How was your first week of Summer? Mine was fabulous! I spent a ton of time reading and I am so, so, so very excited to announce my Summer Reading Diversity Spotlight as part of my Summer reading this year!
As you know, 1) I have a huge TBR goal this year and I’m way behind and 2) I took a pledge of my own to make sure that half of my book reviews every month are diverse. The problem? I haven’t really been reading a lot this year and we’re already halfway through the year! So basically, I need to kick it up a notch in more ways than one.
I’ve been inspired by We Need Diverse Books Summer Reading Series to do just that! Which brings me to this…
For the first week – next week, you can expect a review of a diverse read and/or a read by a diverse author every single day!!! Then all the way to September 22, 2015 the unofficial start of fall (when school begins), expect a book review every other day right here on Hollywood the Write Way of a diverse read!
I will start an archive below so that if you want, you can bookmark this page and have a quick reference to every diverse read that I will be covering this Summer. Feel free to join in as well for the summer or one month during the summer! I am also open to suggestions of titles to cover!
Archive
1. Delicate Monsters by Stephanie Kuehn – Review (Sunday, July 5, 2015)
2. World After by Susan Ee – Review
3. More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera – Review
4. Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler – Review
5. Last Will and Testament by Dahlia Adler – Review
6. Every Day by David Levithan – Review
7. Monster by Walter Dean Myers – Review
8. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick – Review (July 13th)
9. The Living by Matt de la Peña – Review
10. The Heir by Kiera Cass – Review
11. X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon – Review
12. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews – Review
13. Ask the Passengers by A.S. King – Review
14. Bruiser by Neal Shusterman – Review
15. Prophecy by Ellen Oh – Review
16. Inked by Eric Smith – Review
17. The Ring and the Crown by Melissa de la Cruz – Review
18. Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein – Review
19. O’s Little Book of Happiness by O The Oprah Magazine – Review
20. Second Position by Katherine Locke – Review
21. Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson, Illustrated by Adrian Alphona – Review
22. Fallout by Ellen Hopkins – Review
23. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell – Review
24. The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick – Review
25. The New World by Patrick Ness – Review
26. Legend: The Graphic Novel by Marie Lu, Adapted by Leigh Dragoon, Illustrated by Kaari – Review
27. Ms. Marvel, Vol. 3: Crushed by G. Willow Wilson, Illustrated by Takeshi Miyazawa & Elmo Bondoc – Review
28. Shadow by Amanda Sun – Review
29. The Walled City by Ryan Graudin – Review
30. The Ripple Effect (Doctor Who 50th Anniversary E-Short) by Malorie Blackman – Review
31. Doctor Who: Tip Of The Tongue (Doctor Who 50th Anniversary E-Short) by Patrick Ness – Review
32. What’s Left Of Me by Kat Zhang – Review
33. The Fisher Queen by Alyssa Wong – Review
34. The Oiran’s Song by Isabel Yap – Review
35. The Crossover by Kwame Alexander – Review
36. Sleeper by Jo Walton – Review
37. The Last Day by Ellen Oh – Review
38. A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Proposed Trade-Offs for the Overhaul of the Barricade by John Chu – Review (Friday, September 11, 2015)
To celebrate reaching the one month mark, I’m giving away a kindle copy of one diverse book (that’s been featured right here) of the winner’s choice! Just retweet this tweet to enter!
Update: A winner has been chosen!
What are you reading this summer?