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Backwaters – Emma Ling Sidnam

Posted on March 30, 2024 by

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READ FOR NZ BOOK AWARDS Backwaters addresses the consequences of feeling distant from your ethnic heritage. It starts with fourth generation New Zealander, Laura, being asked “but where are you from from?” New Zealand has been her family’s birth place and home for generations,… Continue Reading “Backwaters – Emma Ling Sidnam”

Category: Family drama, Kiwi lit, LGBT, Literary fiction, NZ Book AwardsTags: , , , , , , ,

At Certain Points We Touch – Lauren John Joseph

Posted on June 25, 2023 by

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READ FOR BOOCKLUBChosen by Jodie JJ, a representation of the author, writes an ode to her past lover Thomas John who has tragically passed away. Meandering through the New York, San Francisco and London gay scenes, JJ pursues sex and artistic freedom as she… Continue Reading “At Certain Points We Touch – Lauren John Joseph”

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The Color Purple – Alice Walker

Posted on November 2, 2022 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Jo The lives of two African-American sisters growing up in rural Georgia in the early to mid 20th Century are detailed in The Color Purple. Celie is raped by her stepfather and bears two children to him who are sent… Continue Reading “The Color Purple – Alice Walker”

Category: Domestic Fiction, Family drama, Feminism, Historical Fiction, LGBT, Literary fiction, US fictionTags: , , , , , ,

Real Life – Brandon Taylor

Posted on October 10, 2020 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON A biochemistry student’s experiences of life as a gay, black man captured over one weekend ✚ “What started off as a fairly innocuous read soon became anything but. Reading Real Life after Burnt Sugar and The Shadow King I was more… Continue Reading “Real Life – Brandon Taylor”

Category: Booker Prize, Contemporary fiction, LGBTTags: , , , , , , ,

Girl, Woman, Other – Bernadine Evaristo

Posted on October 7, 2019 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON A story of modern Britain and black womanhood told through the eyes of 12 different women ⚑ “This is a beautifully paced novel which at first I thought was a collection of separate stories. However the links and interwoven threads soon… Continue Reading “Girl, Woman, Other – Bernadine Evaristo”

Category: Booker Prize, Female Experience, LGBT, Literary fiction, Women's PrizeTags: , , , , , , , , ,

The Paying Guests – Sarah Waters

Posted on August 21, 2018 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Jo A love affair and a crime amongst landladies and their tenants, set in post-war Britain. ➽ SPOILER ALERT “Sarah Waters wonderfully sets the scene with her detailed and easy-to-absorb descriptions of the physical and social environment. I really felt as if… Continue Reading “The Paying Guests – Sarah Waters”

Category: Historical Fiction, LGBT, UK author, Women's PrizeTags: , , , , , , , , ,

Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides

Posted on February 12, 2008 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Nadine Middlesex is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel which chronicles the impact of an intersex gene on three generations of a Greek family. ♥ “Protagonist Calliope (Cal) Stephanides undertakes a rebirth as he comes to terms with his family’s history… Continue Reading “Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides”

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