Happy Wednesday!
We're halfway through June already, but there's still time for me to try to read! I have 2 or 3 stories left in
How Long 'Til Black Future Month?, so I have nothing to share with you all, except that this book is AMAZING!
What I will do is share what I plan to read this summer (and unfortunately, the tags are too long, so I suppose I will just put the titles and not the authors in there). Links are below the covers, by which I'm judging these books today.
I'm a little iffy about this one. I was really excited to see black characters on the cover, but at the same time, this is not an own voices narrative. I do wonder what made Mike and Rachel Grinti decide to write what looks to be a tribal pirate narrative (already problematic), but I'll see how authentic it feels, or if it's just white characters in blackface.
I've wanted to read this one ever since I saw the cover. I have to remember Sarah Glenn Marsh is
not Sarah J. Maas, who I am also interested in reading (and Sarah G. looks like the main character on Sarah J.'s
Throne of Glass books except the first one, which might actually BE Sarah J., but either way that adds to my confusion quite a bit). Anyway, THIS COVER. I love skulls, and a skull with a crown on it just piques my interest to the utmost.
Someone said my writing style is like Sabaa's, so I've wanted to read this one for a while now, too. This one has a lot of different covers. I'd never seen this one until I searched my library catalog. There are little details I only notice by looking for a long time. It's a very interesting choice. I haven't read a book whose setting is inspired by ancient Rome, I don't think, so I can't wait to see what happens here.
This piqued my interest because I have an infatuation with baobabs. On the flip side, this book is based on the kidnappings in Boko Haram, a much scarier narrative than the cover gives away. Maybe it's the alliteration that made me think, "ooh fun," but obviously, this will not be a "fun" read. I can't imagine what some of those families are going through, as many of the girls are still missing.
DRAGONS! This is marked as historical fiction, so I believe Lady Trent is a real person I will have to look up. This cover is so cool, though. I'm sure people thought this woman was a little crazy. The closest thing we have to dragons are komodo dragons, and I don't know if they really count. I can't wait to see what's in this "memoir."
June 19th update: Two more books came in from the library that I forgot I put on hold! -_- I want to read more books with asexual representation, and the following two were on the list. The cover I'm used to seeing for
Radio Silence is really pretty (girl in tv static colors), but this one is okay, too. The
27 Hours cover, though: MAGICAL!
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| 27 Hours, Tristina Wright |
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| Radio Silence, Alice Oseman |
What are you reading this Summer?
4 comments:
That's an interesting mix of books. The dragon one came out a while ago, didn't it?
As far as I know, they all did. lol
Your reading goals far surpass mine. I found the book I was supposed to read last summer in my beach bag. haha
Elsie
LOL! I'm trying!
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