tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57519765743623635722024-03-14T02:09:06.271-07:00POC Reading ChallengeThe persons of color reading challenge has been put in place to highlight and celebrate authors and characters of color.Pam Phohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14190817860987781775noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-68404888565839974652012-09-01T08:26:00.000-07:002012-09-01T08:26:18.476-07:00August-September 2012 Review Link-Up<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I want to apologize for being absent last month. If you would like to link up your August reviews as well as your September ones in this linky, please do so.<br />
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**Also, if anyone would be interested in taking this challenge over, please let me know. My email is <a href="mailto:afewmorepages@gmail.com">afewmorepages@gmail.com</a>. My book blog hiatus seems to have become permanent and I'm just not around that much anymore.
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Happy July! Hope you're getting some wonderful summer reading accomplished!<br />
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It's June! And I'm late again but not as late as last month. Hope you're enjoying the beginning of summer!<br />
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Argh! So sorry for being so late with the link-up! It completely slipped my mind with end of term things at work.<br />
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</tbody></table>Sorry I'm a few days late getting the link-up posted. I hope everyone's finding some great POC books to share with us! (<b>Please note:</b> Your links will no longer have a thumbnail image here. I didn't renew my subscription for that at Inlinkz. I hope that's OK!)<br />
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<hr />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-433800551612791572012-01-30T00:22:00.000-08:002012-01-30T00:22:22.818-08:00The 2012 POC Reading ChallengeHi everyone!<br />
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I know we've kind of been quiet over the last couple of months about this challenge and whether it would continue or not. The three of us have seen this year become quite busy, and we questioned whether we would be able to continue hosting this challenge or not.<br />
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In order to keep the challenge alive, we've decided to scale it back a bit. We will no longer be giving away book prizes every month. We might give away a book every so often, but it won't be a regular thing here.<br />
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We'll continue to have book link-ups every month, and encourage everyone to visit each other's reviews of the books they've read that feature a person of color as a main character or that have been written by authors of color.<br />
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I (Katy) am going to try to continue doing what I've been doing here from the beginning--posting the link-ups and visiting reviews when I can. If you have any questions, please email or tweet me (my contact information is in the sidebar).<br />
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If anyone is interested in contributing a guest post here, I would absolutely welcome it! Guest posts should be related to the reading challenge--for example, reviews of books that qualify for the POC Reading Challenge and posts about issues that challenge participants would be interested in (cover whitewashing, challenges faced by authors of color, etc).<br />
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<b>Here are the challenge details:</b><br />
<blockquote>Any book (by any author) with a main character that is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_color"> person of color</a> qualifies for this reading challenge, as well as any book written by an author of color. The goal is to encourage readers have a more diverse reading experience and to support diversity in the publishing industry by reading and reviewing books by or about persons of color.</blockquote>Choose how many POC books you would like to read in 2012: <br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">Level 1: Read 1-3 POC books<br />
Level 2. Read 4-6 POC books<br />
Level 3. Read 7-9 POC books<br />
Level 4. Read 10-15 POC books<br />
Level 5. Read 16-25 POC books </blockquote><b>So if you'd like to participate in the 2012 POC Reading Challenge, please do sign up, and if you have a blog please spread the word by grabbing the button from the sidebar and posting about your participation.</b> I'll start a new link-up for reviews on February 1.<br />
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Although the goal of this challenge is to get people reading more books by and about persons of color for life, it's nice to be able to post a summary of your reading to <b>celebrate that you met your challenge goal</b> (or even if you didn't meet your goal, just to acknowledge that you tried)! <br />
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<ul><li>What were your favorite (and least favorite) books read for the challenge?</li>
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<li>Has the challenge helped to change your reading habits? Will you continue to read books by and about persons of color? </li>
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It's December! How are you doing on the challenge? Did you meet your goal already or are you racing to the finish line? I'll be posting an end-of-the-challenge link-up shortly so you can link up your wrap-up posts.<br />
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<hr>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-20233492934675505162011-11-11T23:17:00.000-08:002011-11-11T23:43:14.491-08:00September, October Winners<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIPoyfH0gDTf6GiOppGiFkYJToQ7ZqpQKwd5FarW8oJVTjLEQ7CmkhM9PjDmBGoD5KV3Hr81g7w-Py3hAmCz03QrQEPd60TUObaw9dMGiOvjN1MIz9s356Ucl2XBt3jlItbrYQ3sCqVH6/s1600/you_won.png"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 160px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674005847553523378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIPoyfH0gDTf6GiOppGiFkYJToQ7ZqpQKwd5FarW8oJVTjLEQ7CmkhM9PjDmBGoD5KV3Hr81g7w-Py3hAmCz03QrQEPd60TUObaw9dMGiOvjN1MIz9s356Ucl2XBt3jlItbrYQ3sCqVH6/s200/you_won.png" /></a> Should I just stop apologizing? I can't... I am very very sorry that it has taken me so long to post winners. Also if you won a book and haven't received an email from me, please go ahead and email me yourself! I check my email everyday so I will follow up. It's just increasingly difficult for me to remember to email the winners first.<br /><br />September: <a href="http://www.buriedinprint.com/?p=3978"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;">BURIED IN PRINT</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;">!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#6600cc;">Akoss @ </span><a href="http://fantasypen.blogspot.com/2011/07/akata-witch-by-nnedi-okorafor-review.html"><span style="color:#6600cc;">Fantasy Pen!</span></a></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#336666;"></span></strong><br /><span style="color:#000000;">October: </span><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3366ff;"><strong>April from <a href="http://www.goodbooksandgoodwine.com/2011/10/under-the-mesquite-by-guadalupe-garcia-mccall-book-review.html">Good Books & Good Wine</a>!</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3366ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#663333;">Shannon from </span><a href="http://readinghaspurpose.blogspot.com/2011/10/lesson-before-dying-by-ernest-j-gaines.html"><span style="color:#663333;">Reading Has a Purpose</span></a><span style="color:#663333;">!</span></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#663333;"></span></strong><br /><span style="color:#663333;">Congratulations winners! If you do not hear from me within 48 hours feel free to email me. I look forward to the holidays when I can take the time to not only read but COMMENT on many of the great reviews I've seen and read.</span>MissAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11042352415616854651noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-19282853412222657102011-11-04T12:20:00.000-07:002011-11-04T12:21:31.604-07:00November Review Link-Up!<center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39217212@N04/4055944906/" title="tea. books. autumn. by katharinamarie, on Flickr"><img alt="tea. books. autumn." height="320" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2502/4055944906_c6b87ecb1c.jpg" width="241" /></a></center><br />
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Is it<i> really</i> November ALREADY??? Sorry I'm late getting this up again.<br />
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<hr />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-40646109834718310762011-09-25T20:22:00.000-07:002011-09-25T20:53:54.777-07:00August 2011 Winners!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5J3uFDvJVkYmbIlS6M5QCKPeCXNBnTlber2Kn6_CQw1lG_D5aOYMeVVu8sK1mZE5zNwmyZ5ZB4ic2H9sd1fDaKBt33Sa_8g2CXN3hfllVTIhGTp02R_B0ETf6aLDpKew8Fvh1aaCFLa-7/s1600/you_won.png"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 160px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656507412246320274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5J3uFDvJVkYmbIlS6M5QCKPeCXNBnTlber2Kn6_CQw1lG_D5aOYMeVVu8sK1mZE5zNwmyZ5ZB4ic2H9sd1fDaKBt33Sa_8g2CXN3hfllVTIhGTp02R_B0ETf6aLDpKew8Fvh1aaCFLa-7/s200/you_won.png" /></a> *Ducks head in shame* I can't even find the words to apologize for how long this took me to post :0 But more importantly, here are ze winners!<br /><br /><span style="color:#993399;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#33cc00;">A.J!</span> from</span> Collections, the random r<a href="http://collections-books.blogspot.com/2011/08/review-invisible-touch-by-kelly-parra.html">eview was <em>Invisible Touch</em> by Kelly Parra.</a> I've read the book too and I agree 100% with her thoughts about the ending and the blog entries<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><span style="color:#993399;">Sidne</span></strong>!</span> from Reading Rendezvous Reviews and the highlighted review <a href="http://sidnebkclubreviewz.blogspot.com/p/leading-lady-of-rap.html">from her blog is <em>Leading Lady of Rap</em> </a>by Torri L. Holmes, I like the tagline of the novel "Not a video vixen" story<br /><br />Winners email me with your addresses and which book you've chosen from the <a href="http://pocreading.blogspot.com/2011/01/2011-prize-list.html">prize list</a><br /><br />Keep on keeping on!MissAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11042352415616854651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-28799170602667043002011-09-01T00:01:00.000-07:002011-09-01T00:01:02.366-07:00September Review Link-up!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<hr />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-40329113539907709562011-07-21T10:54:00.000-07:002011-08-01T13:22:10.598-07:00Dystopia and Diversity?!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.leeandlow.com/images/books/3/9781600606625/main.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.leeandlow.com/images/books/3/9781600606625/main.jpg" /></a></div>Lee and Low, a fabulous diversity rich publishing house, has put the first four chapters of their dystopian <i>Tankborn</i> online for your reading pleasure! <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/60548807/Tankborn-Excerpt">Check it out</a> and let us know what you think!<br />
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(edited to add: <a href="http://www.leeandlow.com/books/424/hc/tankborn">Click here to learn more about <i>Tankborn</i> at Lee and Low's website<i>.</i></a>)Pam Phohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14190817860987781775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-74621437065932811562011-07-07T10:11:00.000-07:002011-07-07T10:14:14.331-07:00Sync into summer!The <a href="http://www.audiobookcommunity.com/">Audio Book Community</a> is having two free downloads a week for kids audio. This week they are featuring a <a href="http://www.audiobookcommunity.com/group/sync">free download</a> that all of you PoC challgengers may be interested in! It counts towards the challenge. If you download and listen let us know!<br /><br />WHERE THE STREETS HAD A NAME by Randa Abdel-Fattah<br />Read by Kellie Jones<br />Published by Bolinda Audio<br /><br />Thanks to April at <a href="http://goodbooksandgoodwine.com/">Good Books and Good Wine</a> for letting us know!Pam Phohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14190817860987781775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-71261929292821757182011-07-01T00:01:00.000-07:002011-07-01T00:01:01.669-07:00July Review Link-Up<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b><span style="font-size: 180%;">Sylvia</span></b> from <a href="http://www.whatifbooksetc.com/2011/05/review-white-cat-by-holly-black.html">What If Books Etc reviewed <i>White Cat</i> </a>by Holly Black<br />
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<a href="http://www.theprairielibrary.com/2011/05/review-history-of-mary-prince-west.html"><b><span style="font-size: 180%;">Chelle</span></b> from The Prairie Library</a> who reviewed <i>The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave, related by Herself</i>, edited by Moira Ferguson<br />
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Congratulations winners, I will email you shortly (promise :D) Happy summer reading everyone!!<br />
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Remember the <a href="http://www.diversityinya.com/">Diversity in YA tours</a>? Hopefully you were able to attend. The founders of Diversity in YA, Malinda Lo and Cindy Pon have created a challenge for the summer to encourage people to read more diverse YA/MG. You can read as many books as you want, all you have to do as a book blogger or reader is list the books you read and write a 500-word essay (at least) on your experience. But wait there's more! If you spread the word on the challenge you will be entered into the ARC giveaway. The Spread the Word giveaway ends July 31, the actual challenge ends September 1. Go <a href="http://www.diversityinya.com/2011/06/diversify-your-reading/" style="background-color: yellow;">here</a> for more info<br />
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<i>Libraries: We invite librarians to incorporate diverse middle grade and young adult novels into your summer reading programs, whether it’s as a book display, a book club event, or a book list you’ve created to share with your patrons. Please take photos or shoot video of your display or event and share them with us!<br />
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Readers and Book Bloggers: We invite readers and book bloggers to read diverse MG and YA books throughout the summer (you choose the books!) and write an essay (at least 500 words) about your experience. You can post it on your website, Blogger, LiveJournal, Tumblr, or on Facebook; we only ask that your post be publicly readable </i>MissAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11042352415616854651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751976574362363572.post-18835723021838323912011-06-01T00:01:00.000-07:002011-06-01T00:01:02.739-07:00June Review Link-Up!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dottorpeni/2935271689/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="fred vargas by dottorpeni, on Flickr"><img alt="fred vargas" height="160" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3153/2935271689_863cb75bd8_m.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
Happy June! School is out (or will be very soon), the weather is hot, and I'm guessing many of us plan to spend some time cooling off with a good book this month. I know I've really been looking forward to diving into the pile of books I've been saving up for the summer. I hope you've got some great POC books planned for your summer reading too!<br />
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