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Jan 19, 2015
Kate
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it was amazing
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10/27/15: Finished the full first draft of the screenplay!
8/25/15: I'm re-reading my novel because I'm adapting it into a screenplay. Wish me luck! :)
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Okay, I know my rating's not fair since I wrote this book. But I wrote it out of love for these characters, so I can't give them anything less. If you like edgy, fun-to-read, coming of age type stories, you'll probably dig this.
And I'm thrilled with the new edition's beautiful cover--especially since some rev ...more
8/25/15: I'm re-reading my novel because I'm adapting it into a screenplay. Wish me luck! :)
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Okay, I know my rating's not fair since I wrote this book. But I wrote it out of love for these characters, so I can't give them anything less. If you like edgy, fun-to-read, coming of age type stories, you'll probably dig this.
And I'm thrilled with the new edition's beautiful cover--especially since some rev ...more
Okay, I know my rating's not fair since I wrote this book. But I wrote it out of love for these characters, so I can't give them anything less. If you like edgy, fun-to-read, coming of age type stories, you'll probably dig this. Norma's kind of like Holden Caufield with a sex change.
You can read the first chapter here:
http://forthemayqueen.blogspot.com/
For book club questions go here:
http://forthemayqueen.blogspot.com/20...
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You can read the first chapter here:
http://forthemayqueen.blogspot.com/
For book club questions go here:
http://forthemayqueen.blogspot.com/20...
...more
This book was hilarious and touching at the same time. I loved the characters. I meant to read just a few chapters, but I couldn't put it down and read the whole thing in two sittings.
It takes place in 1981 in college dorms. That makes for a very fun yet tension-filled setting, especially when all these young people don't have any boundaries about what do with their bodies. It's like Hedonism 101 is their most important class. Yet, it's not an easy class to pass. They have to figure out how to ...more
It takes place in 1981 in college dorms. That makes for a very fun yet tension-filled setting, especially when all these young people don't have any boundaries about what do with their bodies. It's like Hedonism 101 is their most important class. Yet, it's not an easy class to pass. They have to figure out how to ...more
A fun and quirky coming of age tale that takes the reader on a journey through college life in the 1980s.
The setting of For the May Queen by Kate Evans is dorm-life culture in the early 1980s, focusing on drinking, drugs, and sex prevalent in such a context. As a 60-year-old woman who came of age in the late 1960s, I admit to feeling a sense of disturbing recognition as well as powerless disappointment as I read, particularly during the first 2/3rds of the story. And yet Evans presents this as a valid context for a rite of passage without minimizing it as a societal problem.
And she employs a wry s ...more
And she employs a wry s ...more
Oct 22, 2008
Elyse
marked it as to-read
