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Tell us what you are reading this month.

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A Fool Among Fools, a well-written, amusing and satirical look at working for an ad agency amid the ruins of an almost non-existent sex life.

I just started reading The Aesir Kids, a middle grade book of Norse mythology stories.

I've read 100+ pages of No Man's Nightingale by Ruth Rendell. It's in the Inspector Wexford series and it's a high number of books, but this is my first book and fun!

Just finished the excellent Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir. The author / illustrator, Liz Prince, presents an autobiographical look at her struggle to find community while questioning gender norms.

I'm reading Off Campus which is actually really good.

Don wrote: "Re-reading a book I haven't read for about 25 years: A Boy's Own Story"

Have you tried the rest of the trilogy, The Beautiful Room is Empty and The Farewell Symphony ? I read The Beautiful Room Is Empty first, for a queer lit class during college and fell in love. I've enjoyed most of Edmund White's other books as well. In fact, I finished Inside a Pearl: My Years in Paris only recently.

I'm just about to start The Thorn and the Sinking Stone

I am nearly through with Adam Haslett's short story collection, You Are Not a Stranger Here. These are beautiful, gentle, heart-rending stories that deal with grief, illness, and emotional pain. The characterization is rich, and each story a unique and brilliant work of art. This author is a new discovery for me, and I plan to explore more of his work. I have not read many short story collections that grip me as much as this does.

I read the brilliant, but not long enough Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson. It was written for kids, but deserves an adult audience who can see the subtext. I hope she keeps writing about herself.

Then I read Saga, Volume 3 & Saga, Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan which are good.

Now I'm reading and enjoying The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon.

I'm reading Sapiens: a brief history of humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, who happens to be gay.

I am finishing up an amazing mythic fiction The Complete Lyonesse a trilogy by Jack Vance

Not sure what's next...

Well I finished The Complete Lyonesse, 1000 pages of totally satisfying mythic/legendary fiction. My Review

I stated another older epic fantasy omnibus Legends of the Drenai by David Gemmell. It in includes books 1, 2 and 4 of his The Drenai Saga, a series of 11 books. I may have read the in the early 90's.

I just finished Shh! and I am in the middle of reading The Perilous Journey of the Not-So-Innocuous Girl

I'm finishing up Nightbird and then starting Hidden Deep

I have read the first four episodes of Love Of Wicked Men by Brandon Shire and love the story. It's a lot of fun! The 4th comes out in April and can be pre-ordered. Here are the links to the first four:

The Love of Wicked Men: Episode 1The Love of Wicked Men - Episode 2The Love of Wicked Men - Episode 3The Love of Wicked Men - Episode 4 and the one coming soon: The Love of Wicked Men - Episode 5

This serial has two MC's you will love to hate!

Oh! I just finished The Slave by Kate The Slave I really enjoyed this one, too. I liked how she handled the MC and his feelings for both of the other men. I'll be reading the next in the series.

I just started The Hadrian Enigma by George Gardiner concerning Hadrian and Antinous.

I've recently finished Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures, Green Angel and The Boy Who Killed Demons.

I have The Schwa Was Here, and I need to pick up Green Witch and Gabi, a Girl in Pieces.

I'm currently reading Octavia E. Butler's Unexpected Stories and The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters.

Julia wrote: "I've recently finished Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures, Green Angel and [b..."

How did you like Going Clear? I have our TV set up to record the HBO thing about it on the 29th.

Anyone starting the April post?

Alex wrote: "Anyone starting the April post?"

Ooops, I'll start it now.

Caddy,

If you've since watched the documentary, the book is pretty much the same, but there's lots more damning information on the cult in the book.

The question is, or should be, why do we give the cult tax breaks as a religion, still? Why haven't we prosecuted them for slavery, for not paying adherents, for theft, for spying, for thugishness, for murder?

They are after me now, aren't they? Goons from the 'church,' I mean.

Julia wrote: "Caddy,

If you've since watched the documentary, the book is pretty much the same, but there's lots more damning information on the cult in the book.

The question is, or should be, why do we give..."

Oh, yes. We are in total agreement here. I can't remember who said, "Men never do evil so gladly as when doing evil in the name of God." Truer words were never spoken.

Yes, we watched it. Disgusting. Some of it I had already seen somewhere else. I've also read a lot about Jehovah Witnesses. Even more disgust and abuse.

The scary thing is many of these people enter willingly!

"Men never do evil so gladly as when doing evil in the name of God."

Except in this case God really means tax breaks. There is very little real religion in Scientology. They adopted their cross in the 80's, because they felt they needed a symbol. From the documentary, when the group gets together for celebrations they revere LRH, they have a giant portraits of him onstage.

And by the way, the 'Church' gets a tax break for any novel written by L. Ron Hubbard, as they consider them all texts of the 'religion.'

Julia wrote: ""Men never do evil so gladly as when doing evil in the name of God."

Except in this case God really means tax breaks. There is very little real religion in Scientology. They adopted their cross in..."

It's absolutely ridiculous.