Diverse Reading in 2016

As you may have read in my Looking Over 2015, Looking Forward to 2016, I have plans to change up what diverse books I read in 2016. I already read a lot of LGBTQ YA and YA with characters with mental illness, but I want to read more.

Kayla Whaley auditted of her diverse reading in 2015, and made goals for her reading in 2016 based on the results. She created the #DiverseReadingGoals hashtag on Twitter, and has inspired me to be more intenional in the diverse books I read in 2016, but to also keep proper track of what I'm reading.

My diverse reading goals for 2016 are:

• To read more YA(/NA/MG) with disabled characters.
• To read more YA(/NA/MG) with characters who have chronic illnesses.
• To read more YA(/NA/MG) with POC characters.
• To read more YA(/NA/MG) with characters who identify as the lesser represented LGBTQ identities, I.E. asexual, bisexual, pansexual, genderfluid characters.
• To read more YA(/NA/MG) with intersectional characters.
• To read more #ownvoices YA(/NA/MG).

To keep track of the various diverse books I'll be reading in 2016, you will find a #DiverseReadingGoals page where I will list my goals, but also the books I read throughout the year.

I hope I do well with my goals, and I hope you enjoy my reviews as I attempt to meet them!