Happy Tuesday! This month I’m taking part in a month long reading challenge called #readthemargin. Created by Manda (ladybookmad). It’s a month long endeavor to read literature created by marginalized authors.
The rundown: reading challenge takes place between Dec 1 – Jan 1, 2017. Read only marginalized authors (which include: women, POC, religious minorities, people with disabilities, Queer/LGBTQIA community).
We’re entering week two and I’ve done quite a lot of reading, but there’s still more I can get through!
Currently Reading: Under the Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
Books Read: 5
- Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
- The Stonekeeper (Amulet #1) by Kazu Kibuishi
- How Tia Lola Came to
VisitStay by Julia Alvarez - The Princess Saves Herself in this One by Amanda Lovelace
- End of Days (Penryn and the End of Days #3) by Susan Ee
I really enjoyed How Tia Lola Came to Visit Stay. I’m a tia, so it was fun to read about a kid’s experience with their tia living with them. I finally finished End of Days. It took me two years to finish this series, but I also wasn’t in a rush to read it. But I’m glad to finally have it done and finished.
#readthemargine TBR:
- When the Stars Go Blue by Caridad Barbara Ferrer
- The Young Elites by Marie Lu
- I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
- ARC – The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco
I won’t be reading just these books this month. I have some ARCs I need to read, but my #readthemargin TBR takes precedent over the other books I need to read.
Again, shout out to Aentee and her upcoming read-a-thon, Dumbledore’s Army Readathon. It begins Jan 1 – Jan 15 and focuses on diverse (especially #ownvoices) books. Be sure to check it out!
Are you taking part in #readthemargin or other reading challenges this month? Will you be planning to take part in the Dumbledore’s Army Readathon? What are your reading goals for the month?
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I am self-selecting out of readathons this month and next as I’m on s bit of burn out. But I can’t wait to hear how everyone’s readathons go! I just finished Inside Out and Back Again, myself. It was so cute– I have a huge weakness for epistolary novels. While this isn’t *exactly* an epistolary, it read like that for me. I haven’t read any of the rest, but they are on my TBR now! What is your favorite?
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epistolary is a new word for me! I had to look it up. But you’re right, it doesn’t follow the format, but it does read as if Hà is writing to someone.
I finished Under a Painted Sky the night before the post went up, but it’s definitely my favorite so far. I totally thought the book was written in verse (I don’t know why) so when I picked it up from the library I was in for a total surprise, but I went through it so quickly.
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I always find when authors choose to write in verse interesting. I have been reflecting on this, and I wonder if this is due to how Out of the Dust is written. It is a similar style but distinctly are journal entries. It’s always interesting how past experience shapes our interpretation of the world.
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