Checking In
How were your April reads?
Comment below to share anything about this month’s reading experience.
Monthly prompts
May 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
Virtual synchronous meetings
Our twelfth book club meeting is on May 3rd at 12pm PT to discuss West Side Love Story by Priscilla Oliveras.
Our thirteenth book club meeting will be on May 30th at 10am Pacific Time to discuss:
Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson by Tourmaline
Links to purchase:
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.
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
Taking action against ICE in the U.S.: National Immigrant Justice Center
GoFundMe: Support for Keith Porter Jr.’s daughters
About the challenge & the hosts
Jade 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