Jen Silverman’s novel "We Play Ourselves" is a sharp, humour-filled exploration of the human condition... specifically pertaining to being a queer writer navigating scandal and ambition in her thirties. Running from New York to L.A., Cass encounters a diverse cast of characters, including a filmmaker documenting teenage girls' reinterpretation of the cult classic Fight Club. Silverman skillfully weaves themes of success, joy, criticism, and being human, keeping readers; attention while questioning the nature of good intentions against the backdrop of life's complexity.
Tag: Penguin Random House
Lesbian Love, Affair of Poisons, and Abuse in The Disenchantment by Celia Bell
The world needs more queer literature, so I'm glad this exists and was published. Ultimately, I'm disenchanted with The Disenchantment by Celia Bell. Muddy and meandering, it leaves the reader bored and a little confused.
Dame Traveler by Nastasia Yakoub; Exploration of the Feminine Gaze
"Dame Traveler" curated by Nastasia Yakoub is a visually-driven book, highlighting women through their travel experiences. Yakoub creates a platform and community for women from around the world to display their perspectives on culture, architecture, nature, and water and fosters representation and autonomy in a world that is only just beginning to give women space to exist fully.
Prevailing Impacts of Cishet Normativity in Torrey Peters’ Detransition, Baby
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters allows readers into the daily struggle of what that looks like for queer and trans women from the very first page with humor, tenacity, and the mundane acceptance that this is life.
The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss
It's easy to get in the Christmas spirit with books about love in small town England. Single and independent Kate is coerced into a dating service consisting of twelve dates with twelve men by her best friend.
11… Books I’m Excited to Read This Fall
I've been reading so much lately without posting almost any book critiques over the past year and a half. Here's a list of books that are on the very tippy top of my reading list this fall. Hopefully I get around to actually posting something about these in a relatively soon time frame.