Books you're currently reading

[MadeleineG]

Having a whack at Locke's 'Essay Concerning Humane Understanding'.

Reading it is a bit like wandering round a very large and strange town, you get lost for several streets but then find somewhere you know before turning off another street and get lost again, that said it is very engaging.

Locke? Blechh. Gave me headaches. Now Mill I could dig.

[DriftingCrow]

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth -- by Reza Aslan

[Jessica Merriman]

Orwell's 1984. Or as I call it "United States 2013".

[Shantel]

Orwell's 1984. Or as I call it "United States 2013".

I'm reading it too, it certainly is relevant to 2013 isn't it?

[CalmRage]

I'm reading it too, it certainly is relevant to 2013 isn't it?

reading it too.

[Yukari-sensei]

"On the People's Terms - A Republican Theory and Model of Democracy" by Philip Pettit. In addition, "House of Steel" by David Weber and "Twilight of the Elites" by Christopher Hayes.

[Kendall]

"What is Religion?" By Robert Crawford
Anthropological look at 6 major religions.

[Constance]

The Ethical Slut by  Dossie Easton and Janet W. Hardy

[K8]

The Gifts of Imperfection, by Brené Brown.  (Subtitle: Your Guide to a Wholehearted Life)  I am finding this book amazing.  It is addressed to everyone, but so much of it is applicable to my life struggling to live according to my brain/heart/soul rather than my body.

- Kate

[Kittenswithmittens]

Sisters by the river by Helena Thorfinn. Kind of reminds me about The Kite Runner/A Thousand Splendid Suns (haven't read his last book yet but it's on my to read list). Usually I prefer books with lots of crimes and action but it's quite good, not as lovey dovey as I thought it would be.

[MadeleineG]

"Reefer Madness" by Eric Schlosser

The war on drugs never ceases to shock and disgust me. 

[Tanya W]

'October Mourning' by Leslea Newman.

This is a fairly new book, a cycle of sixty-some poems composed around the beating and death of Matthew Shepard in October 1998. Newman allows the world that witnessed this event the chance to speak 'their' experience - hence, stars speak, as does the moon, the fence Shepard was tied to, the truck he was driven in, the road the truck travelled along.

I am nearing the halfway point of this journey and I have already wept two or three times. A stunning work of poetic imagination (or, perhaps, human sympathy/sensitivity).

[Shantel]

'October Mourning' by Leslea Newman.

This is a fairly new book, a cycle of sixty-some poems composed around the beating and death of Matthew Shepard in October 1998. Newman allows the world that witnessed this event the chance to speak 'their' experience - hence, stars speak, as does the moon, the fence Shepard was tied to, the truck he was driven in, the road the truck travelled along.

I am nearing the halfway point of this journey and I have already wept two or three times. A stunning work of poetic imagination (or, perhaps, human sympathy/sensitivity).

That was so tragic and unnecessary, I'll have to read those poems, very thoughtful of her!

[Tanya W]

Native Poetry in Canada: A Contemporary Anthology
Edited by Jeanette Armstrong & Lally Grauer

For anyone interested in 'watching' a highly marginalized group (sound familiar?) slowly find/raise it's voice within mainstream society, this one is an amazing read. Many times I found myself choked near tears by the bravery on display.

[liamsawyer]

the shadow matrix by marion  zimmer bradley

[MadeleineG]

"I am J" by Cris Beam

I'd be curious to know our FtM community's opinion of it.

[K8]

"The Death and Life of Great American Cities" by Jane Jacobs.  This was written over 50 years ago and is still relevant.  In fact, with the US car culture, suburbia, and urban sprawl sucking the life out of the cities, creating places where we have to drive to go anywhere and do anything, it is probably more relevant than ever.

[MadeleineG]

"The Death and Life of Great American Cities" by Jane Jacobs.  This was written over 50 years ago and is still relevant.  In fact, with the US car culture, suburbia, and urban sprawl sucking the life out of the cities, creating places where we have to drive to go anywhere and do anything, it is probably more relevant than ever.

Every great city should have a Jane's Walk.

[Mysteryman]

I'm reading a strange little book called Medusa, through the eyes of the Gorgon. So far, so good

[Gina Taylor]

I just finished reading Stephen King's 11/22/63 and I found it to be a very interesting novel about the possibilities of not assassinating JFK and the reprocussions of what could happen if he had lived.

Right now I've just started reading John Grisham's "The Brethren."