#BIPOC AUTHORS

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Stuff your kindle day is September 20, 2023

Hey, everyone! Sept 20 -22 is Stuff Your E-Reader/Kindle Day, where you can download tons of FREE eBooks to own.

Amazon.com: stuff your kindle day

Let us know what you get and/or would recommend!

Romance bookworms: free books for a limited time

For romance readers, check out Romance Bookworms for links to free romance books.

They have sections for:

Black romance books

Books written by BIPOC Authors

Books with LGBTQ+ Protagonists

Books written by authors with disabilities

Colette's recommendation

A book series I personally recommend is the Isaac Taylor Mystery Series by Lashell Collins. It's a psychic mystery thriller series with a sweet, lightly spiced BWWM romance throughout. Their meetcute is *chef's kiss* it has an interesting cast of diverse characters and the writing is superb!

Book 1 of the series, Voices & Visions, is free to download and own today!

Happy reading!

~Mod Colette and WWC

Edit: $0 Sale continues into Friday, Sept 22! Also, you do not need Kindle Unlimited to get the eBooks. this sale applies to Nook Books and can be found in other ebook formats as well.

[black-is-beautiful18]

If your fav white character can have godhood status without anyone objecting and having to prove themself then so can characters of color.

If your fav white character can one shot somebody then so can characters of color.

If your fav white character can be angry then so can characters of color.

If your fav white character can be the savior then so can characters of color.

If your fav white character can be loved unconditionally THEN SO CAN CHARACTERS OF COLOR.

Y’all constantly want characters of color to struggle and that’s a problem. They can never just exist. They can never be powerful just because. They can’t be anything without y’all questioning why they have the right to be that way. It’s racism. Point blank period. Constantly questioning why marginalized characters aren’t struggling, why they get to show off their powers and just be is racist. The fact y’all don’t hesitate to do it either makes it even more obvious. Like what do you mean Storm not struggling does a disservice to marginalized characters??? Or that Hazel despite being super powerful doesn’t deserve to be in the seven??? Or that Bree is annoying when she is a grieving 16 year old???? What do you mean by that??????

[duckprintspress]

Happy Black History Month! Check Out 15 of Our Favorite Queer Reads by Black Authors

February is Black History Month in the United States, and Duck Prints Press is joining in the celebration by sharing 15 of our favorite queer reads by Black authors! The contributors to this list are Shadaras, boneturtle, Tris Lawrence, Sebastian Marie, Shea Sullivan, Terra P. Waters, and an anonymous author.

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth Trilogy) by N.K. Jemisin

A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert

The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix (Remixed Classics Series) by Bethany C. Morrow

Nothing Burns As Bright As You by Ashley Woodfolk

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson

This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart Series) by Kalynn Bayron

The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson

How to Find a Princess (Runaway Royals Series) by Alyssa Cole

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix (Remixed Classics Series) by Kalynn Bayron

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

What are YOUR favorite reads by Black authors? We’d love to find more to add to our to-be-read piles!

Want to chat your favorite reads with us? Join our Book Lover’s Discord server!

You can view this list as a bookshelf on Goodreads!

Love reading queer books? Our Queer Book Challenge is running on Storygraph through the end of 2024. Come join us!

[curlyhairedbibliophile]

Cover Art | Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma

The Cruel Prince meets Ninth House in this dangerously romantic dark academia fantasy, where a lost heiress must infiltrate an arcane society and live with the handsome vampire she suspects killed her family and kidnapped her sister. 

It began long before my time, but something has always hunted our family.

Orphaned heiress Kidan Adane grew up far from the arcane society she was born into, where human bloodlines gain power through vampire companionship. When her sister, June, disappears, Kidan is convinced a vampire stole her — the very vampire bound to their family, the cruel yet captivating Susenyos Sagad. To find June, Kidan must infiltrate the elite Uxlay University — where students study to ensure peaceful coexistence between humans and vampires and inherit their family legacies. Kidan must survive living with Susenyos — even as he does everything he can to drive her away. It doesn’t matter that Susenyos’s wickedness speaks to Kidan’s own violent nature and tempts her to surrender to a life of darkness. She must find her sister and kill Susenyos at all costs. When a murder mirroring June’s disappearance shakes Uxlay, Kidan sinks further into the ruthless underworld of vampires, risking her very soul. There she discovers a centuries-old threat — and June could be at the center of it. To save her sister, Kidan must bring Uxlay to its knees and either break free from the horrors of her own actions or embrace the dark entanglements of love — and the blood it requires.

Artwork by Jessica Coppet

Release date | Sept 3, 2024 Storygraph

[bookaddict24-7]

RECO OF THE WEEK!

An Emotion of Great Delight by Tahereh Mafi

Synopsis:

"It's 2003, several months since the US officially declared war on Iraq, and the American political world has evolved. Tensions are high, hate crimes are on the rise, FBI agents are infiltrating local mosques, and the Muslim community is harassed and targeted more than ever. Shadi, who wears hijab, keeps her head down.

She's too busy drowning in her own troubles to find the time to deal with bigots.

Shadi is named for joy, but she's haunted by sorrow. Her brother is dead, her father is dying, her mother is falling apart, and her best friend has mysteriously dropped out of her life. And then, of course, there's the small matter of her heart--

It's broken.

Shadi tries to navigate her crumbling world by soldiering through, saying nothing. She devours her own pain, each day retreating farther and farther inside herself until finally, one day, everything changes.

She explodes.

An Emotion of Great Delight is a searing look into the world of a single Muslim family in the wake of 9/11. It's about a child of immigrants forging a blurry identity, falling in love, and finding hope--in the midst of a modern war."

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Check out my review on Goodreads here.

Add this book to your TBR on Goodreads here.

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Have you read this book? Would you recommend it?

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Happy reading!

[saprophilous]

I hope it gets backed!! I just saw it last night and backed it as soon as I got back to my dorm <3 I love horror and being brown I don’t get to see a lot of myself in horror so this means a lot to me!!!

I’m with you! Thank you Kell-Eramis! I had the honor of contributing to the first DitM. This second book is a jaw-dropping continuation. Everyone has worked so hard!

Only a bit of time left, on the Kickstarter, but I believe it can happen!

The link once again to Sloane’s outstanding Bipoc Horror Anthology:

(please consider backing or boosting)

[nerdby]

Library Haul:

Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan

Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

[kay-claire]

I finished A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark today and absolutely loved it.

Synopsis:

Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha’arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she’s certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the universe last summer. So when someone murders a secret brotherhood dedicated to one of the most famous men in history, al-Jahiz, Agent Fatma is called onto the case. Al-Jahiz transformed the world 50 years ago when he opened up the veil between the magical and mundane realms, before vanishing into the unknown. This murderer claims to be al-Jahiz, returned to condemn the modern age for its social oppressions. His dangerous magical abilities instigate unrest in the streets of Cairo that threaten to spill over onto the global stage. Alongside her Ministry colleagues and her clever girlfriend Siti, Agent Fatma must unravel the mystery behind this imposter to restore peace to the city -or face the possibility he could be exactly who he seems…

My Review

I highly recommend reading A Dead Djinn in Cairo, the 0.1 novella in this series, before starting this book! I skipped all the other novellas (though I'll probably get around to them when I can because I do love this universe), and didn't feel like it made a difference, but A Dead Djinn in Cairo is where Fatma and Siti meet, and the case they work on in that book is referenced multiple times in this book and has a huge impact on the overall plot - I would have been SO annoyed and confused by all those references if I hadn't read that book first. That out of the way, I LOVE this book. The setting - alternate universe 1920s Egypt with some steampunk vibes to it - is SO cool, the main characters are fantastic, and the plot and mystery are really fun. I wouldn't try and sell this as a romance (the main couple are already together at the beginning of the book and the story doesn't revolve around them too much), but Fatma is a butch lesbian with hot femme fatal girlfriend Siti, and Fatma's friendship with Hadia, her new partner in the department, is a delight. I also think it had some fantastic things to say about colonialism, racism, colourism, slavery and xenophobia - often with a fantastic dry humour to it. If you're a fan of A Marvellous Light's trilogy by Freya Marske I would highly recommend this to you.

[musingsofmonica]

Books to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Books to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

[bdapublishing]

At BDA Publishing, we're on a mission to amplify diverse voices and break barriers in the publishing world. Submit your manuscript to our open call and be part of reshaping the narrative. We're seeking originality, strong character development, engaging narratives, unconventional themes, and experimental styles—all under 80k words. Your story matters—let's make it heard!

Click here to submit your manuscript. Please allow a 6-week reading period for our editing team to evaluate your entry. Contracts are awarded on a rolling basis and subject to our discretion.

[bntaa]

I Write Short Stories and Poems! I'd love it if you read some and enjoyed them enough to support me.

And now, I'm writing full-length novels, too!

[black-is-beautiful18]

“The industry doesn’t support white authors anymore! It’s so hard to get a deal because they want to be diverse!😫” BITCHES DOIN ALL THAT WHOMP WHOMP WHOMP WHOMP WHOMP WHOMP WHOMP!!! Like if this was true then why do the stats continuously say otherwise?! Cuz I don’t know if you’ve heard but the promises made by the industry during 2020 are nowhere close to being made. Maybe you just suck or maybe you need to be better and write more interesting stories. Isn’t that what y’all tell Black and Brown authors when we talk about the racism and discrimination in the publishing industry as well as the reading community in general. Don’t blame us for your shortcomings

[annafromuni]

What is With White Women Committing Heinous Acts for Publishing Deals?

Over the last few months, I have seen too many stories and “dramas” regarding white women targeting women of colour to better the reception of their books or race-bait as a person of colour to “better their chances” of getting picked up for a publishing deal. Drama like this isn’t exclusive to white women, as there are other current concerns within the book community in regards to censoring books…

[curlyhairedbibliophile]

Cover Art | The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna

The dazzling finale to the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling Gilded Ones series. One girl holds the power to defeat the gods—but can she become one?

Mere weeks after confronting the Gilded Ones—the false beings she once believed to be her family—Deka is on the hunt. In order to kill the gods, whose ravenous competition for power is bleeding Otera dry, she must uncover the source of her divinity. But with her mortal body on the verge of ruin, Deka is running out of time—to save herself and an empire that’s tearing itself apart at its seams.

When Deka’s search leads her and her friends to the edge of the world as they know it, they discover an astonishing new realm, one which holds the key to Deka’s past. Yet it also illuminates a devastating decision she must soon make…

Choose to be reborn as a god, losing everyone she loves in the process. Or bring about the end of the world.

Artwork by Johnny Tarajosu

Release date | Feb 13, 2024 Storygraph

[bookaddict24-7]

AUTHOR FEATURE:

﹒Nicole Chung﹒

Two Books Written By this Author:

All You Can Ever Know

A Living Remedy

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Happy reading!

[ktempestbradford]

For everyone who has beef with the Scholastic Book Fair.