Remedial Queer
 

I tend toward rather trashy reading. Vampires, werewolves, magic users of all kinds, I love them. Unfortunately, all the series I love don't have new books coming out for months, so I'm reduced to reading paranormal romance. Not that there's anything wrong with romance novels, but they're not usually my thing. So I'm currently reading Nalini Singh's Psy/Changeling series. I just started book 3, not sure if I'm going to actually make it through this one, much less the whole series.

I'm also listening to the audiobook version of Kitty's Greatest Hits, a collection of short stories set in the Kitty Norville universe by Carrie Vaughn.

I'm not usually so much with the chick lit - but someone at work gave me a copy of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender. I started it on my way home today and it's not a bad subway read, sort of a magic food experience with chocolate emotional frosting.

the world in six songs: how the musical brain created human nature - daniel j. levitin

i was super excited about the premise of this book and i found his first book, this is your brain on music, completely fascinating
this offering was a bit of a disappointment - a lot like ancient aliens on the history channel stuff here

"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Rereading Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen

I will most likely always be an Elinor.

Yes, quoting my own post. I just finished this book and I have to say, I was really surprised. Sort of chick-lit meets sci-fi/fantasy. Still with a heavy food emphasis. I'll definitely be looking out for her other novels.

The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life
 

(Figured I'd toss this in this thread, too. I first posted it in the Hurricane Irene thread.)


This book is a fav of mine. It is a good read and full of interesting and compelling info, written more like a story, than a manual so it keeps your attention, while educating you.


The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life

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I'm reading How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu, and re-reading Audre Lorde's Zami, as well as Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan. Oh, and I've been reading bits and pieces from Ivan Coyote's Missed Her, as well as a couple of essays from a James Baldwin collection.

Since the girl left, I've had a lot of time on my hands.

Are you familiar with Joan Nestle's The Persistent Desire? How do you think the two match up?

This book, "Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why," was written in a similar style to what you described. I just love these types of books, and strongly recommend this one.

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Yes, I have read The Persistent Desire. I have got to tell you my Joan Nestle story. Back in the 80's Joan came through Los Angeles. My ex-girlfriend was the founder of the Lesbian Writers Series in Los Angeles. This is how I got to meet Joan. Joan wanted to see Disneyland and I was the butch that got to escort her to Disneyland. I got to hear much of the BF herstory that day and during her visit. This is a memory that I hold dear to my butch heart.

As for the book editied by Ivan and Zena, Joan Nestle wrote the forwardfor the book. Does it match up? I am enjoying reading the stories. I will say it is pleasant to read the stories about Butches and Femmes that from other countries besides the States.

I will keep your question in mind as I continue to read the book and try to come back and give a fuller answer to the question. Thanks.

OOOH. Jealous. After reading The Persistent Desire, I briefly flirted with the idea of becoming an historian and/or archivist so I could work with the Lesbian Herstory Project.

I think I just have a soft sport in my heart for Nestle's book because it came out at such an important part in my life. I appreciate how Ivan and Zena wanted to be more inclusive to represent the ways that LGBTQ communities have changed since the mid 90s, but in some ways, Persistence doesn't feel like it's a book meant for me. But that's more of a commentary on me than it is on the book itself.

Book Nine of the Dresden Files series...


I like my P.I.s to be wizards... mmmhmmm

Just finished reading...

Larson, Steig. The Girl Who Played with Fire. (New York: Random House, 2006).

ISBN-10: 030745455X
ISBN-13: 978-0307454553
(yep book nerd)

Amazing book, better paced that the first in the series. I was suprised at the out come and the depth of the characters. I can not wait to read book three.

hp

*peace*