2018 Diversity Challenge

I read on the blog that hosted the Diversity Reading Challenge that I did the last two years may not be offered next year. Then I saw this one that will be occurring  next year with the same idea, but with monthly themes.
 

• January has been replaced with biracial awareness
• LGBT pride month will take place in both June and July and will consist of a mini challenge to encourage reading of the different letters within the spectrum
• March will be the only month that's non-fiction only, and will be for books about or written by women.

To help give people an idea of possible books to read each month, there is a link to a Goodreads list for each topic with examples of books that fit with the different categories.

I will be joining with intermediate status, as I will be completing all 12 months, and reading as many books for the summer mini-challenge as possible.

JANUARY - Biracial Awareness: Born a Crime--Trevor Noah FEBRUARY - Black History Month: Black and White--Paul Volponi MARCH - Woman History Month: Brain on Fire--Susannah Cahalan APRIL -  Arab Heritage Month: Funny in Farsi--Firoozeh Dumas MAY - Asian/Pacific Islander History Month: Always and Forever, Lara Jean--Jenny Han ​JUNE - LGBT Pride Summer: Queer, There and Everywhere--Sarah Prager JULY - LGBT Pride Summer: The Devil and Daniel Silverman--Theodore Roszak AUGUST - Mental Health Awareness: Girl, Interrupted--Susanna Kaysen SEPTEMBER - Hispanic History Month: The Last of the Menu Girls--Denise Chavez OCTOBER - Physical Disability Awareness Month: Between Friends--Sheila Garrigue NOVEMBER - Native American History Month: Sitting Bull--Susan Bivin Aller ​DECEMBER - Religious Minorities: The Frozen Rabbi--Steve Stern Summer Mini Challenge The point isn't to fill out the entire 40 squares, but to try and branch out and read as many different types  of LGBT+ books as possible. Books for Summer Mini-Challenge: The Nowhere Girls--Amy Reed Cat of the Century--Rita Mae Brown The Mars Room--Rachel Kushner Breakthrough--Jack Andraka Carmilla--J. Sheridan Le Fanu Slay It with Flowers--Kate Collins Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List--Rachel Cohn and David Leviathan Hiding Out--Tina Alexis Allen Little & Lion--Brandy Colbert Binge--Tyler Oakley

Challenge completed on December 4