Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge discussion

This thread is to mark your completion of the March challenge for the prompt: a book by a WOC. You can join the group read or read a book of your choice.

Please include the following:

Title:
Author:
Have you read any other books by diverse authors that you can recommend?
Would you recommend this book?

Title: Red at the Bone
Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Have you read any other books by diverse authors that you can recommend? For mystery fans, I'd recommend anything by Attica Locke, Sujata Massey, Vaseem Khan, Shamini Flint, Vivien Chien, Kellye Garrett, Radha Vatsal, Gigi Pandian, Keigo Higashino, Ausma Zehanat Khan, Stephen Mack Jones, and Roberto Ampuero. Other authors I've read and loved include Isabel Allende, Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, Federico García Lorca, Julio Cortázar, Roxane Gay, Thrity Umrigar, Nayomi Munaweera, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Tayari Jones, Tommy Orange, Elizabeth Acevedo, Shonda Rhimes, and Mohsin Hamid.
Would you recommend this book? Yes! I loved the way the story was told and the author's way with words. I've only read a few other works by her so far but have been blown away by her writing each time.

Title: Girl, woman, other
Author: Bernadine Evaristo
Have you read any other books by diverse authors that you can recommend? Tayari Jones , Helen Hoang , Elizabeth Acevedo
Would you recommend this book? I loved the diverse characters in the book, I would totally recommend this book to everyone. It was simple, written in unconventional prose, telling deep and raw feelings and stories.

Title: Kindred
Author: Octavia E Butler
Have you read any other books by diverse authors that you can recommend?: Highly recommend White Teeth by Zadie Smith. You probably won't like the characters but it is beautifully written. I plan on checking out her other books.
Would you recommend this book?: 100% yes! I plan on recommending it to everyone. it's now on my list of top books.

Title: An Extraordinary Union
Author: Alyssa Cole
Have you read any other books by diverse authors that you can recommend? I've enjoyed books by Sonali Dev, Mike Chen, Cherie Dimaline, G. Willow Wilson, Rebecca Roanhorse, Kazuo Ishiguro, Renée Ahdieh and Margarita Engle in recent years.
Would you recommend this book? Yes, if you like historical romance.

Title: My Sister, the Serial Killer
Author: Oyinkan Braithwaite

Have you read any other books by diverse authors that you can recommend? The first two that spring to mind are N.K. Jemisin, Tan Twan Eng.

Would you recommend this book? Probably, but I'd need to be careful who I recommended it to.

Title: Everything I Never Told You
Author: Celeste Ng
Have you read any other books by diverse authors that you can recommend? Octavia E. Butler; Toni Morrison; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Yaa Gyasi
Would you recommend this book? Yes

Title: My Sister, the Serial Killer
Author: Oyinkan Braithwaite
Have you read any other books by diverse authors that you can recommend? Yes, many, but I can only think of a few at this time- Celeste Ng, Julia Alvarez, Shonda Rhimes.
Would you recommend this book? Definitely :) It was easy to read because of the way it was written and the characters were fantastic.

Title: My Sister, the Serial Killer
Author: Oyinkan Braithwaite
Have you read any other books by diverse authors that you can recommend? There’s hundreds....
Would you recommend this book? Not really, wasn’t what I expected.

Title: Dread Nation
Author: Justina Ireland

Have you read any books by diverse authors that you can recommend? I enjoyed Waiting and can recommend it.

Would you recommend this book? It's a solid maybe it really depends on what your looking for world building is really strong but it might not be for everyone.

Title: With the Fire on High
Author: Elizabeth Acevedo
Have you read any other books by diverse authors that you can recommend? Yes, I would recommend Celeste Ng, Yaa Gyasi, Attica Locke, Imbolo Mbue, Helen Hoang
Would you recommend this book? Yes, if you're open to reading YA- it was a little immature at times, but I loved the food aspect and the story was a positive one.

Title: #Notyourprincess: Voices of Native American Women
Author: Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale
Have you read any other books by diverse authors that you can recommend? Lots of favorites! Aviaq Johnston, Linda Hogan, Beth Brandt, Rita Joe, Cara Bryant, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Joy Harjo, plus Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, Julia Alvarez, Laura Esquivel


Would you recommend this book? Definitely. It's a well-composed anthology of female First Nations writers, poets and artists. If you're looking for a contemporary #ownvoices book, this is a great start.

Title: Children of Virtue and Vengeance
Author: Tomi Adeyemi
Have you read any other books by diverse authors that you can recommend? Just read Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson and it was great. It's the start of a trilogy and book 2 in the series was a Canada Reads contender.
Would you recommend this book? This was book 2 of a series and I liked it a little better than the first book.

Title: Beloved
Author: Toni Morrison
Have you read any other books by diverse authors that you can recommend? I am reading Get a Life, Chloe Brown right now, and it's a fun distracting book.
Would you recommend this book? It's an important book and well written, but I did not enjoy reading it, if that makes sense.

Title: Queenie
Author:Candice Carty-Williams

Have you read any other books by diverse authors that you can recommend? I loved My Sister, the Serial Killer last year and looking forward to her future novels.

Would you recommend this book? Yes! It was so much better than the synopsis let on. This is so much more than a black Bridget Jones novel, maybe it starts off that way but it delves deeper. I'm glad I gave it a chance, cause "black Bridget Jones" is not doing this book, or any book, justice IMO.

Title: My Sister, the Serial Killer
Author: Oyinkan Braithwaite

Have you read any other books by diverse authors that you can recommend?
Guild Hunter Series by Nalini Singh
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Would you recommend this book? I'm not sure.

Title: My Sister, the Serial Killer
Author: Oyinkan Braithwaite
Would you recommend this book? Yes.