What are you reading?

Fancy · 07-03-2015, 05:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The JD

OMG! Are you performing this?? Best movie EVER!!

Yes, I'm directing ...and it is a hoot!

We open Pride weekend!

Surprisingly, I haven't seen the movie, and won't until our show goes up. I didn't want to remake the movie, but bring it fresh to our local stage.

Fingers crossed!

Kobi · 07-05-2015, 02:04 PM

Fuller (Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight) follows her two previous memoirs about her childhood during the Rhodesian wars with this third memoir about the dissolution of her marriage and her return to Africa. The doomed union is traced from the couple's Zambian courtship to its end in the wake of Fuller's husband's near-fatal horse-riding accident in the United States. Fuller's family again plays a large role as the author reflects on the circumstances that shaped both her personality and her expectations for her life. Fans of Fuller's previous work will enjoy the opportunity to revisit her eccentric family and learn more about the unconventional lifestyle of Zambian farmers.

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Very enjoyable read. Good humor as well.

cookie-face · 07-05-2015, 02:18 PM

Murcielago: A manga about a lesbian who was once a violent serial killer who decides to work for police instead, killing the most vile of criminals.

Blood and gore? Yes. Explicit sex scenes? Yeah.

10/10 would recommend.

Kätzchen · 07-07-2015, 11:03 AM

Before we celebrated our 1st anniversary over the weekend, my sweetheart and I agreed to bring something we have read that helped us to better identify what we did not want in a relationship. Interestingly, we both brought the same book (featured above).

We wept together, bonding more closely with each other, because we both see that it was no mystery how we came to find each other: Both of us consciously made informed choices about each other.

We highly recommend this book.

homoe · 07-08-2015, 03:31 AM

Finders Keepers: King, Stephen

Kobi · 07-08-2015, 12:52 PM

Louise Bethune -- Anna Wagner Keichline -- Julia Morgan -- Marion Mahony Griffin -- Norma Merrick Sklarek -- Denise Scott Brown -- Natalie de Blois -- Zaha Hadid -- Marilyn Jordan Taylor -- Emily Warren Roebling -- Lillian Moller Gilbreth -- Kate Gleason -- Margaret Ingels -- Ruth Gordon Schnapp -- Judith Nitsch -- Aine Brazil -- Beatrix Farrand -- Ellen Biddle Shipman -- Marian Cruger Coffin -- Cornelia Hahn Oberlander -- Carol R. Johnson -- Martha Schwartz.

"Reporting on a range of historical and contemporary female builders and designers, this educational book strives to inspire a new generation of girls in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and math. With many of the profiles set against the backdrop of such landmark events as the women's suffrage and civil rights movements and the Industrial Revolution, and with original interviews from a number of current architects and engineers, this book provides inspiration and advice directly to young women by highlighting positive examples of how a strong work ethic, perseverance, and creativity can overcome life's obstacles. Each profile focuses on the strengths, passions, and interests each woman had growing up; where those traits took them; and what they achieved.

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History and architecture.....two of my favorite things. Very engaging and informative thus far.

The JD · 07-08-2015, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fancy

Yes, I'm directing ...and it is a hoot!

We open Pride weekend!

Surprisingly, I haven't seen the movie, and won't until our show goes up. I didn't want to remake the movie, but bring it fresh to our local stage.

Fingers crossed!

okay, I SO want to see this! How cool and good luck!! Or is that break a leg?

The JD · 07-08-2015, 05:50 PM

Just finished The Martian by Andy Weir. I could give it a more extensive review, but this comic pretty much captures it:

Kobi · 07-13-2015, 02:53 PM

Nina MacLaughlin spent her twenties working at a Boston newspaper, sitting behind a desk and starting at a screen. Yearning for more tangible work, she applied for a job she saw on Craigslist -- Carpenter's Assistant: Women strongly encouraged to apply -- despite being a Classics major who couldn't tell a Phillips from a flathead screwdriver. She got the job, and in Hammer Head she tells the rich and entertaining story of becoming a carpenter.

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Good beach reading.

Talon · 07-13-2015, 05:28 PM

Dean Koontz...

'The Taking'....

cinnamongrrl · 07-15-2015, 04:58 PM

I started reading this:

B.K.S. Iyengar has devoted his life to the practice and study of yoga. It was B.K.S. Iyengar's unique teaching style, bringing precision and clarity to the practice, as well as a mindset of 'yoga for all', which has made it into a worldwide phenomenon.His seminal book, LIGHT ON YOGA, is widely called 'the bible of yoga' and has served as the source book for generations of yoga students around they world. In TREE OF YOGA, the collected wisdom of his many years of practical practice and its application in real life are brought into a single-volume work.A collected philosophy for life researched through decades of practice by B.K.S. Iyengar, the world's most respected yoga teacher. These are his core teachings and advice for living a long, healthy, happy life.Using the tree as a structural metaphor for both life and yoga practice, the essays cover many aspects of life and practice which are vital to health and happiness and in need of care. This includes:,*Yoga and health,*Yoga as part of daily life,*Childhood and parenthood,*Love,*Death,*Faith - hope and spirituality,

Soon · 07-16-2015, 07:03 AM

Dark Places

Kobi · 07-16-2015, 11:21 AM

Yea I'm one of the few who never read it before.

Kätzchen · 07-18-2015, 12:31 AM

Dead Wake by Erik Larson.

I read it a few months ago, but the way he writes about events during the sinking of the Lusitania, like in other non-fiction accounts he has written about before, is simply spell binding. I just want to read it again because it's that good.

Talon · 07-28-2015, 09:55 AM

If You Could See What I See
The Tenets of Novus Spiritus
By Sylvia Browne

*Good book, but I also usually find her books interesting and enlightening.

Tuff Stuff · 07-28-2015, 10:33 PM

Posts,mine,yours

Kobi · 08-05-2015, 05:54 PM

In this autobiography, President Carter "tells what he is proud of and what he might do differently. He discusses his regret at losing his re-election, but how he and Rosalynn pushed on and made a new life and second and third rewarding careers. He is frank about the presidents who have succeeded him, world leaders, and his passions for the causes he cares most about, particularly the condition of women and the deprived people of the developing world."

afrcnqueen · 08-05-2015, 06:42 PM

African Laughter...Doris Lessing

07-05-2015, 02:04 PM	#2
Kobi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Biological female. Lesbian. Relationship Status: Happy Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hanging out in the Atlantic. Posts: 9,234 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,840 Thanked 34,636 Times in 7,642 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	Leaving before the rains come / Alexandra Fuller. Fuller (Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight) follows her two previous memoirs about her childhood during the Rhodesian wars with this third memoir about the dissolution of her marriage and her return to Africa. The doomed union is traced from the couple's Zambian courtship to its end in the wake of Fuller's husband's near-fatal horse-riding accident in the United States. Fuller's family again plays a large role as the author reflects on the circumstances that shaped both her personality and her expectations for her life. Fans of Fuller's previous work will enjoy the opportunity to revisit her eccentric family and learn more about the unconventional lifestyle of Zambian farmers. -------------------------------- Very enjoyable read. Good humor as well.

07-05-2015, 02:18 PM	#3
cookie-face Member How Do You Identify?: Lesbian Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Join Date: May 2015 Location: University, a whole nother planet on its own Posts: 100 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 199 Thanked 457 Times in 89 Posts Rep Power: 4124039	Murcielago: A manga about a lesbian who was once a violent serial killer who decides to work for police instead, killing the most vile of criminals. Blood and gore? Yes. Explicit sex scenes? Yeah. 10/10 would recommend. __________________ “I myself have seen this woman draw the stars from the sky; she diverts the course of a fast-flowing river with her incantations; her voice makes the earth gape, it lures the spirits from the tombs, send the bones tumbling from the dying pyre. At her behest, the sad clouds scatter; at her behest, snow falls from a summer's sky.” ― Catullus

07-07-2015, 11:03 AM	#4
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, please. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow ツ Posts: 16,056 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,111 Thanked 33,514 Times in 10,640 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	Best book on how to identify Red Flags (highly recommend). Before we celebrated our 1st anniversary over the weekend, my sweetheart and I agreed to bring something we have read that helped us to better identify what we did not want in a relationship. Interestingly, we both brought the same book (featured above). We wept together, bonding more closely with each other, because we both see that it was no mystery how we came to find each other: Both of us consciously made informed choices about each other. We highly recommend this book. __________________ “In the end, it’s not about how much stuff you have, it’s about how many hearts you touched,” — Iva Ursano.

07-08-2015, 12:52 PM	#6
Kobi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Biological female. Lesbian. Relationship Status: Happy Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hanging out in the Atlantic. Posts: 9,234 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,840 Thanked 34,636 Times in 7,642 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	Women of steel and stone : 22 inspirational architects, engineers, and landscape designers / Anna M. Lewis. Louise Bethune -- Anna Wagner Keichline -- Julia Morgan -- Marion Mahony Griffin -- Norma Merrick Sklarek -- Denise Scott Brown -- Natalie de Blois -- Zaha Hadid -- Marilyn Jordan Taylor -- Emily Warren Roebling -- Lillian Moller Gilbreth -- Kate Gleason -- Margaret Ingels -- Ruth Gordon Schnapp -- Judith Nitsch -- Aine Brazil -- Beatrix Farrand -- Ellen Biddle Shipman -- Marian Cruger Coffin -- Cornelia Hahn Oberlander -- Carol R. Johnson -- Martha Schwartz. "Reporting on a range of historical and contemporary female builders and designers, this educational book strives to inspire a new generation of girls in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and math. With many of the profiles set against the backdrop of such landmark events as the women's suffrage and civil rights movements and the Industrial Revolution, and with original interviews from a number of current architects and engineers, this book provides inspiration and advice directly to young women by highlighting positive examples of how a strong work ethic, perseverance, and creativity can overcome life's obstacles. Each profile focuses on the strengths, passions, and interests each woman had growing up; where those traits took them; and what they achieved. ------------------------- History and architecture.....two of my favorite things. Very engaging and informative thus far.

07-08-2015, 05:50 PM	#8
The JD Be the Fearless Bunny How Do You Identify?: Hers. Preferred Pronoun?: he Relationship Status: Medusa’s Snake Charmer Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: This must be the place. Posts: 649 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,740 Thanked 2,677 Times in 540 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	Just finished The Martian by Andy Weir. I could give it a more extensive review, but this comic pretty much captures it: __________________ I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it. ~Flannery O'Connor

07-08-2015, 03:31 AM	#5
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,558 Times in 14,919 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	Finders Keepers: King, Stephen

07-13-2015, 02:53 PM	#9
Kobi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Biological female. Lesbian. Relationship Status: Happy Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hanging out in the Atlantic. Posts: 9,234 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,840 Thanked 34,636 Times in 7,642 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	Hammer head : the making of a carpenter / by Nina MacLaughlin. Nina MacLaughlin spent her twenties working at a Boston newspaper, sitting behind a desk and starting at a screen. Yearning for more tangible work, she applied for a job she saw on Craigslist -- Carpenter's Assistant: Women strongly encouraged to apply -- despite being a Classics major who couldn't tell a Phillips from a flathead screwdriver. She got the job, and in Hammer Head she tells the rich and entertaining story of becoming a carpenter. -------------------------- Good beach reading.

07-13-2015, 05:28 PM	#10
Talon Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Divine Feminine Preferred Pronoun?: . Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: . Posts: 4,921 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,246 Thanked 10,223 Times in 3,305 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Dean Koontz... 'The Taking'....

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cinnamongrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: cleverly disguised as a responsible adult* Preferred Pronoun?: wild woman Relationship Status: No, thank you. Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Home in NC..gonna dig in like a tick this time… Posts: 7,660 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 15,227 Thanked 27,596 Times in 6,955 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	I started reading this: B.K.S. Iyengar has devoted his life to the practice and study of yoga. It was B.K.S. Iyengar's unique teaching style, bringing precision and clarity to the practice, as well as a mindset of 'yoga for all', which has made it into a worldwide phenomenon.His seminal book, LIGHT ON YOGA, is widely called 'the bible of yoga' and has served as the source book for generations of yoga students around they world. In TREE OF YOGA, the collected wisdom of his many years of practical practice and its application in real life are brought into a single-volume work.A collected philosophy for life researched through decades of practice by B.K.S. Iyengar, the world's most respected yoga teacher. These are his core teachings and advice for living a long, healthy, happy life.Using the tree as a structural metaphor for both life and yoga practice, the essays cover many aspects of life and practice which are vital to health and happiness and in need of care. This includes:,Yoga and health,Yoga as part of daily life,Childhood and parenthood,Love,Death,Faith - hope and spirituality, __________________

07-16-2015, 07:03 AM	#12
Soon Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: attached Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: . Posts: 6,896 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,046 Thanked 13,094 Times in 3,386 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	By Gillian Flynn (author of Gone Girl) Dark Places

07-16-2015, 11:21 AM	#13
Kobi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Biological female. Lesbian. Relationship Status: Happy Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hanging out in the Atlantic. Posts: 9,234 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,840 Thanked 34,636 Times in 7,642 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee Yea I'm one of the few who never read it before.

07-18-2015, 12:31 AM	#14
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, please. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow ツ Posts: 16,056 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,111 Thanked 33,514 Times in 10,640 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	Dead Wake by Erik Larson. I read it a few months ago, but the way he writes about events during the sinking of the Lusitania, like in other non-fiction accounts he has written about before, is simply spell binding. I just want to read it again because it's that good. __________________ “In the end, it’s not about how much stuff you have, it’s about how many hearts you touched,” — Iva Ursano.

07-28-2015, 09:55 AM	#15
Talon Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Divine Feminine Preferred Pronoun?: . Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: . Posts: 4,921 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,246 Thanked 10,223 Times in 3,305 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	If You Could See What I See The Tenets of Novus Spiritus By Sylvia Browne *Good book, but I also usually find her books interesting and enlightening.

07-28-2015, 10:33 PM	#16
Tuff Stuff Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Woman Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Married Join Date: May 2013 Location: California Posts: 695 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 904 Thanked 1,315 Times in 505 Posts Rep Power: 9408454	Posts,mine,yours

08-05-2015, 05:54 PM	#17
Kobi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Biological female. Lesbian. Relationship Status: Happy Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hanging out in the Atlantic. Posts: 9,234 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,840 Thanked 34,636 Times in 7,642 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	A full life : reflections at ninety / by Jimmy Carter In this autobiography, President Carter "tells what he is proud of and what he might do differently. He discusses his regret at losing his re-election, but how he and Rosalynn pushed on and made a new life and second and third rewarding careers. He is frank about the presidents who have succeeded him, world leaders, and his passions for the causes he cares most about, particularly the condition of women and the deprived people of the developing world."

08-05-2015, 06:42 PM	#18
afrcnqueen Member How Do You Identify?: By name Preferred Pronoun?: She. Relationship Status: Happy on my journey to Self- Love!! :-) Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: where Love resides..... Posts: 278 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,176 Thanked 704 Times in 208 Posts Rep Power: 8528783	African Laughter...Doris Lessing __________________ I know I'm a handful, but that's what you've got two hands for...