Devour Your TBR discussion

Want to participate in Diverse December? Then this is the place to be!

Simply post your TBR here!

Don't forget to edit your TBR comment as you complete your reads! You can strike through the titles, add (READ) to the line, or whatever else you like. Feel free to add more to your TBR as the month progresses!

I’m planning to finish:

Magical Negro by Morgan Parker

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (reread)

I’m planning to read:

Fledgling by Octavia Butler

Dear Girls by Ali Wong

Probably won't get to all of these, but we'll see

- The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
- The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
- My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
- Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness

Miscellaneous Seasonal Stuff:

- Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle
- Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
- Hark! the Herald Angels Scream: An Anthology by Christopher Golden et.al

November Leftovers:
- The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

I know Gideon for sure has some diverse rep, and I hope the others do too, but I also just want to get them done by the end of the year.

Gideon the Ninth
The Bone Houses
To Kill a Kingdom
Havenfall (ARC)

Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg

I will add others along the way,

I'm in! Tbr subject to change.

Owned books:
The Way of Kings(reread) 5🌟 12-17 to 12-30
Words of Radiance(reread) 12-30 read 76 pages before 2020
Edgedancer(reread)
Oathbringer
Warbreaker 5🌟 11-24 to 12-6
Skyward(reread) 5🌟 12-11 to 12-13
Starsight 5🌟 12-13 to 12-17
Elantris
The Rithmatist(early xmas present) 5🌟 12-9 to 12-11
Gideon the Ninth(early xmas present) 3🌟 12-7 to 12-9

in no particular order and subject to significant change:

Diverse Reads - Potential TBR
In Other Lands
On the Come Up
I Wish You All the Best
Brave Face
A List of Cages
Becoming
The Starless Sea
Patron Saints of Nothing

General TBR (wrapping up some reading challenges!)
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
The Challenge Culture: Why the Most Successful Organizations Run on Pushback (DNF)
We Are the Perfect Girl
The Sugar Season: A Year in the Life of Maple Syrup, and One Family's Quest for the Sweetest Harvest
Why I Wake Early
Feed
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
Fight Club
A Study in Charlotte
The Last of August
The Case for Jamie
A Question of Holmes
The Gray House (DNF)
Home for the Holidays
Bellamy and The Brute - CR
Countdown
The Vanishing Stair

I know I'm a huge mood reader but I'll try to list some stuff here for my possibility pile:

A Dream So Dark
Girls of Paper and Fire
The Wedding Date

So many!
Children of Blood and Bone
Children of Virtue and Vengeance--Dec. 3
Another, Volume 1
Another, Vol. 2
Murder in the Crooked House
Aokigahara: The Truth Behind Japan's Suicide Forest
Binti: The Complete Trilogy
Akata Witch
1Q84 (Complete)
And tons more b/c I've been collecting!

READ:
The Harvest-Korean protagonist
diverse december, yarc, reading divergence
Sacrificial Grounds-Korean protagonist. diverse december, yarc, reading divergence
The Witch Cave--Korean protagonist. Diverse December, yarc, reading divergence
Spring Slaughter: Scary Supernatural Horror with Monsters--Korean protagonist. Diverse December, yarc, reading divergence
Ascending Power--Native American protagonist and characters, Reservation setting.
The Kill Club --LGBT*: Lesbian protagonist, Lesbian relationship, divergent family situation (not spoiling)
Breach of Faith by Daniel Gibbs. SF. Diversity of Faiths and Cultures.
I Remember You. Icelandic. Rural. Cultural diversity and Paganism.
Last Rituals. Icelandic contemporary/historical/sorcery/mystery.
Malice. Japan/Canada.
The Housekeeper. Rural coastal Scotland.
My Soul to Take. Iceland.
Two Lives. China.
But Mom Said No!: Early Reader -- Learning Boundaries with Humor Kids Book . Features children (and pets) of diverse ethnicities
Christmas in the Multiverse: A Multiverse Investigations Unit Story. LGBT+ character
Assunta. YARC
Double Blind The Icelandic Manuscript Murders. Iceland
The Polar Bear Killing. Iceland.
Edge of Nowhere
Itsy Bitsy. Iceland.
Scheherazade. Tokyo.
Whitetooth Falls. Canadian Challenge.
Where the Shadows Lie. Iceland.KULT. Sweden. (Denmark also.)

I'm going to need to raid my bookshelves to see what I have, be back later. LOL

Read:

Christmas Angel
Heartstopper: Volume One

I'm starting with:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Memory of a Geisha
& My Story: Slave Girl

Will see where we get.

Probably won't get through all these, but I'll try! :) The top few will fit the prompt and the others won't or might not.

- Legendary (since I didn't finish it in November)
- Wildcard
- The Defiant Heir
- The Winter of the Witch
- The Toll

Other
- Queenslayer
- The Secret Chapter
- Five On A Hike Together
- Five Have A Wonderful Time
- The Castle of Adventure
- The Guinevere Deception
- Dustbin Baby (as part of a prompt)
- Moxie (as part of a prompt)

I am going to try to read:

Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now by Maya Angelou

I have other books that I want to read for this category but I have been setting unreachable goals in the past couple of months. If I read this one book, along with the other book I am trying to finish by the end of the year, I will be happy.

Haven't been able to read as much as I'd like to in November, so I have a massive backlog from previous challenges that I'd like to get through still. I won't be able to get through all of them, but this is the list that I will be choosing from. I don't know how diverse most of these books are, but I know atleast one or two have LGTBQIA characters.

- The Fiery Cross ✔
- A Breath of Snow and Ashes
- The Last House Guest ✔
- War of Mist ✔
- Rules for Vanishing ✔
- The Black Moon ✔
- Fire Queen ✔
- My Oxford Year ✔
- Sorcery of Thorns ✔
- The Burning Chambers ✔
- Ninth House ✔
- Nothing Ventured ✔
- The Girl the Sea Gave Back ✔
- The Sisters ✔
- The Four Swans ✔
- The Christmasaurus
- The Lost Man ✔
- The Toll ✔

TBR

• Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron
• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
• Slay by Brittney Morris

Also I could use some recommendations for a good fantasy book with well-written queer characters.

I’ve read and enjoyed Carry On & Of Fire and Stars. Anyone have any other recs for great queer fantasy?

Crosstalk
The Poet X
The Lady Rogue
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
The Queen of Nothing
Starsight
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
Blade of Fortriu
Illusions of Fate

Sophie wrote: "Crosstalk
The Poet X
The Lady Rogue
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
City of Stairs
[book:The Queen of Nothing|26032..."

Just finished The Poet X earlier. I kinda liked it. The ending was the best thing :D

⫸ The Opposite of Falling Apart - done: if you don't like this book, we can't be friends.

⫸ Syrian Brides - done: educating and emotionally engaging collection of short stories about the lives of Syrian women.

⫸ Always Goodbye - done: sometimes too much meandering around, this still prooved to be enlightning and touching.

⫸ Origins - done: although I wouldn't say polyamorous romances are not my cup of tea, this one was definitely not an enjoable read.

⫸ Hell's Calling - done: same as a bove. my problem is exaggerate love-at-first-sight-stuff.

I'm a mood reader, so this may or may not happen, but plans:

Finish
> The Deep

Read
> Frankly in Love
> Our Year of Maybe

I'm excited for this theme! Great way to promote diverse books!

Dana wrote: "Sophie wrote: "Crosstalk
The Poet X
The Lady Rogue
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
City of Stairs
[book:The Queen o..."

If you liked the Poet X and are looking for another recommendation, With the Fire on High is AMAZING. I personally liked it much more than I liked the Poet X. It would also fit the theme for this challenge :) Happy reading!

I am still trying to finish off my November books for my yearly challenges (I got so busy with NaNoWriMo!), so my focus is on that. But there are a few books I am going to try to read for this month's challenge!

For This Month
Children of Virtue and Vengeance
Call Down the Hawk

Leftover from November
The Fear
Belladonna
Starling
Angel Fever
Shattered Stars
The Toll
Endsinger

Another shot, only two in mind for now:

- The Power by Naomi Alderman
- As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl by John Colapinto

Whitney wrote: "Dana wrote: "Sophie wrote: "Crosstalk
The Poet X
The Lady Rogue
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
City of Stairs
[boo..."

Ooooh thanks!! I will definitely read that one :D

Whitney wrote: "Dana wrote: "Sophie wrote: "Crosstalk
The Poet X
The Lady Rogue
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
City of Stairs
[boo..."

Hi again,
With the fire on high was actually the first one I read between the two and I also liked it more than Poet X. ^^ Happy reading!

I have some Spanish books that fit in the challenge for this month, so, I'm going with two nationals and the rest are translated books:
Luna 174 3⭐️
Cuentos para niños y niñas que quieren salvar el mundo
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine 3⭐️
The Institute
Almost Impossible 3⭐️
My Fat, Mad Teenage Diary
Paper Girls #20

Probably going to add more later but here’s my start:

Children of Virtue and Vengeance
The Queen of Nothing
Full Disclosure
The Toll
The Merciful Crow

December will be a busy month but hoping I can get to all these:

Scythe - Neil Shusterman = COMPLETED 12/09/19
Thunderhead - Neil Shusterman = COMPLETED 12/14/2019
The Toll - Neil Shusterman = COMPLETED 12/29/2019
The Child Finder - Rene Denfeld
The Great Pretender - Susannah Cahalan
Get A Life, Chloe Brown - Talia Hibbert
The Chain - Adrian McKinty
Again, But Better - Christine Riccio
The Kind Worth Killing - Peter Swanson
Someone Knows - Lisa Scottoline
100 Days - Nicole McInnes
Liars, Inc. - Paula Stokes
The Forgotten Book - Mechthild Gläser
Dear Evan Hansen - Val Emmich, Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek
There's Something About Sweetie - Sandhy Menon

I'll be planning to read (and finish):

The Gilded Wolves
The Girl from the Well
Teeth
Beyond the Black Door

Only 4 for now, will update later!

Royal Holiday

Hoping I can get to all of these!

TBR:


Finished:
1. Crier's War