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Tell us what you are reading this month.

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Thanks for creating the thread Bill!

Right now, I'm reading Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez and the play Red by John Logan.

I just started The Fever Code a prequel to the Mazerunner series.

And finished Tyrant the first book in the series of the same name by Christian Cameron a historical fiction about the Thracian Antipater and some Athenian mercenaries fighting to save Olbia and Scythian 'barbarians' while Alexander was in Bactria.

I am reading Fallout (Lois Lane#1) by Gwenda Bond. I got the book over a year ago as a giveaway at BookCon in NYC and am only now getting to read it.

I'm currently reading Melissa Scott's Death by Silver . I suspect it was once Sherlock Holmes fanfic...?

Finished Red by John Logan (5 stars) and now reading another play, 'Art' by Yasmina Reza.

Just finished Rosalind Franklin and DNA (haven't read it since I was freshman) and am now starting on The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief, which is about the man who apparently inspired the character of Professor Moriarty. So far he's way more interesting than Moriarty was.

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde for my local Queer Book Club.

I'm finishing up The Selection

Finished a four star read, Two Natures, which followed the life of a young gay man in NYC in the '90s. Should have a review up soon.

Veering in a different direction now with Writing Begins with the Breath: Embodying Your Authentic Voice.

So far this month I've read:

Except the Queen by Jane Yolen and Midori Snyder, which was a tremendous reread.

Leave Me by Gayle Forman ok adult book by this YA author.

Speed of Light by Sybil Rosen meh mg novel

Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin G. Boyle amazing history

I'm currently reading The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse and Gilliamesque: A Pre-posthumous Memoir by Terry Gilliam.

Last night I started Something Like Rain by Jay Bell

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

I just finished Death by Silver, and am reading the sequel, A Death at the Dionysus Club.

I was assigned a section of The Beauty Myth for class, and I found it so interesting that I've been reading through the whole thing in my spare time. It's really powerful to see the kinds of things I've been seeing and experiencing my whole life in relation to beauty and gender articulated.
I've also just recently finished Stone Butch Blues which has literally changed my life.

Abigail wrote: "I've also just recently finished Stone Butch Blues which has literally changed my life."

I had to read it for class and it totally opened my eyes. Didn't Feinberg pass away not too long ago?

So far this month:

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (loved it!)

The Raven Cycle series (excellent!)

Six of Crows (pretty good)

Red Queen (meh)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (rereading this after decades)



Currently reading:

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Homegoing

Just finished reading Roller Girl by Vanessa North. Sorry no link as I'm using my phone to post this....but it was Awesome!!

Finished A Death at the Dionysus Club and reading Lois McMaster Bujold: Essays on a Modern Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Alex wrote: "Finished A Death at the Dionysus Club and reading Lois McMaster Bujold: Essays on a Modern Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy."

The book on Lois McMaster Bujold looks great. I haven't read her for a while but she's one of my all time favorite authors which is saying something since science fiction/fantasy isn't a genre I read much of.

Tim wrote: "The book on Lois McMaster Bujold looks great. I haven't read her for a while but she's one of my all time favorite authors which is saying something since science fiction/fantasy isn't a genre I read much of."

Have you read her latest (Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen) yet?

The Code of the Woosters was funny and fun, but it's not a great book club book. It's not about anything.

Gilliamesque: A Pre-posthumous Memoir is a hoot and if you already are a Terry Gilliam fan, I predict you'll love it.

Changers Book Three: Kim is not a book that worked for me.

I'm about to start Ms. Marvel, Vol. 4: Last Days and I have Black Panther #1 waiting for me at the library! And Another Brooklyn, too.

I have read Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen and am eager to read these essays about Lois McMaster Bujold.

Julia wrote: "The Code of the Woosters was funny and fun, but it's not a great book club book. It's not about anything.."

Funniest book I've read by a long shot. Superb. ... It's not about anything??

I am reading The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) by NK Jemisin which won this years Hugo.

Natasha wrote:
"Funniest book I've read by a long shot. Superb. ... It's not about anything?? "

The Code of the Woosters is a farce concerning some people who want to own a cow- creamer and others who are attempting to steal a policemen's helmet, in a British manor home in ~1938.

All books aren't great for book clubs. We talked about P.G. Wodehouse's use of language. We talked about the British manor home in this novel and compared it to "Downton Abbey." Most of the characters are unlikeable, it seemed to us, except for Jeeves. On the other hand, we did enjoy reading something for once that was light. We usually choose meatier books.


For next month we're reading Consider the Fork: How Technology Transforms the Way We Cook and Eat.

Julia wrote: "The Code of the Woosters is a farce concerning some people who want to own a cow- creamer and others who are attempting to steal a policemen's helmet, in a British manor home in ~1938."

Now I understand. You're not British.

I'm in the last chunk of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

I'm reading Queer Virtue: What LGBTQ People Know About Life and Love and How It Can Revitalize Christianity, a very accessible and positive book that's restoring my interest in Christianity after some hurtful anti-gay experiences in churches. Just finished the first novel in Hans M. Hirschi "Jonathan" series. Sweet, but I think his later books are better.

I'm reading King Of The Bosporus an historical fiction about the just post-Alexander world.

and Boys Like Us: Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories, the first by Samuel R. Delany

I wrote: "The Code of the Woosters is a farce concerning some people who want to own a cow- creamer..."

Natasha wrote: "Now I understand. You're not British. "

Good golly no!

What it did remind me of, but I kind of thought no one else would have heard of it, in either group, we were two book groups, skyping across 3,000 miles. My mother's and her friend's group, where my sister is now a member, they've been a group for around 60 years and my group that's been around about six years. It reminded me of Jo Walton's Farthing series and possibly people here might have heard of it.

I'm currently reading and not enjoying Golem 100 by Alfred Bester. I'm liking The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. I'm finding NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silbermanfascinating. And I just picked up Black Panther #1 by Ta-Nehisi Coates.

The Girl on the Train - intrigued but not wowed by this so far. Looking forward to a gay read next :)

Greg wrote: "Thanks for creating the thread Bill!

Right now, I'm reading Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez and the play Red by [author:John Logan|..."

I saw the premiere of Red with Alfred Molina and Eddie Redmayne. SUPERB!

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Excellent book. Just 7% in, but it's headed for 5 stars.

Natasha (Diarist) wrote: "Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Excellent book. Just 7% in, but it's headed for 5 stars."

I loved that book, though some of that was nostalgia for my 80s geek childhood. "Armada" was a disappointment though.

Natasha (Diarist) wrote: "Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Excellent book. Just 7% in, but it's headed for 5 stars."

This has been on my TBR shelf, forgottrn, since it came out. I'll read it soon... Thanks

Natasha (Diarist) wrote: "Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Excellent book. Just 7% in, but it's headed for 5 stars."

WOW! I started this last night. It's a geeks dream book, esp for us who began using computers in 1980 or so and with apologies to Willie Wonka and to Steve and Woz ;-) I am going to love this book. And my very first commercial video game WAS Adventure and my kids found the Easter egg! I am trying to get Chris to read it (he only reads Star Trek and science mags, but I know he'd love it). Thanks again Natasha for reminding me.

Am on 14% now, Bill. Best book I've read in a long time. I'm an eighties kid, too. The references are thrilling--from Rubik's Cube to Ferris Bueller's Day Off. ...

I'm in the early page of Not Just a Boy and it's very promising. Gripping right from the start.