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@ Kendra K, meh soso, they are ok, just not as good as the first , in my opinion at least.

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I'm currently reading two books:

Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories-Bram Stoker

Exploring Transsexualism-Colette Chiland

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Well, didn't manage to nurse the above for the summer. :dunno:

Currently reading "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy.

This should take the better part of the summer.

If not, I guess I'll need to start reading "War and Peace.<giggle>

Huggs, :wub:

Joann

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I'm currently reading The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. It's sci-fi with a literary fiction feel, and I'd heard great things about it, but I was not prepared for how amazing I'm finding it to be!! Love this one so far.

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Right now articles about Thomas Picketty's book Capital in the 21st Century. I think I need to get the book as well. It's an interesting set of premises. I'll have to see if I feel convinced of his position after reading it.

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Funny autocorrect. Philip K penis is famazing; have you read "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep"? Its super-downer, but a very deep take on human empathy and the nature of the soul. penis is my 3rd favorite scifi author behind Bradbury. 451 is mindblowingly good.

Currently rereading Wicked, and then slogging through Steven King's Under the Dome to prepare for the miniseries this summer.

I do love me some philip K penis.......

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Couldn't help myself. :blush:

I started reading "Trans Activism in Canada a Reader" Edited by Dan Irving and Rupert Raj.

I found it at a WorldPride affiliate event.

I wanted to save the read for this winter but couldn't. :banghead:

Huggs, :wub:

Joann

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I just got my newest addition to my library in today, and have started reading it..... "AD&D Second Edition Player's Handbook"!

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Trans bodies, Trans selves.

Very well organized, I read the "history" sections tonight, quite informative.

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Time to shamelessly plug my latest novel by saying that I am reading A Darker Side Of The Light by Sally Michelle Jackson but in truth, I am writing the next one which I hope to finish by October.

Shameless plug is over, continue with your reading.

Love ya,

Sally

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The Horus Heresy books by a plethora of authors. Mainly reading these since I'm a huge fan of science fiction and I play warhammer 40k.

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"Raising Steam" by Terry Pratchett. Not getting very far because of work, but it looks good so far. Also "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson, because I... forgot I was reading it. Due to work...

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Bondage Of Self by Kaitlin S, Riordan.

I met Kaitlin at Southern Comfort Conference two weeks ago. She has about 3 months of sobriety more than I do but our stories are so similar that it is uncanny. Needless to say my copy of the book is author signed with a note to me about our dual sisterhood.

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"Transgender Studies Quarterly" Vol. 1 . I doubt the next issues will be as book like but the first issue is 300 pages. The articles are very scholarly which makes reading difficult at night. It seems to promote a good nights sleep. Worth subscribing to however. Published by Duke Press if you want to order a subscription.

Hugs,

Charlize

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Also "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson, because I... forgot I was reading it. Due to work...

Ha! I've done that more than a few times. Just did that this week. Threw a book into my backpack, went to read it on the bus, only to discover there was already one in there.

I love Snow Crash. It's compared to Gibson's Neuromancer but for me it's not even close, love Snow Crash and gave up quickly on Gibson.

I haven't gotten around to reading more Stephenson.

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I'm about halfway through A Game of Thrones, and then I also just started The Strain by Chuck Hogan & Guillermo del Toro, thanks to season 1 of the tv show ending and me deciding I needed more asap. So far, it's really good omg.

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I'm reading "The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors," a fictionalized account of the real Battle of Leyte Gulf during WWII. I'm kind of a history buff, especially about that period.

Carolyn Marie

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I am not currently reading anything because I am in the middle of writing my fourth novel, the third in a series.

I cleverly waited until the second book of the series to introduce two trans characters.

I try not to read anything while I'm writing because I don't want to be influenced to copy someone's style.

Love ya,

Sally

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