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Danah. 23. I live in a place where not many people read. the internet makes living with that fact less horrible than it could be. so this blog is my way of keeping up with all things bookish. enjoy.

[seashells-and-bookshelves]

10 Historical Fiction Releases Coming in 2017 to be Excited About 

The Competition by Donna Russo Morin | Written by a woman about women

Becoming Bonnie: a novel by Jenni L. Walsh | Written by a woman about a woman

Windy City Blues by Renee Rosen | About a woman - POC characters - main character is Jewish 

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn | Written by a woman about women

The Second Mrs. Hockaday by Susan Rivers | Women’s issues and the racial divide 

Girl In Disguise by Greer MacAllister | Written by a woman about the first woman Pinkerton detective 

The Fire By Night by Teresa Messineo | Women serving in War - written by a woman

Feast of Sorrow: a novel of ancient Rome by Crystal King | written by a woman 

A Column of Fire by Ken Follett | #3 in the Pillars of Earth series & best selling author 

Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham | YA - POC characters 

For the entire Goodreads list of hist fic books coming out in 2017 check out this link.

And stay tuned for 10 more books to be excited about ….

[fictasian]

2017 Awesomely Asian YA Books

As all book lovers who thrive on social media or anywhere on the internet, there’s always new books to look forward to, whether they’re a few weeks away, or even a year. While there are dozens of exciting new books to look forward to in the coming year of 2017, I wanted to feature the following books that should be on your radar when it comes to Asian YA. 

Note: This list chooses to focus on books that both feature Asian MCs and Asian authors, whether they’re #ownvoices or not, although the majority of the books listed here are #ownvoices. Those that are not #ownvoices or I am unsure about have been indicated with an asterisk. I tried to make it as comprehensive as possible, and if any titles are missing that fit the above qualifications or I made any errors, please let me know as soon as possible!

East Asia

Flame in the Mist (Flame in the Mist #1) by Renee Ahdieh*

Dove Alight (Dove Chronicles #3) by Karen Bao

Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Along the Indigo by Elsie Chapman

The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco*

Forest of a Thousand Lanterns (Forest #1) by Julie C. Dao*

I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo

Always and Forever, Lara Jean (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before #3) by Jenny Han

The Ship Beyond Time (The Girl from Everywhere #2) by Heidi Heilig

A Place I Belong by Cynthia Kadohata

The November Girl by Lydia Kang

The Crystal Ribbon by Celeste Lim

The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee

Warcross (Warcross #1) by Marie Lu

Weaving a Net is Better Than Praying for Fish by Ki-Wing Merlin

The Amaterasu Project by Axie Oh

Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh

Want by Cindy Pon

Noteworthy by Riley Redgate

It’s Not Like It’s a Secret by Misa Sugiura

The Takedown by Corrie Wang

Secrets & Sequences (Secret Coders #3) by Gene Luen Yang

Kokoro (Kojiki #2) by Keith Yatsuhashi

The Emperor’s Riddle by Kat Zhang

South-East Asia

Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza

Girl in Between by Pintip Dunn

Hello Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly

Not Your Villain (Not Your Sidekick #2) by C.B. Lee

South Asia

Saints, Misfits, Monsters, and Mayhem by S.K. Ali

Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani

A Crown of Wishes (The Star-Touched Queen #2) by Roshani Chokshi

Dare Mighty Things by Heather Kaczynski

That Thing We Call a Heart by Sheba Karim

Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan

The Library of Fates by Aditi Khorana

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

Soulmated (Joining of Souls #1) by Shaila Patel

The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi

This Promise I Will Keep by Aisha Saeed

My So-Called Bollywood Life by Nisha Sharma

West Asia

The Authentics by Abdi Nazemian

Escape from Aleppo by N.H. Senzai

I hope you found some new books to add to your TBR and are excited about the upcoming releases! I, for one, cannot wait to pick these books up and am patiently counting down the days until I get a chance to read them. Stay tuned for the part 2: the non-YA edition for 2017 books, coming soon.

t h i s  p o s t  c a n  a l s o  b e  f o u n d  o n  m y  b l o g

[wordsthat-speak]

October arrived, spreading a damp chill over the grounds and into the castle. Madam Pomfrey, the nurse, was kept busy by a sudden spate of colds among the staff and students. Raindrops the size of bullets thundered on the castle windows for days on end; the lake rose, the flower beds turned into muddy streams, and Hagrid’s pumpkins swelled to the size of garden sheds.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (J.K. Rowling)

[holdharmonysacred]

Nothing like wanting to read some Neil Gaiman short stories when you have no money, Google refuses to cough up PDFs, and you can’t exactly get up and run to the town library to see if they have anything.

[neil-gaiman]

There’s always http://www.neilgaiman.com/Cool_Stuff which has all sorts of things to read and listen to – and the short stories are to be found in in http://www.neilgaiman.com/Cool_Stuff/Short_Stories…

[neil-gaiman]

And while I think of it, if you are good with having things read to you, here’s the whole of The Graveyard Book: http://www.mousecircus.com/videotour.aspx read by me; and the whole of Coraline read by all sorts of people, even R.L. Stine, Fairuza Balk and Lemony Snicket: http://mousecircus.com/coraline-videos.aspx?VideoID=24

[neil-gaiman]

And there are links to a lot of other stories out there on the web at http://www.openculture.com/2011/12/neil_gaimans_free_short_stories.html. Enjoy, and feel very free to spread the links around.

[midsummerreads-archive]

Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful. – Rita Dove

[bookish-url]

Note to self: fucKING READ THE BOOKS YOU OWN DAMMIT

[myjetpack]

A recent cartoon for the Guardian.

[theboywhocriedbooks]

BEAUTIFUL QUEER COMIC ANTHOLOGY! 

I had to get this amazing hardcover copy (which came with some lil art postcard things) because 1, it’s beautiful and 2, they’re queer sci-fi / fantasy comics?? and 3, gotta support my people! I’m very excited to read this <3

[b00kstorebabe-deactivated201709]

Today was a good day. I love my job.

[bookphile]

Shout out to the readers whose parents and/or family don’t support their reading habits. For every time you were told you are wasting your time filling your head with nonsense and you should be doing something more productive. For all those times they told you they’re not wasting any more money on books for you and for every time they told you to stop wasting your own money on books. For every time they called you weird and blamed books for giving you “ideas”. For all those whose parents wanted proof that you were reading a book for class and not for pleasure. For every time they took away your book and forced you to go do something else and for the times they threatened to throw away or burn your books. To all those whose parents strictly controlled what you read. Your interest in reading is valid. Be a rebel. Read.

[neil-gaiman]

It is here. The cover of the Norse Mythology book I have been working on for some years now. The book itself will be published on Feb 7th.

View more Neil Gaiman on WhoSay

[kacchibiriyani]

diverse ya lit meme ═ 1 non-western book setting

khorasan - the wrath and the dawn, renee ahdieh 

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Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

Loving by Katrin Bongard

Erebos by Ursula Poznani

The Strawberry Picker by Monika Feth

Dream a Little Dream by Kerstin Gier

Reckless by Cornelia Funke

Pirate Curse by Kai Meyer

Arcadia Awakens by Kai Meyer

more book recommendations on my blog The Bookavid

all recs by genre/topic

[justforthereads-blog]

Shoutout to the bookish people who;

Can’t afford special editions.

Don’t have fancy bookshelves with Christmas lights around them.

Are male, older, or poc.

Can’t afford a monthly box, like YA or Owlcrate.

Don’t even have a room full of books, or shelves worth, maybe you just have a handful stacked somewhere.

Prefer eReaders.

Might only have worn down, or mass market paperbacks, because they’re cheapest. 

Because regardless, we all love the same thing. We’re all here for the same thing. Stories. 

[queerbookclub]

Hi, do you have any recommendations for queer historical fiction (I enjoyed The Song of Achilles, but I'm happy with any period of history)? Thanks!

Hi there! I don’t know too much about historical fiction, but I’ll try to round some up:

The Alexander Trilogy by Mary Renault (300s BC Greece)

Hild by Nicola Griffith (600s Britain)

She Rises by Kate Worsley (1740s Britain)

Patience and Sarah by Isabel Miller (1800s USA)

The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery (late 1800s Japan)

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters (late 1800s Britain)

At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill (1910s Ireland)

The Book of Salt by Monique Truong (1920s France)

The Last Nude by Ellis Avery (1920s France)

The Color Purple by Alice Walker (1930s USA)

The World Unseen by Shamim Sarif (1950s South Africa)

Red Azaelea by Anchee Min (1960s China)

Coffee Will Make You Black by April Sinclair (1960s USA)

Breakfast on Pluto by Patrick McCabe (1970s Ireland)

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg (1950s-1970s USA)

The Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway (1950s-1980s Canada)

Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai (1980s Sri Lanka)

In The Name of Salome by Julia Alvarez (multiple)

Yemaya’s Daughters by Dane Figeuroa Edidi (multiple)

The Hours by Michael Cunningham (multiple)

If followers have more suggestions, please reblog and add!Happy reading :)

[oblomovite-deactivated20160709]

me: ok im gonna sit down and read this book with no distractions

me two minutes later:

[elizabethbcnnet]

tlc character posters ; L i n h   C i n d e r