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Raksha posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoToday I read The Golden Ball and Other Stories by Agatha Christie (279 pages).
I really don’t like Christie’s short storries. The elements I dislike about her writing in longer books aren’t so bad. Like, in ‘The Clocks’ that stupid subplot about Colin Lamb “falling in love” and proposing to a woman he admits several times…[Read more]
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoI had to read Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows (JK Rowling, 759 pages) again, because I went to the last movie and was all like “What? I don’t remember that!”. I feel like I read it way to fast the first time, this time around I definitely enjoyed it more. And I may have teared up at the last chapter, even though I was…[Read more]
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoI have, after a long emotional read, completed Possession by A. S. Byatt (555 pages). It’s about people who study Victorian poets (which is great because I like history/literature/academia), and the love letters they discover were written, and a race to find out what happened. I started out LOVING it, then I kept getting mad at it because it…[Read more]
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Katelyn posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoI finished this a little while ago, but this summer I read Sue Hubbell’s “A Book of Bees” (177 pgs). It was given to me by a professor as a graduation gift in May and I absolutely loved it.
I’m a beekeeper on an organic farm and Hubbell’s book is definitely among the best honey bee books that I’ve read. She writes about maintaining 300+ colonies…[Read more]
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago@internrachel @julia1
I finished Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, 415 pages. I had been meaning to read it for ages, really glad I finally got to it. It reminded me much of Kafka and Orwell (one of my favorite writers) and also of the craziness of war as depicted in Slaughterhouse Five, and yeah it was a great read.
Should I read Closing Time?-
I really like Catch 22 and Slaughterhouse 5. I don’t think Closing Time is meant to be all that great, but Something Happened is meant to be very good and some people think it’s even better than Catch 22. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jul/19/famous-wrong-book-vonnegut-waugh-ishiguro
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Thanks, adding that to my wish list :)
I have Sirens of Titan (Vonnegut) here, haven’t read it yet.
I’m trying to find a balance between reading as many ‘important’ writers as possible, and reading more from the ones I really liked, not just the classics..
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Catch-22 is one of my absolute favorite books of all time. Weirdly enough, I still haven’t read Something Happened, but it’s definitely on my list.
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Yeah I loved Catch-22. Other favorites include Homage to Catalonia (Orwell), For whom the bell tolls (Hemingway) and Slaughterhouse-five (Vonnegut). There seems to be a theme here.. Although my all-time absolute favorite is On the road (Kerouac). Oh I love that book so much.
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Jessie posted an update in the group
Aussiestraddle 12 years, 2 months ago
Any Sydneystraddlers going to Girl on Top 2 this Saturday? :)
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Priya posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago@internrachel @julia1
Hi, I’ve been moving recently and got to my new flat to find a lovely gift from my penpal. It was Griffin and Sabine by Nick Bantock. It’s only 48 pages (I know this only counts as 24 because it’s a graphic novel) but I wanted to mention it because it’s wonderful and beautiful and creepy. It did take you away into Griffin…[Read more] -
Raksha posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoToday I read Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia de Rossi (305 pages), even though I damn well know better than to read triggering books like this when I’m really stressed out and having anxiety attacks like I was today. Brilliant move, self.
I think the fact that this book was so damn triggering is…[Read more]
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tascha posted an update in the group
Straddlers of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and those who wish they were 12 years, 2 months agooh NO, @mfjay @michelle – and anyone else in Taipei in for a film fieldtrip – I’ve just seen that Gigola is only playing in the evenings up until Friday, when the latest showing is 15.50. I can’t do Wednesday or Thursday or Friday at 15.50. Sooo, I think I might go tonight at 19.50? This is ridiculously short notice, I know, but if anyone else is…[Read more]
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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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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] -
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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] - Load More