The F-word discussion

And it's nominations time again!!!

What would you like to read in the upcoming months? We need nominations for both fiction and non-fiction books. Other than that the field's wide open.

So tell us, what have you been longing to read and discuss?!!!

Whee! I came up with three of each (but I don't think there's a quantity required, so please no one feel pressured to do it this way!). I might actually have some more ideas, but will need to look at my shelves at home tonight. These are the ones I know I already own. :)

Fiction:
Woman on the Edge of Time, Marge Piercy
The Memoirs of a Survivor, Doris Lessing
The Salt Eaters, Toni Cade Bambara

Non-fiction:
Writing a Woman's Life, Carolyn G. Heilbrun
The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir
A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx, Elaine Showalter

Great noms El! I'd do well with a limit so I'll follow your example and stop at 3 each.

Fiction:
Valley of the Dolls, by Jacqueline Susann
The Witch's Daughter, by Paula Brackston
As We Are Now, by May Sarton

Non-fiction:
I Know I Am, But What Are You?, by Samantha Bee
Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and Power in India, by Amana Fontanella-Khan
Brothel: Mustang Ranch and Its Women, by Alexa Albert

Nonfiction:
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt
An Autobiography by Angela Y. Davis
Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels by Sarah Wendell
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano
The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality by Julie Sondra Decker

Fiction:
For Today I Am a Boy by Kim Fu
A Brother's Price by Wen Spencer
Nevada by Imogen Binnie
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El-Saadawi

Well, you can certainly see where my interests lie lately! Can't wait to see what we end up reading!

Anita wrote: "Great noms El! I'd do well with a limit so I'll follow your example and stop at 3 each.

Fiction:
Valley of the Dolls, by Jacqueline Susann
The Witch's Daughter, by Pau..."

Anita I LOVED As we are now!

I was going to agree with The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir ... before I spotted it's 746 pages long. ... Woo-ee.

Natasha (Diarist) wrote: "I was going to agree with The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir ... before I spotted it's 746 pages long. ... Woo-ee."

Hah, yeah, it's a longer one. But I'm so disappointed in myself that after all these years I still haven't read such an important book in women's studies, I can't help but to keep nominating it. :)

El wrote: "Hah, yeah, it's a longer one. But I'm so disappointed in myself that after all these years I still haven't read such an important book in women's studies, I can't help but to keep nominating it. :)"

Perhaps Book Of The Year rather than Book Of The Month? ;-)

Stef wrote: "Anita I LOVED As we are now!..."

glad to hear it! I'm trying to cast my feminist reading net far and wide and realizing I'm severely lacking any elder focused reads. They seem to be popping up more and more on my recommendations though.

El wrote: "Natasha (Diarist) wrote: "I was going to agree with The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir ... before I spotted it's 746 pages long. ... Woo-ee."

Hah, yeah, it's a longer one. But I'm ..."

I'm with you, El! I feel exactly the same way about not having read this book. If it doesn't go through I'll totally buddy read it with you if you want :)

Sounds good, Anita! :)

Here are some more suggestions:

NONFICTION
Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World byRachel Swaby
The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan byJenny Nordberg
A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir by Daisy Hernandez

FICTION
The Best Place on Earth: Stories by Ayelet Tsabari
Burial Rites byHannah Kent
Swimming to Elba by Silvia Avallone

And more great suggestions! Thanks Kay!

We've got some absolutely fantastic nominations here! Any more, before the polls go up?

And the non-fiction poll is up! Come vote! https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

And the fiction poll is now up too! Come vote again!
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Looking at the poll results, a good case can be made for taking the top six finishers in each poll as our reads for the next six months. What does everybody think?

Alexa wrote: "Looking at the poll results, a good case can be made for taking the top six finishers in each poll as our reads for the next six months. What does everybody think?"

I think that's a great idea.

Yes let's do that!!!

Sounds good, thanks, Alexa!

Sounds good to me, too!

I agree, looks like we've got some great choices coming up too. yay

Fiction:

"So long a letter" by Mariama Ba
"Annie John" by Jamaica Kincaid

:-)

Let's remember to save those for our next round of nominations!

How's this for a potential order?
July: The Second Sex and For Today I Am a Boy
August: Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World and The Witch's Daughter
September: The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan and Woman on the Edge of Time
October: The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality and Valley of the Dolls
November: Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars and Burial Rites
December: Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity and The Salt Eaters

We now have books scheduled to read all the way through December! Looks like a great year of reading!

nice!

Looks great, Alexa!