BOOKS~BOOKS~BOOKS!!!

[Diva]

If there is a duplicate thread for this, I couldn't find it......

I know there are a lot of us who adore reading. There was a time for me when I couldn't be seen without a book. I'm not such a voracious reader anymore, but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate a good book. My favorite thing is to spend HOURS in a good bookstore.....heaven.

So....here's a thread where we can throw out our favorites....give us a review.....what kinds of books do You enjoy most? Stuff like that!

One of my favorite books ~ and I've read it twice now ~ is "The Secret Life Of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd. Also a favorite of mine was "Snow Flower & The Secret Fan" by Lisa See.

Enjoy, readers!:reader:

[Leigh]

Fantastic thread Diva, one I will be in often I'm sure :)

I love reading, though I haven't been able to find much time to do that as of late. I have always loved books by V.C. Andrews (mostly her first book series on the Dollinganger family) as well as books by Lisa Jackson (especially My favorite Final Scream) :thumbsup:

I might just have to take a trip to the local Chapters bookstore this week and treat Myself to a new book!!!!

[Inuus]

I love reading! Its one of my passions. There isnt a day even when Im sick that I dont read.
I read 99% of the time non fiction. I love learning and well I tend to find one subject and read everything I can find at the local small library. Ive pretty much wiped out all the Royalty books (older not contemp.) I have read easily 60 books on Queen Elizabeth I and the Tudors in general.

Right now I just started - The Sisters Who Would Be Queen by Leanda de Lisle Its about the Sisters Grey, Mary, Katherine and Lady Jane. Ive just started it so cant review per se but for me any book covering the subject involving The Tudors Im sure I will enjoy it

I love these threads about books but I will say it does help me alot for someone to give a quick synopsis of what the book is about. It helps me to determine if I want to put it on "My List" for reading :)

[Diva]

Thanks for posting, Y'all......

I'm more into fiction....and I like fiction based on historical events. That's what "Snow Flower" was.....based in the 1800's, it was about a Chinese woman....from her childhood to her old age. I was intrigued by the customs of breaking and binding of their feet.....the manner of matchmaking and even the formation of friendships....

This may sound quite odd....but sometimes, I will buy a book based on how it feels in my hands.....

I know. But I have rarely been disappointed.

[Inuus]

Now I will read a fiction book if its based somehow on historical events (Im a history nut).

That book you mentioned would be something I might read :)

Thanks for posting, Y'all......

I'm more into fiction....and I like fiction based on historical events. That's what "Snow Flower" was.....based in the 1800's, it was about a Chinese woman....from her childhood to her old age. I was intrigued by the customs of breaking and binding of their feet.....the manner of matchmaking and even the formation of friendships....

This may sound quite odd....but sometimes, I will buy a book based on how it feels in my hands.....

I know. But I have rarely been disappointed.

[Diva]

Now I will read a fiction book if its based somehow on historical events (Im a history nut).

That book you mentioned would be something I might read :)



All I can say is I have ADD and I couldn't put it down...... <smile>

[Dean Thoreau]

think another thread is called "Whatcha reading"

Diva,,,I to will puchase a book based on how it feels in my hands. Now that i have a kindle I do not have that method of choice as frequently.
Snow flower was a beautifully well written read..

I read primarily non fiction all subjects imagineable but do try to toss in a fiction or two each week to lighten up the list and have a few smiles or tears. If you have not yet read "The Help" I highly recommend it. it has recently hit the best sellers list, which is one of the few that deserves that rating.

Another book I absolutely adored was "March" remember the book little women? this is the story of PaPa and what he was doing when he was away.....Fantastic READ....course anything by the author of "MARCH" is a worthy read, she writes fiction and non fiction and I have enjoyed both spectrums of her writing.

Currently, I am without books to read so will be wandering the stacks and looking for this weeks selections. any suggestions?

[Diva]

Oh dear! I've duplicated another thread? I truly did look....<sigh> Forgive me!

Hmmm.....let me think.......Fiction: "The Book Of Ruth" by Jane Hamilton....have You read this? It's her first book...and a treasure....set in a small town....earthy and real in her character study....loved it.

[amiyesiam]

I am always reading!
not usually the popular books LOL
I like my vampire books
stuff I can learn from
sci fi
I have read the vc andrews series

[Diva]

Someone recently gave me the Anne Rice "Beauty" Series......have You read this? Will I like it? lol

[Dean Thoreau]

If you like clive barker or stephanie pullman you should prolly like anne rice....

least that is what the literature map indicates:

check this out: http://www.literature-map.com/

type in name of author u are thinking of and u will see a map appear of writers considered similar.....I have found this to be a great help when i need to find a new author or someone recommends an author to me...i look and sew where authors i like fall in with the one recommened...Its not failsafe....by any means...but can give u a little help in discovering different writers.

[Inuus]

An example of a fiction book based on history that I liked was Lucrezia Borgia by John Faunce. Got it on the clearance rack at Hastings :cheer: :happyjump:

Lucrezia Borgia was the daughter of Pope Alexander VI. There are several rumors surounding her that has persisted through the years such as incest (sex with both her Father and brother Cesare), poisonings and murder.
This book was written as if Lucrezia was telling the story. I thought it was a very good book myself and of course for its cheap price it was even better ;)

[Diva]

An example of a fiction book based on history that I liked was Lucrezia Borgia by John Faunce. Got it on the clearance rack at Hastings :cheer: :happyjump:

Lucrezia Borgia was the daughter of Pope Alexander VI. There are several rumors surounding her that has persisted through the years such as incest (sex with both her Father and brother Cesare), poisonings and murder.
This book was written as if Lucrezia was telling the story. I thought it was a very good book myself and of course for its cheap price it was even better ;)



Ok, this sounds really wonderful.....

AND.....clearance rack, no less! My cuppa!

[blush]

One of my favorite books ~ and I've read it twice now ~ is "The Secret Life Of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd. Also a favorite of mine was "Snow Flower & The Secret Fan" by Lisa See.

Enjoy, readers!:reader:



I loved this book. I read it over the summer. She kinda reminded me of Pearl S. Buck.

[Tommi]

Someone recently gave me the Anne Rice "Beauty" Series......have You read this? Will I like it? lol



Yes....and yes you will love it.

The series is on one of the bookshelves in my nitestand. :bdsmslave:

And looking above at the book suggestions,, The Tudor's have always interested me. So, I will start with The Sisters Who Would Be Queen by Leanda de Lisle. My Grandmother was called Lady Jane..

[Diva]

I loved this book. I read it over the summer. She kinda reminded me of Pearl S. Buck.


Now that You mention it, she DOES!

If You liked that, please try "Snow Flower & The Secret Fan".....I heart that book so much....

[Diva]

What has Nicholas Sparks written lately? And is it the same format as his other stuff? I have loved the things he's written early on, but after about 8 of his works, they all start reading the same to me.....is it just me?

:glasses:

[amiyesiam]

Have you ever gotten a book only to discover it is part of a series? And now have to hunt down the rest of the books? Or better yet the book you found is like the 3rd in a series?

[amiyesiam]

I write in books I own. Highlight, underline, make notes, dog ear pages, etc. Only in my own books. I see books as interactive LOL

[T4Texas]

I used to read voraciously, then stopped for some years and now are just taking it up again. I generally like non fiction such as bios, historical, gay history and art/photography. However I recently read Stone Butch Blues after years of hearing about it from other people and found it to be a pretty good read.

[daisygrrl]

I write in books I own. Highlight, underline, make notes, dog ear pages, etc. Only in my own books. I see books as interactive LOL

I'm the same way! I can't read without a pen (and highlighters if they're around). I love marginalia--notes, questions, and connections within the text (and with other texts). All of those notes are handy when teaching, writing essays, or (my favorite) talking about the book with friends :thumbsup: And, uhm, I also like reading the marginalia in other people's books :tease:

[hpychick]

Having realized the emptiness in my life, I've turned inward again and sought out what I've been missing. Books. Beautiful Books.

I started writing here yesterday, a long and luscious tale of my reading history and habits, and then did a keystroke (ctrl U) that erased it all and put me into a page of Visual Basic code. I whined. I thought I'd type it all from the start again, and then, decided against it. It must have been erased for a reason.

So here I am. All that good writing, gone to waste.

My most recent read was The Lovely Bones which had succeeded in captivating me, although it's fiction. That is, until the last few chapters, when the author decided to take a nose-dive and ruin the lovely path created. I felt cheated, disrespected. A good writer knows the ending to a story is paramount.

As a writer myself, I've learned: Don't freak out. Take a break. Come back later. Re-read what you've already written. Finally, decide how the conclusion needs to go to hold the reader to the last period in the book.

This author took a sharp left and drove right off the cliff.

I need something new to read now. Something non-fiction again. Something timeless.

Any suggestions?

[Diva]

Have you ever gotten a book only to discover it is part of a series? And now have to hunt down the rest of the books? Or better yet the book you found is like the 3rd in a series?


I HATE when that happens!!!

[amiyesiam]

I'm the same way! I can't read without a pen (and highlighters if they're around). I love marginalia--notes, questions, and connections within the text (and with other texts). All of those notes are handy when teaching, writing essays, or (my favorite) talking about the book with friends :thumbsup: And, uhm, I also like reading marginalia the in other people's books :tease:


I have not seen or used this word in years. thank you so much for using it!!!

Having realized the emptiness in my life, I've turned inward again and sought out what I've been missing. Books. Beautiful Books.

I started writing here yesterday, a long and luscious tale of my reading history and habits, and then did a keystroke (ctrl U) that erased it all and put me into a page of Visual Basic code. I whined. I thought I'd type it all from the start again, and then, decided against it. It must have been erased for a reason.

So here I am. All that good writing, gone to waste.

My most recent read was The Lovely Bones which had succeeded in captivating me, although it's fiction. That is, until the last few chapters, when the author decided to take a nose-dive and ruin the lovely path created. I felt cheated, disrespected. A good writer knows the ending to a story is paramount.

As a writer myself, I've learned: Don't freak out. Take a break. Come back later. Re-read what you've already written. Finally, decide how the conclusion needs to go to hold the reader to the last period in the book.

This author took a sharp left and drove right off the cliff.

I need something new to read now. Something non-fiction again. Something timeless.

Any suggestions?


that drives me crazy
or when books end with to many loose ends.

[shadows papa]

Evening,y'all. I received an awesome book for Christmas,"The Bicycle Diaries" by David Byrne,the founder of The Talking Heads. It is a chronicle of his travels by bike in cities all around the world.After stuffing my face with half the food in Tennessee,I am about to crash on the couch and delve into it.I just finished "Alone" a biography of Sir Winston Churchill that covered 1938 to 1940 or so of his career and life.Excellent read! But what book about the Lion of Britain isn't? Have a great weekend y'all! Shad

[Diva]

I also got a book for Christmas.....

The Lost Continent ~ Travels in Small-Town America by Bill Bryson

The little blurb at the top says "The kind of book Steinbeck might have written if he'd traveled with David Letterman instead of Charlie the poodle."

That was enough for me! lol

[WolfyOne]

I read all the time. In fact, I get nervous if I'm down to my last book and almost finished with it, but still didn't pick up anymore to read. I take a book with me when I'm the passenger in a car or going somewhere I know will require a long wait. When I'm at the VA Hospital with R, there's an area with free books and I'm always looking to see if I can take a few home. I like used book stores, book exchanges and the library. I like authors that do series books and use the same character, but will read any good whodunnit. My favorite authors are James Patterson, Janet Evanovich, Sue Grafton and Lisa Jackson to name a few. I know there's more, but it's hard to keep their names in my head. Right now I'm reading a Jonathan Kellerman book that isn't built around his favorite character. I'll let you know when I'm finished if I really like it.

[Cowboi]

I also got a book for Christmas.....

The Lost Continent ~ Travels in Small-Town America by Bill Bryson

The little blurb at the top says "The kind of book Steinbeck might have written if he'd traveled with David Letterman instead of Charlie the poodle."

That was enough for me! lol



A walk in the woods, by Bill Bryson is good also!

[Diva]

A walk in the woods, by Bill Bryson is good also!


Yes! I saw that he'd written that as well! Thanks! :D

[Duchess]

DIVAlicious, anything by Anne Rice is a must read as far as I'm concerned...:bowdown:

My favorite book is The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff. It's a great intro to the basic principles of Taoism..:reader:


Duchess

[Diva]

DIVAlicious, anything by Anne Rice is a must read as far as I'm concerned...:bowdown:

My favorite book is The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff. It's a great intro to the basic principles of Taoism..:reader:


Duchess


Yes!!! Haven't been a fan of Anne Rice, but someone recently gave me The Beauty Series, so it's in my stack to read! Thank You, Miss Precious Thang! :bouquet::heartbeat:

[Semantics]

A few books that I've read recently and liked are:



My Life as a Fake and His Illegal Self by Peter Carey. These are both great books, mostly due to Carey's uniquely descriptive writing style.


Under the Dome by Stephen King was also good and the first of his books that I've liked in years. It's about a town in Maine that is suddenly cut off from the rest of the world by a mysterious, impenetrable dome. The ending was almost lame but somehow managed to work. :lol2:

Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord, which I loved. I found two different translations and was surprised by how different they were. I found out after I started researching which quotes were correct that Debord was furious about the shabby translating and only recommended certain editions.

[la_la]

DIVAlicious, anything by Anne Rice is a must read as far as I'm concerned...:bowdown:

My favorite book is The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff. It's a great intro to the basic principles of Taoism..:reader:


Duchess

This book is required reading for my yoga teacher certification

Peace

[la_la]

Someone recently gave me the Anne Rice "Beauty" Series......have You read this? Will I like it? lol



The Beauty Series is a different from her usual writings in that it is fairly hard core BDSM. Not as hard core as the Marquis De Sade's writings but there are certain simalirties.

[hippieflowergirl]

My favorite book is The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff. It's a great intro to the basic principles of Taoism..:reader:

have you seen The Te of Piglet Duchess? it's also quite good.

i'm currently re-reading The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker. given the lively debate in another thread i'd recently participated in i decided i needed a refresher in the ways the human brain creates and perceives language and meaning.

:reader:

[Diva]

The Beauty Series is a different from her usual writings in that it is fairly hard core BDSM. Not as hard core as the Marquis De Sade's writings but there are certain simalirties.



Then I shall enjoy it immensely as I'm pretty much a masochistic painslut....<giggling> :praying:

[Dean Thoreau]

ok read the disclaimer...it is dark comedy...
A Field guide to burying your parents "

It is comic fiction aobut the hawkes family who needs to do the unthinkable...and it travels along with them in this act..the ups the downs the downright outrageous....and unbeleivable...
author Liza Palmer

[Darth Denkay]

I'm about to start "Monkey trials & gorilla sermons", one I got for Christmas. It's an account of creation/evolution that seeks to show how evolution is not at odds with Christian beliefs. Goes through the history of the two trains of thought, ending by showing they can co-exist. Oh, and the author is Peter J. Bowler.

[Dean Thoreau]

warwick...
Monkey trials is wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you wish to read more...I will send u monkey girl its about the recent evolution/creation trial that went on in pennsylvania a few years ago. send me a private message and i will send u the book.

That goes for anyone really...we can mail books to one another as part of this thread.. A lot of what I read tho is on my kindle....but when i do buy a book i am more than happy to send to to anyone...long as they promise to pass it on to the next person.

I also currently have a copy of Dan Brown's the lost symbol if anyone wants to borrow...just email me your address.. (i send media mail so dont expect it in 2 days more like 8)

Oh speaking of an outstanding read........................ The boy who harnassed the wind!!!!!!...I just read it today..... wowowwowwowowow
its a true story. .. excellent excellent excellent. If you liked 3 cups of tea or the novel out stealing horses.....you will find this book worth reading..

About an hour ago I started "Stones into schools" written by the same author who wrote 3 cups of tea......tho to get my brain functioning i am going to re-read 3 cups of tea then read stones into schools....they are stand alones but....i think the connectiveness of them will be better appreciated and understood by doing it (they r on my kindle so i cant lent them to ya)

[Dean Thoreau]

I had to write this.

I read approximately 20 books a week....it is rare that a book has such a profound effect/affect on me.

This book had me in tears before I even finished reading the Introduction
It had me angry by the second page, it had me and still has me held captive.



I had to stop reading this book to write this. i have written an email and sent it to about 100 different people already saying OMG you have to read this book.
I joined the Book of the month club just so I could order 4 copies of this book for a dollar so I can give them to people I pray will read it and not just read it but after having read it say....I am going to do something and do something now! And I pray not just stop with the words but invest time, money, what ever it takes...
Hopefully I have piqued your interest in "Half the Sky", and those that have already read it....omg....we need a thread just about "half the Sky" to talk.

dean thoreau

Half the Sky
by Sheryl WuDunn, Nicholas D. Kristof
it was published Sept 09...... I can not believe it took me this long to find it...u can get it at amazon for 1/2 price...(14.00) paperback will be out in May 2010..please do not wait that long to read it.....If you truly do not have the money to purchase it or a library you can borrow it from...PM me , i will be more than happy to make sure you get a copy u can pass to another after u have read it.

[Duchess]

have you seen The Te of Piglet Duchess? it's also quite good.

i'm currently re-reading The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker. given the lively debate in another thread i'd recently participated in i decided i needed a refresher in the ways the human brain creates and perceives language and meaning.

:reader:

I found The Te of Piglet quite fascinating and I especially appreciate Hoff's use of the Pooh characters. The Language Instinct sounds like a must read. Thanks for sharing.

Duchess

[Darth Denkay]

Okay, so this book is freaking amazing and we all need to read it. Can I ask what it's about???

And thanks for the offer of the book. I'll let you know after I finish this one.

Happy Reading!

I had to write this.

I read approximately 20 books a week....it is rare that a book has such a profound effect/affect on me.

This book had me in tears before I even finished reading the Introduction
It had me angry by the second page, it had me and still has me held captive.



I had to stop reading this book to write this. i have written an email and sent it to about 100 different people already saying OMG you have to read this book.
I joined the Book of the month club just so I could order 4 copies of this book for a dollar so I can give them to people I pray will read it and not just read it but after having read it say....I am going to do something and do something now! And I pray not just stop with the words but invest time, money, what ever it takes...
Hopefully I have piqued your interest in "Half the Sky", and those that have already read it....omg....we need a thread just about "half the Sky" to talk.

dean thoreau

Half the Sky
by Sheryl WuDunn, Nicholas D. Kristof
it was published Sept 09...... I can not believe it took me this long to find it...u can get it at amazon for 1/2 price...(14.00) paperback will be out in May 2010..please do not wait that long to read it.....If you truly do not have the money to purchase it or a library you can borrow it from...PM me , i will be more than happy to make sure you get a copy u can pass to another after u have read it.

[DapperButch]

Currently reading, The Lesbian History Sourcebook: love and sex between women in Britain from 1780 to 1970, by Alison Oram and Annmarie Turnbull

and

Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold, Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy and Madeline D. Davis.

The first I picked up for only $3.00 used and is good if you have an interest in the subject matter.

The second probably needs no description and is something I should have had on my shelf long ago!

[Leigh]

Yes!!! Haven't been a fan of Anne Rice, but someone recently gave me The Beauty Series, so it's in my stack to read! Thank You, Miss Precious Thang! :bouquet::heartbeat:

Miss DIVAlicious, you will LOVE the Beauty series by Anne Rice! Its a delectibly delicious series, especially for painslut such as yourself :devil:

Under the Dome by Stephen King was also good and the first of his books that I've liked in years. It's about a town in Maine that is suddenly cut off from the rest of the world by a mysterious, impenetrable dome. The ending was almost lame but somehow managed to work. :lol2:

I know someone who is currently reading that same Stephen King book and says its good too, so I might borrow it at some point to read it Myself :thumbsup:

[JakeTulane]

I just finished "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein. Absolutely recommend it. I have now ordered his other novel "How Evan Broke His Head and other Secrets.".... The author also has another novel coming out in March of 2010 which I will surely purchase as well.

I have now vowed to get through the Lord of the Rings books and all of the Harry Potter's. I have seen all the films and loved them. So now I am starting The Hobbit and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

[Diva]

I have read the first 6 Harry Potter books....they mesmerize me! I'm behind, I realize.....

I received "The Last Lecture" from my Sissy.....it's by Randy Pausch....perhaps You have heard of him. This is the Carnegie Mellon computer science professor who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I have not finished this book, but so far it is an easy read and very powerful and profound. It's a good book to read when You (read: "I"!!!) think things are just horrible in Your [my] life. Half~way through, I have been moved to tears several times.

I also received "Pride & Prejudice & Zombies".... THAT should be interesting! <giggle>........and "The Lost Continent: Travels in small-town America" by Bill Bryson (did I mention this already? Or am I having a severe deja vu?).....at first, I thought the giver had already read it, as it had a coffee ring stain on the cover....then I realized it was part of the artwork! <giggling>

Additionally...but perhaps won't be of much interested here...CydKitty gave me (be still my heart!) "The Culinary Institute of America's Baking At Home"...........<sigh> In case You hadn't picked up on it, I adore baking! :D

I'll be immersed shortly!!

[JakeTulane]

(Snip) from Diva

I have read the first 6 Harry Potter books....they mesmerize me! I'm behind, I realize.....


I am there as well. I am still on the first book and just purchased the next two. My niece and nephew always told Me to read them because I enjoyed the movies. However, I found them daunting thinking they would just ramble on. Quite the contrary.

I am also reading a Garth Stein novel (My latest favorite author)..."How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets". I received The Art of Racing in the Rain for Christmas and could not put it down. I am thinking this next novel is going to be just as good.

[WolfyOne]

I just got Sue Grafton's new book in the mail from my book club. I'm looking forward to reading it, she's up to U now.

[apretty]

essen of human Anat & Phys (10th ed)

[WolfyOne]

I found a wonderful site today while reading the Motley Fool, it's called paperbackswap.com and they swap more than just paperbacks. I saw hardback,audio, textbooks, etc. For those that read a lot and don't want the expense of buying new, check it out. Looks to me like all it'll cost you is postage to keep swaping.

[JakeTulane]

Still working on the Harry Potter series .. .and wanting to start My second Garth Stein novel. All the while perusing Kenneth Cole's Awearness read.. and then picked up two from the library today... Sweet Waters by Julie Carobini and The Land of Green Plums Herta Muller (translated from German).

[Jeep]

I read whenever I can, which hasn't been very often lately..
Stephen King. My all-time favorite is Christine, but I am working on collecting all his books.
Read the Harry Potter series, kept me entertained, but I don't think I'd ever read them again.
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child have written some pretty interesting books. Unusual, but interesting.

[Semantics]

I'm reading Ara Wilson's Intimate Economies of Bangkok: Tomboys, Tycoons, and Avon Ladies in the Global City.

Harry Potter :stillheart:

[Soon]

...some of you may be interested in this new book -- her name is Robin Sneed and you can find some of her writings on the Open Salon forum.

From what I read of her posts, it might be something to look into. I plan on it. (I don't know her!)

Here's the link to the book, but I would suggest reading her writings on OS first--she's good and gets some of us I think.


Flowergirls: A Mirroir (http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/flowergirls-a-mirroir/8216297)

[blush]

I received "The Last Lecture" from my Sissy.....it's by Randy Pausch....perhaps You have heard of him. This is the Carnegie Mellon computer science professor who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I have not finished this book, but so far it is an easy read and very powerful and profound. It's a good book to read when You (read: "I"!!!) think things are just horrible in Your [my] life. Half~way through, I have been moved to tears several times.



If you haven't already, youtube the actual lecture! I love the back story on that book.

[Medusa]

Right now I'm reading:

* Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood by Jennifer Traig

* 18 Rules of Community Engagement: A Guide for Building Relationships by Angela Connor

* The Last Ship - Willam Brinkley

[Mitmo01]

Heretics of Dune---very good

[Bob]

Just got done with Stephen King's new one, Under the Dome. Entertaining, I suppose, but he did the whole apocalyptic thing much better in The Stand, without the need for the eponymous hackneyed plot device.

Now: Imperial, by William T. Vollman. About Imperial County, CA and it's history of migrant workers/agriculture. Immigration. Water rights. How the American dream plays out in Mexico. Valid criticism: long on passion/personal details, short on facts/research. Fascinating nonetheless.

Up Next: American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now (Peter Straub, ed.)

[Queerasfck]

Penthouse December 1970 edition, including articles on the shocking history of gin, an interview with David Frost and an appraisal of Kinsey's work !!!
I picked up this gem at the thriftstore for $5 bucks.

[miss entycing]

Just finished Book Of The Dead by Patricia Cornwell... it was really good, will be starting Scarpetta next!
Anyone else a fan? I've all of her Scarpetta books, and recently lost an ebay bid for an autographed copy of one of her hardbacks.. I was NOT happy:furious:

[FR]

--used to love to read stories- nowdays i find i want information-perhaps receipes, or ocassional psychology/social texbook. I'd like to recommend-
"Homade" put out by readers digest-702 ways to save money and the earth.some chapters are: green cleaning,from the kitchen, health and beauty,petfoods and supplies,gardening, grocery store items. i find i keep checking it out. in my fav room to read-the bathroom.

[Diva]

I'm reading a great book right now.....

In The Company Of The Courtesan by Sarah Dunant.

It's set in the early 16th century and begins with the Spanish and the Lutherans' invasion of Rome. It's an intense description, as told by the companion of Fiametta, the Courtesan, Bucino, who is a dwarf. I could almost smell the stench of the aftermath.

Elle magazine described it as "A rich surprise", and it is.

This autuor also wrote The Birth Of Venus, which I will also read when I'm finished with this one.

[astarte]

Hi Diva!

How fun. :cheerleader: I've read both books. Let me know if you want to chat about either. :)

hugs,
Astarte

I'm reading a great book right now.....

In The Company Of The Courtesan by Sarah Dunant.

It's set in the early 16th century and begins with the Spanish and the Lutherans' invasion of Rome. It's an intense description, as told by the companion of Fiametta, the Courtesan, Bucino, who is a dwarf. I could almost smell the stench of the aftermath.

Elle magazine described it as "A rich surprise", and it is.

This autuor also wrote The Birth Of Venus, which I will also read when I'm finished with this one.

[Diva]

Hi Diva!

How fun. :cheerleader: I've read both books. Let me know if you want to chat about either. :)

hugs,
Astarte



That sounds like a lovely idea! I'd like that!:pursebee:

[Kobi]

I am partial to the Joan Anderson books - A Year By The Sea, thoughts of an unfinished woman; A Walk on The Beach -tales of wisdom from an unconvential woman; The Second Journey - the road back to yourself.

And, the Trixie series by Dean Koontz. Have to love a man who writes as his dog. Quick reads - 30 minutes tops. Very entertaining and a bit enlightening too. I, Trixie, Who Is Dog and Trixie's Guide to a Happy Life.

The Ascent of Money - a financial history of the world by Niall Ferguson was quite enlightening as well.

[Hack]

I read legal thrillers, cop books, historical non-fiction (emphasis on American history, the history of jazz, the history of baseball, World War II, European history and the Holocaust).

Currently reading "Money to Burn" by James Grippando. Awaiting "Storm Prey" by one of my favorite authors, John Sandford, coming out in May.

Is anyone here using Goodreads (www.goodreads.com)? It's kind of a fun social networking site for bookworms.

Jake

[Kobi]

Joseph Campbell is another fascinating author of myths. His analysis of mythology in explaining mans relation to the universe in historical, religious, psychological and sociological terms is awesome. There is a dvd out with an interview he did with Bill Moyers discussing his theories which is easier to follow than his writings.

[Medusa]

I'm listening to "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follet on audiobook right now :)

[Kobi]

The extraordinary gift of an ordinary cat by David Dosa MD.

Oscar is one of the resident cats in an Alzheimers unit in a Rhode Island nursing. He is basically antisocial until he senses someone is near the end of life. Then Oscar will sit with them and their families during the dying process and wont leave until the deceased is removed.

Kind of reality story that makes your soul sigh.

[gotoseagrl]

:stillheart: books.

favorite classics:

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

"Mr. Rochester: Sometimes I have the strangest feeling about you. Especially when you are near me as you are now. It feels as though I had a string tied here under my left rib where my heart is, tightly knotted to you in a similar fashion. And when you go to Ireland, with all that distance between us, I am afraid that this cord will be snapped, and I shall bleed inwardly."

Villette - Charlotte Bronte

"No mockery in this world ever sounds to me so hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. What does such advice mean? Happiness is not a potato."

Ruth - Elizabeth Gaskell

Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell



other favorites:

Flowers in the Attic - VC Andrews

Dolores Claiborne & Rose Madder - Stephen King

The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle

"You cannot find yourself by going into the past. You can find yourself by coming into the present"

[Leigh]

Flowers in the Attic - VC Andrews



That is one of My all-time favorite books, and authors as well ....... I've always loved VC Andrews, and hopefully I'll be able to get back into her books one day :)

I'm also a big fan of Lisa Jackson and Raymond Khoury :thumbsup:

[gotoseagrl]

That is one of My all-time favorite books, and authors as well ....... I've always loved VC Andrews, and hopefully I'll be able to get back into her books one day :)

I'm also a big fan of Lisa Jackson and Raymond Khoury :thumbsup:

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb248/dietje-bucket/smiley/high_five.gif i love VC Andrews as well. i think i have all her originals. :nerd:

will have to check out those other two. :)

[dark_crystal]

I am tolly into the Jacqueline Carey books right now? Anybody else?

Kushiel's Dart
Kushiel's Chosen
Kushiel's Avatar
Kushiel's Scion
Kushiel's Justice
Kushiel's Mercy???

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushiel's_Legacy

also waiting in the wings the newest Sookie Stackhouse and reading off and on from Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle

And need to read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks for book club next month

[Outlaw]

I just finished Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson.

[MissItalianDiva]

Was put on bed rest for the next two weeks so...for about the 30th time I am reading The Secret again. Every time I read this book I get a new refreshing perspective.

[Kobi]

I cant believe I am reading "American Conspiracies" by Jesse Venture and enjoying it!

He bears an uncanny resemblence to Steven Segal without hair.

[dark_crystal]

i hafta read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks for my book club and it is creeping me out!

[2myladyblue]

I am tolly into the Jacqueline Carey books right now? Anybody else?

Kushiel's Dart
Kushiel's Chosen
Kushiel's Avatar
Kushiel's Scion
Kushiel's Justice
Kushiel's Mercy???

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushiel's_Legacy



:reader: I read the first three of these as they came out, but then I lost track of the series (life is what happens while you're making other plans!). I didn't realize there were already three more...now I have to catch up! lol :pirate-steer: :love1: :bdsmslave: :knighthorse:

[dark_crystal]

:reader: I read the first three of these as they came out, but then I lost track of the series (life is what happens while you're making other plans!). I didn't realize there were already three more...now I have to catch up! lol :pirate-steer: :love1: :bdsmslave: :knighthorse:

it is actually three different trilogies: the Phedre trilogy, which you have read, and then the Imriel trilogy and then the Moirin trilogy, of which only the first one is available. So much more "Terre d'Ange" goodness to come!

[Random]

I just finished Out Stealing Horses (http://www.amazon.com/Out-Stealing-Horses-Per-Petterson/dp/1555974708) by Per Petterson.


Oh.. I loved this book.. so many lovely phrases...

[2myladyblue]

it is actually three different trilogies: the Phedre trilogy, which you have read, and then the Imriel trilogy and then the Moirin trilogy, of which only the first one is available. So much more "Terre d'Ange" goodness to come!

Oooohhh....Cool! Yes! Phedre....I :stillheart: Phedre! What does the next trilogy focus on? Is Phedre still a main character? I may have to go back & review the first series, it's been quite some time...

[dark_crystal]

Oooohhh....Cool! Yes! Phedre....I :stillheart: Phedre! What does the next trilogy focus on? Is Phedre still a main character? I may have to go back & review the first series, it's been quite some time...

the second trilogy does have a lot of Phedre in it...the main character is Imriel de la Courcel, sone of Melisande Shahrizai, who is fostered by Phedre and Joscelin, so they are very prominent secondary characters....the third trilogy is 200 years after the 2nd one so Phedre and Joscelin are just histoical figures, but still mentioned a lot b/c they are legendary by now...i am so sad b/c i am tolly caught up and there is no more Terre d'Ange for me until book 2 of the third trilogy comes out next month :angry:

[Diva]

A few months ago, I subscribed to Easton Press's The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written.....today, I received The Analects Of Confucius!!!!!!!!!!!! It's lovely! Most of the books I've received thusfar I had already read and I'm mainly purchasing them to hand down to my daughter one day....and....because I like the look of leather~bound books on my shelves.

[Cyclopea]

Going on my "must read" list:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/books/26secret.html?_r=1&hpw
:glasses:

[Pretty Woman]

Don't Cry by Mary Gaitskill
Actually, anything by Mary Gaitskill will do.

[waxnrope]

Just finished Anita Diamant's Day After Night.
for a radical change, since I'm recuperating, recycling Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlings novels.

[WolfyOne]

I veered away from my whodunits for a few days when R handed me The Alchemist and asked me to read it.
It's an older book, but I found myself captivated as the author told a great story.
There's truly a lesson to be learned in that book.

[jenny]

• "A Round Heeled Woman - My Late-Life Adventures in Sex and Romance" by Jane Juska

• "This is Where I Leave You" by Jonathan Tropper

• "Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him" by Danielle Ganek

• "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert

• "Hit By a Farm: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Barn" by Catherine Friend

• "The Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Very Small Island" by Linda Greenlaw

• "Escape" by Carolyn Jessop

[Nina]

I started the latest in the daniel silva series 'the rembrandt affair'....I love his books...they are about and israeli, art-restorer-spy...start at the beginning of the series as silva is very good at building his characters and plots...it's engaging, and distracting reading...

[Emmy]

I just started reading The Little Stranger, by Sarah Waters. It's getting very, very creepy...

[sylvie]

i am currently reading nikki sixx's 'the heroine diaries'

[jenny]

Just starting "Fly Away Home" by Jennifer Weiner... I'm usually much more of a non-fiction reader (specifically, autobiographies), but I love Weiner's stuff.

Oh, another goodie: "Schuyler's Monster: A Father's Journey With His Wordless Daughter" by Robert Rummel-Hudson.

[JinxdGirl]

My current top 5 books are:


White is for Witching : Helen Oyeyemi
Icarus Girl : Helen Oyeyemi
Push : Sapphire (broke my heart)
Bad Mother's Handbook : Kate Long
Living Dead Girl : Elizabeth Scott (Found in the YA section at the library, had to read it before my 12 y/o kinda-kid could. The book hurt my soul and the 12 y/o that checked it out was told after much thought and discussion that if she still wanted to read it when she was 16 she could. Very heavy subject matter.)

[MrSunshine]

3 on the lamp table I've been working on or recently finsihed.

Origami Striptease ~ Peggy Munson

Two or Three Things I Know for Sure ~ Dorothy Allison

Cavedweller ~ Dorothy Allison

[JinxdGirl]

3 on the lamp table I've been working on or recently finsihed.

Origami Striptease ~ Peggy Munson

Two or Three Things I Know for Sure ~ Dorothy Allison

Cavedweller ~ Dorothy Allison

I love Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison, if you haven't read it, I would recommend it.

[waxnrope]

Back for more recycle reading of books on my shelves. Reading some D.M. Thomas at the moment.

[Emmy]

I'm reading The Little Stranger, by Sarah Waters. It's good so far, pleasantly creepy. It's reminding me a bit of The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson.

[nycfem]

I love Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison, if you haven't read it, I would recommend it.

I love all of her writing. Bastard Out of Carolina really stuck with me! Wow, what a woman, what a writer!

[TenderKnight]

Going through a cycle (5th time?) of the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.. My reward? Getting the new books that have come out after his death and seeing what the ending is!!! 11 books and then he passed away.. True talent he had.. Same thing happened with the Dune series by Frank Herbert.. I just hope that the new books are true to all the charactors, even if it is by a diffrent auther..

[galadna]

'Four Souls' by Louise Erdrich

[Zimmeh]

Two of my fave books are Night by Eli Weisel and Things Fall Apart by Achebe...

[JinxdGirl]

I love all of her writing. Bastard Out of Carolina really stuck with me! Wow, what a woman, what a writer!

It struck a very personal chord with me .. I identify deeply with Bone.

[Lady_Wu]

Great thread, Diva! I will be a frequent poster, I'm sure. I've managed a bookstore, worked in a a GREAT indie bookstore in G'ville, MS where we stopped for tea at 4PM everyday, and then was a Librarian for years!
Right now I'm in the process of simplifying my life. This includes even-gasp!-getting rid of some of my books! I am not sure what I'll be doing with them. Perhaps I'll put some one here on Queerbay, gratis, of course. I'll never charge family for books!
*sniffing bookdust*
Lady_Wu

[dixie]

Two of my fave books are Night by Eli Weisel and Things Fall Apart by Achebe...

Night is one of my favorite books as well. I was fortunate in that I was able to talk with Mr. Weisel when he gave a lecture for my AP English/Lit class in high school. He was such a very nice man and was very patient with us teenagers asking him so many questions. I learned so much that day. :)

[dixie]

Normally my preferred reading genre is true crime. I have a favorite book called Mistresses of Mayhem by Francine Hornberger. It details centuries of women criminals, from Elizabeth Bathory to Lizzie Borden, and many others. The book itself is actually very poorly written and has lots of typos and errors, but I still like it just the same...lol

[nycfem]

I read tons of true crime. I always enjoy Ann Rule, Carlton Smith, Harold Schecter, and Aphrodite Jones, among many others!

Normally my preferred reading genre is true crime. I have a favorite book called Mistresses of Mayhem by Francine Hornberger. It details centuries of women criminals, from Elizabeth Bathory to Lizzie Borden, and many others. The book itself is actually very poorly written and has lots of typos and errors, but I still like it just the same...lol

[CrankyOldGuy]

some of my fave authors:

carl hiaasen
randy wayne white
lawrence shames
tim dorsey

lawrence sanders

not to derail but has anybody bought an e-reader? if so, which one? and why?

thanks!

[BestButchBoy]

not to derail but has anybody bought an e-reader? if so, which one? and why?

thanks!


Negative.

There's something so special about the feel and smell of a book (especially library books!). But then, I am rather tactile and a bit old-fashioned.

[violaine]

music o p h i l i a

[jenny]

Just started "Whip Smart" by Melissa Febos -- so far, it's really intriguing!! Thanks to nycfembbw for lending it to me!

[AtLast]

Female Masculinity
by Judith Halberstam

[betenoire]

Currently reading:

Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children

http://www.filmofilia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Miss-Peregrines-Home-for-Peculiar-Children.jpg

[sanee66]

I am in a book club and we are reading Bleeding Kansas right now. One thing i haveenjoyed about joining this club, othetr than it is all lesbian women lol, is i haveread books by authors i never would have picked up before. Some of them I consider good and some not so. I am more into sci fi and paranormal. Love Laurell Hamilton, Sherilyn Kenyon, Christine Feehan, lots of sex scenes and strange actions going on lol. I have read all of Anne Rices older stuff and for those of you who are curious about the Beauty series, it is not anything like who vamp novels, but EXTREMELY good lol. I have all of Steven Kings books and just saw on tv that Bag of Bones is coming to tv, and have read the Dark Tower series is going tobe a movie Yeah!!! Anyway that is what i like to read.

[Julien]

I am about to start Stephen King's 11/22/63. Looking forward to it. The print is small compared to my Kindle:glasses:Yes I bought the actual book, wanted to keep it on my shelf.

[*Anya*]

I just got the new book from Amazon today by Jeanne Cordova: "When We Were Outlaws", described as "...a love story set between sixties radicalism and the rocky but energetic blast-off of the lesbian movement...queer history that recaptured that reminds us of our roots.

"...the first lesbian conferences, the first women's music festivals, the first gay centers...lesbians in the SLA and FBI witch hunts".

It looks great and I am going to start it now:)

[homoe]

BUMPING this thread because it's a bit different than the "what are you reading" thread!

[homoe]

A book that I have truly enjoyed is A Name Called Ove by Fredrik Backman.

I was hesitant at first simple because of the way the friend who recommended it described it! I've given copies of this book to countless friends, family members, and even a relative stranger standing next to me at my favorite used book!

[homoe]

A book that I have truly enjoyed is A Name Called Ove by Fredrik Backman.

I was hesitant at first simple because of the way the friend who recommended it described it! I've given copies of this book to countless friends, family members, and even a relative stranger standing next to me at my favorite used book!

sorry that SHOULD read.....A Man Called Ove

[girl_dee]

Right now I am reading *Fly Girls*

It is about the early days of women in aviation (and aviation in general) and the downright bullying they took to make way in a man’s world of aviation.

It’s a really good book!

[homoe]

I'm making a list of books I have either missed or overlooked as I watch The Great American Read series on PBS.


Their Eyes Were Watching God a 1937 novel by African-American writer Zora Neale Hurston and Another Country by James Baldwin are first on the list!

[homoe]

After reading several books suggested from The Great American Read, I had taken an hiatus from reading.

[charley]

After reading several books suggested from The Great American Read, I had taken an hiatus from reading.

Oh my, sorry to hear about the "hiatus". Which books, and why?

(Personally, I saw the entire series on TV... had recorded them, and now having seen them, I deleted the recordings. Actually, I was slightly disappointed by the choices btw. I think the reason I was disappointed was that most of the people who talked about their favourites seemed that the books they chose appealed to their own conditioning and solidified their own beliefs and vested interests (although I could be wrong), which I felt was a bummer.)

I never read the "winner"; only saw the movie with Gregory Peck... Feel free to send me a private message if you like.

If I learned anything from watching the series, was what Americans did read - which during my time as a retiree, I am taking advantage of by learning as much as possible about Americans {considering their political povs!}. I had been so busy the past 15-20 years prior to retirement that I had no time whatsoever to notice what was going on with my neighbour to the south. And now being retired, I have abundant leisure time to study why the Americans are the way they are.

I only read for fun now, or stuff on meditation.

[homoe]

Oh, it wasn't any particular book that caused the hiatus...LOL

[girl_dee]

i went to the library to vote and they had a table with books on it, 2 for $1.00.

I scored!

Two books on american history!

[homoe]

I just finished reading Stephen King's new book Elevation


It was good, held my attention, and even better it has two lesbians as main characters..........:hangloose:

[homoe]

Mary just got her copy of Becoming by Michelle Obama...

hopefully she'll share.........:glasses:

[homoe]

Mary just got her copy of Becoming by Michelle Obama...

hopefully she'll share.........:glasses:



She has and I'm enjoying it immensely........:glasses:

[girl_dee]

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Publication128/v4/ef/5d/e7/ef5de7ed-85bc-83f6-2128-9ee0134ed236/source/225x225bb.jpg


I just read this. It was very good. I find the whole Manson Family fascinating (in a good and bad way) and this was insightful.

[homoe]

By Tracey Richardson



Just started this Lesbian piece of fluff which contains A love of Motown Music plus a vintage convertible mustang, how bad can the story-line be!

[homoe]

By Tracey Richardson



Just started this Lesbian piece of fluff which contains A love of Motown Music plus a vintage convertible mustang, how bad can the story-line be!


Unfortunately pretty lame as it turns out!

[dark_crystal]

i went to the library to vote and they had a table with books on it, 2 for $1.00.

I scored!

Two books on american history!

Our used hardcovers are $2 each, now i feel bad lol

[homoe]

.....

I would love to read Chris Christie's book after seeing him today on Morning Joe, but I just can't stand the thought of giving that bastard one penny of my money!

[Greco]

How about the library...free, and you can hand it back.


.....

I would love to read Chris Christie's book after seeing him today on Morning Joe, but I just can't stand the thought of giving that bastard one penny of my money!

[Gemme]

How about the library...free, and you can hand it back.

You can even go there, read the book at a desk or chair then leave it there, and have no written connection between Chris Christie and yourself, homoe.

<-----Crafty!

[homoe]

.....

I would love to read Chris Christie's book after seeing him today on Morning Joe, but I just can't stand the thought of giving that bastard one penny of my money!


I caved and am SO disappointed in myself, as well as the book!

[FireSignFemme]

Magazines. Flipping through -
Feb Consumer Reports
Dec/Jan Mother Earth News
Feb/Mar GlutenFree and More

Books. Working on -
Slow a Modern Cookbook for a Party of One by Michelin Chef Anita Lo
Fire and Fury, Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff
In Praise of Difficult Women, Life Lessons from 29 Heroines Who Dared to Break the Rules, by Karen Karbo
Fed Up, Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward by Gemma Hartley

[homoe]

Memoirs of a Literary Forger by Lee Israel

The movie Can You Ever Forgive Me was based loosely on this book..:glasses:

[homoe]

Memoirs of a Literary Forger by Lee Israel

The movie Can You Ever Forgive Me was based loosely on this book..:glasses:

I loved this book! It's short, only just over 100 pages but it'll keep you in stitches and it contains some of the other letters she forged!

[cathexis]

Here we are having a book trade around to be followed by discussion. We are tackling Different Loving, SM 101, Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns. Should be fun.

[firecat242]

just finished The Woman in the Mirror by Cathryn Grant. She has a series of this character Alex....a serial killer. Easy read and while it lacks heavy suspense it is feminist to the core. I like that...I may read more of her work. Besides who can resist a feminist serial killer???

[homoe]

Memoirs of a Literary Forger by Lee Israel

The movie Can You Ever Forgive Me was based loosely on this book..:glasses:


After enjoying this book so very much I read Estee Lauder Beyond the Magic and Miss Tallula Bankhead but neither were nearly as enjoyable sad to say!

[homoe]

...

I will be reading Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister The Official Companion to the BBC Series by Wainwright, Sally.

I guess I didn't realize it was coming from across the pond when I ordered it.:|

[Breathless]

I've been reading quite a bit lately, although I am not quite sure where I am finding the time.. lol..
Just finished.. Love Match by Ali Vali.. it was an okay read, entertaining but Ill probably forget it in about a week
Beauty and the Bitch by Shawna Hunter .. excellent read, had me smiling and laughing out loud a few times.. recommend..
Smoke and Water by ORIGIN authors, highly recommended. This one I will not forget for a long while.

[homoe]

...

I will be reading Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister The Official Companion to the BBC Series by Wainwright, Sally.

I guess I didn't realize it was coming from across the pond when I ordered it.:|


It F I N A L L Y arrived and it was wonderful.......:hangloose:

The books goes into more details about the various affairs she carried on and some shall we say "one night stands" which she had more than her fair share of.. yup Anne got around! The book explains how the diaries were almost NOT published and who found them. If you're enjoying the series, I think you'll enjoy this companion piece.

[Breathless]

With yesterday being the 75 anniversary of D Day, I thought to read something from the history section and I chose 'The Tattooist of Auschwitz' author Heather Morris. Based on one man's account from the time - being a Slovakian Jew and forcibly taken to concentration camps in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Although it was a very hard book to read - it is also a testament to the endurance of love and humanity under the darkest possible conditions. Not for the faint of heart, but highly recommended. Comparable intensity to the 'Pianist'

[homoe]

Mr Know It All



I've always been a fan of Waters the man but Waters the movie director and his movies not so much!

This book is typical John Waters the man's outlook on life, love, death, and even some very interesting advice for those "would be movie makers"! Who knew securing the music used in movie soundtracks was so freaking

E X P E N S I V E ...

[homoe]

The Shakespeare Requirement (2018) by Julie Schumacher ....

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune keep hitting beleaguered English professor Jason Fitger right between the eyes in this hilarious and eagerly awaited sequel to the cult classic of anhedonic academe, the Thurber Prize-winning Dear Committee Members.

Now is the fall of his discontent, as Jason Fitger, newly appointed chair of the English Department of Payne University, takes arms against a sea of troubles, personal and institutional. The fearsome department secretary Fran clearly runs the show (when not taking in rescue parrots and dogs) and holds plenty of secrets she's not sharing. The lavishly funded Econ Department keeps siphoning off English's meager resources and has taken aim at its remaining office space. And Fitger's attempt to get a mossbacked and antediluvian Shakespeare scholar to retire backfires spectacularly when the press concludes that the Bard is being kicked to the curricular curb.

[homoe]

Landslide: The Unmaking of the President, 1984-1988 by Jane Mayer and Doyle McManus.


Several weeks ago, Rachel Maddow made mention of this book, when she made a correlation between Attorney General Edwin Meese (who Trump had just awarded some award to that day) and Attorney General Barr, so needless to say my curiosity was piqued! I haven't read much, but so far it's been very informative.

Sidebar: Jane Meyer is also a co-author of the book Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas which is very interesting reading.

[homoe]

One Walk In Winter Georgia Beers..

Pure lesbian fluff romance reading and just what I'm in the mood for at the moment:hangloose:

[homoe]

I know for sure Santa is bringing me at least two books! I'll report back as soon as the gifts are opened......

[homoe]

I know for sure Santa is bringing me at least two books! I'll report back as soon as the gifts are opened......

Indeed I did receive two books! Well 1 actually and the other is coming Feb 4th!

I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt which chronicles the life of Frank Sheeran, an alleged mafia hitman who confesses the crimes he committed working for the Bufalino crime family and which the movie The Irishman is based on.

[homoe]

by Jenn Shapland released Feb 4th

While working as an intern in the archives at the Harry Ransom Center, Shapland encounters the love letters of Carson McCullers and a woman named Annemarie—letters that are tender, intimate, and unabashed in their feelings. Shapland recognizes herself in the letters’ language—but does not see McCullers as history has portrayed her.

And so, Shapland is compelled to undertake a recovery of the full narrative and language of McCullers’s life: she wades through the therapy transcripts; she stays at McCullers’s childhood home, researches McCullers’s days at beloved Yaddo.

As Shapland reckons with the expanding and collapsing distance between her and McCullers, she sees how McCullers’s story has become a way to articulate something about herself. The results reveal something entirely new not only about this one remarkable, walleyed life, but about the way we tell queer love stories.

I had first seen this book mentioned in Oprah Magazine and can't wait to read it.

[homoe]

~~
I just came across an article about a book being released on January 20th titled Gentleman Jack: A biography of Anne Lister, Regency Landowner, Seducer, and Secret Diarist. Not sure if I'll be ordering it or not.

[homoe]

~~
I just came across an article about a book being released on January 20th titled Gentleman Jack: A biography of Anne Lister, Regency Landowner, Seducer, and Secret Diarist. Not sure if I'll be ordering it or not.

Update: I did not order it!

[homoe]

by Jenn Shapland released Feb 4th

While working as an intern in the archives at the Harry Ransom Center, Shapland encounters the love letters of Carson McCullers and a woman named Annemarie—letters that are tender, intimate, and unabashed in their feelings. Shapland recognizes herself in the letters’ language—but does not see McCullers as history has portrayed her.

And so, Shapland is compelled to undertake a recovery of the full narrative and language of McCullers’s life: she wades through the therapy transcripts; she stays at McCullers’s childhood home, researches McCullers’s days at beloved Yaddo.

As Shapland reckons with the expanding and collapsing distance between her and McCullers, she sees how McCullers’s story has become a way to articulate something about herself. The results reveal something entirely new not only about this one remarkable, walleyed life, but about the way we tell queer love stories.

I had first seen this book mentioned in Oprah Magazine and can't wait to read it.

I got it, I read it, I liked it.....

[homoe]

The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism – by Kyle Chayka


It's not so much of a "how to" manual but more of an in-depth & history look at minimalism I would say.

I first saw it mentioned in The Week magazine Feb 9th issue.

[homoe]

Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction
Enrich, David



After hearing Rachael Maddow go on and on about this book and seeing her interview with the author last week, I decided to order this book earlier this morning!

[homoe]

First Edition Romance: A Garriety Romance by Shannon M Harris



Ainslon O’Neil is co-owner of Turn the Page, the most popular children’s and comic bookstore in Garriety. Her life revolves around her business and family. Romance is far from her mind, until one day Lauren Millán, owner of C & C, walks into her store and commissions Ainslon to find a first edition of Mary Poppins.

A book about books, chocolate, and a budding romance between two women.It just arrived yesterday late afternoon but I'm already 100 pages in!

[randomnotes]

First Edition Romance: A Garriety Romance by Shannon M Harris



Ainslon O’Neil is co-owner of Turn the Page, the most popular children’s and comic bookstore in Garriety. Her life revolves around her business and family. Romance is far from her mind, until one day Lauren Millán, owner of C & C, walks into her store and commissions Ainslon to find a first edition of Mary Poppins.

A book about books, chocolate, and a budding romance between two women.It just arrived yesterday late afternoon but I'm already 100 pages in!


I’m going to check this out. Sounds good! Also if you have any other good lesbian romances to recommend (especially butch/femme ones) please let me know.

[homoe]

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney

The inspiration and titular character of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk is modeled after real-life ad copywriter and poet, Margaret Fishback. Lillian Boxfish author Kathleen Rooney offers us a fascinating glimpse of a woman who was far ahead of her time, taking to print to declare that she didn't need a husband to support her. Starting out as a school teacher, Fishback took on a job at the lower rungs of copywriting at the prestigious department store R. H. Macy's (today referred to simply as Macy's) but quickly rose through the ranks, eventually becoming chief copywriter. She was a highly paid woman in the advertising world of the 1930s, a time when the Great Depression firmly had its grip over the United States.

It just arrived yesterday, so hopefully I'll start it soon!

[homoe]

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney

The inspiration and titular character of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk is modeled after real-life ad copywriter and poet, Margaret Fishback. Lillian Boxfish author Kathleen Rooney offers us a fascinating glimpse of a woman who was far ahead of her time, taking to print to declare that she didn't need a husband to support her. Starting out as a school teacher, Fishback took on a job at the lower rungs of copywriting at the prestigious department store R. H. Macy's (today referred to simply as Macy's) but quickly rose through the ranks, eventually becoming chief copywriter. She was a highly paid woman in the advertising world of the 1930s, a time when the Great Depression firmly had its grip over the United States.

It just arrived yesterday, so hopefully I'll start it soon!

I started it and am enjoying it, but during this upheaval I must admit I have trouble concentrating!

[homoe]

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney

The inspiration and titular character of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk is modeled after real-life ad copywriter and poet, Margaret Fishback. Lillian Boxfish author Kathleen Rooney offers us a fascinating glimpse of a woman who was far ahead of her time, taking to print to declare that she didn't need a husband to support her. Starting out as a school teacher, Fishback took on a job at the lower rungs of copywriting at the prestigious department store R. H. Macy's (today referred to simply as Macy's) but quickly rose through the ranks, eventually becoming chief copywriter. She was a highly paid woman in the advertising world of the 1930s, a time when the Great Depression firmly had its grip over the United States.

It just arrived yesterday, so hopefully I'll start it soon!

I'm enjoying it very much and for some reason the narrator's voice puts me in mind of Mad Men's Peggy Olson reflecting on her career and telling her story at 85............

[homoe]

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney

The inspiration and titular character of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk is modeled after real-life ad copywriter and poet, Margaret Fishback. Lillian Boxfish author Kathleen Rooney offers us a fascinating glimpse of a woman who was far ahead of her time, taking to print to declare that she didn't need a husband to support her. Starting out as a school teacher, Fishback took on a job at the lower rungs of copywriting at the prestigious department store R. H. Macy's (today referred to simply as Macy's) but quickly rose through the ranks, eventually becoming chief copywriter. She was a highly paid woman in the advertising world of the 1930s, a time when the Great Depression firmly had its grip over the United States.

It just arrived yesterday, so hopefully I'll start it soon!

I finished this book today and enjoyed it immensely!

My regret is never having been to NYC so I could of visualized the streets and areas she come across on her 3 miles plus walk on New Years Eve.

[clementinefemme]

Chea Villanueva's Bulletproof Butches has been helping me get through quarantine. I love how proudly butch the author is and the frankness with which she writes lesbian desire.

Almost very single character is a butch or femme!

It's also cool that she focuses exclusively on the experiences of women of color, particularly Filipina butches and femmes. I feel it definitely fills a void in the B/F literary cannon.

[homoe]

Chea Villanueva's Bulletproof Butches has been helping me get through quarantine. I love how proudly butch the author is and the frankness with which she writes lesbian desire.

Almost very single character is a butch or femme!

It's also cool that she focuses exclusively on the experiences of women of color, particularly Filipina butches and femmes. I feel it definitely fills a void in the B/F literary cannon.

Clementine, if you're a television viewer check out Vida on the STARZ network. It"s a drama series about two Mexican-American siblings, one a lesbian the other not, from East Los Angeles. Pretty good stuff!

[clementinefemme]

Clementine, if you're a television viewer check out Vida on the STARZ network. It"s a drama series about two Mexican-American siblings, one a lesbian the other not, from East Los Angeles. Pretty good stuff!

Thanks so much for the recommendation, homoe!! I'll check it out.

[clementinefemme]

Ana Castillo's Massacre of the Dreamers is phenomenal. Highly recommend it for anyone interested in Chicana/Xicana feminism.

I really appreciate that she digs much deeper than European-introduced patriarchal religion as the source of sexism and machismo; she goes back thousands of years to pre-Conquest society.

It's a little depressing to know just how long women have been subjugated, especially since there's this myth of tons of matriarchal societies in the pre-Columbian era, but I think it's important to understand.

[homoe]

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If It Bleeds by Stephen King..

[C0LLETTE]

"Shut up and Listen"
by Tilman Fertitta

[homoe]

Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump


Loved it!

It was a fast read and ,at least to me, it was easy to visualize certain events he described!

[akiza]

Serial killers of jack smith ☺
i always loved to read or watch shows about them; not being ironic or sarcastic but there's things to learn

[Gráinne]

I have several going at once:

Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Begins with a series of deaths but is at heart a love story.

Watership Down Rabbits on a journey to a new home. We'll see how this goes, as I generally don't want to see/read any violence to animals.

Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Very British sense of humor (the author is British, after all), but I laughed from the first page.

[Stone-Butch]

Three books from my library that one might be interested in.

"Female Masculenity" by Jack Halberstam

"Stone Butch Blues" by Leslie Feinberg concerning being lesbian in 50'-60's-70's
(I went to Buffalo to see one of her speeches and was very impressed. I met her and we spent time going over her own history) She passed in 2014 after having trans herself .

"Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold", by E.L. Kennedy. concerning the evolution of the lesbian community in Buffalo N.Y. from the 1930's to the 1960's.


I am better than half way through "In the Company of Crows and Ravens." I love this book. Concerning the comparison of these two magnificent birds and their intelligence beyond what had been expected before extensive research.

[kittygrrl]

I am better than half way through "In the Company of Crows and Ravens." I love this book. Concerning the comparison of these two magnificent birds and their intelligence beyond what had been expected before extensive research.

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[Stone-Butch]

I have a full size statue of a crow atop my bookcase in my living room. Have had it for years. I have a number of books on different animal species but crow and ravens are my favorite. Good reading to understand other creatures in our world.

[easygoingfemme]

Three books from my library that one might be interested in.

"Female Masculenity" by Jack Halberstam

"Stone Butch Blues" by Leslie Feinberg concerning being lesbian in 50'-60's-70's
(I went to Buffalo to see one of her speeches and was very impressed. I met her and we spent time going over her own history) She passed in 2014 after having trans herself .

"Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold", by E.L. Kennedy. concerning the evolution of the lesbian community in Buffalo N.Y. from the 1930's to the 1960's.


I am better than half way through "In the Company of Crows and Ravens." I love this book. Concerning the comparison of these two magnificent birds and their intelligence beyond what had been expected before extensive research.

I'm so glad to know you were able to spend time with Leslie. I did too a couple of brief times, It sounds like you got to experience more in depth conversation together than I ever experienced. I actually introduced Leslie to speak at an event in I think 1996. There were no applicable pronouns and I stayed up all night writing out what to say. I got to meet Minnie Bruce too. She was so kind. We had met at NYC Pride earlier that year and had only been emailing previous to that to coordinate an event. Email was not what it is now so when we talked and Leslie was like... "Hey I just emailed you this morning" I about died.

[Stone-Butch]

I too found Leslie so interesting and knowledgeable concerning years of experience in the gay community. I only wished she had written more books. I would like to have seen her again although we spent good time and I have several pics of us together. I always thing of how she signed my book.. with memories of Stonewall.