My #AsianLitBingo 2019 Reading Challenge TBR

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I'm signing up to take part in the #AsianLitBingo 2019 Reading Challenge, hosted by Lit Celebrasian. The aim is to read books featuring Asian main characters written by Asian authors, throughout May, which is Asian American Heritage Month in the US, and while doing so, complete a line on the bingo card.

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My #RamdadanReadathon 2019 TBR

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The #RamadanReadathon is back for the third year! Run by Nadia of Headscarves and Hardbacks, the #RamadanReadathon is a challenge to read only Muslim authors during the month of Ramadan - 6th May to 4th June! Check out the Twitter account for updates: @MuslimReadathon.

The Readathon is a little different this year, with a bingo board challenge based on the five pillars of Islam! For this challenge, I think I'll be going for the Salah/Prayer column/pillar, which means reading books that fit the following:

• Part of a Series - Kingdom of Copper by S. A. Chakraborty*
• Free Space - The Light at the Bottom of the World by London Shah*
• Comtemporary Fiction - Saints and Misfits by S. K. Ali
• Recently Bought/Released - Internment by Samira Ahmed*
• Number/Name in Title - The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan

I have been really looking forward to the readathon this year, as due to prior blog commitments last year, I was only able to read one book. So I've been saving up quite a few books with the intention of reading them during the readathon - and I'm hoping to read more than five! As with other monthly reading challenges, due to my blogging schedule, the books aren't likely to be reviewed on the blog during Ramadan, but they will be reviewed on Goodreads, and I will be tweeting about them.

Here are all the books I have saved up to read! I may not get to them all, but I love that I have such a wide range of stories!

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My Aro Ace April Reading Challenge TBR

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After the success of F/F February, Ellie of Fae on the Shelf and Imi of Imi Reviews Books are back this month with another month long reading challenge - Aro Ace April. Following a similar set-up as F/F February, the aim is to read books featuring aromantic and/or asexual representation. There is a bingo card to complete, with bingo giving you an entry into their giveaway, and a photo challenge for Instagram! And you can check out Ellie's list of recommendations for the challenge, too.

I really enjoyed F/F February, so I'll be taking part again this month! Again, due to my blogging schedule, the books won't be reviewed on the blog until May, but I will be tweeting about them! But I wanted to share my TBR to help promote the reading challenge, and to maybe give you some ideas of what you can read if you take part. On to my my TBR!

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My Year of the Asian Reading Challenge 2019 TBR

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January saw the creation of a brand new, specific diverse reading challenge! Year of the Asian Reading Challenge 2019 is a reading challenge to get you reading more books by Asian authors, and is hosted by Vicky of Vicky Who Reads, CW of The Quiet Pond, Lily of Sprinkles of Dreams, and Shealea of Shut Up, Shealea.

The aim is to read the number of books by Asian authors from your chosen level, and I have chosen the Indian Cobra level, which means I'm aiming to read 11-20 books! I signed up for this challenge back in January, but I thought I would share with you all the books on my TBR that I could read! There are a huge number of books here, so it's unlikely that I'll get to them all, but what a range of books to choose from!

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The Pros & Cons of eReaders & eProofs (+ 2019 TBR Goals)

As I mentioned in my post two weeks ago, How Do You Choose? Bought Books Vs Review Copies, I have a huge physical TBR. I now have 58 books that I've bought this year that are currently unread. Plus god knows how many review copies from this year. And I'm behind on last year, too - the disadvantage of being a mood reader. All my books, read and unread, are stacked on my five book cases, bottoms out, and they are stack in numerous tall piles on the floor. I am running out of room for physical books.

I'm going to try and be stricter in 2019, but I have been trying, where possible, to only accept eProofs from NetGalley where possible. This year, I've also been trying to read more eProofs. And while this saves my room from becoming even more of a health and safety hazard, I've found some problems with eProofs, too. So today, I thought I'd talk about what I think are the pros and cons of eReaders and eProofs.

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Halloween Themed October Reading

October is just round the corner, and so Halloween isn't far away, either! So I thought I would try and read books throughout the month that fit! Here is a rough TBR for October, full of stories of witches, of ghosts, and scary stories!

There are a quite a few on this list, and I'm not the fastest reader, so I probably won't get through all of them. But even so, I've got a month of exciting reading ahead! Without further ado, here is my Halloween themed October reading!


Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft ed. by Jessican Spotswood & Tess sharpe

A young adult fiction anthology of 15 stories featuring contemporary, historical, and futuristic stories featuring witchy heroines who are diverse in race, class, sexuality, religion, geography, and era.

Are you a good witch or a bad witch?

Glinda the Good Witch. Elphaba the Wicked Witch. Willow. Sabrina. Gemma Doyle. The Mayfair Witches. Ursula the Sea Witch. Morgan le Fey. The three weird sisters from Macbeth.

History tells us women accused of witchcraft were often outsiders: educated, independent, unmarried, unwilling to fall in line with traditional societal expectations.

Bold. Powerful. Rebellious.

A bruja’s traditional love spell has unexpected results. A witch’s healing hands begin to take life instead of giving it when she ignores her attraction to a fellow witch. In a terrifying future, women are captured by a cabal of men crying witchcraft and the one true witch among them must fight to free them all. In a desolate past, three orphaned sisters prophesize for a murderous king. Somewhere in the present, a teen girl just wants to kiss a boy without causing a hurricane.

From good witches to bad witches, to witches who are a bit of both, this is an anthology of diverse witchy tales from a collection of diverse, feminist authors. The collective strength of women working together—magically or mundanely--has long frightened society, to the point that women’s rights are challenged, legislated against, and denied all over the world. Toil & Trouble delves deep into the truly diverse mythology of witchcraft from many cultures and feminist points of view, to create modern and unique tales of witchery that have yet to be explored. From Goodreads.

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Books on My Intersectional Feminist TBR Pile and Wishlist

I am a feminist, but I am fully aware of very privileged life I have. There is so much I don't know about the sexism and misogyny experienced by women and non-binary people who are also from marginalised groups. To be a feminist is to fight for and speak up for all women and non-binary people who experience sexism and misogyny, so I need to be an intersectional feminist, but I can't do that if I don't understand the specific experiences that come with being marginalised.

I have read a number of feminist non-fiction books in order to educate myself, but they're all written by privileged women, and will have just a chapter on intersectional feminism, and how sexism can intersect with religion, race, sexuality, gender identity, disability and other marginalisations. Those chapters aren't enough, and I need to educate myself further.

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Six for Sunday: Books that Have Been on My TBR Forever

Six For Sunday is a weekly feature run by Steph of A Little But a Lot. You can read all the Six for Sunday prompts for the rest of 2018 here. This week, we're talking about six books that have been sat on our TBR forever.

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly (published 5th April 2007)

High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the death of his mother, with only the books on his shelf for company. But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness. Angry and alone, he takes refuge in his imagination and soon finds that reality and fantasy have begun to meld. While his family falls apart around him, David is violently propelled into a world that is a strange reflection of his own -- populated by heroes and monsters and ruled by a faded king who keeps his secrets in a mysterious book, The Book of Lost Things.

Taking readers on a vivid journey through the loss of innocence into adulthood and beyond, New York Times bestselling author John Connolly tells a dark and compelling tale that reminds us of the enduring power of stories in our lives. From Goodreads.

Why I want to read it: Because it sounds right up my street! How intruging does the sound of fantasy and reality "melding"? I was recommended this by a colleague who thought I would enjoy it.

Why I haven't read it yet: There are a number of small reasoms. I forget I have it a lot of the time. And it's an adult book rather than MG or YA, which makes me slightly wary. And when I do remember I have it, I fancy reading other books more than reading this one. But I really need to get to it at some point.

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