The Month That Was… January 2017

+ International Giveaway

The start of 2017 has not been a good month for the world at large, to put it lightly. I can barely believe what I hear coming out of America each day. It buoyed my spirits to see so many happy faces and amazing signs at the Women’s Marches though. Whilst governments unravel, it’s important to look after yourself and try and take joy in little things. So I can at least say I’ve read some amazing books last month, and reviewed even more.

Let’s see what I ticked off my on my challenge lists:

#ReadHarder

15. Read a YA or middle grade novel by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+
Margot & Me by Juno Dawson
24. Read a book wherein all point-of-view characters are people of color
The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

#DiversityBingo2017

Free Choice
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
Book by an Author of Colour
The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Hijabi Main Character (Own Voices)
Sofia Khan is Not Obliged by Ayisha Malik

Not too shabby. I’d also quite like to read the Wellcome Prize longlist, so I might add those titles to my challenges page to remind me of their existence.

February brings with it the promise of a storm, but also the second London Bookshop Crawl. This has turned into a mega event, so if you’d like to take part the guided groups are full but you can still go solo. I’ll be herding one of the groups on the day.

Monthly giveaways are back! You can win any book I reviewed on the blog in January and you’ll get a nice shiny new copy (usually ordered from Wordery, so you’ll get a cute bookmark too). It’s open internationally and you don’t even need to follow me! I do double check extra entries though, so don’t try and cheat.

Here’s what made it onto the blog…