Con Sabor Reading Challenge 2020 |As in the Latinx style, I am super–but fashionably–late

Greetings readers!

My papi always says that one never-ever arrives to an event at the designated time. Being 30 mins to an hour late is the fashion for my father and frankly I have channeled that energy in writing this post (seeing as I’m 4 months late to the party).

Nevertheless, I am so very, very pleased to be coming to you with this post today! I don’t generally tend to join many reading challenges because we all know I suck at meeting goals that I put for myself  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but when I found out that there was a new challenge going around prompting people to read Latinx authors…well OBVIOUSLY I HAD TO PARTAKE! And I don’t know how many Canadian-Latinx bloggers are out there joining in…but I’m happy to be a member from el norte-norte 😉

The lovely bloggers Dani @ metamorphoreader, Astrid @ Book Love Book Reviews, Natalia @ Books.Build.Life, and Nox @ Nox the Reader created the challenge and are basically motivating people to pick up as many books by Latinx authors as they can within the year 2020!

You can start any time during the year and if you want to participate you can sign up here!

The prompts are:

• January- Book with mental health representation
• February- Romance
• March- Fantasy
• April- Contemporary
• May- A genre out of your comfort zone
• June- LGBTQI+ representation
• July- Afrolatinx main character
• August- Fat representation
• November- Retelling

September & October are left free to celebrate LatinxHeritageMonth and December is catch up time (bless, I will need it.)

I have listed the months/prompts below a long with the books I’m hoping to get to to complete the challenge! I’ll be honest with you, I won’t be doing the challenge in order because schedules are iffy with me when it comes to books and some of the publishing dates don’t correspond. However, rest assured I will be getting to all the prompts!

January- Book with mental health representation

• This Train is Being Held by Ismée Williams ✔️
• **I NEED RECS**

February- Romance

• You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria
• Island Affair by Priscilla Oliveras

March- Fantasy

• Lobizona by Romina Garber
• Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
• Diamond City by Francesca Flores ✔️

April- Contemporary

• Don’t Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno
• Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From by Jennifer De Leon

May- A genre out of your comfort zone

• Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine (Short stories) ✔️
• Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Crime Thriller) ✔️

June- LGBTQI+ representation

• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

July- Afrolatinx main character

• The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa ✔️
• With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

August- Fat representation

• Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
• **I NEED RECS!**

November- Retelling

• Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore
• **I NEED RECS**

Other books I’ll be getting to during the year and #LatinxHeritageMonth:

• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega
• The Resolutions by Mia Garcia
• We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez
• Even if the Sky Falls by Mia Garcia
• The Curse of the Nightwitch by Alex Astor

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Let me know what you think! As you can see, I don’t have two books for every prompt and I would very much like some recommendations! If you have any please let me know! I would also love to know if you are participating! What books are you planning on reading? What Latinx books are you looking forward too?

Happy reading!

~ Rendz