I’m back y’all.
For a host of reasons including, but not limited to, the GRE and the holidays, my absence from the blog was longer than anticipated. But I have returned, with renewed reading zeal after three months of algebra and flashcards.
I haven’t really set firm goals this year like I did last year, instead going a little more for a month-by-month strategy. Since February is Black History Month, I decided to read at least 75% Black authors.
The goal is to have a mix of both social-justice oriented heavy books with exploring Black authors of genre fiction and literary fiction.
So far, the list looks like this:
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness – Michelle Alexander
- The Turner House – Angela Flournoy
- March: Book One (March, #1) (and Book Two)- John Lewis
- One Must Wait (Carole Ann Gibson, #1) – Penny Mickelbury
- Fatal Remains (Marti MacAlister, #11) – Eleanor Taylor Bland
- Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) – Walter Mosley
Non-Black authors:
- Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Irin Cameron and Shana Knizhnik
- Gold Fame Citrus – Claire Vaye Watkins
- My Brilliant Friend (The Neapolitan Novels, #1) – Elena Ferrante (currently 70%, hopefully done by February)
To get to 75%, I either need to finish My Brilliant Friend by February or add an additional book by a Black author. Nine books in one month is pretty ambitious already, so I’m hoping I don’t have to add another book to get to my percentage.
ErinKwed 