Hey all, Sam here.
Several years ago, I had a book blog friend who hosted a reading challenge at the end of the year called Diverse December…and while I read diversely year-round, it is nice to also have months where I focus on and highlight those diverse reads and diverse authors just a little more than usual.
I don’t know what my reading or reviewing is going to look like for the rest of the year. I’m trying to keep reading, but some days it’s a struggle, and instead of reading (or writing), I’m cocooned in my heated blanket on the couch binge-watching one of my comfort shows.
But I’d like to try bringing back the idea of Diverse December a little bit. Here’s the link to Kathy at Books & Munches original announcement post. Basically because there are so many different holidays and cultural celebrations at the end of the year, it makes sense to focus on reading more of the diverse reads we already own. I’m going to expand on that even more by trying to post more of my recent and overdue reviews for diverse reads.
For me, the end of this year is going to hopefully be about picking up and finally reading those books that I bought thinking “oooh, that sounds amazing. I’m definitely going to read that soon” and then I haven’t touched them since. It’s a lot of books, and I know I won’t read all of them, but I’m going to just show off my options. Since I”m a mood reader, I definitely don’t know which of these will be the ones I ultimately read during December.
Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope, Dragonfall by L.R. Lam, We Shall Be Monsters by Tara Sim, The Sins on Their Bones by Laura R. Samotin, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White, A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows, Sons of Darkness by Gourav Mohanty, The High Mountain Court by A.K. Mulford, The Night Ends With Fire by K.X. Song, Splinter & Ash by Marieke Nijkamp
Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabrielle Buba, Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban, Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi, Sword Crossed by Freya Marske, The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao, Dating & Dismemberment by A.L. Brody, Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy, Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon, The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang, Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
A River of Golden Bones by A.K. Mulford, This Guilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne, Unworthy by J.A. Vodvarka, These Deathless Shores by P.H. Low, Caraway of the Sea by Madeline Burget, The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa, Travelers Along the Way by Aminah Mae Safi, Starlight and Shadows by Vera Winters, Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston by Esme Symes-Smith, So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens, Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callendar, Babel by R.F. Kuang, Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang, The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste, Song of the Six Realms by Judy I. Lin
So, obviously I have a whole bunch of options, and even if I have an INCREDIBLE reading month, I would only read at most half of these books…and that doesn’t even include any other diverse books I’m going to pick up through the rest of the year, nor does it include any of the e-books I have sitting on my Kindle.
But I am super excited about all of these books, and I continuously hope that I’ll break away from my slower reading speed that I’ve been stuck with for the last couple years. I miss when I read 200-250 books a year.
Well, that is all from me for today. Thank you so much for stopping by and I’ll be back soon with more geeky content.
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