Writers of Color Book Club discussion

A House in the Country by Jose Donoso

The total opposite of a light, summery read :)

I nominate The Farming of bones by Edwidge Danticat

I second Giovanni's Room!

I second "Salvage The Bones"!

I would be interesting in reading Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward.

I second Giovanni's Room!

I second The Farming of Bones.

Can I second something even though I proposed a title? if so, then I second Giovanni's Room because that's on my tbr.

I'd like to option Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor.


I don't know how well known the writer is, but this novel's been recommended to me in the past and maybe more people would be interested to read it.

I second Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

I'd like to second Salvage the Bones.

I'm a little out of the loop on which authors are more well-known, so please correct me if this is wrong, but I saw some Julia Alvarez books yesterday and thought How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents looked good.

I second How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents!

I second Giovanni's Room

I'm super late to this party but I nominate The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie. He's an extremely captivating Native American writer and I've been dying to read this!

http://www.amazon.com/Lone-Ranger-Ton...

I'd like to nominate We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo.

I second "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven"

I also nominate "For Today I Am A Boy" by Kim Fu

I second Who Fears Death
I also second The Lone Ranger and Tonto

I second "For Today I Am A Boy" by Kim Fu.

I'd also really like to second 'Giovanni's Room' - the feedback on it recently has been great so far!

I'd also like to recommend 'I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings' by Maya Angelou :)

I second For Today I Am a Boy.

I option Adaptation by Malinda Lo! By a queer woman of colour with a bisexual protagonist, it also talks about race, gender, and sexuality while having an amazing sci fi/conspiracy theory fast-paced plot!

I second we need new names and How a The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent.

I second Giovanni's Room!

I'm into The Farming of Bones!

I second Giovanni's room! Exce

Excellent option ***

I second Giovanni ' s room

I second Adaptation by Malinda Lo.

I second Adaptation.

I second Adaptation! (:

I would like to recommend 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' by Junot Diaz. It's brilliant!

Louize wrote: "I would like to recommend 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' by Junot Diaz. It's brilliant!"

I second.

I second "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao". I've been meaning to read it!

I second The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

I'll second Giovanni's Room please.

If it has not already been nominated (I am having trouble loading some comments) Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah
https://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/...

I also second The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

I second Who Fears Death
And Tonto and the Lone Ranger Fist fight in Heaven (if I'm allowed to second two books. Am I allowed to second two books?)

I second Giovanni's Room

I second Half of a Yellow Sun

I second half of a yellow sun

I second the Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao!!

I'd like to propose And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini.

Chaneli wrote: "I second Half of a Yellow Sun"

I have already recommended a book, so I don't know if this is allowed, but I really liked Half of a Yellow Sun also

Down the Rabbit Hole by Juan Pablo Villalobos.

ah ah down the rabbit hole ah! too bad I already seconded something....

Hi Everyone!

I just wanted to remind you all that tonight the nominations will close at 10 PM EST. We will be choosing the top FIVE books to move on to the next part of polling for selecting our June book club selection.

The books that are currently in the running are:
—Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (10 votes)
—The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (5...)
—The Lone Ranger & Tonto Fistfight In Heaven by Sherman Alexie (4...)
—Adaptation by Malinda Lo (4...)
—Salvage The Bones by Jesymn Ward (4...)
*votes =seconded nominations

Impromptu nominations are still open until 10 PM EST so keep the votes coming along with nominations if you have any other books you want to throw in the mix.

I'm loving the book selections so far and can't wait to see which books make it to the final round!

Adira

I second Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I would like to vote for Americanah by chimamanda ngozi adichie