A to Z Bookish Survey
Put a letter in my ask for an answer!
A. Author You’ve Read The Most Books From
B. Best Sequel Ever
C. Currently Reading
D. Drink of Choice While Reading
E. E-Reader or Physical Books
F. Fictional Character You Would Have Dated In High School
G. Glad You Gave This Book A Chance
H. Hidden Gem Book
I. Important Moments of Your Reading Life
J. Just Finished
K. Kinds of Books You Won’t Read
L. Longest Book You’ve Read
M. Major Book Hangover Because Of
N. Number of Bookcases You Own
O. One Book That You Have Read Multiple Times
P. Preferred Place to Read
Q. Quote From A Book That Inspires You/Gives You Feels
R. Reading Regret
S. Series You Started and Need to Finish
T. Three Of Your All-Time Favorite Books
U. Unapologetic Fangirl For
W. Worst Bookish Habit
V. Very Excited For This Release More Than Any Other
X. Marks The Spot (Start On Your Bookshelf And Count to the 27th Book)
Y. Your Latest Book Purchase
Z. ZZZ-Snatcher (last book that kept you up WAY late)I’m home home and reunited with all my book books. So can we do this?
ok!!!!! ok!!!!! ok!!!!!
just read Graceling again.
Not A Bad Idea, by Anna
time for a new book. everybody vote
you can pick one you’ve recommended to me before or that I already have on my Goodreads too
I’m still excited for books this morning. it wasn’t just a fluke of intoxication.
I want to have one of those ridiculous e-book catalogs. readers ought to come across my work in one genre and be very confused when they visit my author page. “what???!?! the book I read was about bisexual fighter pilots in space. this is a treatise on how to raise pet mice. here is poetry about the ancient names of constellations. this is a memoir about her relationship. who is this writer…..”
I am really excited for BOOKS. BOOKS are exciting. how bout you. are you excited for BOOKS
okay readerfriends, please to recommend me your top three books by POC in any of my genres. I just saw someone’s FB favorite authors with portraits and they were all old white men and I cringed.
my genres are:
- humorous and/or epic scifi – examples, The Icarus Hunt, Hyperion, The Android’s Dream, The Alien Chronicles
- urban fantasy, but very specifically: Daughter of Smoke and Bone (and sequels), or Good Omens
- YA fantasy, but pretty specifically: Graceling series
- science and technology non-fiction
- erotica – literary, lgbt-friendly, preferring hopeful endings to “everything goes to shit”
- myths, folktales, and fairy tales
- alternative/magical history, a la Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
that would be very appreciated – I’m attempting to broaden my library of perspectives! thanks!!
My suggestions for you
- Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor. YA fantasy; works with myths; fantastic world building.
- Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King. Adult fantasy, lots of myths/folktales, similar to Neil Gaiman (American Gods especially). Please read this and love it so I can share it with someone.
- Magic or Madness by Justine Larbalestier. Author isn’t POC, but the MC is biracial and I think you would enjoy this.
- Adaptation by Malinda Lo. I haven’t personally read this one, but it’s YA, sci-fi, LGBT, written by a POC
- Legend by Marie Lu. Another I haven’t read, but want to. YA Sci-fi dystopia (also, Anna gave it 4 stars)
- Rags and Bones, edited by Melissa Marr. Not 100% POC (but some authors in it are), I just remembered that you would probably like this and I never told you about it. Retellings of fairy tales.
Also, check out Diversity in YA!
these all look fantastic – thank you!!! (quite excited for GGRW.)