book Reviews
Hannah Gold, the only child of high-flying professional parents, has always been intelligent and mature beyond her years. She knows how to take care of herself, and she knows how to get what she wants. Most of the time. Unfortunately, due to a misunderstanding and a...
by lauralizbuckley | 15 May, 2019 | Blog Posts
It’s mental health awareness week here in the UK, and I went back and forth on whether to share something about my own mental health struggles in honour of that. I decided in the end that I’ve gained a lot from other people’s honesty and openness, and given that this...
by lauralizbuckley | 13 Feb, 2019 | Blog Posts
My day wasn’t going well. I’ve struggled a lot recently with anxiety, and while in general I’m doing better than I have in a long time, I still have the odd bad days. Today was looking like one of those. I didn’t want to get out of bed, and when I did manage to get...
