What are you reading?

[jools66]

I haven't long started this book.
Really enjoying it so far, there has been a TV series over here in the UK that's based on it too. So when I have finished the book I will see how the show compares.

[Wrang1er]

I am starting The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis. This book was in the juvenile section of the library. I loved The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe when I was young. This was referenced in the last book I read so I decided to check it out.

[dark_crystal]

Activities around Veterans Day got me interested in 21st century military history, so i am reading Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War, by Robert M Gates (SECDEF under Bush and Obama, CIA director under the other Bush)

I figure this is a good source for the establishment version of both Iraq wars and Afghanistan. I have further reading planned giving the soldiers' version and then more that gives the anti-war version.



Also i have to read The Code of the Woosters, by P.G. Wodehouse, for December's Book Club meeting. November's title is Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, which i finished on Sunday

[dark_crystal]

Oh and i just got notification that my preorder of Artemis is available. This is the second novel by Andy Weir, who wrote The Martian-- which was my favorite book of 2014

[Kobi]

"True belonging doesn't require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we are." Social scientist Brene Brown, PhD, LMSW, has sparked a global conversation about the experiences that bring meaning to our lives--experiences of courage, vulnerability, love, belonging, shame, and empathy. In Braving the Wilderness, Brown redefines what it means to truly belong in an age of increased polarization. With her trademark mix of research, storytelling, and honesty, Brown will again change the cultural conversation while mapping a clear path to true belonging.

Brown argues that we're experiencing a spiritual crisis of disconnection, and introduces four practices of true belonging that challenge everything we believe about ourselves and each other. She writes, "True belonging requires us to believe in and belong to ourselves so fully that we can find sacredness both in being a part of something and in standing alone when necessary. But in a culture that's rife with perfectionism and pleasing, and with the erosion of civility, it's easy to stay quiet, hide in our ideological bunkers, or fit in rather than show up as our true selves and brave the wilderness of uncertainty and criticism. But true belonging is not something we negotiate or accomplish with others; it's a daily practice that demands integrity and authenticity. It's a personal commitment that we carry in our hearts." Brown offers us the clarity and courage we need to find our way back to ourselves and to each other. And that path cuts right through the wilderness. Brown writes, "The wilderness is an untamed, unpredictable place of solitude and searching. It is a place as dangerous as it is breathtaking, a place as sought after as it is feared. But it turns out to be the place of true belonging, and it's the bravest and most sacred place you will ever stand."

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Not familiar with the author. I'm hoping this is not another self actualization or spiritual awakening rehash.

[indigo]

"A critique of postcolonial reason" by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
It's not an easy one, it's related to my field and I hope to be done with it by the end of this week

[homoe]

Secret Pond Gerri Hill


Strictly lesbian fluff................3 grieving people find each other and each helps another out of their dark lonely place.


btw I thoroughly enjoyed Donna Brazile's 'Hacks'

[VintageFemme]

Stephen is an ideal child of aristocratic parents - a fencer, a horse rider & a keen scholar. Stephen grows to be a war hero, a bestselling writer & a loyal, protective lover. But Stephen is a woman, and her lovers are women.

-The Well of Loneliness, Radclyffe Hall

[homoe]

Originally Posted by homoe

Secret Pond Gerri Hill


Strictly lesbian fluff................3 grieving people find each other and each helps another out of their dark lonely place.


btw I thoroughly enjoyed Donna Brazile's 'Hacks'

The Secret Pond was just what I was in the mood for!

[homoe]

Originally Posted by candy_coated_bitch

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

Is it just me or did anyone enjoy this?

[Kobi]

Originally Posted by homoe

Is it just me or did anyone enjoy this?

I didnt care for it. Then again, I didnt care for To Kill A Mockingbird either.

[indigo]

"The lonely city" by Olivia Laing

In this non-fiction book Laing conducts an investigation into what it means to be alone, how loneliness might be redeem and embraced. The lonely city is New York which Laing explores by way of art.

Referring to Edward Hoppers urban scenes: "[...] it also replicates one of the central experiences of being alone: the way a feeling of separation, of being walled off or penned in, combines with a sense of near-unbearable exposure"

[homoe]

Originally Posted by Kobi

I didnt care for it. Then again, I didnt care for To Kill A Mockingbird either.

I've never read it either, just seen the movie.............

[homoe]

Originally Posted by BBinNYC

My second book, Love Is Enough, is now available on Amazon and Smashwords.

The two main characters are a butch-femme couple. The butch's best friend is a trans man.

Synopsis - Love Is Enough

Angie Antonelli has the life she’s always wanted—a promising political career, a supportive family, and great friends. The one thing missing is what she hoped she’d have by now, a committed relationship with the woman of her dreams.

Jan Clifford has been taking a break from dating while she figures out how to create a life that is more fulfilling than the country club society of her parents and her job in the family’s investment firm.

When Angie and Jan are set up on a blind date to go sailing, the chemistry is immediate and the attraction undeniable, but each wonders if she can really fit into the other’s world. Can the politician who fights for the little guy make things work with the financier who was born with a silver spoon in her mouth?

Before it has time to get very far, this new relationship is put to the test. First, Angie must decide how she really feels when the woman who broke her heart many years ago suddenly comes back into her life. And then the worlds of politics and finance collide when Jan refuses to walk away from a business deal that threatens Angie’s re-election to a second term in Congress.

Can the intense connection they feel keep Angie and Jan together? Only hopeless romantics believe that love is enough. Or is it?

From the author of the award-winning debut novel, Exception to the Rule, Cindy Rizzo once again delivers a riveting story that blends romance with the important issues of our time.

Cindy's other book Getting Back is just wonderful! If you have a reader on your shopping list, it would be a fine addition!

[homoe]

Originally Posted by ~baby~doll~

High Desert by Katherine V. Forrest
Another in the great Kate Delafield series. i just started it. i can't wait to really get into it. That should be page 2.

For some reason I could never get into hers or any lesbian detective series but she did some fantastic romance books, one being An Emergence of Green

[homoe]

Originally Posted by Hollylane

The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

&

The Heart of the Five Love Languages

By Gary D. Chapman

These books IMHO are a godsend..............

[Orema]

Online articles about Comfort Women used during WWII.

[Fancy]

Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance

Just started... but here’s the synopsis:

Vance describes his upbringing and family background. He writes about a family history of poverty and low-paying, physical jobs that have since disappeared or worsened in their guarantees, and compares this life with his perspective after leaving that area and life. Vance was raised in Middletown, Ohio, though his ancestors were from Breathitt County, Kentucky. Their Appalachian values include traits like loyalty, love of country, and tendency towards violence and verbal abuse. He recounts his grandparents' alcoholism and abuse, and his unstable mother's history of drug addictions and failed relationships. Vance's grandparents eventually reconcile and become his de facto guardians, particularly spurred by his tough but loving grandmother, such that Vance was able to leave his town and ascend social ladders to attend Ohio State University and Yale Law School.

Alongside his personal history, Vance raises questions such as the responsibility of his family and people for their own misfortune. Vance blames hillbilly culture and its supposed encouragement of social rot. Comparatively, he feels that economic insecurity plays a much lesser role.

[Fancy]

Not one to just read one book at a time, here’s another :-).

Inheriting Edith by Zoe Fishman

Based on the synopsis, I thought this was going to be a deep and insightful work of fiction looking at aging parents, suicide, and family relationships. But I just got the first hint that there may be a bit of a romance woven in... why tarnish a perfectly good story...hm.

[QueenofSmirks]

Originally Posted by knight

Just picked up a copy of The Handmaid's Tale by Atwood.. but I am starting with another book that I also just picked up The World Beyond Your Head by Crawford.

One of my favorite books