Wednesday, October 07, 2009

All the pretty girls meet at book club

This month we're reading Chandra Mayor's short stories "All the Pretty Girls." We've been on a streak lately of lesbian fiction with little to no actual lesbian content, so we're having some high hopes for this one.

The sci-fi experiment was interesting. We had a couple of fans, and a couple of haters... the mixed bag always makes for good discussion. We tried to stretch the envelope looking for queer content but the gender neutral characters were all we could find. And they were creepy. Although some people wanted a diagram of way they mated because they couldn't visualize it... very amusing. If you find a diagram, illustration or some such? Send it, I'll post it!

We also made a few adjustments to the reading list based on availability and stuff. Check the current reading list. We added Jewelle Gomez's The Gilda Stories due to one member's need for a story about a black lesbian vampire raised in a whorehouse. Ha!

As always, we love requests/suggestions, so keep 'em coming!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

So in keeping with tradition... I can't attend the meeting about the book I recommended... I'll be in TO for work. I am sorry I will miss it.
Kay

Naukishtae said...

I read a lot of lesbian fiction, to keep my brain sane.. there is a lot of free lesbian fiction on the following web site:

http://www.academyofbards.org/uberalt.html

there are famous, and not so famous Authors.. full length books and short stories.. take a look, I think you will love it.. this way you can read a lot of different books and not have to wait for hard copies to be obtained.. Enjoy

Naukishtae

Susan Gabriel said...

I'm writing to see if your book group would be interested in reading my novel, Seeking Sara Summers.

Five book groups have read it so far (at least that I know of). I can offer a discount specifically for your group if that would be helpful. You can check it out at: www.susangabriel.com

I can be contacted through my website if you have any questions.

Thanks for your consideration!
All the best,
Susan Gabriel

Jend said...

You can find an artist's conception of the Oankali here:

http://www.giseleart.com/masks/images/sculpture/Oankali.jpg

Sorry, but unfortunately it isn't a sex diagram.

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