Diversity Rocks! Reading Challenge

I’m signing up and posting my completion of the 2009 Diversity Rocks! Challenge all at the same time.  I chose the third option, which is:

 3. The Challenge Addict
I know you’re out there. You’re just itching for another challenge, and so far this one’s too easy. Or maybe you already have a diverse list of authors that you read. There are a couple of ways you can complete the challenge at this level.

• Commit to reading 6 books, 12 books, or 24 books by authors of color in 2009.

I  used books from my current challenges, and read 6.  I enjoyed them all, but my favorites were Hurston and Tsukiyama.

• A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini
• Thousand Pieces of Gold, by Ruthanne Lum McCunn
• One More River to Cross, by Margaret Blair Young and Darius Aidan Gray
• Night of Many Dreams, by Gail Tsukiyama
• Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech
• Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston