So, Red Rising. I ate book one in 4 days, and now I'm gobbling down book two. Book three is due out early next year and I've got it pre-ordered ( Read more... )

Tart Suzette takes a close look at Noah Berlatsky's History of Wonder Woman in Wonder Woman: Bondage and Feminism.

Rountable Roundup --the Best Books We Read in 2014

SF, Fantasy, YA, and Non Fiction ... our likes are as eclectic as we are.

I'm not going to disagree with anything said in this meta about the lack of LGB characters in the Drizzt books. I'm just going to say that it's brought back giggle-snort inducing memories of how Jarlaxle had the slashiest relationship that ever sashayed its pimp-hatted way across the page with Artemis Entreri, whom he has canonically declared his ( Read more... )

Assuming she was not mentally ill to the point of being profoundly delusional at the time, there is no excuse for the kind of behavior winterfox engaged in. Zip. Zilch. Zero. NONE.http://failfandomanonwiki.pbworks.com/w/page/46349159/WinterfoxRead more... )

"Winterfox" / "Requires Hate -- Laura J. Mixon writes a blistering expose."It’s easy when a controversy like this occurs to shrug and call it fanwankery, or a tempest in a teapot; or to loftily counsel the participants to stop feeding the energy creature and move on. It’s certainly easier to do that than it is to investigate and sort out the ( Read more... )

I just got done reading Seven Days at the Hot CornerIt follows Scott, who plays 3rd base on his high school baseball team and his dealing with the discovery that his BFF, Travis, is gay. Scott handles the whole thing less than gracefully at first, in part because it's such huge surprise, and in part because Travis came out to a reporter from the ( Read more... )

Telling a Story That isn't Often Told -- an interview with YA & M/M romance author Sara Alva.

As part of the #WeNeedDiverse books campaign, I hit Amazon.com in search of several that had been suggested to me. As a part of that search, Amazon suggested a book called Silent. By the end of the free sample downloaded to my Kindle, I was hooked!

Feminist arguments against using trigger warnings
Trigger warnings underpin the imagined "safe space" of the classroom. As a pro-trigger warning student said in the New York Times, these warnings would ideally eradicate a student's feeling of entrapment: "People suddenly feel a very real threat to their safety - even if it is perceived. They are ( Read more... )

Part Two of We Need Diverse Books -- Discovery, Distribution, & Description

Part One looked at the fact that even a library run with diverse collection development in mind has problems finding enough diverse materials to fill its shelves.

So, how (and why) does that happen? The issue is more complex than it appears.