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Emma posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago@internrachel @julia1
Yesterday I finished reading Just Kids by Patti Smith. 320 pages. I had it around for a long time and finally picked it up after reading Crystal’s review. I’m nervous to write this post because of the glowing reviews by everyone else on the site, and I think this is the first negative review.
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DealStraddlers 12 years, 2 months ago
Free summer music samplers: Nylon, Rockstar Mayhem, iTunes London, Dave Matthews Caravan, and Lollapalooza 2012 http://bit.ly/ntbJyg
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Raksha posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoToday I read Ash by Malinda Lo (264 pages).
So good! So gay! This is a reimagining of the Cinderella (called Ash here) fairy tale, and I’m a sucker for that kind of thing. Lo manages to combine the really recognizable elements of the original tale (the evil stepmother and stepsisters, the ball that she has to rush out of…[Read more]
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Leah posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago@internrachel @julia1
I just finished Obsession by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker (366 pages), which is about Douglas’s experince with the Investigative Support Unit in the FBI and his other experiences in profiling violent criminals, and what lessons the general public can take from his experiences. I was amazed at how often violent offenders are…[Read more] -
Megan posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago@internrachel @julie1
I just finished Harry, A History: The true story of a boy wizard, his fans, and life inside the Harry Potter phenomenon by Melissa Anelli (of the Leaky Cauldron), 330 pages. I had started this book years ago but only read the first chapter (as indicated by a bookmark) and then for some reason set it aside. I had to make a…[Read more]-
@julia1 * fuuuu
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molllllly posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoLast week, I read a fascinating biography of Alice Roosevelt Longworth by Barbara Kerley and Edwin Fotheringham. What To Do About Alice focuses on her unconventional childhood and outlook on life, as well as the complicated bond she had with her father. The sometimes strained relationship between Alice and Teddy Roosevelt…[Read more]
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mon posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago@internrachel, @julia1, bookclubbers, greetings
a few days ago i finished ‘a visit from the goon squad’, jennifer egan, 352 pages. i quite enjoyed this though it was quite different from what i expected – as a pulitzer prize winner i expected gripping detail and interwoven stories and strong characters. actually it had all those things but in a…[Read more] -
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Raksha posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoI just finished Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende (457 pages).
It follows a woman named Zarité, who was born a slave to the owner of a sugar plantation in Saint-Domingue (Haiti, back when it was still a French colony). The story doesn’t just focus on her, but on a whole cast of characters whose lives intertwine…[Read more]
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it only took you 14 hours to read 457 pages? Dang girl! Did you read it in one continuous sitting? I wish I had that kind of free time to read :(
On another note I love Isabel Allende and I’ve read almost all her novels, but I hadn’t heard of this one, so thanks! Another book to add to my must read list.-
I’ve always been a fast reader, but I had to become lightning fast in grad school just to survive! My program was really, really heavy on the theory, so that meant unreasonable amounts of reading assignments. But I didn’t read all of that book in one sitting. I read about 100 pages the night before, then the next day I took a short lunch break…[Read more]
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LCB posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoThis morning I finished Andrew Holleran’s Dancer From The Dance (250 pages). I had mixed feelings about it. Holleran’s writing style tends toward the overblown (overblown in an often lovely way, don’t get me wrong), and I think I just don’t romanticize the experience of gay discos enough to be taken in by his extended riffs…[Read more]
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i’ve been meaning to check out that holleran book because it’s on so many lists of queer classics. another good classic to check out is ‘sexual outlaw’ by john rechy, which is an account of being a hustler in LA. he uses newspaper stuff from that period to talk about police violence against queers. and he’s generally an amazing writer but also…[Read more]
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Nicole posted an update in the group
Music Addicts Annonymous 12 years, 2 months agoYou guys, Amy Winehouse is dead. I’m so sad. And i feel like I’m the only one grieving!!
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