2025 Reading Challenge discussion

I would love to do the Rebel Women Lit Diversity Reading Challenge
but I don't know many books that fit the description. :-(

What is "Latinxdad"?
What books are "from Rebel Women Lit's 2017 Reading List" or "Well-Read Black Girl's 2017 reading list "?
"A book written by a person of colour about a memory alternating, mind alternating or virtual reality sci-fi/fantasy experience" - er... like for example what?
"A book which explores poverty and wealth distribution among people of colour" Eh?
A book written by a POC, that takes place within a 24 hour period?
A book about a character whose sexuality is outed without permission?
Please, help!

No-one?

A book about a character whose sexuality is outed without permission?

I just finished Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda recently, that would definitely fit into this category!

"A book which explores poverty and wealth distribution among people of colour"

I haven't read it yet, but The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness might fit this category...

I was looking at the page, and it does say that they will be posting book suggestions throughout the year, so you could sign up and get newsletters with those suggestions too!

Cassie wrote: "A book about a character whose sexuality is outed without permission?

I just finished Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda recently, that would definitely fit into this category!

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Thank you, Cassie!

The problem with the newsletter is that this is 2018 challenge. :-(
I have tried to go through the twitter and Instagram, ask the people who created this challenge directly, but my computer doesn't want to function properly... old, little thing - and the old, little me doesn't have the energy to fix it.

Hm. I thought Latinxdad was a typo. I think it might be a combination of Latinx and latinidad. I googled both. Latinidad is a Spanish-language term that refers to the various attributes shared by Latin American people and their descendants without reducing those similarities to any single essential trait. And latinx is gender neutral similar to latina/latino. The x is pronounced, which I did not know it was; I was thinking latins not latin ex.

Got this information from Rebel Women instagram

from Rebel Women Lit's 2017 Reading List, A book which explores poverty and wealth distribution among people of colour

A book which explores poverty and wealth distribution among people of colour

Ok I found a book for A book written by a person of colour about a memory alternating, mind alternating or virtual reality sci-fi/fantasy experience

The book synopsis is quite interesting and sounds similar to the Eternal Sunshine... movie.

We can't give too much away but it's perfect for fans on "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and Adam Silvera's "More Happy than Not."

I found this on the Rebel Women instagram account as well. They must have meant memory altering

Thank you, Cindy!

"A book written by a person of colour about a memory alternating, mind alternating or virtual reality sci-fi/fantasy experience" - er... like for example what?

Beloved by Toni Morrison - The main character has difficulties dealing with the realities of slavery, post-slavery, and everything she and her family has faced.

"A book which explores poverty and wealth distribution among people of colour"

The Known World by Edward P. Jones - One of my favorites, it describes African Americans who owned slaves in the South. It was rare, but it happened.

Hope that helps!

Mary wrote: ""A book written by a person of colour about a memory alternating, mind alternating or virtual reality sci-fi/fantasy experience" - er... like for example what?

Beloved by Toni Morrison - The main ..."

Thank you, Mary! :-)

"A book written by a person of colour about a memory alternating, mind alternating or virtual reality sci-fi/fantasy experience" - er... like for example what?

Kindred by Octavia Butler is a sci/fi book about a woman in 1970s California who keeps getting transported back in time to Antebellum Maryland where her ancestors were slaves. She has to fight against the cruel slaveholders while coming to terms with the awful truth of her roots and navigating her suddenly complicated relationship with her white husband.