hi my name is nana welcome to my channel where i talk about literature
and today i'm going to do my tbr for September.
So, september is going to be a very hefty month because
i'm co-hosting yanceyathon, which is a readathon that promotes books by black authors
from all around the world in all different walks of life. And this round, which is round two for 2020,
is based off of Beyonce's visual album Black as King.
So that's what the prompts are based off of.
i'm going to try to do as many of the prompts as I can. i think i learned from my avatar the last page turner
read-a-thon that i think i should leave my tbrs very open-ended. i did that then as well, but i think rather than just
saying, "Okay. Just find a book that fits a certain prompt,"
I think i have to get multiple books in genres that I know that i like that
fit those prompts so that if i do go back into my mood reader tendencies,
then i can always go to a book that I like. That's how i'm gonna approach this.
A lot of different options but options that are things that I am interested in.
So i'm gonna put the prompts on the screen.
i'm going to start with the actual challenges and there's also bingo board,
which is extra challenges because this readathon,
you can really combat it however you want to.
Full success which is like every challenge and every, you know,
box on the bingo board. Or you could do the three in a row.
Or you could do just some of the challenges. You can combine prompts too.
I'm gonna start with the five challenges and then i'm gonna go down to the bingo board.
first is spirit read a book by a black author.
most of the books that i plan on reading this month are by black authors. pretty much everything that i'm going
to name from here on out is also by a black author and could fit this prompt, but
to name one specifically just to start off with that may fit this prompt and not fit any other ones -
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler. buddy reading that with brit from Britt Writterly.
i think the plot is really interesting. what i understand is that it's like a historical fiction/sci-fi.
i think that that's really interesting and as soon as
i heard the plot, i was like that sounds amazing.
i know octavia e butler is a really acclaimed author so i'm really excited to read this book.
also for this prompt this, challenge i plan on reading -
how do i do this? like...okay.
the entire dork diaries series. so,
dork diaries is by rachel renee Russell. when i was a kid, i want to say nine and ten, i started reading these books
and I got them from the book fair at my elementary school. i read i believe the first three.
this one, the purple one, a yellow one that is the third one. i think i own them I just don't know where they are.
i only know where this one is. plan on reading all of them. i also want to do like a 24 hour vlog and see if i
could finish it. just really excited for this this would just be really fun a nice trip down memory lane.
the second prompt is read a black non-fiction book
and for this one i'm thinking becoming by Michelle obama. but i know that mariah carey has a memoir
coming out. it comes out on September 29th, though. so like at the end of the month. I would love to read that
memoir as well. we'll see if i can get it on that day and then read it and then fit it into the vlog.
i'm definitely interested in that and then, i also was thinking i know why the caged bird sings
by Maya angelou. i would love to actually read something of hers. those are some options that I have.
three is read a book with black intersectional identity.
i really want to read cinderella is dead. i will be reading that one and i'm really excited.
you should see me in a crown. i want to read that one as well.
there's also once ghosted twice shy by Alyssa Cole. it's a novella. i'm excited for that one but
it's in a series - the reluctant royals series.
four read a book that doesn't center around black trauma.
the books that i'm thinking for this prompt are a princess in theory by Alyssa Cole. i started this book in
September (Note: I meant August) but i didn't finish it. i'm going to finish it in this month.
where i got to, it's about a woman who meets a prince
who she knew from her childhood
and he's basically trying to get her to marry him.
another one is a duke by default and it is in the same reluctant royals series.
there's also Go Deep, which is a romance novel. (Me) + Somebody's Son, i believe it's called.
another romance novel. guarding temptation by talia hibbert and make a scene by mimi grace.
then for the last challenge read a book centering black artistry or storytelling.
luster or with (the) fire on high. i'm interested in both stories. Luster, from the synopsis that I read,
the main character is an artist of some kind. and then with (the) fire on high, it involves cooking - culinary arts.
so onto the bingo board.
i try not to know too much about the stories before going into them, so i won't be able to speak on all of
these. i think i can do the column that starts with KEYS TO THE KINGDOM: features royalty - because
cinderella is dead for that one and also the reluctant royals series.
then for MY POWER: a non-us-born black author. if i read guarding temptation by Talia Hibbert.
and then WATER: features black love. a princess in theory i know for sure features black love.
that would fit one column, but if i'm going to try and finish all the bingo boards,
cinderella is dead would fit SCAR, which is a black retelling.
Features themes of family.  I think a princess in theory does that.
Middle grade/ coming of age. You Should
See Me in a Crown.
i'm just really excited this is a really cool thing to be a part of.
it was really fun brainstorming the prompts with the
rest of the co-hosts.
so, thank you so much for watching and I will see you later.
