📚 The Diverse Baseline Reading Challenge | January Reviews 📚 Prompt A | A Latine Author: Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda 👀At a glance: Series: N/A Length: 264 pgs (9 hours, 11 minutes) Genre: Horror Age Range: Adult 🧠My thoughts: This brutal exploration into femininity, friendship, motherhood, girlhood, and violence sets out to make the reader uncomfortable from the first page, carrying that unease through until the very last page. The group of teenage girls are at a crossroads with their lifes and relationships. They each must learn to let go of their nightmares of girlhood. #diversifyyourbookshelf #bipoc #bipocauthors #diverseauthors #thediversebaseline #thediversebaselinechallenge #queerbooks #queerauthors #readingisfundamental #dothework #bipoccreators #bipocbookstagram #talisdiversebaseline #talislibrary #talislibrarybookreview
📚 The Diverse Baseline Reading Challenge | January Reviews 📚 Prompt A | A collection of poetry: Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson 👀At a glance: Series: N/A Length: 96 pgs (52 minutes) Genre: Poetry Age Range: Adult 🧠My thoughts: I always find it hard to discuss poetry, I’ve never had any education in relation to it, and have never attempted to write it. My poetry thoughts are instead based entirely on how I felt whilst reading it, and Black Girl You Are Atlas really sat in my brain, I found myself thinking of some lines a few days later and reconsidering the meaning of them. As a poetry novice, this small thing made me realise this was a great collection! #diversifyyourbookshelf #bipoc #bipocauthors #diverseauthors #thediversebaseline #thediversebaselinechallenge #queerbooks #queerauthors #readingisfundamental #dothework #bipoccreators #bipocbookstagram #talisdiversebaseline #talislibrary #talislibrarybookreview
📚 The Diverse Baseline Reading Challenge | March 📚 I recently came across The Diverse Baseline Reading Challenge and am checking off what I've read already/choosing what I need to fit in. Prompt A | A translated book: Battle Royale by Koushun Takami Prompt B: | Indigenous Author (potentials): Venco by Cherie Dimaline My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger Prompt C | Different religious background than you: Spirits Abroad by Zen Cho #diversifyyourbookshelf #bipoc #bipocauthors #diverseauthors #thediversebaseline #thediversebaselinechallenge #queerbooks #queerauthors #readingisfundamental #library #dothework #bipoccreators #bipocbookstagram #talisdiversebaseline
📚 The Diverse Baseline Reading Challenge | February📚 I recently came across The Diverse Baseline Reading Challenge and am checking off what I've read already/choosing what I need to fit in. Prompt A | A book by a Black Author: Out There Screaming Edited by Jordan Peele, written by Various Prompt B: | An Historical Fiction book by a BIPOC author (potentials): The Reformatory by Tananarive Due Bindle Punk Bruja by Desideria Mesa Kindred by Octavia E. Butler Prompt C | A book by a BIPOC author with found family: A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal #diversifyyourbookshelf #bipoc #bipocauthors #diverseauthors #thediversebaseline #thediversebaselinechallenge #queerbooks #queerauthors #readingisfundamental #library #dothework #bipoccreators #bipocbookstagram #talisdiversebaseline
📚 The Diverse Baseline Reading Challenge | January📚 I recently came across The Diverse Baseline Reading Challenge and am checking off what I've read already/choosing what I need to fit in. Prompt A | A collection of poetry (potentials): Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo Prompt B: | Latine Author (potentials): Unseelie by Evelisse Housman Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas Prompt C | A book with a fat main character: Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert #diversifyyourbookshelf #bipoc #bipocauthors #diverseauthors #thediversebaseline #thediversebaselinechallenge #queerbooks #queerauthors #readingisfundamental #library #dothework #bipoccreators #bipocbookstagram #talisdiversebaseline
📚 The Diverse Baseline Reading Challenge 📚 I recently came across The Diverse Baseline Reading Challenge by @bookish.millennial & @themargherita.s and after deciding I was too far behind to join the challenge, I changed my mind 😅 I will check if I've already ticked off any prompts Jan-March, and then try to complete the rest in other months. Are you taking part? Please share any recommendations you have in the comments. #diversifyyourbookshelf #bipoc #bipocauthors #diverseauthors #thediversebaseline #thediversebaselinechallenge #queerbooks #queerauthors #readingisfundamental #library #dothework #bipoccreators #bipocbookstagram #talisdiversebaseline