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Tell us what you are reading this month.

Warrior's Cross by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux, picked up from recommendations, lets see whether the books lives up to it not

I'm reading again Felixitations by Roger Kean because I keep finding connections in it I missed first (and even second) time around.

I started The Englor Affair the sequel to My Fair Captain by JL Langley and am continuing to read Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders

So far Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins and The Thirteenth Unicorn

Now reading When Fox is a Thousand.

I've started "Fingersmith" by Sarah Waters.

I just got my copy of Something Red in the mail. Can't wait to start.

Finished Blood on the Border: A Memoir of the Contra War by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, I wanted more memoir, but still good. Started The Dynamite Club: How a Bombing in Fin-de-Siecle Paris Ignited the Age of Modern Terror by John Merriman.

I'm still reading Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality by Anne Fausto-Sterling. Very, very good. Highly recommend it.

I'm reading Flight from Nevèrÿon by Samuel R. Delany

I read Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders last month and was intrigued.

Delany is such an interesting, unique author, but it is difficult to find a lot of his books! Sad....

B.L. wrote: "I've started "Fingersmith" by Sarah Waters."

She's a superb writer!

Lawrence wrote: "I'm reading Flight from Nevèrÿon by Samuel R. Delany

I read Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders last month and was intrigued.

Delany is such an interesting, unique author, but it is difficu..."

I have been able to find all of Delany's fiction I know of. Have you looked on http://www.bookfinder.com ?

I'm reading Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders slowly and seem to have to take breaks and read something else. Those guys lives exhaust me. I am really enjoying it though.

After a weird sequences of events, I'm reading The Midwich Cuckoos for my current break—this after watching the various movies based on the book.

Kernos wrote: "Lawrence wrote: "I'm reading Flight from Nevèrÿon by Samuel R. Delany

I read Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders last month and was intrigued.

Delany is such an interesting, unique author, ..."

Thanks for the bookfinder tip! I have been avoiding the dreaded Amazon and mostly looking in my local library, bookstores, used and not, etc....

K.Z. wrote: "B.L. wrote: "I've started "Fingersmith" by Sarah Waters."

She's a superb writer!"

As I discovered! I couldn't put it down until it was finished and now I am looking to read more work by S.W.

B.L. wrote: "I've started "Fingersmith" by Sarah Waters."

Enjoy! I'm a big fan of her writing.

I started and finished The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry and enjoyed the journey through the industry of mental health. I haven't read Ronson's other work but found his writing style really accessible so I may just read some more.

Next I am onto Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships

I'm reading Ink by Isabelle Rowan. It's a novel expanded from the original novella INK, about a Roman centurion named, Dominic, who hasn't lived as a human since the time of Hadrian. In the life of a vampire in the centuries since, he’s witnessed much change in the world, but finds himself captivated with a young tattoo artist in Melbourne, Australia. A very alluring, seductive novel of desire between vampire and his male object of attraction.

I read The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham. I had re-watched the various incarnation of "Village of the Damned". This is one of the few times I like the movie (the UK 1960 version) better than the book.

I am now back to Delany's Spiders and am going to finish it!

I'm reading Tell The Wolves I'm Home: A Novel

Jillyn wrote: "I'm reading Tell The Wolves I'm Home: A Novel"

Looks like a real tearjerker. Are you enjoying it?

I'm reading The Lottery and Other Stories. The first seven stories were, well, pedestrian. Now I'm skipping around. (The collection ends with the title story.) Next up: A Scanner Darkly. Last: A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories and Waiting for Normal.

Stephanie wrote: "So far Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins and The Thirteenth Unicorn"

Oh, that's one of the next on my list! I'm excited to start; I hope it's good.

*spoilers ensue*

I'm reading Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides right now, and I'm (to be brutally honest) not enjoying it. I picked it up because I heard it had a really great portrayal of an intersex character, one who transitions from presenting as female to presenting as male. As an ally of the trans* community, I was hoping for something insightful and accurate in depiction, but was unfortunately disappointed. The main character himself, Cal, is great, but the rest of the story is pretty frightful. I felt really uncomfortable about how Cal's identity is contingent upon incest. It seemed that the author deliberately aligned his protagonist's situation with a series of socially reprehensible acts. Maybe I'm too squeamish, but this book is leaving a dirty taste in my mouth.

Has anyone else read it? Any opinions?

Allison wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "So far Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins and The Thirteenth Unicorn"

Oh, that's one of the next on my list! I'm excited to start; I hope it's


I'm..."

I loved Kissing the Witch. You will have to give it a go.

Nancy wrote: "Looks like a real tearjerker. Are you enjoying it?"

Oh my gosh, did I cry. I found it to be very well written though, it was a beautiful story. I definitely recommend it.

I'm taking a bit of a break from the heavy reading though, so I'm starting

Well I finished Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders and without reservation say it is the best book I have read this century. I trying to figure out how to review it.

I just started Reap the Wild Wind by Julie E. Czerneda book 1 of the Stratification trilogy (her 1st, I think). I really liked her Species Imperative trilogy. The current one starts about like a fantasy, but I can see SF elements creeping in.

Thanks for welcoming me into the group! And I'm reading Bram Stoker's Dracula. I've never read it before and it's wonderfully creepy.

Jon wrote: "I'm reading Ink by Isabelle Rowan. It's a novel expanded from the original novella INK, about a Roman centurion named, Dominic, who hasn't lived as a human since the time of Hadrian. In the life of..."

Hey, all - I finished the novel and posted my review here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Thank for sharing, Jon. I enjoy reading your reviews.

Wendy wrote: "Thanks for welcoming me into the group! And I'm reading Bram Stoker's Dracula. I've never read it before and it's wonderfully creepy."

There are lots of classics I'm ashamed I haven't read, but Dracula isn't one of them. I should probably revisit it at some point, since I don't remember much about it at all.

Just finished Hawaiian Gothic.

Nancy wrote: "Thank for sharing, Jon. I enjoy reading your reviews."

Well, thank you, Nancy. I'm not that formal writing reviews, but have fun with them...

Formality is no fun. :)

Jon wrote: "Jon wrote: "I'm reading Ink by Isabelle Rowan. It's a novel expanded from the original novella INK, about a Roman centurion named, Dominic, who hasn't lived as a human since the time of Hadrian. In..."

Would you consider this a Literary Horror/PNR?

No, I'd say more modern paranormal gay fiction of today.

I'm currently reading John Corvino and Maggie Gallagher's Debating Same-Sex Marriage, because I feel work-obligated to do so. Can't wait to chew on Linda Hirshman's Victory.

And of course I have to give a shoutout to my June release, If It's a Choice, My Zygote Chose Balls.

I'm reading The Stratification series by Julie E. Czerneda.

This is a wonderful hard SF/Space Opera crossover reminiscent of CJ Cherryh and Hal Clement

Kernos, have you read Karin Lowachee?



It's quite an exceptional series if you like young, troubled protagonists.

Nancy wrote: "Kernos, have you read Karin Lowachee?..."

No, I am not familiar with her. Thanks for the reccie.

I finished Loki: Nine Naughty Tales of the Trickster, & now I'm about to start The River Witch

And now I'm reading Skeleton Women