We are a month into 2018, and I am still considering last
year. And before I stop accidentally writing 2017 on all my checks, I thought I’d revisit
The Leaning Stack of Books Diversity Challenge.
I started this challenge in 2015, when I was trying to read
more broadly and encounter more points of view. The purpose of the challenge
was to be more intentional in my reading life, and so I created a drinking game
for myself. If I filled a row on my homemade bingo card, I would take a drink and
holler, “Blogtastic!” The members of my family already think I’m pretty
unusual, and the teens, in particular, aren’t thrilled when I have weird
bookish outbursts. But too bad, suckers! I’m working on being a better reader
and a better person.
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| 2015 date changed to 2017. I haven't updated the card or fixed the typos because I'm lazy. |
As you know, 2017 was not a good blogging year for me. It
also wasn’t a great reading year, and I didn’t attempt to achieve any goals.
But hey! It turns out that I filled THREE columns/rows on my Bingo card!* In honor of that success, I will post every
day this week, highlighting one of the books. I have decided to focus on the center column, because that one allows me to write about some books that I didn’t cover in my “Best of 2017”
list a couple of weeks ago. Many of those books could easily fulfill squares in this
challenge (4 out of 5 of them, actually).
If you’re looking to jump down an internet rabbit hole, the
We Need Diverse Books public Facebook page always has great links to articles
about diversity and publishing -- not that I'd advocate internetting when you could be reading, of course.
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| This is a shot glass, in case someone wants to send me a gift. Cafepress.com |
*Note: Three rows = three drinks! Drunk blooging is
dangerous. Blogging, not blooging. Whatever (hiccup).
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