Read 50 Books by WOC in 2015! discussion

Just wondering what everyone's first book of the challenge is. I know a couple of people started early. My first book is this: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

It's Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter by Carmen Aguirre. I have meant to read it for years, but never have so I can't wait. Who doesn't want to read a book described as: "This extraordinary book is four texts in one: a hilarious, pelvis-rocking story of a young girl on an impassioned journey into womanhood, a harrowing testament to the physical and mental labours involved in revolutionary work, a history of Latin America ravaged by dictatorship and neoliberal economics, and a deeply loving memoir of a family."

I got it out from the Auckland library so it should be widely available throughout the year.

Sounds great!! I finished "Half of a Yellow Sun" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... on New Year's Eve so am counting that as my first for 2015!

Now I'm starting "The Round House" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... which has been on my to-read list for a while and turns out the author, Louise Erdrich, is Chippewa :)

I'm a bit worried about the slim pickings at the Hamilton library. Sigh. Perhaps we could start a thread for people willing to lend out copies they own..?

Annabel wrote: "Sounds great!! I finished "Half of a Yellow Sun" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... on New Year's Eve so am counting that as my first for 2015!

Now I'm starting "T..."

I am willing to lend out books with the caveat that it's important to me that I get them back, I only keep books I read more than once. I sent 3 heavy ones to Ella and managed to get them into one of those $5.50 postage bags with no weight restrictions. The only other thing is that I am moving to Australia in the next month so if it takes someone awhile to reae that is where they will have to send them back to (not sure of cost difference).