My latest Friday Reads is up: Friday Reads April 22: What do we expect from endings?
https://youtu.be/h3zFr7--Df8
#DisabilityReadathon; Essays; Poetry;
Queer PoC nonfiction; Canadian literature; Audiobooks; Indigenous theatre; #PictureThis2022 readathon; and Mermaids!
pickFor a few reasons, including that I‘m not at all hip to current YA, it‘s hard for me to judge this book. But I don‘t think I need to: if this story sounds up your alley, I‘d bet it is! One for All is a gender-bent retelling of The Three Musketeers, with not only dueling but dancing; equal parts sword fights and seduction. The central characters are four girls who all have boundless courage, tremendous loyalty, and weapons under their skirts. ⤵️
April #bookspin list, April is also #AutismAcceptance month (this is a shift from Autism Awareness because the majority of people in the Autism community are trying to move away from Autism being seen as a deficit or something that needs to be changed). A friend recommended the tagged book, which I‘m really hoping to read next month. I‘d love to participate in #DisabilityReadathon but not sure how much time I‘ll have.
Today I have 4 recommendations from my favorite books that fulfill quite a few challenges in April‘s #DisabilityReadathon!
•The group read is Disability Visibility, which contains some of the best disability writing I‘ve ever read.
•A poetry collection, from a deaf author: The Perseverance by Ray Antrobus. Explores biracial identity, a difficult father relationship, & deaf experiences. The most memorable contemporary poetry I‘ve read in a while.
The April #DisabilityReadathon is coming, and I can‘t wait! Link to the official site and unofficial StoryGraph challenge in the comments. The goal is to connect with the voices of disabled creators, however that works for you. #OwnVoices!
The prompts I chose:
•A poetry collection, Beauty Is a Verb.
•About invisible disability, The Invisible Kingdom.
•Written by an autistic author, Diary of a Young Naturalist.
•And a romance, Seven Days in June!
pickThis book just feels physically good in my hands. It enlightened me so about what it means to be Deaf and the challenges navigating the hearing world. It was painful to read what she heard and what was actually spoken and what she had to do ALL THE TIME to figure it out. There was also lots of hope. All good things. Everyone should read this! #110 #BookSpinBingo #4 #BFC21 #2 #DisabilityReadathon #SuperSeptember #FallIntoReading
pickA range of disabled writers share the variety of emotions, from fear to joy, humor to frustration, sparked by their circumstances.
An essay on living with Tourette‘s had me questioning medications not to improve health, but to make a patient palatable to society. ‘Intimacy Without Touch‘ had me in tears at the beauty in being disabled.
When disabled people express themselves, society often covers its ears. This collection is a chance to listen.
Read 15 books in April! Still way ahead of where I used to be. Not as much fun as #MiddleGradeMarch, but a successful #YApril in my opinion. I read 9 YA books, finished 5 of the 6 prompts for Spring #BOOKED2021, 3 books for the #DisabilityReadathon and decided to continue reading books with disabled authors or MC each month, read 6 of the 7 prompts for #ThankfulAthon. Also added 15 books to my quest of reading 100 books this year! A good month!
pickIsn‘t that cover gorgeous? So, this is volume 2 in the Cursebreakers series by Brigid Kemmerer and returning to Emberfall seems like coming home. This one is focused on Gray and he has a problem with an unlikely set of companions to aid him. Lots of adventure, magic, treachery and romance. #100YEARS100BOOKS #56 #BookSpinBingo #23 #BFC21 #SERIES2021 #YApril #5 #DisabilityReadathon #ThankfulAthon #AwesomeApril
