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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago@internrachel @julia1
Today I read Geisha, A Life by Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown translating (296 pages). Now would probably be a good time to mention that I’m disabled and since reading is one of the few things I can manage on high-pain days, this is all I did today.But it was a day well spent, because this was a fascinating autobiography.…[Read more]
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoJust finished the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, inspired by the movie and the new series of the BBC production coming out next month. It is spectacularly well written and it’s amusing to understand all the little nuances that the movies portray.
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago@internrachel @julia1
I just finished “Slammerkin” (384 pages), the second book in a row I’ve read by Emma Donoghue (the first being “Room”). Her prose is terrific and her themes are dark and I’m going to need to read something more lighthearted after this. “Slammerkin” tells the story of a teenage prostitute in 18th-century England for two years…[Read more] -
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago@internrachel @julia1
I just finished Whedonistas: A Celebration of the Worlds of Joss Whedon by the Women Who Love Them eds. Lynne M. Thomas and Deborah Stanish (196 pages).
Like the ‘Chicks Dig Time Lords’ collection before it, this book collects essays from female fans of Whedon’s shows on all manner of topics. There are essays about the…[Read more]-
this is going on my must-read list.
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I liked it even better than the Smart Pop books on the show, although they’re really good too. If you like this one, you should check some of those out.
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Elle posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoI just finished Jennifer Finney Boylan’s memoir, “I’m Looking Through You” (267 p). She has a great writing style, and she uses it to tell her story about growing up as a boy who is haunted by the woman she would become.
I really enjoyed this book. There are moments where I wonder if she’s just writing about my life, and there are moments w…[Read more]
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Krystle posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoNot a book post, per se, but good grief queers! My “to read” list is getting longer and longer from y’all and your reading selections. Thank you all. :)
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Krystle posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoJust finished two books: “Geek Love” by Katherine Dunn (348 pgs) and “The Sparrow” by Mary Doria Russell (404 pgs). “Geek Love” is a fascinating, well-written novel written from the perspective of a female albino dwarf hunchback who is the daughter of a traveling carnival pair who, in an attempt to increase their “freak…[Read more]
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Might I add that I consider “The Sparrow” disappointing because I generally don’t continue to turn 100 or so pages in a book unless something within the book grabs my attention and “forces” me to keep reading, in a sense. I didn’t get interested until I was maybe half-way though. I dunno. Maybe not what I was looking for at the moment.
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I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS RE: THE SPARROW. Also though I listened to it as a book on tape so that might have changed my perception of it. Geek Love sounds amazing; I have a weird fascination with circus literature, so I’ll definitely have to pick it up.
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago@internrachel @julia1 I just finished The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot (310 pages) . I’ve been wanting to read it for a while, I put it on hold at the library months ago and it finally showed up on Wednesday, I read it last night.
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago@internrachel @julia1 I just finished Bright Before Us by Katie Arnold-Ratliff (288 pages) and I really need to read something uplifting next. It’s basically the story of this guy in his 20s who has spent his whole life in love with his childhood best friend, and his obsession with her destroys a lot of things in his life, including his…[Read more]
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Priya posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoHi @internrachel @julia1 – I just finished ’French Milk’ by Luck Knisley (194 pages but a graphic novel so counts as 97). This served as an interlude in my reading of ’Poppy Shakespeare’ which I’m not really getting into.
I refered to ’French Milk’ as a graphic novel but to be honest it’s more of a journal. In it Lucy documents a six week trip awa…[Read more] -
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoI’m finally done with The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst (336 pages). It’s been my “take to work and read on the Metro” book, which is in retrospect a questionable choice because it is pretty awkward to read on the Metro sitting next to someone. In the story, the protagonist says about a book, “I resented its professional neatness…[Read more]
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Well, this sounds terribly disappointing. For a book the dares to call itself ‘The Swimming-Pool Library’ I’d expect something much more delightfully Doctor Who-ish (sixth bullet down).
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hannah posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoI finally read Room by Emma Donoghue (321 pages). I know I am late to the party on this one, but wow. It was so creepy and horrifying and I literally could not put it down. I don’t want to say too much about the plot, because knowing very little/discovering it along with Jack was really effective for me, but I have a lot of feelings.
I finished…[Read more]-
i’ve been thinking about reading this for a while, for some reason i feel like it’s gonna make me feel insane but compelled like the lovely bones
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I’ve only read a few Emma Donoghue books but I love the way her style is so varied and she’s not afraid to take risks – for example The Sealed Letter is so different in style and tone to Room but both are ytterly fantastic.
@riese I read ‘The Lovely Bones’ and wasn’t blown away by it – everyone I speak to is shocked by this because it was so…[Read more]
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OMGOSH yay! I just picked up this book on a whim (ok, a cute girl recommended it to me), and I couldn’t put it down after the first 30 pages (good sign). Glad I bought it….it will soon be devoured.
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That said… I’m disturbed by what I’ve read so far, and I definitely need to find a day that probably involves cupcakes and unicorns to go through it.
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YES to all of this. I was INTENSELY creeped out by this book and I kind of wish I could stop thinking about it. Of course, it was brilliantly written. Does anyone else feel like Emma Donoghue has kind of a dark streak? I just finished “Slammerkin” and lord but that one went from bad to worse (for the characters, that is, not the prose). I like her…[Read more]
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I just bought Donoghue’s ‘Landing’ which, according to the blurb, is a romantic comedy so I am intrigued to see how that works out after reading Room, The Sealed Letter and The Woman Who Gave Birth To Rabbits!
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Rachel posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoA couple days ago I finished “The Lovers” by Vendela Vida (240 pages). Vida is a really fantastic author, this is the second book of hers that I’ve read. This book was about a woman who travels to Turkey (where she honeymooned 25 years ago) after her husband dies. The book tells of her journey, both emotionally and physically, to relive and…[Read more]
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kakapo posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoI just finished “Sex, Hope, and Rock-and-Roll” by Ellen Willis (317 pages). I got it after Kathleen Hanna mentioned another collection of Willis’ writings, “Out of the Vinyl Deeps,” which was just released. Willis was a journalist and essayist who wrote about music, politics, and culture from a feminist perspective from the 1960s through her…[Read more]
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My apologies for the 5,000 uses of the word “particularly.” I need more caffeine today.
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this sounds really interesting!!
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i love feminism+jewish stuff, this sounds great!
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@riese @internrachel Apparently, a ton of Ellen Willis’ writing is available to read online, including “Next Year in Jerusalem,” via the genuinely impressive http://ellenwillis.tumblr.com/
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