BFP Book Club

dark_crystal · 09-09-2018, 01:26 PM

Chapters 10-12 are fairly excruciating! The Christmas scenes are so bittersweet because you really see how Morton is a part of her and start to understand how unfair it is that she will never be able to play the role her father did, even though that should be her birthright.

And Martin! This resonates with me on this second reading, because there was a time after the first time I read it that I considered going back to men— I had only had three lesbian relationships and all three had featured violence. I felt like maybe I should not choose this life if it was possible to avoid it. The reactions of my straight family and acquaintance to this idea was disgustingly enthusiastic and made me hate them a little and made me determined to never consider straightness again no matter how many women hit me. The reactions of Stephen’s acquaintance to her friendship with Martin was a flashback to that time for me.

And of course there were the times after that brief reconsideration when I used to think I could have male friends, who would always eventually get to the point Martin reached and disappoint me.

Soft*Silver · 08-04-2022, 08:23 PM

Anyone interested in starting this back up again? There are so many good LGBTQ books out now!

dark_crystal · 08-05-2022, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Soft*Silver

Anyone interested in starting this back up again? There are so many good LGBTQ books out now!

LET'S DO IT

Soft*Silver · 08-07-2022, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by dark_crystal

LET'S DO IT

I am up for it! Do you have a book in mind? I wonder if others will join us?

dark_crystal · 11-18-2022, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Soft*Silver

I am up for it! Do you have a book in mind? I wonder if others will join us?

I am sorry I didn't respond to this sooner, but I actually have a whole library of books...when i left my library job i purchased my own OverDrive/Libby (you can do that! Who knew?) and loaded it up with almost exclusively queer and trans books, most in both audio and text for accessibility. I would be happy to do a book club on any or all of the titles. People who want to library card just need to fill out the form at https://ittmpl.org/librarycards

The book collection is visible via https://ittmpl.org/books

nina03 · 11-19-2022, 07:36 PM

Dark Crystal! I signed up for a library card. Thank you for sharing this amazing resource with us!

Gemme · 11-20-2022, 09:13 PM

Ditto!!!!!

09-09-2018, 01:26 PM	#1
dark_crystal Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: jenny Preferred Pronoun?: babygirl Relationship Status: First Lady of the United SMH Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 5,445 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,532 Thanked 26,553 Times in 4,688 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Chapters 10-12 are fairly excruciating! The Christmas scenes are so bittersweet because you really see how Morton is a part of her and start to understand how unfair it is that she will never be able to play the role her father did, even though that should be her birthright. And Martin! This resonates with me on this second reading, because there was a time after the first time I read it that I considered going back to men— I had only had three lesbian relationships and all three had featured violence. I felt like maybe I should not choose this life if it was possible to avoid it. The reactions of my straight family and acquaintance to this idea was disgustingly enthusiastic and made me hate them a little and made me determined to never consider straightness again no matter how many women hit me. The reactions of Stephen’s acquaintance to her friendship with Martin was a flashback to that time for me. And of course there were the times after that brief reconsideration when I used to think I could have male friends, who would always eventually get to the point Martin reached and disappoint me. __________________

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