Last book you read?

I'm reading The 19th Wife. I like reading about people getting out of the clutches of fundamentalist religions.

 

I've been reading Stephen King's Dark Tower series, although it's been put on hold until I can find the rest of the books. They're great, but you can never find them all in one place, which is really irritating.

 

I had to read House of the Scorpion for school. It was alright. I wish the second half of the book was a full book on it's own. I would have loved to learn more about the Keepers.

 

i'm currently reading the golden compass

 

The Infernal City

It's an Elder Scrolls novel. Anybody that knows fantasy role-playing video games will most likely know the Elder Scrolls series. This was a novel made to be apart of the lore, and there was a 2nd book after it but I haven't gotten the chance to read it yet.

I'm personally not a big reader, I only picked up this book because it was related to one of my favorite video games series.

 

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

 

True Crimes

 

I'm starting Middlemarch by George Elliot. Before that, I just finished The Book Thief by Markus Zusack and George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia.

 

Ok so 'The Book Theif' seems to have become one of those must-read-or-be-forced-to-read-at-school-anyway-type books.

Did you enjoy it?

 

I started a thread on the LGBT Later in Life thread. Not a general reading thread, but specific to Queer issues, and for those inclined to more radical sexual politics, consciousness & spirituality. Not sure how to link... I'll paste what I wrote here, and if you're interested, you might want to join that discussion.
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There's so much to learn, so much terrifying, beautiful, inspiring history. Learning where we have been is way important--especially if you're anti-assimilation and want to embrace your Queer.

Reading, and went a recent discussion of Stone Butch Blues, and reading The Fire in Moonlight: Stories from the Radical Faeries. Facinating parallel movements and development of Queer consciousness, the first being a personal memoir and history covering Butch - Femme issues, the second ... well, Radical Faeries, and both take on a deep and serious look at the oppressive and dangerous role hetero-gendering plays, not just for LGBTQ, but as one of the fundaments of patriarchy and capitalist tyrany.

It all begins with the body, and SEX is the generative force--but what is generated is SO much larger and deeper than who we sleep with. This may not interest those who basically, want to blend in and 'normalize' being gay, but if that's a prospect that horrifies you, as it does me--there's lots to learn, and a role we can take in creating a more inclusive and loving spirituality and consciousness.

I'd love to hear from others on this--those who identify more with the radical side of our sexuality.

On this note... I had an amazing day yesterday. Thinking how it took me so long to find myself... and how, no matter how long and circuitous the journey, when you finally arrive home, nothing of that journey will be lost or wasted, because every step of it led you to where you belong. And I thought... Ulysses! Yes! I found my Faerie name!

 

it would be Game of Thrones Dance of Dragons George RR Martin

 

God yes! I cried three times, all within very close time. :tears: So sad, but definitely one of the best books I've ever read.

 

I'm currently reading The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen by Stephen R. Bown. I had heard of Amundsen and Scott's "race" to reach the South Pole, but never knew much else about either of them. Amundsen was a fascinating individual and what I've read so far has done a lot to dispel any notions I might have had that there was a "hero" or "villain" in that affair.

Before that I read Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut. I'm on a big Vonnegut kick this year which has meant a lot of great reading for me, but alas it will soon come to an end. I've almost read everything my public library has of his work. Oh, and I've started reading Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. Good stuff.

 

Grow your pups with bones.....
I rarely read

 

I just finished "Shorecliff" and am now reading "Dark Places". Shorecliff was a bit of a let down. But Dark Places is so good, I'm having trouble putting it down to get work done!

 

Refuse by Elliott Deline
Currently reading: Dear Girls Above Me by Charlie McDowell

 

Just finished "The Secret Adversary" by Agatha Christie and "Unbearable Lightness" by Portia De Rossi within a few days of each other. Both were pretty good reads.

 

I think the last book I read was Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford.

 

green eyed demon