tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271446653985249536.post8752384025609509511..comments2024-03-25T04:52:11.840-05:00Comments on Mary Had a Little Book Blog: Mary's Minute: Diversity and my reading habitsMary Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07068032118168881784noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271446653985249536.post-48222205292305690822016-12-18T08:13:29.093-06:002016-12-18T08:13:29.093-06:00Great post! for me, I don't even know most of ...Great post! for me, I don't even know most of the time what nationality an author is when I choose a book to read. It would be interesting to go through my Goodreads and see how my diversity stacks up too. I enjoyed this emotional and thoughtful post.Danielle H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11079935240201178744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271446653985249536.post-11935730144181213572016-09-12T00:41:07.120-05:002016-09-12T00:41:07.120-05:00Yep. Guilty of all of that too. I started tracki...Yep. Guilty of all of that too. I started tracking specific numbers around authors of color and diverse characters of other types (sexuality, health, etc.) this year to prompt myself to do better, but I slip very easily into reading primarily white authors as soon as I take the focus off. Thank you for your honesty and for reminding us all to be more conscious in our choices. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296827820807569574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271446653985249536.post-14827602755624632412016-09-11T08:58:19.706-05:002016-09-11T08:58:19.706-05:00Thanks for going ahead and posting this! I'm a...Thanks for going ahead and posting this! I'm a person of color and I can very much relate this post myself as not reading enough.<br /><br />Tanya Patrice<br /><a href="http://girlxoxo.com" rel="nofollow">Girlxoxo.com</a>TPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589001490828032365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271446653985249536.post-73720055991430737332016-09-08T11:52:57.715-05:002016-09-08T11:52:57.715-05:00Thank you for writing this, and for taking the tim...Thank you for writing this, and for taking the time to think about your reading habits. It was really eye-opening for me. I love the idea of diversity, and I love the diverse books I <i>have</i> read, but I have also been rather lazy about seeking out and actually reading more and more diverse books or books from POC authors. Part of this is because there are so many books I want to read from the years before diverse books became more prevalent, and I'm still trying to catch up, not because I am choosing to set aside these newer diverse books in favor of others on purpose. But I also realize that's not an excuse (merely an explanation), and I need to be more intentional about this if I am going to begin to understand minorities in a more in depth way. (I also need to do this more because I'm writing a book with a POC cast, so the onus is on me to make sure I do a good job.) <br /><br />Anyway, thank you again. I wish this discussion could be so much more peaceful, because it needs to happen and people need to hear instead of getting up in arms, and I know I've been scared to include my voice too much on this issue, for multiple reasons. But it also occurs to me more and more just how much I take my own prevalent representation in literature for granted, and it makes me sad that many minorities don't get the same luxury of taking their own representation for granted. Liz Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823595869843889438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271446653985249536.post-18434758993695683942016-09-07T16:35:30.450-05:002016-09-07T16:35:30.450-05:00This is a fantastic post, Mary. Like you, I talk a...This is a fantastic post, Mary. Like you, I talk about the need for diversity, but I haven't ever made a really concerted effort to follow through with the talk. I've never taken a hard look at the numbers and made an assessment of how I'm really doing when it comes to reading diverse books. I have a feeling that if I did, I'd be in much the same boat as you are. I obviously need to make some changes.<br /><br />Nicole @ <a href="http://feedyourfictionaddiction.com" rel="nofollow">Feed Your Fiction Addiction</a>Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637114079800138680noreply@blogger.com