the best part about going used book shopping is finding books on sale for a dollar and then finding a stephen king used book with a photo of a baby inside with the caption 'Caroline Age Year 1' on the back and a copy of A Separate Peace with the gay parts highlighted and a margin note of GAY?

Again, instead of writing my cinema/media studies final paper, I'm on my local library's website looking up some LGBT titles to read during the summer.

The problem with me and LGBT titles is that, like with all books I read for fun, I'm pretty critical about the subject matter, so I'm not a fan of campy books like Geography Club, but I also don't ( Read more... )

I don't understand how a woman can write such a misogynistic, pathetic book and still retain her dignity as a woman.

I'm speaking of Bunny Lake is Missing by Evelyn Piper. I'm currently taking a cinema/gender studies class about women mystery writers and their books' film adaptations. The class itself is interesting and the texts we read and their ( Read more... )

Sometimes there comes an author who just sweeps you off your feet, takes you high high high up into the atmosphere and drops you to fend for yourself.

For class this quarter, I had to read Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami. It's the last book for the quarter, and I'm pretty happy that I'm finishing off the quarter well. Putting aside my bias on ( Read more... )

In the past year or so I read the wonderfully amazing book Hero by Perry Moore and I loved it to bits, it was adorable. There was supposed to be a sequel so I waited anxiously for it and I only recently remembered to check to see if it was out yet.

But Moore died in February....?


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Alright, I'm going to admit it: I haven't worked a tad on the Thursday and Friday 50 Prompts fics besides having the concept of the stories. I seriously doubt I'll be working on them over the weekend, as I'm out of town again because hell, I'm having the longest summer of my educational life so I should enjoy it, right? Instead of drafting up a fic ( Read more... )