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I'm deep into my "at least every decade" reread of Trollbundet. Quite lovely flashbacks to my teen years :)
Antonella wrote: "Elisa Rolle published 3 volumes of Queer Places, with in total some 1500 pages of a kind of a queer travel guide: developed in 3 volumes, United States of America (1), United King..."
It is probably unavoidable, but it is perhaps symptomatic that you can divide the planet in 1) the US, 2) the UK and 3) the rest of the world.
I mean, the rest is kind of big isn't it? ;)
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developed in 3 volumes, United States of America (1), United King..."
Wow, she's not afraid of challenges, now is she? Sounds intriguing.
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developed in 3 volumes, United States of Americ..."
Hmmm. Interesting thought. :-)
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https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...
Johanna wrote: "Wow, she's not afraid of challenges, now is she? Sounds intriguing."She showed it to Uli and me in Berlin. It looks very good.
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She showed it to Uli and me in Berlin. It looks very good."
Looking forward to meet Elisa again in Southampton!
I didn't know whether to put this here (book) or under ''What we are watching'' (exhibition). Anyway
the book of the exhibition http://allthepeople.info/about currently showing in Berlin is in English.Bernd Ott photographed and Emily Besa interviewed 39 individuals to create a loving document that captures, relates, and celebrates the diversity of gender expression and being.
This international photo book project includes people in 5 cities, 4 countries, and 15 nationalities. The aim of this book is to build bridges and reach beyond one’s own communities with this intimate exploration of how the individual experiences, defines, and expresses gender and gender identity.
By viewing the images and reading the stories, the reader may draw closer to understanding someone they may find strange, challenging, or just unfamiliar.
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the book of the exhibition http://..."Awesome!
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From what I gather Hassell is actually teacher, but I also found his teaching characters a bit...jaded? Tuned out? Maybe that's New York versus the west coast? It felt a bit like the students merely existed in order to be preached to. Maybe that's culture clash? But yes, I was not sure how or why these guys were teachers.
What was interesting to me was the setting in general. I thought it was quite fresh in its grungy, tired way. ;-D
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He needed an editor on these first books. Happily, he'll get that with Riptide.
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I think that "raw energy" for me translated into DID ANYONE EDIT THIS BOOK? :-D
But again, different strokes for different folks. I was talking to a writer friend the other day and we were laughing over the fact that the stuff we agonize over is the stuff readers could NOT care less about. And the stuff readers would want us to change is the stuff we would not consider changing.
:-D
So that is the craziness of being a writer at the *cough* peak of your writing skilz.
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developed in 3 volumes, United States of America (1), United King..."
Wow! That's quite an enterprise.
I guess we are all reading Night Watch. I have just started, it seems like this will be an interesting story. And well written, of course :)
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Ah!
Well, I won't say anything as I don't want to unduly influence. :-D
Anne wrote: "I guess we are all reading Night Watch. I have just started, it seems like this will be an interesting story. And well written, of course :)"Read it last night! Very interesting story!
And now I have book hangover.... :-)
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I'm already prone to over-intellectualize (even in my own personal life) and I realized that I had to get back to what inspired me to put such a heavy dollop of relationship and emotion in my books to start with.
So that's been interesting.
Also because I've been contently partnered for just over a decade now, and as you grow more comfortable and secure, you start to forget about loneliness and longing.
Well...not that you can't still tap into it, but it becomes conscious rather than the thing that's always in the back of your mind.
Josh wrote: "KC wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Mymymble wrote: "KC wrote: "Mymymble wrote: "KC wrote: "Ame wrote: "KC wrote: "Read Santino Hassell's Sutphin Boulevard and Sunset Park an..."I just read Sutphin Boulevard and I liked it but I agree it could have been better. I still gave it four stars and I will read the others in the series but it felt as if there was a really good story struggling to emerge. I now have to read some of his other books.
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Read it last night! Very ..."
:-D
Take two audio books and call me in the morning.
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Read it la..."
LOL :-P
Josh wrote: "Haldis wrote: "Anne wrote: "I guess we are all reading Night Watch. I have just started, it seems like this will be an interesting story. And well written, of course :)"Read it la..."
Ha! ....I have been meaning to get Fair Game and Fair Play....
Do you remember that Josh was quite enthusiastic about
?Nicole Kimberling just wrote on FB that you can download a chapter here: http://blindeyebooks.com/shop/bitter/
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I wonder if US schools still have this as one of the books everyone reads in high school?
If there's a book that has stood the test of time well — it's this one. Everyone who has tried to make one of those "top 10 books I ever read" lists knows how difficult — even impossible! — it is, but I can easily say that To Kill A Mockingbird is for sure in my "10 best books I ever read" list. I adore its quiet wisdom.
Oh, and I'm going to make Atticus' saying "It's not time to worry yet." my motto in life this autumn. :-)
Johanna wrote: "I finished listening to To Kill a Mockingbird. It's been a long time since I last read it and I was happy to rediscover my love for it. In fact, in the light of everything happening in ..."I loved that book so much. I have not re-read it recently, but I remember it well and fondly.
I love that phrase, "It's not time to worry yet." Good one to remember.
Johanna wrote: "I finished listening to To Kill a Mockingbird. It's been a long time since I last read it and I was happy to rediscover my love for it. In fact, in the light of everything happening in ..."Yes :-) Definitely one the best books ever. It's like a bit of magic somehow.
Good motto!
Antonella wrote: "Do you remember that Josh was quite enthusiastic about ?Nicole Kimberling just wrote on FB that you can download a chapter here: http://blindeyebooks.com/shop/bi..."
Cool! Can't wait for the book!
KC wrote: "Cool! Can't wait for the book! "You reminded me that I had come here to tell everybody about the chapter to download, but I hadn't read it myself... LOL!
Johanna wrote: "I finished listening to To Kill a Mockingbird. It's been a long time since I last read it and I was happy to rediscover my love for it. In fact, in the light of everything happening in ..."I had read it the first time as I was twelve ( in a German translation)
Now I reread it all two years, the last times in English. I haven't it as audiobook, I will change that! Thank you for the reminder, Johanna!
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The audio version I listened to was narrated by Sissy Spacek and I think she did a wonderful job. I can highly recommend that one!
Johanna wrote: "Sabine wrote: "Johanna wrote: "I finished listening to To Kill a Mockingbird. It's been a long time since I last read it and I was happy to rediscover my love for it. In fact, in the li..."I loved Sissy Spacek's narration.
Mymymble wrote: "Johanna wrote: "I finished listening to To Kill a Mockingbird. It's been a long time since I last read it and I was happy to rediscover my love for it. In fact, in the light of everythi...""Something wicked this way comes" is amazing! I borrowed that book from a school mate when I was 17-18 and it blew me away. So much that I never returned it. I still have a (slightly) bad conscience for it, albeit it being 40 years ago ;)
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I haven't read these! Thank you for the recommendation, Mymymble. I added them both into my to-read list.
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I'm already prone to..."
Thank you for that!
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?Nicole Kimberling just wrote on FB that you can download a chapter here: http://blindeyebooks.com/shop/bi..."
Oh excellent!
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:-D Sounds fun!
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I like this! :-)
I just started Not a Game by Cardeno C. Someone recommended it as a low-key romance with everyday characters. Something I'm in the mood for. I like Cardeno's stuff anyway.
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?Nicole Kimberling just wrote on FB that you can download a chapter here: http://blindeyebooks.com/shop/bi..."
Finally got to reading the sampler, which was surprisingly long and very promising. Cool. Now I'm definitely looking forward to the book.
Susinok wrote: "I just started Not a Game by Cardeno C. Someone recommended it as a low-key romance with everyday characters. Something I'm in the mood for. I like Cardeno's stuff anyway."Cardeno C. much like Mary Calmes is my comfort read. Formulatic, over the top love but I always know what to expect and can read it mindlessly. Sometimes after a hard workday that is just priceless.
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Jordan wrote: "I tried a Cardeno book awhile back. I don't recall offhand which book and what irritated me about it, but I don't think I made it to the halfway point before giving up. *shrugs* to each his own, ri..."I read one once as well, but didn't like it much, but that is my subjective view of course :)
Sigh. Ya'll never like my comfort reads. I just don't have it in me right now to deal with anything other than a fun story.
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I enjoyed seeing—sometimes totally absurd and horrifying—Los Angeles through Liffey's eyes. And I adored the rough beauty of the author's voice, the unapologetic, unpolished feel of it—the way he managed to tell so much, to awaken so many feelings and thoughts with only few words. I also enjoyed the mood the book left me with.
In fact, I thought that there was something similar to Joseph Hansen’s writing here—at least in the way both authors make me feel. A certain melancholic, quiet down-to-earth wisdom in there. Although Shannon's voice is much rougher around the edges, darker, truly noir. Reviews seem to compare Shannon's voice to Raymond Chandler and Ross MacDonald.
Mind you, this is not a m/m book. In any case, I'm off to read the second one in the series! :-)
Susinok wrote: "Sigh. Ya'll never like my comfort reads. I just don't have it in me right now to deal with anything other than a fun story."I remember reading A Matter of Time for the first time, thinking; this really is not good! I should not be enjoying this so much!
But I was totally hooked despite not wanting to ;)
Ame wrote: "I remember reading A Matter of Time for the first time, thinking; this really is not good! I should not be enjoying this so much!..."LOL yes, I agree, though by the end I was pretty tired of Jory. My favorite Calmes is Acrobat which I just recently listened to for the third time. It breaks her usual formula. Frog is another really good one that isn't her usual. The mangrove series was also good.
Johanna wrote: "I finished reading Concrete River by John Shannon. This is the book I told you earlier about, the one that was recommended to me by a friend of mine. This was the first John Shannon bo..."Sounds like something i would/will enjoy reading. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on it.
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developed in 3 volumes, United States of America (1), United King..."
That looks really cool.