Edmonton Lesbian+ Book Club

A few more titles have been added to our reading list. As you already know, December's title is The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin. It's a departure given that Le Guin is not a lesbian author, but it's history and treatment of gender make it something interesting we might want explore. In January, we're reading Fat Angie by E.E. Charlton-Trujillo, in February, Shani Mootoo's latest, Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab . And in March, we're reading local author Laurie MacFayden's new book, kissing keeps us afloat . Maybe we'll convince Laurie to join us!

This October we are trying something a little different, we are reading 2 books by the same author so that we can compare and contrast! We chose 2 titles from Nina LaCour because one of our members tells us they are quicker, lighter reads in the young adult genre. We are looking forward to chatting about Everything Leads to You and Hold Still . In November we are reading Emma Donoghue's The Sealed Letter . We are big fans of Emma D onoghue, having already read Hood and Slammerkin for the book club. In December we are making a rare exception to our rule of reading only lesbian authors to read Ursula K Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness , a classic title set in  an alien world whose inhabitants can choose and change their gender. Let us know of any titles you'd like to see for the coming months! I'm always desperately on the hunt for lesbian authors from parts of the world outside of Canada, the US and the UK (we've read those in spades, obviously, and love

Time marches on and I keep failing to blog promptly! But, never fear, the book club still marches on and meets. We need you to join us! Lately meetings have seen only 2-3 members show up - we're not sure how long we can continue like that. If you like the books and think about coming, please just come! We are laid back and low pressure. Sometimes some of us don't read the book. And we will bring cookies! Anyway, I didn't get a chance to blog about Tamai Kobayashi's Prairie Ostrich . It's one of those books that's not only good, not only gripping and a page-turner, but it feels like it's changing your life and worldview as you read and you are seriously almost traumatized when it's over. You MUST read! Malinda Lo's The Huntress was good and definitely a page-turner as well. Not life changing though. One of the things we really enjoyed was the matter-of-factness of same-sex relationships in this fantasy world. It felt good! We've selected a few

February's title for book club is The Panopticon by Scottish author Jenni Fagan. Looking forward to it. Apparently it's full of good Scottish cursing. We've gone ahead and chosen a few more titles for the coming months. March we'll read The Miseducation of Cameron Post by American author Emily M. Danforth. April it's the uber-classic Lambda Literary Award-winner  Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg. May we're reading Toronto-based Japanese Canadian Tamai Kobayashi's first novel, Prairie Ostrich . In June we'll read Chinese-American author Malinda Lo's newest, Huntress . In July we'll read Alberta author Rae Spoon's First Spring Grass Fire . And finally, in August we'll read  Awakening to Sunlight  by British author Lindsey Stone.

2014 is already creepin' on. It's been a busy January and February is going to fly by! Tomorrow night we meet to chat about Michelle Tea's Mermaid in Chelsea Creek . I didn't discover until I finished it that it's the first of a trilogy! Yipes! So exciting. February's title is The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan. Don't know a thing about it other than it was requested by one of our members!