Diverse Classics

I love using my blog to keep track of my own reading habits. I recently joined a Book Club on Instagram called Diverse Classics that, obviously, celebrates Diverse Classics. The creator (never_withouta_book) posted a list of 100 Diverse Classics that she put a ton of time and energy into creating. Much of the diverse classics I’m hoping to read came from that list but there are certain authors I would like to read every book by so I’ve made a few additions.

You should all give Diverse Classics a follow on Instagram! I have linked them.

Review of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark

Title: I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
Author: Michelle McNamara
Rating: 3/5 ⭐
Genre: Nonfiction/ True Crime

Reading Women 2019 Challenge

[Pictured is a stack of books on top of a book blanket covering a chair]

The Reading Women Podcast is doing another year-long challenge for 2019 and I am so excited! You can find their page here. I participated in 2018 but did a terrible job updating on my progress on social media. I’m hoping to do better this year.

Just Mercy Review

[My hands are pictured holding a paperback copy of Just Mercy in front of a grey ottaman]

Title: Just Mercy
Author: Bryan Stevenson
Rating: 5/5 ⭐
Genre: Nonfiction

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland Review

Title: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
Author: Catherynne M. Valente
Rating: 3.5/5 ⭐
Genre: Fantasy

Dressember Wrap-up

Reading Women 2018 Challenge Final Update

This year I participated in The Reading Women Challenge hosted by The Reading Women Podcast. I posted more about it in a prior post here. I personally made it my goal to use a unique book for each prompt but it’s not required. Unfortunately, I kept forgetting throughout the year to check my progress so I did not complete it even though I read nearly 150 books this year, most of them by women. Anyway, here’s how I did:

Diverse Books Club 2018 Reading Wrap-up

This year, reading with The Diverse Books Club has been a ton of fun. It has opened up my reading tastes in a lot of ways and introduced me to books I never would have picked up otherwise. I’m so glad to have been a part since the beginning. 

[Pictured is three piles of books that were Diverse Book Club selections divided into Middle Grade, Young Adult, and Adult]

November Reading Wrap-up

I have to say, I’m pretty disappointed with my reading this month. I am not very good at following TBRs and I got into a reading slump at the end of the month. Any reading is good reading but I was planning to read more books by Indigenous authors. I only read one though I am a chunk through The Round House by Louise Erdrich.

[Pictured is a stack of books (The Bluest Eye; The Creeping Shadow; Hey, Kiddo; The Birchbark House; The New Jim Crow; Fence Vol. 1) in front of a tv displaying Fireplace In Your Home on Netflix]

The New Jim Crow Review

[Pictured is a paperback copy of the New Jim Crow on a wooden shelf in front of an off-white wall]

Title: The New Jim Crow Author: Michelle Alexander Rating: 4/5 ⭐ Genre: Nonfiction/Legal/Social Justice