"PoC" stands for Persons of Color, and the challenge is to read a goal number of books about PoC characters, and you can find the original site here. I'm really excited for this challenge, since I think there's a frightening lack of diversity in the YA market, and we need to do everything we can to encourage diverse characters and discourage white-washing. Sadly, since this is the third challenge I signed up for, I'm aiming kind of low to start out, but I hope to highly exceed my expectations.
I'm starting out at Level 1: 1-3 books, and I'll be picking from the list below.
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
YA Historical Fiction Challenge
This is a challenge being run by YA Bliss. The goal is to read a number of YA histrorical fiction books in 2011. I'm aiming for Level A: 5 books. I'm not normally big on historical fiction, so I figure I should ease myself in. You never know, I may fall in love with the genre.
Here's my generous list, I'll pick 5 from here, and maybe even more!
Here's my generous list, I'll pick 5 from here, and maybe even more!
2011 Debut Author Challange
The 2011 Debut Author Challenge is a challenge run by Kristi over at The Story Siren. As you might imagine from the title, it's devoted to highlighting new YA authors, and getting the books read and talked about. The official goal is to read at least twelve in the year, but of course more is encouraged! Personally, I think it's a great thing to support new authors, and I'm so excited to be participating.
While it's only a requirement to read these books, I'm also going to try to buy as many of them as possible, just to be supporting the authors themselves. Also, a great excuse to buy shiny hardcover books, and some of the covers on this list are amazing!
I'm listing them in the order of release date, and to find out more information about the books, simply click on the image and it will take you to the book's Goodreads page.
I'm sure this list will grow as I hear about more great new debuts!
While it's only a requirement to read these books, I'm also going to try to buy as many of them as possible, just to be supporting the authors themselves. Also, a great excuse to buy shiny hardcover books, and some of the covers on this list are amazing!
I'm listing them in the order of release date, and to find out more information about the books, simply click on the image and it will take you to the book's Goodreads page.
I'm sure this list will grow as I hear about more great new debuts!
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