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"Wasted"...is one of my favorite books, as well. Currently, I'm reading "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?" by Alan Duff. |
Female to Male (FTM) in Film Narrative: Gender Passing and the Re-Creation of Brandon Teena
now that is a heady title and yes it is my dissertation aka manuscript, I'm rereading it to see where I can cut/enhance/proof (again):reader: before sending it to a publisher. Basically it revolves around how the media co-opts BT for their own agendas. As well as a discussion of who has the right to speak for the Trans community. I cover FTM films up to Albert Nobbs (which I haven't seen yet, waiting for the dvd) and will add it to my manuscript. :writer: |
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Very nice...Julien. :clover: |
Talon and aisah,
I'm a fan of Marya Hornbacher too. I loved Wasted and Madness was good too :) I read almost entirely nonfiction and love dysfunctional, passionate memoirs that are written well, of course! Jennifer |
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Well, but of course, doll...:eyebat:....I still need to read Madness. |
I've been reading forum threads on the message boards here
and reading from several books lately: yesterday, a co-worker gave me a book and it is quite interesting, actually. The Mammoth Book of Unsolved Crimes Edited by: Roger Wilkes (1999: London, England) I'm not reading any particular story in order presented within this book. I am currently reading: Murder Hath Charms (pp. 540-551). In particular, I appreciate the introduction penned by Editor Wilkes. Definately a must-read for those of you out there that appreciate this type of subject of interest. |
brain cells
I finished Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, this after reading Fifty Shades of Grey. It was a bit like losing hundreds of brain cells, then gaining them all back.
Now I'm reading Let's Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir) by Jenny Lawson. I hope my brain cell regeneration continues, but that might be too much to ask from a book with a stuffed mouse wearing a cape and ruff on its cover. http://images.indiebound.com/015/159/9780399159015.jpg |
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Let us know what you think of Let's Pretend, very mixed reviews on Amazon.
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a kindred spirit
"small memories A Memoir"
by Jose Saramago translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa what a pleasure to read how this man "saw" the world Greco |
Hellboy: The Storm and the Fury (Mignola, Fegredo)
The Orchid Thief (Susan Orlean) A Secret Kept (Tatiana de Rosnay) |
Double Take by Catherine Coulter
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why are faggots so afraid of faggots? by mattilda bernstein sycamore.
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Just finished "Seven Up" in the Stephanie Plum series (Janet Evanovich)
Just bout half way through "Dance Macabre" in the Anita Blake series (Laurell K. Hamilton) And both series of books were recommended by my beautiful lady (f) Thank you so much I am really enjoying them. |
The Red Circle by Brandon Webb
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I'm on the fourth audio book of "Tales Of The Otori" which is "Harsh Cry Of The Heron". I've listened to books 1-3 and really love it. Very atmospheric writing that I love. The author is Lian Hearn.
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solerna by anna schubarth - she's a friend of a friend and she self-published this book and it's really quite good :) it's sci-fi with a bit of a pagan twist. you can get it on kindle.
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Since my last check in I've read a few more books including: Insurgent, the sequel to Divergent, The Scourge, Outside and The Witch Who Made Adjustments.
That last one was a small fluff book that was just cute and fun. I'm now beginning Wool (books 1-5) by Hugh Howey and tinkering around Bombshells by T. Elliott Brown and Live Organic (52 Brilliant Ideas) by Lynn Huggins-Cooper. I adore my Kindle Fire and though I have a small library would love to open it up for those who may want to borrow anything (and vice versa?) |
The Buddha in the attic / Julie Otsuka. Presents the stories of six Japanese mail-order brides whose new lives in early twentieth-century San Francisco are marked by backbreaking migrant work, cultural struggles, children who reject their heritage, and the prospect of wartime internment. |
Skywalker--Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail - Bill Walker
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I will be picking up,"The Red Tent" from the library today.
I have wanted to read it for quite some time now. It's supposed to rain all weekend, so reading the days away will be a guilt free indulgence! |
i love the red tent! hope you enjoy it :)
just started feminism for real edited by jessica yee and loving it so far. |
I just finished [ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/161218281X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=anisoptera-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creative ASIN=161218281X"]"Getting Dunn" by Thomas Schreck[/ame]. It was a mixed bag for me. Strong female ex combat vet but she cries--all the time. I will want to read the next if there is one. I guess this goes down as one of those summer beach reads.
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Re-reading the Dune series by Frank Herbert.. I am not going in sequence, but have read all of them a few times, so I can pick up on the story pretty quick, lol.. Love the series and am wanting to read more of the prequels, but haven't taken that plunge yet.
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I am reading "the Picture of Dorian Gray". I saw the movie on Netflix a couple of weeks ago... This is usually how I stumble across good classic reads.
I love Dune, TenderNight, and have also read Dune Messiah. I have and love the Sci-Fi's version of the Dune movie and won't lend it out to anyone. I need to check out one of the used book stores around here and see if I can trade in for some more of the series. I am currently on a "absolute necessity" with books, as I tried to kill myself moving them last year. |
Plain Wisdom: An Invitation into an Amish Home and the Hearts of Two Women
Cindy Woodsmall & Miriam Flaud |
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The Dune series is awesome.. Wait until you get to "God Emperor of Dune".. It will blow your mind :) The scope of the books is HUGE, and it's cool because it all follows along the main story arch. Enjoy! :) |
The Covenant of Genesis by Andy McDeemott
*** it's an adventure series. |
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I'm currently reading Bitterblue, the 3rd book in the Graceling series. I also have the first four books of Fire and Ice loaded on the Kindle when I get done with this book. |
The novella _Albert Nobbs_ by George Moore. This 1913 novella has key elements that were changed for the film with Glenn Close. It is a good quick read.
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I just finished Let's Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir). There were certainly some laugh-out-loud phrases and anectdotes, but overall, I found it lacking. Jenny Lawson is best known as a blogger ("The Bloggess") who writes snarky and self-referential posts about being caught in (and creating) embarrassing social situations. This sounds like the perfect reading material for a David Sedaris enthusiast (me), but Lawson's snippy blog-style writing just doesn't translate to a longer work. I never really got engrossed in the tales of her manic life; instead, it was more like a stand-up comedy act, complete with SENTENCES IN ALL CAPS where she's actually screaming the one-liners from the page. She constantly got detoured off the main narrative, then made detours off the detours... I felt like I needed a flow chart to keep up.
If you love her blog, you'll probably love her book... but the reason the blog-style of writing works for blogs is because they're meant to be short and irreverent, and it's okay to throw in non sequiturs because each post is less than 500 words. But for a 300 page memoir? Time to modify the writing style. ** Warning: Shameless self-promotion to follow** Now I'm reading Deaf American Prose: 1980 - 2010 (Gallaudet Deaf Literature Series), a collection of essays by Deaf and Hard of Hearing authors. It's a terrific anthology, though I admit I'm biased since I'm one of the authors. |
How about what book am I NEVER reading? Anything else by Orson Scott Card. And that's hard because I really liked his work. Until I read this. He's entitled to his opinion. I'm also entitled to mine. :fastdraq:
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I am currently reading The Twelveth Transforming by Pauline Gedge......fictionalized Egyptian history.....Child of the Morning is an amazing book by the same author
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Academically Adrift by Richard Arum it"s a compelling book, that sure clears up alot of nagging questions, reinforces what I already suspected.
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Thank you for the link on Orson Scott Card, I just had to pull out this quote from the article. "In fact, the scientific evidence we have points in the opposite direction: Same-sex attraction is not a strait jacket; people's desires change over time; gay people still have choices; a reproductive dysfunction like same-sex attraction is not a death sentence for your DNA or for your desire to have a family in which children grow up with male and female parents to model appropriate gender roles." The words "reproductive dysfunction like same-sex attraction" caught my eye and then some. This article is sure to raise some eyebrows and rub people the wrong way. Julien |
Heroes For My Daughter - Brad Meltzer What a sweet book. Love the people he picked as heroes to teach his daughter about life and the power of the human spirit. Short, to the point, stories of the accomplishments of a wide variety of women, men, and kids. |
Trying to finish A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
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Holiness, Truth and the Presence Of God
~by Francis Frangipane |
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