Friday, July 31, 2009

Color Me Brown Book Challenge

Hosted by L. at Color Online.

Read and review three Persons of Colour books during August.


Books I have on hand to choose from. Those completed will be linked to reviews:

And Let the Earth Tremble at its Centers by Gonzalo Celorio (Mexico)
Translucent Tree by Nobuko Takagi (Japan)
Into the Beautiful North: A Novel by Luis Alberto Urrea (Mexico)

The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari (Sudan)

The Stillborn by Zaynab Alkali (Nigeria)
Breath, Eyes Memory by Edwidge Danticat (Haiti)
Monique and the Mango Rains by Kim Holloway (Mali)

So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba (Senegal)

1959: A Novel by Thulani Davis (US)

Jazz by Toni Morrison (US)

Love: A Novel by Toni Morrison (US)

The Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley (US)

Won't you join us? A lot of interesting books will be reviewed and there are book prizes to be won.

4 comments:

  1. Gosh! This I am joining! You should not make me JOIN any more! :D :D

    Hope you are having a good day!

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  2. Sandra, we have a couple of overlaps! I might be reading Into the Beautiful North and The Translator for this challenge, too. Great list! :D

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  3. You've got a lot of great books to choose from for this challenge. Good luck!

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  4. I thought I commented. You post great choices, Sandra.

    I have Beautiful North, too. Who knows when I'll get to it.

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