TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON MY SUMMER TBR

I completely spaced on this week’s post because I’ve been spending all my spare time working on a Black Lives Matter post (with lots of books in it) – mostly writing, re-writing, revising, having lots of feelings, not liking it, starting again. Hopefully I’ll get to a point where I can publish this week. You’ll see that that has impacted my reading list for the summer (and going forward). So below are a few of the books I’d like to get to in the next few months:

         

I heard about King and the Dragonflies and was reminded about Hood Feminism (apparently it is focused on intersectional feminism and has a chapter on the difference between an ally and an accomplice which is an important topic to learn about right now) when I watched Ashley at Bookish Realm‘s recent video. Both sound amazing, so I’ve moved them to the top of the list. And I was reminded that I’ve been meaning to read Brit Bennett by Bookish Babe‘s review, and her enthusiasm was completely contagious! It’s now in my shopping cart, soon to be on its way to me.

A few others I’ve had on my TBR for a while, most I’ve ever read a good chunk of:

              

All of these are currently on my bedside table, at various points. I’m reading Small Island with my mom (though I have to admit I keep getting distracted) and hopping back and forth between text and audio for Policing Black Lives (a book you must read if you want to learn about Canada’s history and current situation regarding Black rights and racism) and Their Eyes Were Watching God. The latter is so brilliant that it literally took my breath away, which is not something I experience often. Hurston has this way of phrasing things that is completely new to me – words one after another I never would have imagined going together, but are somehow perfect. I have watched interviews with Angela Y. Davis and think she is an amazing person. I’m looking forward to getting into this book – it’s short, but I expect it to be full of really important information and give me lots of moments where ideas just click into place.

              

I know it’s not very original, but I do really want to get my hands on How To Be An Antiracist. I’m waiting for it to come back into stock at my local indie bookstore. I loved Girl, Woman, Other and have heard great things about Mr Loverman, so I’m hoping to find the time to pick it up. Invisible Women is the June pick for a Patreon book club I’m part of with Acacia Ives. I want to read it, but am finding it a little hard to get into at the moment, so I’m not sure if I’ll finish it by the end of the month. The Road Home has literally been on my TBR for years. It was recommended to me by a family friend (hi, Ron, if you’re reading!) as was Amanda Craig’s Hearts and Minds (I also want to get to some more of her books if time allows). Hearts and Minds turned out to be one of my all-time favourite books, so I really want to get to this one!

          

I have read all of Peter Mayle’s previous Provence books and loved them. My dreams are pretty equally split between returning to my ancestral home (England), moving to Tuscany or moving to Provence. I’d be fine with any of those. I saw Denise Mina on the show Shelf Isolation and really enjoyed listening to her. So I thought I’d try one of her books. And finally, I’ve started Incidental Inventions but put it aside when I began judging my round of the BookTube Prize. It’s a series of articles originally published in The Guardian, so I think it should be easy to go back to.

That’s it for me this week! Sorry it’s on the late side. I’d love to hear from any of you who have read or want to read any of the books in this week’s post!

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly link-up feature created by The Broke and the Bookish and hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Every week TTT has a different topic, and everyone who links up has to create a link of ten items that fit that topic. To see past and upcoming topics, go here.