Queereaders discussion

I'm halfway through For the Love of Many by Vivian Dunn and have started The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West.

I've almost finished reading The Fisherman by John Langan

I've finished the best book I read this year: Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So, I've started now Dune by Frank Herbert that I've been willing to read since years. I guess the movie - that I haven't yet seen - gave me the right motivations...

Reading Modern Nature by Derek Jarman and The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart - both good in their own ways so far.

With Halloween this month I'm reading Vintage: A Ghost Story by Steve Berman

I also started but decided not to finish The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty by Eudora Welty.

I've started a Swedish novel Everything I Don't Remember, where I wasn't exactly thrilled when one character used the expression "Do fags fuck in the woods?"

I recently finished Home Stretch by Graham Norton - a lovely book about family and belonging, wrapped in a bit of a mystery. The ideas he touches upon stuck with me well after I finished.

On the recommendation of someone on writer Twitter, I've started Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler.

I'm reading Sandel by Angus Stewart

I'm reading Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant, Charon Docks at Daylight by Zoe Reed as well as some other books I put on pause for now. Reading Into the Drowning Deep as a buddyread on a Discord server

I'm about to start Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite

Currently reading Winter's Orbit which so far is a light, gay romance, sci-fi style. Also working slowing on Modern Nature which is Derek Jarman's diary during two years towards the end of his life when he knew he was dying and when many friends and colleagues of his died young. I still find it hard to read either fiction or non-fiction that takes place during the height of the AIDS epidemic.

Agreed. Been there, seen that. No revisiting for me. Sorry, unable.

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021.

I have also just been approved for an ARC of If You Love Something by Jayce Ellis.

A Gothic-y, paranormal mystery story set in 1905 Britain: Letters from the Dead. Same main character as the author's first book set at the time in Wales A Shadow On The Lens, but reads fine as a stand-alone.

I am currently reading several books but one that might be of interest to people in this group is True Sex: The Lives of Trans Men at the Turn of the Twentieth Century It has been slow going as it quite academic but very interesting none the less.

I just finished Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body by Megan Milks, and wow, what a weird, fun ride. Definitely would recommend, despite its flaws. Before that I was lucky enough to get an ARC of Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin, whose reputation precedes it, and wow does it live up to that reputation.

Believe it or not, I have finally finished From Here to Eternity: The Restored Edition by James Jones. The title was the perfect description for the reading experience in the first half. I am working on my review.

I'm squeezing in a light read novella - The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett.

The Queen (the real one, Elizabeth II), while out walking with her dogs comes across a mobile library.

Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin and Hops and Glory: One Man's Search for the Beer That Built the British Empire by Pete Brown.

I'm reading Bolla this weekend. Highly recommended.