I was so happy to discuss Ellis Avery's The Last Nude last night. Such a good book that as soon as I read the last page, I turned to the beginning and started again. Wonderful librarian Lindy showed me some paintings by Lempicka - it's so interesting to read fiction based on real people. Favourite things were how vividly each scene was depicted.
In January we're going to read Zoe Whittall's Holding Still for as Long as Possible. Got a few more ideas for future reading last night and from this amazingly informative blog, Casey, the Canadian Lesbrarian. So for February let's go with Riding Fury Home, a memoir by American author and psychotherapist Chana Wilson. March we'll read a Saskatoon author, Beth Goobie's young adult novel, Hello, Groin (reviewed here).
Others that were suggested or caught my eye/ear - let me know if you're interested in any/all of them!
- Marbles, a graphic memoir by Ellen Forney, American cartoonist
- Carry the One, newest from American author Carol Anshaw (we've already read Lucky in the Corner and Seven Moves)
- (You) Set Me on Fire, a non-graphic novel by Toronto-based Mariko Tamaki (we read her graphic novel Skim)
- One in Every Crowd, Vancouver-based Ivan Coyote's latest, a young adult-oriented collection of short stories - some new some old
- Half World, a graphic novel by Hiromi Goto, Vancouver-based author (illustrated by Jillian Tamaki, same illustrator as Skim) OR we could read her first novel The Kappa Child!
- Anomaly, by Anne Fleming, Canadian author (read the review here, that's what's got me interested)
- Ravensong, not exactly a lesbian title, but queer-related, by First Nations/Métis author Lee Maracle
- and finally, maybe this one - How to Get a Girl Pregnant, by Toronto-based Karleen Pendleton Jiménez
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Looks like a fun book club!