Books I Bought Yesterday

[queerbychoice]

Julia Alvarez: ¡yo!
Aimee Bender: The Girl in the Flammable Skirt
Howard Buten: When I Was Five I Killed Myself
Don DeLillo: The Names
Ha Jin: In the Pond
Salman Rushdie: The Ground Beneath Her Feet

Further recommendations, anyone?

Comments

[arhuaine.livejournal.com]

Zlata's Diary by Zlata Filipovic. Very moving. (see my entry today).

My recommends.

[poohimsa.livejournal.com]

Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlen
Cosmos - Witold Gombrowicz
As Nature Made Him - John Colapinto
Weetzie Bat - Francesca Lia Block
Giovanni's Room- James A. Baldwin

ALSO

[poohimsa.livejournal.com]

I know someone who knows Aimee Bender's boyfriend. I am soooo cool. Not.

Re: ALSO

[queerbychoice.livejournal.com]

I guess my opinion on that will depend on whether I like the book or not. I haven't read anything else by her. Never heard of her in fact, just walked into the bookstore and looked at some books and picked up one of hers and decided it looked interesting.

Now when I read it I'll be sure to bear the personal connection in mind.

Re: My recommends.

[queerbychoice.livejournal.com]

Already read Giovanni's Room. It was great though, I agree. I've heard of two of the others but haven't read them yet.

Re: My recommends.

[poohimsa.livejournal.com]

Which 2?

Re: My recommends.

[queerbychoice.livejournal.com]

Stranger in a Strange Land and Weetzie Bat.

Re: My recommends.

[poohimsa.livejournal.com]

Weetzie Bat is the better of the two. Real queer, multicultural issues in young adult fiction. Silly and still literary kind of story. Also a quick read.