Reading More Diversely is an original monthly feature on Charlie Book Fanatic. (That's me!)
This feature is supposed to be a monthly reading challenge for myself. In this series of posts I will list 5 books/authors that have to do with diversity relating to the subject I chose for that month. In the month following the post I will try to read all of these books/authors. In the next post I will do some mini reviews of the books I read.
The ultimate goal is to look back at the end of the year and to see I have read more diversely. The definition of diversity is different for everyone. For me it is all kinds of things: Books with characters that have mental health issues, that are LGBTQ, that are of colour, switching it up with male/female perspective. The same goes for the authors.
I do realise lots of people have already touched on this subject, but I never took it seriously. Now, I do and I want to actively expand my horizons and meanwhile maybe motivate other people to do the same with me.
To go back to the subject of this month; Indie authors. Another term people fill in differently. What I mean by indie authors, are authors who publish their books outside of 'mainstream' publishing. To specify: Outside of the Big Five and other major publishing houses.
This month I decided to pick 5 books that look interesting to me. So let us dive straight in.