{"id":1210,"date":"2012-02-02T10:22:37","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T14:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2012-09-26T11:43:02","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T15:43:02","slug":"participate-in-the-african-american-read-in-with-zombie-michele-lee-and-monsterlibrarian-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/participate-in-the-african-american-read-in-with-zombie-michele-lee-and-monsterlibrarian-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Participate in the African-American Read-In With Zombie Michele Lee and MonsterLibrarian.com!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you probably know, February is Black History Month in the United States. To honor that, MonsterLibrarian.com brings you a message from Zombie Michele Lee announcing a project she’ll be spearheading this month. We hope you’ll participate!<\/p>\n

Hi, this is Zombie Michele with a special announcement. In honor of Black History Month I’ll be hosting Monster Librarian’s first (online) African American Read In and you are enthusiastically invited to join in!<\/p>\n

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How to join: February 6th<\/sup>, 7th<\/sup> & 8th<\/sup> <\/strong>join us online on Twitter <\/a>(<\/span> <\/span><\/a> we’ll be using the hashtag #MLAAReadIn<\/span>), on Facebook<\/a> or here at\u00a0Musings of the Monster Librarian.<\/a><\/p>\n

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All you have to do is read a book (or two or a dozen) written by an African American writer (stay tuned for a list, if you don’t know where to start) and tell me on those sites, or email me at zombiemicheleATgmailDOTcom (with spam guards removed) what book you’re reading. We’d love to hear what you think of it as well, but all we require for reporting is which books were read.<\/p>\n

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I picked a three day scope so that you have plenty of time to join in. There is no minimum number of books you have to read. There is no genre you have to stick to (though being a speculative fiction site we’ll be focusing on science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery and romance authors). Read as little or as much as you like of what you like!<\/p>\n

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I’ll do all the heavy lifting (aka, filling out the reports to make this event official). You just have to read!<\/p>\n

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To help you out, Zombie Michele has hunted down some booklists of reading material you can use to get started below:<\/p>\n

YA\/Adult List <\/strong>from the event site- http:\/\/www.ncte.org\/library\/NCTEFiles\/Involved\/Action\/AARI\/Young_Adults_Adults.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Young Children’s List<\/strong> from the event site- http:\/\/www.ncte.org\/library\/NCTEFiles\/Involved\/Action\/AARI\/Young_Children.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

A book list from the Cincinnati Library<\/strong>– http:\/\/www.cincinnatilibrary.org\/booklists\/?id=africanamericanwriters<\/a><\/p>\n

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And our own (not exhaustive) list of African American speculative fiction books. Many of these books are available digitally, so even if you’re a last minute joiner there’s no problem. Just download a book and jump in!<\/p>\n

N.K. Jemisin<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance Trilogy #1)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Broken Kingdoms (Inheritance Trilogy #2)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Kingdom of the Gods (Inheritance Trilogy #3)<\/em><\/p>\n

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David Anthony Durham<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Acadia: The War with the Mein (Acadia #1)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Other Lands (Acadia #2)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Sacred Band (Acadia #3)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Octavia Butler<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Parable of the Sower<\/em><\/p>\n

Kindred<\/em><\/p>\n

Fledgling<\/em><\/p>\n

Dawn (Xenogenisis #1)<\/em><\/p>\n

Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis #2)<\/em><\/p>\n

Imago (Xenogenesis #3)<\/em><\/p>\n

Lilith’s Brood<\/em><\/p>\n

Parable of the Talents<\/em><\/p>\n

Wild Seed<\/em><\/p>\n

Seed to Harvest<\/em><\/p>\n

Mind of My Mind<\/em><\/p>\n

Clay’s Ark<\/em><\/p>\n

Bloodchild and other Stories<\/em><\/p>\n

Patternmaster<\/em><\/p>\n

Survivor<\/em><\/p>\n

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Samuel R. Delany<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Times Square Red, Times Square Blue<\/em><\/p>\n

Babel-17<\/em><\/p>\n

Tales of Neveryon<\/em><\/p>\n

Dhalgren<\/em><\/p>\n

Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand<\/em><\/p>\n

Trouble on Triton<\/em><\/p>\n

Nova<\/em><\/p>\n

The Einstein Intersection<\/em><\/p>\n

Hogg: A Novel<\/em><\/p>\n

Atlantis: Three Tales<\/em><\/p>\n

Dark Reflections<\/em><\/p>\n

Aye, and Gomorrah: And Other Stories<\/em><\/p>\n

Return to Neveryon<\/em><\/p>\n

Flight from Neveryon<\/em><\/p>\n

The Fall of the Towers<\/em><\/p>\n

Distant Stars<\/em><\/p>\n

The Jewels of Aptor<\/em><\/p>\n

The Ballad of Beta 2<\/em><\/p>\n

City of a Thousand Suns<\/em><\/p>\n

The Mad Man<\/em><\/p>\n

Bread & Wine: An Erotic Tale of New York<\/em><\/p>\n

They Fly At Ciron<\/em><\/p>\n

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Steve Barnes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Cestus Deception (Star Wars: Clone Wars novel)<\/em><\/p>\n

Beowulf’s children<\/em><\/p>\n

Great Sky Woman: A Novel<\/em><\/p>\n

Dream Park<\/em><\/p>\n

The Barsoom Project<\/em><\/p>\n

Casanegra: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel<\/em><\/p>\n

Shadow Valley<\/em><\/p>\n

Zulu Heart<\/em><\/p>\n

Charisma<\/em><\/p>\n

Lion’s Blood<\/em><\/p>\n

Far Beyond the Stars (Star Trek Deep Space Nine)<\/em><\/p>\n

Saturn’s Race<\/em><\/p>\n

The Kundalini Equation<\/em><\/p>\n

The Decent of the Anansi<\/em><\/p>\n

Firedance<\/em><\/p>\n

Assassin and other stories<\/em><\/p>\n

Gorgon Child<\/em><\/p>\n

Iron Shadows<\/em><\/p>\n

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Tananarive Due<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

My Soul to Take<\/em><\/p>\n

The Good House<\/em><\/p>\n

Blood Colony<\/em><\/p>\n

My Soul to Keep<\/em><\/p>\n

The Between<\/em><\/p>\n

The Living Blood<\/em><\/p>\n

Joplin’s Ghost<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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L.A. Banks<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Shadow Walker (Neteru Academy)<\/em><\/p>\n

Finders Keepers (Dark Avengers)<\/em><\/p>\n

Loser’s Weepers (Dark Advengers)<\/em><\/p>\n

Death’s Excellent Vacation (contributor)<\/em><\/p>\n

My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding (contributor)<\/em><\/p>\n

Love at First Bite (contributor)<\/em><\/p>\n

Minion (Vampire Huntress)<\/em><\/p>\n

Stroke of Midnight<\/em><\/p>\n

The Thirteenth (Vampire huntress)<\/em><\/p>\n

Vegas Bites (contributor)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Awakening (Vampire Huntress)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Wicked (Vampire Huntress)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Hunted (Vampire Huntress)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Forsaken (Vampire huntress)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Ancestors<\/em><\/p>\n

Bad Blood (Crimson Moon #1)<\/em><\/p>\n

Bite the Bullet (Crimson Moon #2)<\/em><\/p>\n

Undead on Arrival (Crimson Moon #3)<\/em><\/p>\n

Cursed to Death (Crimson Moon #4)<\/em><\/p>\n

Never Cry Werewolf (Crimson Moon)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Bitten (Vampire Huntress)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Darkness (Vampire Huntress)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Forbidden (Vampire Huntress)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Cursed (Vampire Huntress)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Damned (Vampire Huntress)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Shadows (Vampire Huntress)<\/em><\/p>\n

L.A. Banks’ Vampire Huntress: Dawn and Darkness<\/em><\/p>\n

L.A. Banks’ Vampire Huntress: The Hidden Darkness<\/em><\/p>\n

Creepin’<\/em><\/p>\n

Minion<\/em><\/p>\n

Voices from the Other Side: Dark Dreams II (Contributor)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Timothy N. Stelly, Sr<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Human Trial<\/em><\/p>\n

Human Trial II: Adam’s War<\/em><\/p>\n

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Brandon Massey<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Covenant<\/em><\/p>\n

Don’t Ever Tell<\/em><\/p>\n

The Ancestors<\/em><\/p>\n

The Other Brother<\/em><\/p>\n

Vicious<\/em><\/p>\n

Cornered<\/em><\/p>\n

Thunderland<\/em><\/p>\n

Dark Dreams (contributor)<\/em><\/p>\n

Voices From the Other Side: Dark Dreams II (contributor)<\/em><\/p>\n

Whispers in the Night: Dark Dreams III (contributor)<\/em><\/p>\n

Within the Shadows<\/em><\/p>\n

Dark Corner<\/em><\/p>\n

Twisted Tales<\/em><\/p>\n

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L.R. Giles<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Darkness Kept<\/em><\/p>\n

The Serpent and the Stallion<\/em><\/p>\n

Live Again<\/em><\/p>\n

Trick Shot (a short story)<\/em><\/p>\n

Lover’s Spat (a short story)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Track (a short story)<\/em><\/p>\n

Doc Damage’s Very Bad Day (a short story)<\/em><\/p>\n

Southern Hospitality (a short story)<\/em><\/p>\n

Wilson’s Pawn & Loan (a short story)<\/em><\/p>\n

Power and Purpose (a short story)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Shadows Gallery<\/em><\/p>\n

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Walter Mosley<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

All I Did was Shoot My Man<\/em><\/p>\n

When the Thrill is Gone<\/em><\/p>\n

The Long Fall<\/em><\/p>\n

Known to Evil<\/em><\/p>\n

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey<\/em><\/p>\n

Devil in a Blue Dress<\/em><\/p>\n

Stories: All-New Tales<\/em><\/p>\n

Killin Jihnny Fry<\/em><\/p>\n

Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned<\/em><\/p>\n

Little Scarlet<\/em><\/p>\n

White Butterfly<\/em><\/p>\n

Blonde Faith<\/em><\/p>\n

Black Betty<\/em><\/p>\n

Cinnamon Kiss<\/em><\/p>\n

A Red Death<\/em><\/p>\n

47<\/em><\/p>\n

A Little Yellow Dog<\/em><\/p>\n

Six Easy Pieces<\/em><\/p>\n

Diablerie<\/em><\/p>\n

The Man in My Basement<\/em><\/p>\n

Fearless Jones<\/em><\/p>\n

The Tempest Tales<\/em><\/p>\n

Fear Itself<\/em><\/p>\n

Fortunate Son<\/em><\/p>\n

Bad Boy Brawly Brown<\/em><\/p>\n

Walkin’ the Dog<\/em><\/p>\n

R L’s Dream<\/em><\/p>\n

Gone Fishin’<\/em><\/p>\n

Blue Light<\/em><\/p>\n

The Wave<\/em><\/p>\n

Manhattan Karma<\/em><\/p>\n

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Charles Saunders<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Imaro<\/em><\/p>\n

Imora II: The Quest for Cush<\/em><\/p>\n

The Trail of Buhu (Imaro III)<\/em><\/p>\n

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R.A. Baker<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Rayna of Nightwind (Taren)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Nalo Hopkinson<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy<\/em><\/p>\n

Midnight Robber<\/em><\/p>\n

The Salt Roads<\/em><\/p>\n

Brown Girl in the Ring<\/em><\/p>\n

The New Moon’s Arms<\/em><\/p>\n

Skin Folk<\/em><\/p>\n

The Chaos<\/em><\/p>\n

Mojo: Conjure Stories<\/em><\/p>\n

Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction<\/em><\/p>\n

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Chesya Burke<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dark Faith (contributor)<\/em><\/p>\n

Let’s Play White<\/em><\/p>\n

Whispers in the Night: Dark Dreams III (contributor)<\/em><\/p>\n

Voices From the Other Side: Dark Dreams II (contributor)<\/em><\/p>\n

Dark Dreams (contributor)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Maurice Broaddus<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Beauty Has Her Way <\/em><\/p>\n

Dark Futures: Tales of Dystopian SF (contributor)<\/em><\/p>\n

Dark Faith (editor)<\/em><\/p>\n

Orgy of Souls<\/em><\/p>\n

King Maker (Knights of Breton Court #1)<\/em><\/p>\n

King’s Justice (Knights of Breton Court #2)<\/em><\/p>\n

King’s War (Knights of Breton Court #3)<\/em><\/p>\n

Apexology: Science Fiction and Fantasy (contributor)<\/em><\/p>\n

Whispers in the Night: Dark Dreams III (contributor)<\/em><\/p>\n

Harlan County Horrors (contributor)<\/em><\/p>\n

Devil’s Marionette<\/em><\/p>\n

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Wrath James White<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Succulent Prey<\/em><\/p>\n

The Resurrectionist<\/em><\/p>\n

Population Zero<\/em><\/p>\n

The Book of a Thousand Sins<\/em><\/p>\n

Yaccub’s Curse<\/em><\/p>\n

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John M. Faucette<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Crown of Infinity<\/em><\/p>\n

Siege of Earth<\/em><\/p>\n

The Warriors of Terra<\/em><\/p>\n

The Age of Ruin<\/em><\/p>\n

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Linda Addison<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Animated Objects<\/em><\/p>\n

Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes<\/em><\/p>\n

Being Full of Light, Insubstantial<\/em><\/p>\n

How to Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend<\/em><\/p>\n

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Kevin Grevioux<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

New Warriors (Marvel Comics)<\/em><\/p>\n

ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction<\/em><\/p>\n

Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel<\/em><\/p>\n

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans<\/em><\/p>\n

DevaShard: at first light<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Andrea Hairston<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mindscape<\/em><\/p>\n

Redwood and Wildfire<\/em><\/p>\n

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Nisi Shawl<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sheree Thomas<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Anansi<\/em><\/p>\n

Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora (editor)<\/em><\/p>\n

Dark Matter: Reading the Bones (editor)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Nnedi Okorafor<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Who Fears Death<\/em><\/p>\n

Zahrah the Windseeker (YA)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Shadow Speaker (YA)<\/em><\/p>\n

Long Juju Man (YA)<\/em><\/p>\n

Akata Witch (YA)<\/em><\/p>\n

Iridessa and the Secret of the Never Mine (YA)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Seressia Glass<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Vegas Bites (contributor)<\/em><\/p>\n

Shadow Blade<\/em><\/p>\n

Shadow Fall<\/em><\/p>\n

Shadow Chase<\/em><\/p>\n

Dream of Shadows<\/em><\/p>\n

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As you probably know, February is Black History Month in the United States. To honor that, MonsterLibrarian.com brings you a message from Zombie Michele Lee announcing a project she’ll be spearheading this month. We hope you’ll participate! Hi, this is Zombie Michele with a special announcement. In honor of Black History Month I’ll be hosting<\/p>\n

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