tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post81080171252695246..comments2024-01-10T17:38:08.333-05:00Comments on Elizabeth Burns: Getting The BooksLiz Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16671844475303001610noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-32999607402386487992009-07-28T22:44:18.644-04:002009-07-28T22:44:18.644-04:00Great post on this. I'm looking forward to rea...Great post on this. I'm looking forward to reading some great books by people of color in August, though of course Tanita and I both try to make a point of reading books by/about people of color the rest of the time, too. :) We've especially tried to focus on interviewing authors of color during the Blog Blast Tours, and hope to keep doing that, too. The more bloggers are doing this, I think, the more visible writers of color will become--in many ways bloggers are setting reading trends now, and we have some ability to influence what is checked out or purchased...Sarah Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-72397750455582013552009-07-26T23:33:33.610-04:002009-07-26T23:33:33.610-04:00>>Action is what is important at this point;...>><i>Action is what is important at this point; and for bloggers, action is reading and reviewing.</i><br /><br />Yes, exactly! And not just this week, or this month. Thanks for posting this--and feel free to add this post's link to the <a href="http://worducopia.blogspot.com/2009/07/diversity-roll-call-on-gender-and.html" rel="nofollow">Diversity Roll Call</a> on Worducopia this week, too, if you'd like.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745786643511417426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-69329975233482301042009-07-26T14:51:13.215-04:002009-07-26T14:51:13.215-04:00Thank you for this thoughtful post. I have quoted...Thank you for this thoughtful post. I have quoted you at Rasco from RIF today: http://www.rascofromrif.org/?p=3118. I look forward to ongoing dialogue on this critical issue.Rasco from RIFhttp://www.rascofromrif.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-79963037653266601792009-07-26T10:35:45.160-04:002009-07-26T10:35:45.160-04:00Thanks for this post/reminder, Liz! I will be join...Thanks for this post/reminder, Liz! I will be joining the challenge unofficially too. :o)<br /><br />Doret, you've gotten me interested in that book!Tarie Sabidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105469967850020791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-41304403561015424012009-07-26T03:44:23.897-04:002009-07-26T03:44:23.897-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-54872943428215174782009-07-25T20:55:33.775-04:002009-07-25T20:55:33.775-04:00I was looking forward to reading Riot, but I haven...I was looking forward to reading Riot, but I haven't been hearing great things. <br />Though I love the Nikki & Deja books. <br /><br />Just finished I Wanna Be Your Shoebox by Cristina Garcia. The MC is Japanese, Cuban and Jewish. She's also a clarinetist who loves classical music and good pop rock (a la the Ramones)and she plays a decent bass. <br />She's also surfer/skateboarder. The author refused to limit who Yumi was and what she could do. The book was so freakin good. I loved it. <br /><br />Yes, I sneaked in a mini book mention. I feel no shame especially if it gets one person interested in a very very good book.Dorethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08676911030014718403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-12105056010424851212009-07-25T18:44:19.211-04:002009-07-25T18:44:19.211-04:00I'd also like to suggest that bloggers, as wel...I'd also like to suggest that bloggers, as well as reading and reviewing, are buying--many of us spend our own money on the books we end up reading and reviewing, and, if we are committed to diversity, we need to shop accordingly...although goodness knows this can be frustrating.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-29518696269890471622009-07-25T18:41:36.575-04:002009-07-25T18:41:36.575-04:00Thanks so much for joining the challenge and blogg...Thanks so much for joining the challenge and blogging about it! You rock :D<br />Also I have Riot but haven't gotten around to reading it yet. Can't wait for the review =)MissAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11042352415616854651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-86011865642835267522009-07-25T17:12:17.770-04:002009-07-25T17:12:17.770-04:00Thanks for pointing me to Color Online and the lis...Thanks for pointing me to Color Online and the list! The Diversity Rocks book challenge has really helped me push my reading (and reviewing) in new directions. I will definitely think about Susan's challenge.Terry Dohertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06246198932357846984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-54885928269990813992009-07-25T16:56:49.809-04:002009-07-25T16:56:49.809-04:00Yes, Yes, Yes!
If anything is going to change thi...Yes, Yes, Yes!<br /><br />If anything is going to change things - and see more books published by POC, more books with minority characters, more books with GBLT characters by GBLT authors, then it will be through all of us who love books blogging about the ones that are out there. It doesn't mean writing about what you don't like - it means trying something new and discovering what you do.<br /><br />I just finished "Sometimes We're Always Real Same-Same" from Unbridled Books about a boy from LA who goes back to the village in AK with his AK Native mother. I've never read a book about AK Native teens before and it was excellent - a great book for teen boys. I'll be writing about it next week but I wonder how many other folks, who might not feel comfortable with a rural AK setting, will pick up the book.<br /><br />They'll be missing some serious coming-of-age drama, that's for sure.Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18380722344521975869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12461652.post-78321789955465897622009-07-25T16:06:58.230-04:002009-07-25T16:06:58.230-04:00You rock!
I love lists. I have more. Come by and ...You rock!<br /><br />I love lists. I have more. Come by and sit a spell. I'm quite chatty. As you can see, I feel right comfortable coming here. :-)Color Onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062017327837729986noreply@blogger.com