I’ve wanted to do a few readathons this year but eventually dropped them because of problems with the challenges, my disinterest in the books I chose, or the readathons’ interference with my mood reading. But the Asian Readathon, hosted by Cindy Pham from @withcindy, is always fun and easy. Here’s the list of books I want to read for each challenge:
Challenge: Read a book written by an Asian author.
Book: Fake It Till You Break It by Jenn P. Nguyen
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary
Asian Ethnicity: Vietnamese
Summary: To keep their moms from interfering with their love lives, Mia and Jake fake date with the intention of staging a dramatic break up. But their waning hate for one another might foil their plans.
Format: Physical Hardback
Challenge: Read a book featuring an Asian character who is a woman and/or older.
Book: A Match Made in Mehendi by Nandini Bajpai
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary
Asian Ethnicity: Indian
Summary: When her family claims she has the inherited gift of matchmaking, Simi uses her skill to advance her social status at school.
Format: Physical Hardback
Challenge: Read a book by an Asian author that has a universe you would want to experience or a universe that is totally different from yours.
Book: Bee and PuppyCat, Vol. 1 by Natasha Allegri, et. al.
Genre: Fantasy Comic Anthology
Asian Ethnicity: Japanese
Summary: Based on the popular web series, this collection of short stories chronicles the adventures of Bee — a perpetually unemployed woman with no direction in life — and PuppyCat — a stray unidentifiable animal with a magical secret.
Format: E-book
Challenge: Read a book by an Asian author that has a cover worthy of googly eyes.
Book: The Jasmine Project by Meredith Ireland
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary
Asian Ethnicity: Korean
Summary: After Jasmine catches her boyfriend cheating, her large family plans to set her up with better suited bachelors at her graduation party.
Format: Audiobook
Challenge: Read a book by an Asian author that has a high rating or was highly recommended.
Book: The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary
Asian Ethnicity: Bengali
Summary: While grappling with her family rejecting her sexuality, Nishat struggles with her feelings for Flávia, who is appropriating Nishat’s culture by running a rival henna business.
Format: Audiobook
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