Left Bank Books Lesbian Reading Group discussion

Do we have a list of future reads beyond High Risk?

We don't yet. Here were some possibilities we raised via email. We should pick the next book (or two) soon.

It Should be a Crime by Carson Taite [2009]
Wasted Heart by Lynn Galli [2010]
Death by the Riverside (Micky Night series) by J.M. Reddman [2001]
Fingersmith, Sarah Waters
Written on the Body, Jeanette Winterson
Touchwood, Karin Kallmaker
The Passion, Jeanette Winterson
Curious Wine, Katherine V. Forrest
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

I'm happy with anything and yes, I agree we need to pick soon if LBB is going to have it in stock by our next meeting.

Did we settle on It Should be a Crime for May?

Yes, we're reading It Should Be a Crime for May. We haven't picked beyond that, though. Any suggestions?

Jonsesy from Left Bank also recommended Chavisa Woods' new book The Albino Album.
http://www.left-bank.com/book/9781609...

I gave some suggestions in response to your last email if you still have it. If not, I can resend it. My vote for June would be the Blue Place by Nicola Griffith.

Michelle

Here are Michelle's next read suggestions. The Blue Place sounds great. If others are on board, I'll contact Left Bank and let them know it's our June read.

The Blue Place (Aud Torvingen #1)
by Nicola Griffith (Goodreads Author)
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 · rating details · 811 ratings · 73 reviews
A police lieutenant with the elite "Red Dogs" until she retired at twenty-nine, Aud Torvigen is a rangy six-footer with eyes the color of cement and a tendency to hurt people who get in her way. Born in Norway into the failed marriage between a Scandinavian diplomat and an American businessman, she now makes Atlanta her home, luxuriating in the lush heat and brashness of the New South. She glides easily between the world of silken elegance and that of sleaze and sudden savagery, equally at home in both; functional, deadly, and temporarily quiescent, like a folded razor.

On a humid April evening between storms, out walking just to stay sharp, she turns a corner and collides with a running woman, Catching the scent of clean, rain-soaked hair, Aud nods and silently tells the stranger Today, you are lucky, and moves on--when behind her house explodes, incinerating its sole occupant, a renowned art historian. When Aud turns back, the woman is gone.
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
by Jeanette Winterson
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 · rating details · 8,388 ratings · 1,029 reviews
Heartbreaking and funny: the true story behind Jeanette's bestselling and most beloved novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.

In 1985, at twenty-five, Jeanette published Oranges, the story of a girl adopted by Pentecostal parents, supposed to grow up to be a missionary. Instead, she falls in love with a woman. Disaster.

Oranges became an international bestseller, inspired an award-winning BBC adaptation, and was semi-autobiographical. Mrs. Winterson, a thwarted giantess, loomed over the novel and the author's life: when Jeanette left home at sixteen because she was in love with a woman, Mrs. Winterson asked her: Why be happy when you could be normal? This is Jeanette's story--acute, fierce, celebratory--of a life's work to find happiness: a search for belonging, love, identity, a home.
Tomboys!: Tales of Dyke Derring-Do
by Lynne Yamaguchi Fletcher, Karen Barber (Editor)
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 · rating details · 14 ratings · 1 review
Paperback, 304 pages
Published October 1st 2000 by Alyson Books (first published October 1st 1995)

The Necessary Hunger
by Nina Revoyr
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 · rating details · 150 ratings · 22 reviews
As a star basketball player in her last year of high school, Nancy Takahiro's life is about to change forever. Faced with the college recruitment process and unsure of where her skill will take her, Nancy is not prepared for meeting Raina Webber, an All-State shooting guard whose passion for basketball is matched only by her talent.

When Nancy's father and Raina's mother move in together, the girls are faced with the challenge of negotiating their already intense friendship and rivalry. As Nancy's love for Raina grows and both prepare to leave inner city neighborhood that has nurtured them, they find themselves looking toward a future that is no longer easily defined.

Set against a backdrop of racial tension between the Asian American and African American communities of Los Angeles and infused with tenderness and passion. The Necessary Hunger explores not only the intricacies of the game of basketball, but also the very nature of the relationships young women create in the face of the odds that are stacked against them.

These books sounds great!!! I have been wanting to read A Necessary Hunger, which Sarah brought in years ago but we couldn't remember the name of it :-)

A suggestion for future book club reading selection: Valencia by Michelle Tea (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...).