Hannah Atkins
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Hannah is a twenty-something born and bred Capetonian who adores reading and reviewing books, and encouraging critical discussion on all things pop culture. Currently a politics graduate student, she spent two years working in digital marketing before deciding she missed the student life. Loves QI, travel, dark chocolate, fantasy & YA books, pilates and sarcasm.

Book Review: “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas

A phenomenal debut, and one which is well-worth the hype and praise. If it isn’t on your to-be-read pile, add it. Because it’s going to be one of the most important books of the year. Once upon a time there…

Book Review: “Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World” by Kelly Jensen

An incredibly engaging collection of essays, and one of the most important non-fiction YA reads of the year. Buy it for every teenage girl in your life. Buy it for every teenage boy in your life. Buy it for every…

Our Thoughts on 5 of 2016’s Book Adaptations

It’s been a year of some major book to movie adaptations, some more successful than others. (And some just downright terrible – cough Allegiant cough). But for book lovers, there’s always the eternal debate of which version was better – while…

ReMade: Excerpt + Interview with author E.C. Myers

New YA serial ReMade has just released its eighth episode! We had the pleasure of interviewing author E.C. Myers, who wrote this particular installment, titled “The End of the Road.” For those of you not in the know, the ReMade serial is a mashup of…

Top 10 Halloween Reads for 2016

It’s that time of the year again, folks, and we’re here to round up our top ten list of books with, shall we say, bite. These are all 2016 releases – you can check out 2015’s picks here and 2014’s here. Interested…

Book Review: As I Descended by Robin Talley

Dear book, this is one of those instances where it’s not you, it’s me. At least I think so. On paper – pardon the pun – you had it all. A Shakespeare retelling, a diverse cast, some supernatural happenings and…

Book Review: “Been Here All Along” by Sandy Hall

Queen of cute Sandy Hall is back with her third Swoon Reads novel, this time with a LGBT slant. Gideon is a short demisexual gay Jewish overachieving Lord of the Rings fan, while his best friend Kyle is bisexual basketball player…