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

Which books... caused the hiatus?
 

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.

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

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:

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

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

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

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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.

I'm Gonna Make You Love Me.....
 

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!

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

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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!

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

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

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

Later on today, I hope to be reading.........
 

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!

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.

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???

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!

IF it ever arrives.......
 

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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.

John Waters.
 

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 ...

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.

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.

One Walk In Winter Georgia Beers..

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

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.

My Autobiography of Carson McCullers.....
 

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.

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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!

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

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.

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!

Pure lesbian fluff.........
 

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.

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!