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WolfyOne · 08-14-2011, 11:53 AM

J.T. Ellison - The Cold Room
This is one of the books in her series about Taylor Jackson, detective in Nashville.

I'm a little lost in what has happened since I forgot the last book she wrote in my room at last year's reunion.
I'm hoping to be clear on everything by the end of this book or I'll have to get another copy of the the book I forgot.

Reader · 08-14-2011, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by SomethingBeautiful

I have quite the book list I need to resume. Currently I'm reading "The girl who kicked the hornet's nest" by Stieg Larsson. I've read the series at least 4 times over the last 2 years. If you haven't read his "Millenium series" I highly recommend it.

I agree. Well drawn characters and some good political points in an interesting story.

Apocalipstic · 08-14-2011, 04:34 PM

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Somehow I've missed it.

Just finished the new Sookie Stackhouse and #9 in the James Patterson Murder Club books.

Reader · 08-14-2011, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeep

Terminal Freeze by Lincoln Child
Tuesday I will recieve Cold Vengeance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child and will likely be up all night as I have been waiting over a year for it.

I really liked "Death Match" by Lincoln Child. It was an interesting look at technology and the uses and abuses of it.

WolfyOne · 08-14-2011, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by apocalipstic

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Somehow I've missed it.

Just finished the new Sookie Stackhouse and #9 in the James Patterson Murder Club books.

Waiting for Amazon to send me #9
I kept waiting for it to go down on price
It did when #10 came out

Massive · 08-16-2011, 07:12 AM

Fatal Revenant by Stephen Donaldson, the second in his third and final chronicles of Thomas Covenant.
Seriously trying to get in as much fiction/sci-fi/fantasy as possible before I go back to school and start reading text books, lots of damn text books

tapu · 08-16-2011, 07:46 AM

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

I read it when it came out and then picked it up again this weekend. I bet a lot of people here have read it. No use trying to summarize--any blurb I've seen has trouble describing it.

If you've ever read Infinite Jest--and if you have, you're a better man than I--it's something like that. Except, with Infinite Jest, it didn't matter how much I longed to read it. I just... couldn't... do it. Geek Love has the power without requiring that level of commitment.

Red Dirt Girl · 08-20-2011, 12:02 PM

Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Aparthied South Africa by Mark Mathabane.

It is excruciatingly painful and hard to read. I've not gotten to the uplifting parts yet, and I can only read a little at a time b/c it is so heart breaking.

nycfem · 08-22-2011, 06:10 AM

I just read a great book "Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl" by Stacey Pershall. It's a memoir of a girl who grew up in Arkansas with an eating disorder and was eventually diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. She then came into her own as an alternative type. Her writing is hilarious when it wants to be and very moving. Big thumbs up! I want to be friends with her (always the mark of a great book for me).

I'm also reading Jaycee Duggard's memoir "a stolen life." It's beyond upsetting. I had nightmares about it last night. It's very well-written, also very graphic, and Jaycee is beyond likable. Jaycee has the spirit of a survivor, and that's what gets the reader through the book (at least for me). Some of the proceeds from the book go to her foundation for helping others in traumatic situations. Jaycee was an amazing girl, and now is an amazing woman.

Kobi · 08-22-2011, 04:34 PM

Currently reading The Gallup's Guide to Modern Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Lifestyle series.

Is written for young adults as a primer thing but I'm learning a lot as well. 15 books in the series including stuff like health, coming out, understanding what it means to be transgender, role models, religion, issues and politics, mental health, homophobia, international stuff, new generations, smashing stereotypes, international history and time lines, origins of orientation, POC, gay characters/roles etc.

SecretAgentMa'am · 08-22-2011, 07:24 PM

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.

Estella · 08-22-2011, 07:37 PM

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.

tonaderspeisung · 08-22-2011, 10:21 PM

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

Greyson · 08-22-2011, 10:40 PM

Persistence:All Ways Butch and Femme edited by Ivan E. Coyote and Zena Sharman

Venus007 · 08-22-2011, 10:59 PM

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

Fancy · 08-24-2011, 11:03 AM

Rereading Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen

I will most likely always be an Elinor.

Estella · 08-25-2011, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Fenchurch

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.

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.

Reader · 08-26-2011, 05:24 PM

(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

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Survivors-Club-Secrets-Science-Could/dp/0446580244"]Amazon.com: The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life (9780446580243): Ben Sherwood: Books[/ame]

lettertodaddy · 08-26-2011, 06:05 PM

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.

WolfyOne · 08-26-2011, 06:11 PM

I just got a James Patterson book in the mail...yay!!!

I'll be starting, The 9th Judgment as soon as I can pull myself away from my computer.

08-14-2011, 11:53 AM	#841
WolfyOne Magically Delicious How Do You Identify?: Gentle Butch Relationship Status: Single and content Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 6,558 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 22,052 Thanked 15,397 Times in 4,140 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	J.T. Ellison - The Cold Room This is one of the books in her series about Taylor Jackson, detective in Nashville. I'm a little lost in what has happened since I forgot the last book she wrote in my room at last year's reunion. I'm hoping to be clear on everything by the end of this book or I'll have to get another copy of the the book I forgot. __________________ Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage --- Lao Tzo

08-14-2011, 04:34 PM	#843
Apocalipstic Pink Confection How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her, Ma'am Relationship Status: Dating Myself Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Nashville Posts: 4,266 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 17,195 Thanked 11,362 Times in 2,838 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Somehow I've missed it. Just finished the new Sookie Stackhouse and #9 in the James Patterson Murder Club books. __________________

08-16-2011, 07:12 AM	#846
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08-16-2011, 07:46 AM	#847
tapu Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Understated butch. Preferred Pronoun?: I Relationship Status: Party of One Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maine Posts: 1,654 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,324 Thanked 3,114 Times in 1,103 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Geek Love by Katherine Dunn I read it when it came out and then picked it up again this weekend. I bet a lot of people here have read it. No use trying to summarize--any blurb I've seen has trouble describing it. If you've ever read Infinite Jest--and if you have, you're a better man than I--it's something like that. Except, with Infinite Jest, it didn't matter how much I longed to read it. I just... couldn't... do it. Geek Love has the power without requiring that level of commitment. __________________ Really? That's not funny to you?

08-20-2011, 12:02 PM	#848
Red Dirt Girl Member How Do You Identify?: Stone Femme Preferred Pronoun?: PrincessPrettyPants, please. Relationship Status: Excellent. Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: near the ocean Posts: 188 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 387 Thanked 265 Times in 94 Posts Rep Power: 4524911	Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Aparthied South Africa by Mark Mathabane. It is excruciatingly painful and hard to read. I've not gotten to the uplifting parts yet, and I can only read a little at a time b/c it is so heart breaking. __________________ Red

08-22-2011, 06:10 AM	#849
nycfem Moderator How Do You Identify?: femme sub Preferred Pronoun?: Baby Grrl Relationship Status: Attached Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NYC Posts: 6,793 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 52,987 Thanked 21,489 Times in 5,101 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I just read a great book "Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl" by Stacey Pershall. It's a memoir of a girl who grew up in Arkansas with an eating disorder and was eventually diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. She then came into her own as an alternative type. Her writing is hilarious when it wants to be and very moving. Big thumbs up! I want to be friends with her (always the mark of a great book for me). I'm also reading Jaycee Duggard's memoir "a stolen life." It's beyond upsetting. I had nightmares about it last night. It's very well-written, also very graphic, and Jaycee is beyond likable. Jaycee has the spirit of a survivor, and that's what gets the reader through the book (at least for me). Some of the proceeds from the book go to her foundation for helping others in traumatic situations. Jaycee was an amazing girl, and now is an amazing woman.

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08-22-2011, 07:24 PM	#851
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08-22-2011, 07:37 PM	#852
Estella Member How Do You Identify?: Straightforward Femme. What you see is what you get. Preferred Pronoun?: We Relationship Status: Sadie, Sadie ... married lady. Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Love that dirty water ... Posts: 355 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 94 Thanked 551 Times in 130 Posts Rep Power: 8279290	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.

08-22-2011, 10:21 PM	#853
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08-22-2011, 10:40 PM	#854
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08-24-2011, 11:03 AM	#856
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08-26-2011, 05:24 PM	#858
Reader Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Butch, Dyke, Feminist, Contrarian Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Single Join Date: May 2011 Location: New Jersey, The Garden State Posts: 732 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,308 Thanked 2,229 Times in 586 Posts Rep Power: 0	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 [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Survivors-Club-Secrets-Science-Could/dp/0446580244"]Amazon.com: The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life (9780446580243): Ben Sherwood: Books[/ame]

08-26-2011, 06:05 PM	#859
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08-26-2011, 06:11 PM	#860
WolfyOne Magically Delicious How Do You Identify?: Gentle Butch Relationship Status: Single and content Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 6,558 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 22,052 Thanked 15,397 Times in 4,140 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	I just got a James Patterson book in the mail...yay!!! I'll be starting, The 9th Judgment as soon as I can pull myself away from my computer. __________________ Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage --- Lao Tzo