This month marks the first anniversary of the YA Diversity Book Club. A year ago, Kristina at Gone Pecan, Lucy at The Reading Date, Kristan at We Heart YA and I launched the YA Diversity Book Club together to promote diversity in young adult literature and read/recommend diverse titles to our readers. We are thrilled…
YA Diversity Book Club: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Welcome to the May edition of the YA Diversity Book Club, a monthly feature we created in partnership with three other book bloggers: Kristina at Gone Pecan, Lucy at The Reading Date, and Kristan at We Heart YA. This month we read debut author Becky Albertalli’s adorable contemporary romance “Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda”…
YA Diversity Book Club: My Heart and Other Black Holes Discussion
Welcome to the seventh edition of the YA Diversity Book Club, a monthly feature we created in partnership with three other book bloggers: Kiki at Gone Pecan, Lucy at The Reading Date, and Kristan at We Heart YA. This month we read debut author Jasmine Warga’s poignant contemporary novel “My Heart and Other Black Holes,”…
10 Diverse Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2015
Lucy at The Reading Date came up with a great idea to share our most anticipated #WeNeedDiverseBooks titles for 2015. Diana and I are together for our last night of our holiday family reunion, so we came up with 10 books with diverse authors or themes that we’re excited to read this year. 1. The…
YA Diversity Book Club: Favorite LGBT Themed Novels
Welcome to the fifth edition of the YA Diversity Book Club, a monthly feature we created in partnership with three other book bloggers: Kiki at Gone Pecan, Lucy at The Reading Date, and Kristan at We Heart YA. This month we read Sara Farizan’s sophomore novel “Tell Me How a Crush Should Feel,” a contemporary…
YA Diversity Book Club: Lies We Tell Ourselves Discussion
Welcome to the fourth edition of the YA Diversity Book Club, a monthly feature we created in partnership with three other book bloggers: Kiki at Gone Pecan, Lucy at The Reading Date, and Kristan at We Heart YA. This month we read debut author Robin Talley‘s historical novel “Lies We Tell Ourselves,” an unforgettable story…
Diversity Book Club: Like No Other by Una LaMarche Discussion
Welcome to the launch of the YA Diversity Book Club, a monthly feature we created in partnership with three other book bloggers: Kristina aka Kiki at Gone Pecan, Lucy at The Reading Date, and Kristan at We Heart YA. Back in May, after the big push for the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign, I started to complain to…
Brilliant YA Books About Latino Teens
We are so sad we missed the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign last week. I was out of town speaking at the Mom 2.0 Summit, and Diana and I never got it together to contribute to the social media campaign. But hey, it’s never too late to express why we need diverse books, so this week instead of…
Celebrate the Civil Rights Movement Blog Tour: I Have a Dream
Diana and I are honored to be part of Random House’s Celebrate the Civil Rights Movement Blog Tour in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington. Although we usually write about young adult novels and authors, we feel particularly compelled to share this book, because our great-uncle Ivan McRae, Sr. was present…