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Thursday, May 04, 2017

Diverse Books out April 2017

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Hello and welcome to the April round up of Diverse Releases! As you may know, Nick from Nick & Nereyda’s Infinite Booklist and I do round ups of all the diverse books out that month at the end of it. If we missed an important release, please let us know and if we include something that has problematic rep, please let us know as well! We want this round up to be as accurate as possible while also adding books to people’s TBRs that might have otherwise slipped under the radar!

1. Geekerella by Ashley Poston

Release Date: April 4th

Goodreads | Buy

Bi-racial MC

2. Get it Together, Deliah by Erin Gough

Release Date: April 4th

Goodreads | Buy

Lesbian MC

3. Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett

Release Date: April 4th

Goodreads | Buy

Bi-racial MC

4. The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

Release Date: April 11th

Goodreads | Buy

Jewish + Fat MC

5. Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar

Release Date: April 11th

Goodreads | Buy

Cuban-Jewish immigrant

6. The Edge of the Abyss by Emily Skrutskie

Release Date: April 18th

Goodreads | Buy

POC. F/F romance.

7. Meg & Linus by Hanna Nowinski

Release Date: April 18th

Goodreads | Buy

Lesbian & Gay MCs!

8. North of Happy by Adi Alsaid

Release Date: April 25th

Goodreads | Buy

Mexican American MC. #ownvoices.

Problematic Books

– Speak of Me As I Am by Sonia Belasco

– The Takedown by Corrie Wang

Go forth and buy ALL THE BOOKS!! Also, check out my interview with Erin Gough! Don’t forget to return at the end of next month for another roundup!

The Infinite Variants of YA: The One Where Erin Gough Has to Choose Between Being Lost at Sea or in the Woods

Posted by Rashika on 04/20/2017 • 0 Comments

HELLO and welcome back to this fancy feature that Nick (Nick & Nereyda’s Infinite Booklist) and I are collaborating on! This month I am sharing a fun interview with the delightful Erin Gough! RAISE A GLASS TO (freeedoooommm) to ERIN GOUGH!

1. If you could be any color in the world, what color would you be?

Green. It’s the colour of nature, not to mention the Wicked Witch of the West. Kermit is green, too, and that frog can dance.

2. Who does Delilah consider to be a person who has everything put together?

Rosa Barea, definitely. From a distance, Rosa seems smart, talented and sure of herself. Of course, when Del gets to know her better, she realises that she’s not as together as she seems.

3. What song would Delilah think…

Diverse Books Out March 2017

Posted by Rashika on 03/31/2017 • 0 Comments

Hello and welcome to the March round up of Diverse Releases! If you’ve been following this feature since its birth two months ago, you’ll know that Nick from Nick & Nereyda’s Infinite Booklist and I do round ups of all the diverse books out that month at the end of it. If we missed an important release, please let us know and if we include something that has problematic rep, please let us know as well! We want this round up to be as accurate as possible while also adding books to people’s TBRs that might have otherwise slipped under the radar!

1. Future Threat by Elizabeth Briggs

Release Date: March 1st

Goodreads | Buy

Latinx MC

2. You’re Welcome Universe by Whitney Gardner

Release Date: March 7th

Goodreads | Buy

Deaf,…

Diverse Books Out February 2017

Posted by Rashika on 03/02/2017 • 6 Comments

Hello and welcome to the February round up of diverse releases! Let me know if any of these have bad rep or if there are any books that I missed. We want this list to be as complete and accurate as possible while also making sure it doesn’t feature any books with bad rep. We will also be pointing out the books we know for sure are #ownvoices.

1. A Tragic Kind of Wonderful by Eric Lindstorm

Release Date: February 7th

Goodreads | Buy

Interracial romance + deals with mental health.

2. Wintersong by S.Jae Jones

Release Date: Feb 7th

Goodreads | Buy

Korean-American author

3. Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza

Release Date: Feb 7th

Goodreads | Buy

Filipino-American author + not-white main characters as cannon

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Intro to The Infinite Variants of YA + List of Diverse Fic Books that Came Out in Jan 2017

Posted by Rashika on 01/30/2017 • 5 Comments

These past couple of months have been stressful and heartbreaking. My friend Nick (Nick & Nereyda’s Infinite Booklist) have been working on a project for a while as a way of combatting the awfulness of the world through books. I know it won’t make a major difference but what we want to do through this project is boost diverse books and diverse voices. We want to promote not just upcoming diverse books, but also backlist diverse books (because they shouldn’t be forgotten about once they are out.) Our goal is that over the course of the year, we get you guys excited about the many diverse books coming out, the ones that are already out and help support the wonderful authors writing these books. We plan on spotlighting diverse authors once a…