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Diane posted an update in the group
We Love Documentaries 12 years, 2 months agoHas anyone besides me seen American Mullet? That was a train wreck but it sounded so incredibly ridiculous that I had to watch it…obviously that means I’ll watch anything.
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoTwo books to report. Last weekend, I finished St Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell (246 pages.) Aside from having a truly amazing title, this book contains ten short stories, each with a hint of fantasy. This is a very well-written, dreamy book and the characters are never lost in the fairy tale…[Read more]
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoAt my teacher’s recommendation, I read the play M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang (100 pages). I’ve been dealing with a lot of Shakespeare lately so I was confused at first that it wasn’t in iambic pentameter. I got over the shock and it was fun to read in book form – now I want to see it. It was cool because it talked about sexism and racism…[Read more]
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agooh i also read ‘granta 88: mothers’, 256 pages. i don’t know how i didn’t know that granta existed until recently. anyway the theme of ‘mothers’ was much like you might expect, many men reflecting on their childhood relationships with their mothers, which i found strange because it is so far away from what my relationship with my mum is like. but…[Read more]
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agohey errybody, @internrachel, @julia1
i read ‘the family law’ by benjamin law, 288 pages. the author is basically an asian-australian david sedaris, the book was a collection of family/personal essays about growing up as a multiple minority. and so hilarious!!! literally swallowing my burst out laughter / pretending to have a choking fit on the…[Read more] -
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago@internrachel & @julia1
I recently read Oryx and Crake by Maraget Atwood (374 pages). It focuses on the memories of what could be the last man in the world. Sure, he’s left with children of Crake and their uniform green eyes, perfect bodies, and rainbow of skin colors, but they’re not quite like our narrator.
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago@internrachel @julia1
Today I just finished Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger (401 pages) which I really enjoyed. The twists in the book came at just the right times so that the story didn’t drag or seem too choppy. Also, while it def was a love story, it wasn’t one of those cheesy/gag me now stories that you sometimes see. Like her…[Read more] -
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Jo posted on the forum topic What are your favorite queer documentaries? in the group
We Love Documentaries: 12 years, 2 months agoPerhaps a little optimistic and well-packaged, but I thought ‘For the Bible Tells Me So’ was a good start to opening the discussion of religion vs. gay.
I heard ‘We Were Here’ is also good? Being released soon.
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoToday I re-read A Guide to Folktales in Fragile Dialects by Catherynne Valente (163 pages, although it’s all poetry I can’t remember if that only counts as 81. If so, I totally understand).
I had to run a bunch of errands today, so I decided to go with something short. I’m a massive Cat Valente fangirl, so I love…[Read more]
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I’ve never heard of Catherynne Valente but I’ll keep my eye for her poetry; it sounds liked it’d be interesting.
I’ve always kind of overlooked dollar store books, but I’ll have to pay closer attention next time.
And if you have a Goodwill outlet store in your area (or within an hour or two’s drive) it might be worth your while. They’ve got…[Read more]-
Ooh, Goodwill! I’d forgotten all about that. I’ve been living outside of a tiny ass town in Idaho for the last few years, and everyone there is a super-conservative Christian and a lot of people are proud of being literature haters (seriously. I worked at the public library for a while and had people brag to me all the time about how they never…[Read more]
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I’m definitely adding that book to my list. Her words are so pretty. I’ve been reading In The Night Garden for the last few days and I have Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in my “hurry up and read before the library starts charging” pile, so I think it’s safe to say your Cat Valente fangirling is contagious.
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You can also read a lot of her poetry and short stories online at her website for free.
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago@internrachel @julia1
I recently finished The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (479 pgs) by David Mitchell, which, because it was awesome, I followed with Black Swan Green (294 pgs), also by David Mitchell, also awesome.
First, TTAoJdZ. The book is set in Japan, starting in the year 1799, in and around Dejima, which was the home of the Dutch…[Read more] -
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago@internrachel @julia1
My most recent finish is A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, 272 pages. The first half of this book was a huge drag to get through for me, but the second half really kept my interest when they actually started to describe what they were discovering. Being a zoologist myself, I couldn’t help but smile at all…[Read more] -
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago@internrachel @julia1
Firstly, a few days ago I finished O, Pioneers by Willa Cather (309). I enjoyed this very much; I admit I didn’t think it was as good as My Antonia (although I’m going to re-read this soon) but I still think she writes beautifully. Her attention occasionally feels a little scattered, especially as she moves away from…[Read more] -
Raksha posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoToday I re-read Queen of Shadows by Dianne Sylvan (389 pages). The second one in the series was just released and I’m rereading the first to get myself ready for when it arrives!
To be totally honest, I’m getting a little tired of the urban fantasy genre. It just feels so overdone these days. Thankfully, there are books…[Read more]
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