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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

Annamarie Carlson

We participate in the blog trend of Monday posts about what we have read during the last week (12/21/2020-12/27/2020).

Annamarie’s Reading

Picture Books & Readers:

Everything Else:

Rambling Thoughts: My last What Are You Reading post of 2020! I’ve read a lot this year, though when running some basic numbers, I haven’t really met any of the goals I set for myself in the middle of the year. The stats are important to me–because while it definitely “feels” like I’ve been intentionally reading more diverse books and own voices books, the numbers are more accurate than what my gut tells me. And the stats motivate me to work harder and not fall into old habits.

There has been some notable improvements when I look at specific formats: for example, almost all of the chapter books I’ve read since examining my reading have featured diverse characters (34/37 – 92%), though not as many have been own voices (27/37 – 73%). Other areas, like graphic novels, make up a significant percentage of my reading, but while I make an effort to read every diverse graphic novel for kids and teens, that field is overwhelming white (and very, very rarely features an own voices author). Reading picture books by own voices authors is an area I can try to better work at as, while about 400/700 of my post-mid-year-review picture books have featured diverse people, only about 100 of those 700 books were own voices. I’m already spiraling down the numbers train, so I am going to stop for now and wait until there is a real post on this topic.

Make sure to stop by on Tuesdays for short reviews of some of these titles!

Reading by the Numbers:

Favorites of the Week:

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