Checking In
How were your March reads?
Comment below to share anything about this month’s reading experience.
Our quarterly Discord server call is on Sunday, April 26th at 1pm Pacific Time. Find your time zone here.
We will answer a silly icebreaker, chat about how the past few months of reading went for the challenge, plus any reflections we’d like to share & discuss! You must be part of the Discord server in order to join the call; if you haven’t joined already, do so by clicking here.
Monthly prompts
April Prompts
We can’t wait to see what yall read for this month’s prompts - all should be by racialized authors:
Click below for our recommendations & our tbrs this month:
Bookish Millennials Book Club
Next virtual synchronous meeting
Thank you to Andrew, Katelyn, Lexi, Lucia, & Jenny for joining our eleventh book club meeting to discuss “A Woman Is No Man” by Etaf Rum.
Bookish Millennials Book Club
Other ways to virtually read together 😆
Can’t join book club, but still want to discuss this month’s prompts with TDB community members? Join a public StoryGraph readalong or the Fable book club instead!
Bookish Millennials Book Club
Book Club Housekeeping
The #bookish-millennials-book-club channel is meant for general book club chitchat.
In #book-club-forums, you will find:
a forum for each book and respective prompt that Brittany is reading that month
links to the book club and readalongs on StoryGraph
affiliate links to purchase the books (ebook, print, & audiobook)
the synchronous Discord video call event if applicable
These individual forums are an option for you to post thoughts on the books in case you aren’t joining on StoryGraph or Fable.
Having options is part of accessibility & TDB community is happy to chat with you across social media & formats.
The #book-club-video-calls voice channel is where we meet synchronously each month to discuss the book of the month.
Vote for times/dates & books each month on the Book Club tab on Storygraph.
Let Brittany know if you have questions about book club.
Book Reviews
Review Boosts
A few reviews we appreciated this month:
Make sure to use the hashtag #TheDiverseBaseline on all social media, so we can find & spotlight your book reviews.
TDB Community
Community Care
Trans Rights Readathon: You can still bid on auction items until March 31st, and there is a digital prize pool you can enter here after donating to the org of your choice.
Supporting our U.S. libraries: Tell your senators to sign library letters!
Taking action against ICE in the U.S.: National Immigrant Justice Center
GoFundMe: Support for Keith Porter Jr.’s daughters
Donate: LGBTQ Foundation of Kansas
About the challenge & the hosts
Brittany is a reader from the San Francisco Bay Area. She hosts the challenge’s book club, Bookish Millennials Book Club, Steamy Lit’s Reading Rainbow Book Club, and the SF Bay Area chapter of Cassie’s Walking Club on Strava. She can be found on social media here.
Margherita is a reader and indie author from Italy. Xe can be found on instagram and substack. Xyr author website (pen name) with xyr books and editorial services can be found here.
Mylynn is a reader from Guam/Arizona. She can be found in the kitchen after midnight like the gremlin she is and also on instagram, storygraph, and more here.
The official StoryGraph challenge is hosted on StoryGraph & our carrd can be found here: thediversebaseline.carrd.co