Does anyone read books?

[theworldwithout]

Books I haven't been reading much of for the last month or so, but there's a site I've been going to, Free Speculative Fiction Online, that posts links to some great short stories (and a few novels) that I read when I get the time.

 

[G-Lexington]

I've never found books difficult to access. I go buy them, or get them out of the library. I've read some stuff online, but generally that's articles and blogs and such.

Finally got this book, and am rapidly devouring it.

Lex

 

[miaedu]

http://www.lambdaliterary.org/

The first Lambda Literary Awards were presented at a black-tie gala ceremony in 1989. Every year since then they have been awarded to the finest lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans literature available in the United States. The “Lammy” is the most prestigious, competitive, and comprehensive literary award offered specifically to LGBT authors. For more than two decades the Lambda Literary Awards has brought attention to and honored exceptional writing about queer lives across multiple genres published by large and small presses. If a book has a gold sticker saying ‘Winner of the Lambda Literary Award’ on its cover, you know it is both brilliantly written and a meaningful examination of the LGBTQ experience.

Please, explore the links above to find something wonderful to read. (We are working on updating and expanding our awards database. Please be patient! Or, better yet, if you have mad data collating skills, help us.)

22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards Ceremony:

THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2010

6:00 PM — Cocktail Reception
7:00 PM — Awards Ceremony
9:30 PM — Private After Party*

School of Visual Arts Theater
333 W. 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010

 

[miaedu]

http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/awards-finalists/

2010 Awards Finalists
These Finalists represent books published in 2009.

LGBT Anthologies

Gay American Autobiography: Writings from Whitman to Sedaris, edited by David Bergman (University of Wisconsin Press) [Review]
Moral Panics, Sex Panics: Fear and the Fight Over Sexual Rights, edited by Gilbert Herdt (NYU Press)
My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them, edited by Michael Montlack (University of Wisconsin Press) [Review]
Portland Queer: Tales of the Rose City, edited by Ariel Gore (Lit Star Press)
Smash the Church, Smash the State! The Early Years of Gay Liberation, edited by Tommi Avicolli Mecca (City Lights)
LGBT Children’s/Young Adult

Ash, by Malinda Lo (Little, Brown)
How Beautiful the Ordinary, edited by Michael Cart (HarperCollins)
In Mike We Trust, by P.E. Ryan (HarperCollins)
Sprout, by Dale Peck (Bloomsbury USA)
The Vast Fields of Ordinary, by Nick Burd (Penguin Books)
LGBT Drama

The Beebo Brinker Chronicles, by Kate Moira Ryan & Linda S. Chapman (Dramatists Play Service)
The Collected Plays Of Mart Crowley, by Mart Crowley (Alyson Books)
Revenge of the Women’s Studies Professor, by Bonnie L. Morris (Indiana University Press)
LGBT Nonfiction

The Golden Age of Gay Fiction, edited by Drewey Wayne Gunn (MLR Press)
The Greeks and Greek Love, by James Davidson (Random House)
I Am Your Sister: Collected and Unpublished Writings of Audre Lorde, edited by Rudolph P. Byrd, Johnnetta Betsch Cole & Beverly Guy-Sheftall (Oxford University Press)
Ties That Bind: Familial Homophobia and Its Consequences, by Sarah Schulman (The New Press) [Review]
Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America, by Nathaniel Frank (St. Martin’s Press)
LGBT SF/Fantasy/Horror

Centuries Ago and Very Fast, by Rebecca Ore (Aqueduct Press)
Fist of the Spider Woman, by Amber Dawn (Arsenal Pulp Press)
In the Closet, Under the Bed, by Lee Thomas (Dark Scribe Press)
Palimpsest, by Catherynne M. Valente (Bantam/Spectra Books)
Pumpkin Teeth, by Tom Cardamone (Lethe Press)
LGBT Studies

Metropolitan Lovers: The Homosexuality of Cities, by Julie Abraham (University of Minnesota Press) [Review]
Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP’s Fight Against AIDS, by Deborah B. Gould (University of Chicago Press)
The Queer Child, or Growing Sideways in the Twentieth Century, by Kathryn Bond Stockton (Duke University Press) [Review]
The Resurrection of the Body: Pier Paolo Pasolini from Saint Paul to Sade, by Armando Maggi (University of Chicago Press)
The Straight State: Sexuality and Citizenship in Twentieth Century America, by Margot Canaday (Princeton University Press)
Bisexual Fiction

Arusha, by J.E. Knowles (Spinsters Ink)
Holy Communion, by Mykola Dementiuk (Synergy Press)
The Janeid, by Bobbie Geary (The Graeae Press)
Love You Two, by Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli (Random House Australia)
Torn, by Amber Lehman (Closet Case Press)
Bisexual Nonfiction

Byron in Love: A Short Daring Life, by Edna O’Brien (W. W. Norton)
Cheever: A Life, by Blake Bailey (Alfred A. Knopf)
Leaving India: My Family’s Journey From Five Villages to Five Continents, by Minal Hajratwala (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Map, by Audrey Beth Stein (Lulu.com)
Vincente Minnelli: Hollywood’s Dark Dreamer, by Emanuel Levy (St. Martin’s Press)
Transgender

Bharat Jiva, by Kari Edwards (Litmus Press)
Lynnee Breedlove’s One Freak Show, by Lynn Breedlove (Manic D Press)
The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You, by S Bear Bergman (Arsenal Pulp Press)
Transmigration, by Joy Ladin (Sheep Meadow Press)
Troglodyte Rose, by Adam Lowe (Cadaverine Publications)
Lesbian Debut Fiction

The Creamsickle, by Rhiannon Argo (Spinsters Ink) [Review]
The Bigness of the World, by Lori Ostlund (University of Georgia Press)
Land Beyond Maps, by Maida Tilchen (Savvy Press)
More of This World or Maybe Another, by Barb Johnson (Harper Perennial) [Review]
Verge, by Z Egloff (Bywater Books) [Review]
Gay Debut Fiction

Blue Boy, by Rakesh Satyal (Kensington Books)
God Says No, by James Hannaham (McSweeneys)
Pop Salvation, by Lance Reynald (HarperCollins)
Shaming the Devil: Collected Short Stories, by G. Winston James (Top Pen Press)
Sugarless, by James Magruder (University of Wisconsin Press)
Lesbian Erotica

Flesh and Bone, by Ronica Black (Bold Strokes Books)
Lesbian Cowboys, edited by Sacchi Green & Rakelle Valencia (Cleis Press)
Punishment with Kisses, by Diane Anderson-Minshall (Bold Strokes Books)
Where the Girls Are, by D.L. King (Cleis Press)
Women of the Bite, Edited by Cecilia Tan (Alyson Books)
Gay Erotica

Rough Trade: Dangerous Gay Erotica, edited by Todd Gregory (Bold Strokes Books)
Impossible Princess, by Kevin Killian (City Lights)
I Like It Like That: True Tales of Gay Desire, edited by Richard Labonté & Lawrence Schimel (Arsenal Pulp Press)
The Low Road, by James Lear (Cleis Press)
Eight Inches, by Sean Wolfe (Kensington Books)
Lesbian Fiction

Dismantled, by Jennifer McMahon (HarperCollins)
A Field Guide to Deception, by Jill Malone (Bywater Books) [Review coming soon]
Forgetting the Alamo, Or, Blood Memory, by Emma Pérez (University of Texas Press)
Risk, by Elana Dykewomon (Bywater Books) [Review coming soon]
This One’s Going to Last Forever, by Nairne Holtz (Insomniac Press)
Gay Fiction

Lake Overturn, by Vestal McIntyre (HarperCollins) [Review]
The River In Winter, by Matt Dean (Queens English Productions)
Said and Done, by James Morrison (Black Lawrence Press)
Salvation Army, by Abdellah Taia (Semiotext(e)) [Review]
Silverlake, by Peter Gadol (Tyrus Books)
Lesbian Memoir/Biography

Called Back: My Reply to Cancer, My Return to Life, by Mary Cappello (Alyson Books)
Mean Little deaf Queer, by Terry Galloway (Beacon Press)
My Red Blood: A Memoir of Growing Up Communist, Coming Onto the Greenwich Village Folk Scene, and Coming Out in the Feminist Movement, by Alix Dobkin (Alyson Books)
Likewise: The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag, by Ariel Schrag (Touchstone)
The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith, by Joan Schenkar (St. Martin’s Press) [Review]
Gay Memoir/Biography

Ardent Spirits: Leaving Home, Coming Back, by Reynolds Price (Scribner Books)
City Boy: My Life in New York During the 1960’s and 70’s, by Edmund White (Bloomsbury USA)
Deflowered: My Life in Pansy Division, by Jon Ginoli (Cleis Press)
Once You Go Back, by Douglas A. Martin (Seven Stories Press)
The Pure Lover: A Memoir of Grief, by David Plante (Beacon Press)
Lesbian Mystery

Command of Silence, by Paulette Callen (Spinsters Ink)
Death of a Dying Man, by J.M. Redmann (Bold Strokes Books)
From Hell to Breakfast, by Joan Opyr (Blue Feather Books)
The Mirror and the Mask, by Ellen Hart (St. Martin’s/Minotaur)
Toasted, by Josie Gordon (Bella Books)
Gay Mystery

All Lost Things, by Josh Aterovis (P.D. Publishing)
The Killer of Orchids, by Ralph Ashworth (State Street Press)
Murder in the Garden District, by Greg Herren (Alyson Books)
Straight Lies, by Rob Byrnes (Kensington Books)
What We Remember, by Michael Thomas Ford (Kensington Books) [Review]
Lesbian Poetry

Bird Eating Bird, by Kristin Naca (HarperCollins)
Gospel: Poems, by Samiya Bashir (Red Bone Press)
Names, by Marilyn Hacker (W.W. Norton)
Stars of the Night Commute, by Ana Bozicevic (Tarpaulin Sky Press)
Zero at the Bone, by Stacie Cassarino (New Issues Poetry & Prose)
Gay Poetry

Breakfast with Thom Gunn, by Randall Mann (University of Chicago Press)
The Brother Swimming Beneath Me, by Brent Goodman (Black Lawrence Press)
The First Risk, by Charles Jensen (Lethe Press)
Sweet Core Orchard, by Benjamin S. Grossberg (University of Tampa Press) [Review]
What the Right Hand Knows, by Tom Healy (Four Way Books)
Lesbian Romance

It Should Be a Crime, by Carsen Taite (Bold Strokes Books)
No Rules of Engagement, by Tracey Richardson (Bella Books)
The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin, by Colette Moody (Bold Strokes Books)
Stepping Stone, by Karin Kallmaker (Bella Books)
Worth Every Step, by KG MacGregor (Bella Books)
Gay Romance

Drama Queers!, by Frank Anthony Polito (Kensington Books)
A Keen Edge, by H. Leigh Aubrey (iUniverse)
The Rest of Our Lives, by Dan Stone (Lethe Press)
Time After Time, by J.P. Bowie (MLR Press)
Transgressions, by Erastes (Running Press)

 

[BearBoi]

I enjoy reading. When the price of eReaders drops I'll be doing a lot more of it!

I enjoy a variety of genera, from fantasy to cooking, metaphysics to philosophy.

 

[rocabar]

I do, I do!

I'm currently reading Genji Monogatari, by Lady Murasaki Shikibu. (Tyler translation) ... All I can say is- WOW! I've read both the Whaley, and Seidensticker translations, but Tyler's definitely sets the standard, at least in my opinion.

I just finished reading Let the Right One In, by John Ajvide Lindqvist. Tho' I'm not much on vampire fiction, this one was was excellent, and a real page turner, too!

 

[Willie Boy]

I like to read books backwards. Does that mean I can read skoob?

 

[G-Lexington]

I picked up four books this weekend, about digital photography, mug shots, bad movies, and jazz.

Lex

 

[Roger Berkley]

No, reading's for queers.

 

[Jeffs0418]

'The False Mirror' by Alan Dean Foster is my current reading material.

 

[leladax]

An excellent way to read books in the 'Web Era' is to listen to audio books while jogging. That way you're both exercising and have your mind occupied. If you only jog you waste your other senses (mainly sight is needed) and if you only read you sit only.
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Some productions are magnificent: e.g. Stephen Fry reading the Harry Potters (complete books) or narrations of 1984/Animal farm. Even some radio shows.

 

[justsimon]

I just read The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To by DC Pierson, followed by Crossed, the newest comic series by Garth Ennis.

 

[Glafna]

Two authors who's books I'm always going back to are R.A Salvatore, a fantasy writer who created the fan favourite Drizzt Do'urden, and John Grisham, a legal thriller author.

I also enjoy reading Robert Jordans A Wheel of Time series, and there are various other authors in a couple of companies that specialize in fantasy which really draw my eye.

 

[justsimon]

what'd you think of Crossed? I burned through it a few weeks ago... I liked it, though it was kinda fucked up on a whole new level. lol.

I liked it a lot. While disturbing, it wasn't as fucked up as I'd expected from reviews. Honestly, I thought some of the stuff in Preacher was just as disturbing, if not more.

 

[miguelfukt]

I read every single day! i mostly like young adult horror! ive been a huge fan of rl stine, christopher pike, caroline b cooney and diane hoh since i was a teenager. i also read james patterson and dean koontz. i really like the alex cross novles. i also am a fan of stephanie meyer, although i tried to read host but i could just not get into it. i love twilight! the books i really want to read next are the true blood books and vampire diaries books. ive read a few stephen king but i am not a big fan, he rambles too much! one of the best books i read by him is cell! that book was awesome! i love to read! its funny when i was in the first grade i got held back cuz i had a hard time reading but in the fourth grade i discovered the babysitters club, thanks to that i have been a reader ever since!

 

[DarkHelios]

Just finished the most recent Russell Quant mystery (I discovered the series because of this thread) and "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman.

I find the Russell Quant mysteries are good for just ploughing through in a couple of sittings. It's kind of nice read a book set in Canada (though I've never been to Saskatchewan).

As for "American Gods", I enjoyed it, though I felt I was missing something because I didn't know much about several of the gods involved in it.

 

[Lazypunk]

Yup i love reading.. Currently Reading "Who will cry when you die" by Robin sharma

 

[Jase201]

Love to read myself.

Currently reading:

The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor

 

[theworldwithout]

At the moment I'm not reading any particular book...

But on Free Speculative Fiction Online I'm reading through the novellas, novelettes and short stories they have up that have been nominated for the Nebula and Hugo awards.

At this moment I'm on the novelette Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast by Eugie Foster.

 

[Br1anmcc]

I'm reading 'Wicked' too! Sadly I can only concentrate on one book at a time and I don't rate this one very highly. It's dragging in the middle...

And OH NO!!! Darren Shan??? Please put that book down immediately - the worst writer (even for children) ever to have published! I read his 'Bec' and 'Slawter' don't know how I managed to finish but they were the biggest load of tripe I have ever read.

Next up on my list is 'Chart Throb' and 'Dead Famous' by Ben Elton.

What you didn't like the demonta series true in the last one with a noahs arc for the universe that was ridiculis. Yet the darren Shan (vampire) series is absolutly amazing. I was in school when the class above mine read cirque de freak and wow I was instantly hooked and had finished the series before them my favourites were tunnels of blood and the ninth one ( can't think of name) but ATM I am Reading the sookie stackhouse series just finished dead and gone in 2 and a half days. Now I'm just starting dead in the family and touch of dead by charlaine Harris. Touch of dead is short stories.