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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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Claire posted an update in the group
AutoChat!!! 12 years, 3 months agoSo we have our honorary leader, honorary bird, and honorary stripper. Successful day on ASSchat.
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wait, who is who?
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you were captain, there was a real live bird at one point, and I was not the stripper.
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I was the captain? srsly? are you sure?
’cause I thought I was goin “oh captain, my captain” at the captain.
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you’re forgetting our coke mule
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Idotry don’t deny your position. Once you get your position in the lesbian gang you’re in it for LIFE.
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AutoChat!!! 12 years, 3 months agoget up in the chat, you guys.
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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.
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AutoChat!!! 12 years, 3 months agoReal live lesbians yo.
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Maeve posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 3 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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AutoChat!!! 12 years, 3 months agowhy is this chat room so empty
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Rose posted an update in the group
AutoChat!!! 12 years, 3 months agoWhy does it say I am a moderator in this chat?
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Priya posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 3 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.
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Chloe posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 3 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, 3 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.
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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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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.
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.