#diversereads2017

[ladygetslit]

my most recent read: _The Mothers_ by Brit Bennett 📚 [you can read my review on my blog] • • #bookstagram #bookbloggers #bookreviews #literaryfiction #readdiversebooks #diversereads2017

[ruthsic]

March-April Wrap-Up

2017 has been determined to kick me when I am down, and honestly it has not been that great of a time in these two months. Personal and mental issues aside, I have been struggling with what now looks like a mountain of galleys. Hindsight is 20-20, as I now regret requesting or adding so many ARCs and most of my reading has been devoted to thin that ever-expanding field. Of course, this has left…

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[ruthsic]

January Wrap-Up

Hello, everyone! How has 2017 treated you so far? Reading going good this year? Not for me – 2017 is already kicking my ass. I thought this was the year I would push further than 2016. I was riding on the high of being constantly ahead of my reading challenges last year, and got sloppy. An important thing to note – I was successful at last year’s Goodreads challenge because I kept myself ahead; I…

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[shiraglassman]

Hi! I work with a student-run library dedicated to science fiction and fantasy. I saw your post recommending wlw books and I've added many to our to-buy list. I was wondering you'd be able to point me towards more sci-fi/fantasy books or resources that celebrate diversity; our collection certainly needs it! Specifically for older readers, though we also have a robust YA section.

Thanks for thinking of me, @my-smial! Here are some “grownup” SFF recs I think would benefit any library:

• the Daughter of Mystery series by Heather Rose Jones; it’s up to three books so far and more are coming. Set in the early 19th century in a made-up Central European principality, it’s a costume drama that’s equal parts political intrigue, magic, and multiple pairings of women falling in love with each other and/or making friends. By the third book they’re founding a women’s college, writing an opera, saving the country from evil magic multiple times…

• Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho. Regency London, but magical in a Potterish sort of way. A young Black man inherits the post of Head Wizard from his white adoptive father, and must figure out why magic seems to be draining out of England. The leading lady is biracial (Indian/white British) and the cast includes other magicians from all over Europe and Asia.

• Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed. Epic, sweeping fantasy about an older warrior-wizard and his super-zealous teenaged protegeé fighting demons in a Middle Eastern city. Cast includes a girl who can turn into a lion.

• Chameleon Moon by RoAnna Sylver is “hopeful dystopian” that takes place in a city forcibly quarantined when a wonder drug gives everyone superpowers. Leading lady is a biracial trans woman with power over sound and two female partners. Leading man now has the face of a lizard. Everyone is just trying to keep everyone else safe while there’s literally a fire burning underground at all times.

• Viral Airwaves by Claudie Arseneault, which features an all-male love triangle as part of an ensemble cast that also has ace m/f, is about a band of rebels using a clandestine radio show on a hot-air balloon to stand up to a totalitarian government that took over when a plague hit.

• The Fierce Family anthology features many stories all on the theme of “positive representation of queer families in SFF”, in varied settings that include dragons, spaceships, and post-apocalyptic Australia. Title comes from a story about defeating space pirates where both the pirates and their prey are bi, polyamorous families.

• Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers is a mostly-positive ensemble cast spaceship book that includes f/f and a really cool nonbinary alien called Dr. Chef (because he’s both. And I say he because his species’ version of nonbinary is that they’re females until they become males, and he’s near the end of his life cycle.)

• The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker is a stunning piece of fantasy set in NYC’s immigrant communities of 1900, both Ashkenazi Jewish and Syrian. It centers on relationships between characters, most importantly the two title beings who bond over how their supernaturalness cuts them off from the tightly-knit communities they’re from.

• The Dyke and the Dybbuk by Ellen Galford is out of print, but it’s relatively easy to find used copies if you’re open to that. It’s a tongue-in-cheek piece of Jewish paranormal about a British lesbian who winds up possessed by a (lesbian) demon because a distant female ancestor was cursed by her deserted girlfriend.

I know you said you’re good on YA, but consider adding The Rules of Ever After by Killian Brewer (gay princes m/m fantasy-humor with good female characters, too) and Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee (superhero f/f starring an Asian-American teen) if you don’t already have them. @interludepress has some good stuff.

[planetpooks]

Loving the Diverse Reading Challenge! #diversereads2017

I’ve been a bit surprised to see how many of the recommended diverse SFF books I’ve already read, which becomes more obvious when I’m looking for something for this challenge. On the other hand it’s not all that surprising since one of the things I love about reading is the opportunity to ‘live’ another life, experience another world, and that includes the characters, not just the universe they…

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[ultrabookgeek]

Don’t forget it is #24in48 AND #diverseathon this weekend!

Come join us if you can in reading as much as you can and picking books outside your experience :)

http://24in48.com

http://readdiversebooks.com/

Where in the world are you reading from this weekend? I'm in Brooklyn Baby!

Have you done the 24in48 readathon before? I have! I did it last fall and I hit 10 hours. Trying for 12+ this time.

What book are you most excited about reading this weekend? I'm most excited for the book I am reading right now - Whatever Happened to Interracial Love

Tell us something about yourself. I wish I didn't have to work on Monday so I could commit 10000% to 24 hours!

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[planetpooks]

#DiverseReads2017 Challenge:  January - Stories based on/ inspired by diverse folktales/culture/mythology

ust another one of those 18-year-old King kills his bride the morning after the wedding. Again. And again. And again. And then 16-year-old Scheherazade volunteers to be his bride… to kill him. You know. Just another one of those. ;-)

Loving this but why the heck an American narrator for an ancient Persian tale? Really destroys the aura.

http://furytriad.com/working-hard-working-hard-at-escape-reading/