-
Naphtaline posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 4 months agoI’m dragging my way through Revolutionary Road. It’s wonderfully written but terribly depressing and it’s so beautiful outside… #dilemmaeveryday
(PS: Did anyone even like Tootsie Rolls?)
-
Naphtaline joined the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 4 months ago -
alyssa joined the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 4 months ago -
Kate B posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 4 months agoHey guys! (@internrachel, @julia1)
I just finished reading Candy Girl by Diablo Cody.
I picked it up because 1. I am SO IN LOVE with Diablo Cody, 2. It’s about strippers, namely Diablo Cody being a stripper, and 3. Because my friend gave it to me and who doesn’t like free books?
Diablo Cody hails from my hometown of Minneapolis, and it was a…[Read more]-
This sounds cool, I think I’ll check it out.
-
that does sound good! – is it ok to read on public transport?..
-
I was fine, but I read Cunt by Inga Muscio on the train, so maybe I just have no fear. I mean, the worst that will happen is someone will say something disapproving and you’ll never see them again. But maybe someone’ll see it and be interested!
Either way, read it.
-
-
-
Kelsey posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 4 months agoi’m going to start a book called Run for your Life and it’s by James Patterson. Not really sure if it’s going to be a good book, i just know that its a murder mystery right now. 373 pages and i’m hoping to finish by tomorrow but we’ll see. @internrachel @julia1
-
kells joined the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 4 months ago -
Brianna posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 4 months agoMaybe the rules should be posted in the group description.
Get Ready For Autostraddle Summer Book Club Extravaganzaramapalooza
-
marxi joined the group
Aussiestraddle 12 years, 4 months ago
-
marxi joined the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 4 months ago -
Erika joined the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 4 months ago -
AlexM.914 joined the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 4 months ago -
jessica posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 4 months agoRight now I’m finishing up The Wind Up Bird Chronicle- it’s pretty amazing and slightly creepy but always engrossing. @internrachel @julia1
-
jessica joined the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 4 months ago -
Christina joined the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 4 months ago -
Caitlin joined the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 4 months ago -
Kelsey posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 4 months agoJust finished up Thr3e By Ted Dekker from yesterday. Full of plot twists, horror and just all around craziness. Although my least favorite part would have to be Kevin’s family background. This book is one you won’t want to put down and i highly recommend it to whoever hasn’t read it!
-
nicolegertrude joined the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 4 months ago -
heyitscdil joined the group
Music Addicts Annonymous 12 years, 4 months ago -
Rinnie posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 4 months agoI just finished reading “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexei (230 pages) after a friend recommended it to me (she’s reading her way through all the books that have won National Book Awards — previously, she read through all the Caldecott Medal winners, and I can usually trust her taste in books). It tells the story…[Read more]
-
Sherman Alexei is a fantatic writer, isn’t he? I love his work.
-
He is, indeed. And I have a particular fondness for any writer who can break my heart in one paragraph and make me laugh in the next. :) I’m adding all of his other books to my “to read” list.
-
-
My love for Sherman Alexie is HUGE. He is such a fantastic writer (and person in general). We were assigned the Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven, which is a collection of short stories that are all interrelated. I fell in love ever since. Also, this essay that he wrote this month is amazing, you should check it out!…[Read more]
-
He also writes, produces and directs films! ‘Smoke Signals’ was based on one of his short stories and introduced me to the fantastic Adam Beech. The Business of Fancydancing is just beautiful and has a gay protagonist.
-
I saw ‘Smoke Signals’ years and years ago and loved it! I would like to revisit it soon. :D
I will definitely have to check out The Business of Fancydancing, thanks!
-
-
-
-
Emma posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 4 months agoI just finished reading The Help. It’s such a compelling story and very well written in 3 different voices. Reading the author biography was also interesting. I definitely recommend it! @internrachel @julia1
- Load More
revolutionary road is incredibly depressing. beautifully written but kinda makes you want to jump off a cliff. definetly a winter time read so that the weather matches the mood of th book but since you have already started i’d say just finish it. its worth it. i kinda of think of it like lolita very wrong and not heartwarming but written so well…[Read more]
Maybe it’s a good idea to read it in the summer though? If I get too melancholic I can just step outside.
a friend described Revolutionary Road as “it took more than it gave”, and ever since I’ve been a bit apprehensive to read it…
Your friend is probably right, but I must say the book also inspires reflexion like few novels do.