I'm committing to read at least 10-15 books that feature POC this year. How many will you read?
- Year of the Horse by Justin Allen
- Crossing by Andrew Xia Fukuda
- Libyrinth by Pearl North
- Amiri & Odette: A Love Story by Walter Dean Myers
- Secret Keeper by Mitali Perkins
- The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
- Saving Maddie by Varian Johnson
- Simply Divine: A Novel by Jacquelin Thomas
- Gringolandia by Lyn Miller-Lachmann
- Don't Know Where Don't Know When by Annette Laing
- The Thin Executioner by Darren Shan
- A Different Day A Different Destiny by Annette Laing
- The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
I loved this challenge. It helped me to focus my reading and reviewing habits rather than always just reading the next shiny thing in my line of sight. :) One of the great things about having this little blog is my ability to shine a tiny bit more light on books that don't get a lot of attention. Looking specifically for books featuring or written by POC just narrowed my focus a bit.
The greatest thing about this challenge, though, was that out of the 13 books featuring POC that I've read since tracking them for this challenge, only 5 (FIVE!) are realistic fiction! The remaining 8 have some element of fantasy or sci-fi. Take that, folks who think fantasy/sci-fi is only for or about white people! :)
2 comments:
Fabulous challenge! I'm actually in the process of writing one - although I wasn't thinking of it in those terms. I'll make a point of seeking out these books and try to meet the goal of reading ten.
Ooo I'm thrilled that out of 13 books you read, 8 of them were sci fi/fantasy! Libyrinth is on my list this year and I guess The Red Pyramid would count as fantsy. Didn't think of that, I liked the book. It was really long though, more power to all the elemantary school kids who read it!
I hope you decide to participate in 2011 and we thank you for all your support!
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