I don‘t usually freak out about the end of the month coming, but July got away from me. I read good stuff, it was much better than June, but I did not manage to catch up… For my #ReadBIPOC2021 challenge I barely glanced at my pick for July, which was all about a collection or anthology. The main prompt leaned towards poetry, but I went for a short story collection from my TBR pile. My plan was to read:
Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora (ebook).
I will get to it eventually and probably post updates after each story.
The challenge for August is this:
Celebrating Award Winning Authors for the Reading Writers of Color Challenge.
And for my books on my TBR shelf (owned books) that gives me these choices:
- The Marrow Thieves (ebook), 184 pages, by Cherie Dimaline
In a futuristic world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America’s Indigenous people, and it is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world.
Literary Awards: Sunburst Award for Young Adult (2018), American Indian Youth Literature Award for Best Young Adult Book (Honor Book) (2018), Governor General’s Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général for Traduction (de l’anglais vers le français) by Madeleine Stratford (2019) and for Young People’s Literature — Text (2017), CBC Canada Reads Nominee (2018), Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature (2017)
- Riot Baby (ebook), 176 pages, by Tochi Onyebuchi
Ella and Kev are brother and sister, both gifted with extraordinary power. Their childhoods are defined and destroyed by structural racism and brutality. Their futures might alter the world. When Kev is incarcerated for the crime of being a young black man in America, Ella—through visits both mundane and supernatural—tries to show him the way to a revolution that could burn it all down.
Literary Award: Alex Award (2021) — there was a ton of nominations for other awards, which this did not win…
- Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1), 512 pages, by Fonda Lee
In this epic saga of magic and kungfu, four siblings battle rival clans for honor and power in an Asia-inspired fantasy metropolis.
Literary Awards: World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (2018), Prix Aurora Award for Best Novel (English) (2018)
- Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1), 298 pages, by Tade Thompson
Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious alien biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry and the helpless – people eager for a glimpse inside the dome or a taste of its rumoured healing powers.
Literary Awards: Arthur C. Clarke Award (2019), Nommo Award for Best Novel (The Ilube Award) (2017)
Cathy's Reading Bonanza 