Charmless’s Comments (group member since Apr 05, 2009)

Charmless’s comments from the When the Club Music Ends group.

Please feel free to come and join me at Outfest 2010.

I'm gonna be there as a patron and as a volunteer. See y'all there! :-)

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Good catch on question #12, Wayne. I posted this questionnaire and now I am wondering myself---What did happen to Q12?! Lol.

I guess the next responder to this survey is gonna have to customize Question #12 himself. How's that?

Anyway, thanks for becoming a member and welcome to the group! :-)

Thanks for filling this out Manny. Welcome to the group! :-)

And thanks for sharing BookCrossing. It's a pretty cool site!

Brief but beautiful clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq4M8fD4Tz0

What's being an Angeleno without inherently loving films?! This folder is for your postings regarding books and literature turned into film.

Hi guys,

I posted this book questionnaire on another group's discussion forum a while back and more than a few members responded to it. So, I'm reposting it here, hoping that you guys will post your responses as well. This way we'll get to learn more about each other as readers and eventually, as Angelenos who love to read.

Instructions: Replace my answers with yours and repost the whole questionnaire as your response.


Book Questionnaire


1. Do you remember how you developed a love for reading?

I honestly don't. All I know is that I've been reading since, like, um, forever. (I still even vividly remember reading picture books as a toddler.)


2. What are some books you read as a child?

Outside of textbooks, I remember reading a lot of the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew mysteries. I also read some of Judy Blume's and Roald Dahl's. (And I secretly started reading Harold Robbins and Jackie Collins in the fifth grade. Heehee.)


3. What is your favorite genre?


Literary fiction


4. Do you have a favourite novel?

Oi! It changes. My most recent favorite is The Perfect Waiter by Alain Claude Sulzer.

5. Where do you usually read?


My work desk at home, by the window. However, my favorite place to read is at this cafe near my house.


6. When do you usually read?


In the afternoon.


7. Do you usually have more than one book you are reading at a time?

I usually have more than one book lined up but seriously, I don't know how some people can read more than one at a time. When I don't like a book after the first couple of chapters, I usually just end up abandoning it entirely.


8. Do you read nonfiction in a different way or place than you read fiction?

I'm probably more attentive when it comes to the background of the work in terms of nonfiction books.


9. Do you buy most of the books you read, or borrow them, or check them out of the library?

It depends. If it's a new author, then I would usually check it out of the library first. If I'm impressed by the second chapter, then I'd go and buy it.


10. Do you keep most of the books you buy?

I usually just donate the relatively inexpensive ones to the public library when I'm done with them.


11. What are you reading now?

Life: A User's Manual by Georges Perec (It's a bit thick but so far, I'm quite impressed by it.)


13. Do you keep a TBR (to be read) list?

Yuppers. (See my profile.)


14. What's next?

Um, dinner. Oh, to read? Um, Now Is The Hour.


15. What books would you like to reread?

All the Shakespeare plays that I read in college. Someday, when I'm old and gray. ;-)


16. Who are your favourite authors?

Novelists: E.M. Forster, Jane Austen, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Edmund White, Paul Monette, Toni Morrison, Amy Tan, GUstav Flaubert, Milan Kundera (and omg, so many others!)

"Writers" (encompassing short stories, non-fiction, and essays): Dennis Cooper, Ann Rule, Andrew Sullivan, Gloria Steinem, Kate Chopin (and omg, so many others!)

Poets: e.e. cummings, Emily Dickinson, Edward Arlington Robinson, Edgar Allan Poe (and omg, so many others!)

Playwrights: Tennessee Williams, Oscar Wilde, William Shakespeare, Tony Kushner, Neil Simon (and omg, so many others!)

Anyone else going to the Book Swap next Saturday? I hope to see y'all there! :-)


Book Swap Info

Hi Jaysen,

Thanks for joining and welcome to the group!

'Looking forward to reading your books. Thanks for sharing and best wishes. :-)

Hi everyone,

A week from now, I will be volunteering at the 2009 Outfest Film Festival and I encourage you to volunteer or at least go to the festival as well:

http://www.outfest.org/fest2009

You'll meet a lot of friendly GLBT Angelenos at this event and as always, it's gonna be fun---a perfect way to start out your summer!

Check it out and I hope to see y'all there. :-)

Hi Sean,

Thanks for joining the group. Welcome!

Hopefully, we'd be able to round up enough people to hold actual book club meetings in the future. Please invite anyone who's interested in joining us.

If you've recently moved to WeHo, you should also check out the upcoming Outfest film festival which starts on July 9. You'll meet a lot of gay and lesbian folks who are local to LA during that two-week event---GLBT peeps who are also interested in literature, film and art. (Volunteering at the event seems to be the best way to soak in everything about the festival. Just check out outfest.org for more info.)

Please do keep us up-to-date if you find a local gay book club that is currently active in terms of having regular meetings.

Enjoy!:-)

Andrew wrote: "I only read two types of books regularly - horror and GLBT. I am especially fond of Mark roeder's series."

Thanks for joining the group, Andrew. Welcome! :-)

Luis wrote: "hi i am 22 years old looking for good gay novel recommendations "


Hi Luis,

Welcome!

Please check out the reading list section of our group for the recommended books:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

Feel free to post any recommendations yourself.

Thanks for joining the group.

Welcome to the group, Martin! Your books sound very interesting.

Thanks for joining.

Any thoughts on the closure of A Different Light? I'm still kinda in shock to fully express my sadness over it.

You can't create a gay book club in Los Angeles without bringing up West Hollywood. So, here's a WeHo folder for your convenience! ;-)

Post anything West Hollywood-related in this section.

In this section, please post tips, advice, recommendations to anyone who's new to the LA area. I know that most people would just say, "Go to West Hollywood!" but there's so much more to Los Angeles than West Hollywood.

In West LA, I like the Literati Cafe with its high ceilings and comfy environment.

In the valley, I rely on the Starbucks on Victory and Coldwater Canyon. It's a big place and you can always find a place to sit there.

In West Hollywood, there's always the fun Java Detour on the corner of Santa Monica and Robertson. It's relatively small but the people are friendly.

The roof patio at the Getty Center's West Pavilion is also very peaceful on a weekday afternoon.

In this section, please post age-appropriate books for gay teens.

Here's my recommendations:

- Reflections of a Rock Lobster by Aaron Fricke

- Entries from a Hot Pink Notebook by Todd Brown

This section is for contemporary authors themselves who wish to promote and discuss their books or book-related media.

Please limit your promotion to books that include gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender themes or affinities.