*grump*
So, I'm slowly working through the 'Read 50 books by PoC Authors in a Year Challenge'. This means reading a lot more books. I wander into Waterstones, looking for said books. I find a lovely big bookshelf entitled 'Black authors'. I think 'this is fab', and I pick out an interesting looking novel called 'White Oleander', which I've vaguely heard of. It sounds interesting.
I come back to work, and go online to add it to my list of books I'm reading for the challenge. I pause, just before adding it, and decide to check that the writer is definitely a PoC.
She isn't.
Why that book got shelved with 'Black authors', I've no idea. I'm now feeling all stroppy and grumpy. At least the book does look interesting and wasn't one of my insane literary experiments.
Does anyone have any good recs for non-white authored books, of any genre, that they would like to pass on to me to brighten my day?
I come back to work, and go online to add it to my list of books I'm reading for the challenge. I pause, just before adding it, and decide to check that the writer is definitely a PoC.
She isn't.
Why that book got shelved with 'Black authors', I've no idea. I'm now feeling all stroppy and grumpy. At least the book does look interesting and wasn't one of my insane literary experiments.
Does anyone have any good recs for non-white authored books, of any genre, that they would like to pass on to me to brighten my day?