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Kaitlin posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 3 months agoOkay, so I have a lot of books to talk about @internrachel @julia1!
So, first I read an advance reader’s copy of A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, 205 pages. It was a YA novel at its most mediocre, and kind of painful to finish. The plot was overused, the prose stilted, and the entire book was just sort of irritating. I did, however, have fun…[Read more]
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Steph posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 3 months agoI just finished “Dress you Family in Corduroy and Denim,” a collection of David Sedaris’ essays (257 pgs). I had heard a few his essays before on TAL (Thanks Autostraddle! ), before deciding to pick up one of his books. My favourites were the stories from his childhood, and mostly came from the first half of the book. I read my mom excerpts of…[Read more]
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Priya posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 3 months agoI had a bit of a spending spree in a charity shop at the weekend and so bought and read ‘All My Friends are Superheroes’ by Andrew Kaufman on Saturday. At 108 pages it is just a wee novella but an absolute joy that I got through in one sitting.
The story is that of Tom and his new wife The Perfectionist (Perf). Tom is a…[Read more]
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 3 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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Amanda Williams posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 3 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, 3 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 Sports Club 12 years, 3 months agoPortland Timber’s amazing goal
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 3 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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Carmen SanDiego posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Sports Club 12 years, 3 months agoMegan Rapinoe scored and made the unusual move of picking up a pitchside microphone and singing/shouting “Born in the U.S.A.”
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Elle posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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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discospider posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 3 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.
I felt like this was definitely a story that needed to be told. It’s the story of a woman nam…[Read more] - Load More
I loved High Fidelity!
I have still not read or seen High Fidelity, which I am embarrassed about. Also nice job on Palahniuk, I am honestly too scared to read him.