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Elizabeth (aka Elli B.) posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 5 months agoI will share what I am reading right now even though it is embarrassing. I’m reading this YA series called Heck about these teens/tweens who die and go to Limbo/Hell for kids and try and break out. It has some hysterical references, ie. Ethics taught by Nixon and such. I have a pile of books to read and I don’t know what to go for next… Water…[Read more]
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Rachel posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 5 months agoHi I’m reading Middlesex! I’m on page p 389!
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I gave up on that book well before page 389… it was taking too long to get into it. But then everyone tells me I should give it another try. I love Virgin Suicides so much, I was a bit bummed.
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One of my favorite books of all time. It helped me fall in love with Detroit again. Let us know what you think!
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Middlesex is one of my favorites! Of course, I am also from Detroit.
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Also, the “join” button for this group is not appearing for me. Help?
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Middlesex! this was two weeks ago, have you finished it now? i understand what @ellib means about it being hard to get into. it felt more like trudging than i usually like for a book… but for some reason i uncharacteristically just kept going and by the end i was completely in love with the book and the main character.
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i think i actually liked it more at the beginning? basically i was really into desdemona and lefty, and when the focus shifted away from them i was less engaged. i actually think the narration somehow made it harder for me to get into it. i dunno. it did make me really want to read the virgin suicides though
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it’s been a few years, but i sort of remember when i started reading the desdemona and lefty story, i couldn’t quite figure out why i should care about it. but as the book became less history and more present, i found i missed that narrative, and that their story was the one i wanted to linger on.
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Describes my experience with this book perfectly. In the end though, I really enjoyed it.
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Jamie posted an update in the group
The Great Library of Autostraddle 12 years, 5 months agoCurrently I’m reading “Breaking Dawn” because after a year of graduate school I needed something mindless. Next up is “Girls to the Front” to make up for my indiscretions.
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Girls to the Front is so good, although I feel kind of guilty reading that some of the characterizations were problematic….
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yeah, after reading it i’m feeling ambivalent towards the riot grrrl movement. i’m always going to love the music, its only ever been tied to me feeling empowered and generally great (grrreat?). a lot of the writing felt apologetic and biased in favor of the movement, which really annoys me. bias is only okay to me if the books is in first-person.…[Read more]
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If you would like a fuller picture of 90s grrrl politics, may I recommend A Girl’s Guide to Taking Over the World? It’s a zine anthology with a ton of the big names, but the political and social spectrum is much wider than what was well-known in the “mainstream” riot grrrl community. It’s outta print, but cheap used and maybe you can interlibrary…[Read more]
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oh cool, thanks! the ‘zines were one of the most interesting parts of ‘girls to the front’ and just a little before my time, i’m totally going to look into this!
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Nicole posted an update in the group
The Great Library of Autostraddle 12 years, 5 months agoI’m reading “How to Say Goodbye in Robot” right now on my kindle but the book literally on my nightstand is “The Book of Useless Information: Thousands of things you didn’t think you needed to know…and probably don’t.”
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Raksha posted an update in the group
The Great Library of Autostraddle 12 years, 5 months agoAccording to her blog, Catherynne Valente’s new book ‘The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making’ debuted at number 8 on the NY Times Best Seller List! It totally deserves it too; it’s awesome. You should totally click on Autostraddle’s Amazon link and buy it!
Thank goodness she’s so insanely prolific. I’m totally…[Read more]-
She does the most wonderful live readings. If she comes to your town, do go see her. (I got to see her double-headlining with Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant, which was exactly as entertaining as it sounds).
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Rose posted an update in the group
The Great Library of Autostraddle 12 years, 5 months agoSo I’m about three-quarters of the way through The Poisonwood Bible.
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that is SUCH a good book. Kingsolver is wonderful. :]
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Yeah, I love it!
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I didn’t completely love it, but I got a lot out of Poisonwood Bible. If you haven’t read earlier Kingsolver, The Bean Trees is lovely.
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The Great Library of Autostraddle 12 years, 5 months agoJust finished Sing Me Home by Jodi Picoult. It was…..cheesy.
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Really?!? I heard so many good reviews abt it.. Haven’t got myself to actually read it though :P
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YA should never be embarrassing.
Ok, true, I enjoy YA… but this is younger than most I would read… and not at all queer like most YA I read. But the series was recommended by a bookstore employee as being one adults could find humor in, and I’m in the mood to read a book I don’t have to think about.
I was going to go on about how it’s neat how sometimes good YA gets to say things that adult books don’t, and even though the voice can seem false, the message can be better/truer. And then I looked up that series and saw the words “marshmallow bear explosion.” Which is clearly the truest experience of all. (Though I have heard very very good…[Read more]
Yes, they die initially in a marshmallow explosion. And it’s so full of puns, this series! The third book just came out in paperback and I got it for free, so I’m going to be starting it shortly.