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wish I had gotten it at the library
This work was well-drawn, as is all of Bechdel's work.It was also incredibly boring, kind of aimless, self-absorbed catharsis.I also thought we'd get to know more about her father's life, thoughts, feelings...along with hers.
Not your typical family. Terrific drawings.

What a fabulous find
I stumbled into this book and couldn't be happier about it.I knew nothing about Alison Bechdel other than what I read in the author's blurb on the dust cover so I certainly wasn't brought to the book by the lesbian aspect.Nor had I ever read a memoir graphic so that wasn't a hook either.
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Sexual Tension at its Finest
Gerri Hill is a wonderfully talented author who has never disappointed this reader.`Behind the Pine Curtain' is likely her best book yet!
You can go home again ...
15 years ago Jackie was thrown on a bus by her wealthy parents at the age of 17 with $100 and told not to return.
Hill's Latest
Returning home for the first time in many years, successful and confident, Jacqueline finds that the small town where she was born is both different and the same.Hill tells the story of Jacqueline'sconfronting the ghosts of having been tossed out of her family by her socially-conscious mother with the complicity of her father.
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The heroine of Sarah Waters's audacious first novel knows herdestiny, and seems content with it. Her place is in her father's seaside restaurant, shucking shellfish and stirring soup, singing all the while. "Although I didn't long believe the story told to me by Mother--that they had found me as a baby in an oyster-shell, and a greedy customer had almost eaten me for lunch--for eighteen years I never doubted my own oysterish sympathies, never looked far beyond my father's kitchen for occupation, or for love." At night Nancy Astley often ventures to the nearby music hall, not that she has illusions of being more than an audience member. But the moment she spies a new male impersonator--still something of a curiosity in England circa 1888--her years of innocence come to an end and a life of transformations begins.Read more

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Too Much With No Warning
Too much "alternative" sex that I was unprepared for--I stopped at disc 8.The cover on my version from the public library has a pair of pink shoes on it, which I kept wondering if they were going to have something to do with the title.I have wondered why male crossdressing is so popular, why not female?That's why I got the book, I guess.It somewhat answered my question--it used to be popular.What's in swings out and vice versa.It's a pendulum effect.

Extraordinary
A story to touch the heart. The love, passion, heartache and joy are just the beginning. Waters is the finest of storytellers. Get the movie! It is as good as the book!

Tipping the Velvet
Mz. Waters allowed us to feel Nan's pain and then joyed with her in her triumphs! Awesome reading! ... Read more

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Love, Sex, and Basketball!
This book is wonderful. Romancing the Zone is a classic book where the main message is dreams and family are the most important in life. You can achieve the impossible if you are in the right frame of mind. Kenna White tells the story of a single mother with dreams of finishing college and her final year of playing womens basketball. Can Liz balance her real life (owning and running her restraunt and keeping tabs on her 19 year old daughter)and shooting hoops and maintaining a near perfect grade point average in college? Not to mention the hots that she may have for her and her daughter's coach...Sheridan Ross. Coach Ross has her own issues: being new head coach and turning last years team into winners. Plus, will her feelings for Liz be enough to keep her around for another season with the Lady Stingers or will she move on to a bigger pond? This book has a sweet story with big secrets. Liz has a few of those...will she tell or not? You will fall in love with all of the characters. This book is very well written which makes an easy read! RTZ is loaded with humor, love, sex, secrets, and basketball! A great combination! This book is well worth the time...which it didn't take long because you don't want to put it down.

Playing with Heart
There are lots of novels in this genre, dozens and dozens.Some are very good; some are poorly written and edited, poorly presented, barely readable.Made for TV movies are sometimes good, sometimes sappy and romantic, sometimes very bad.Yet every once in a while, there's just nothing else on the tube, and we find ourselves sitting through the type of movie we normally wouldn't select: it's just not our type of story, it's a weepy romance.It's been done before.
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Hoping for moreJake
This just doesn't make 4 stars, although I was rooting for it."Lesbian" or not it's competition is the general genre of "cop" or "detective thriller", and in that category it doesn't make it as anything new or original; actually it abounds with sterotypes.Sadly, it was too predictable for me, but I fell for Jake.Yes, the scenery descriptions are wonderful, but that "ain't" why I read thrillers.They are "thrillers", after all!I underestand (I think) the role sex plays in novels of this kind, and Ms Hill writes her explicit scenes quite well, too well.They are of erotica not "romance."Explicitness for its own sake is fine and I enjoy it, but here it was over-the-top and unnecessary.We do not need descriptions of digital explorations to have a novel unfold.No pun intended.
THE BEST I'VE READ IN A LONG TIME
this is one of the best books I have read in a very long time, once I started reading I couldn't put it down. Loving the characters i'm hoping for a sequel.

Great mystery and romance in Denver and the woods of Colorado
"Jake" McCoy is a detective, who has taken some leave time after being injured in the line of duty and Nicole Westbrook is a psychologist and closeted lesbian. The two meet in the wilds of Colorado where Jake is recuperating and Nicole is vacating. Nicole is hopelessly lost when she meets Jake. Their attaction sizzles and they have great sex in a hot spring.
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Touching
Once again Sarah Waters kept me enthralled, page after page.
Completely engrossing
I first read Sarah Waters book, Affinity, and had to read more of her work. I initially decided to go back to Tipping the Velvet but found something about Nan's narrative voice too similar to Margaret's and felt I needed a break from their meek, awkward, (sometimes girlish) obsessiveness and so decided to move to Fingersmith and return to Tipping the Velvet at another time. I am so glad I did! Fingersmith is a completely engrossing work of fiction with a bevy of unusual characters and unexpected twists that compell the reader forward - sometimes at a dizzying pace.
A tale of corruption and treachery
I've been indulging in historical novels lately, and one of the surprises that I have discovered is how much I have enjoyed the work of Sarah Waters. In particular, this book.
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PTown Romance & Drama
Back in P-Town for the sequel of "Safe Harbor", Reece Conlon has a new recruit under her wings.Bri Parker, the sheriff's daughter has returned home to join the law enforcement unit of P-Town.
Beyond the Norm
The plot of this book is as described elsewhere.
Radclyffe Hasn't Written a Bad Book
I read this book for the first time in late 2003 and finished the paperback version last week to prepare for the next in the series to be released in 2005.I thoroughly enjoyed this sequel to Safe Harbor.Radclyffe takes the inexperienced, but faithful, Reese and the jilted Tory down the road of starting their own family.She also explores the relationship of the young lovers Brianna and Carre as they begin to cross over into adulthood.Radclyffe delivers turmoil, mystery, problems with pregnancy, relationship fears, and so much more.This book takes the reader on many emotional highs and lows, and is highly recommended by this reviewer. ... Read more

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Quite Possibly Radclyffe's Best Book Ever...
`Fated Love' is quite possibly Radclyffe's best book ever.A pseudo-sequel, but more appropriately a companion piece to `Passion's Bright Fury,' this novel introduces Rad's most colorful, well-developed, and unforgettable characters.
It'll make you melt.
Radclyffe is one of the best authors of romance around.
Radclyffe does romance right!
"Fated Love" is an engrossing romance and an excellent representation for the genre. Radclyffe brings to life the relationship and romantic love between two noteworthy characters who command respect and admiration. In a compelling medical setting, with prose that often rings poetic, and with a most satisfying conclusion, Radclyffe delivers what romance readers expect and what this reviewer and many readers believe is her best romance yet. Read more

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Turn Back Time
I have read 90% of Radclyffe books and I love them some more than others.This book because I am in the medical field felt real.The love between the women as usual in her books seems geninue.I loved it!

Drama in the Medical World!
Chief Surgical Resident Pearce Rifkin is on a fast track through her career so she doesn't have time for a lover. At least that's what she tries to tell herself. So imagine her surprise when someone she knew long ago re-enters her life in the form of one Wynter Thompson, the new surgical resident at the hospital where Pearce is now working.
This one will sound familiar
If you are a fan of Radclyffe's books, you may find that Turn Back Time seems very familiar.Not only are the characters standard Radclyffe fare, but the plot is very reminiscent of Fated Love.
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Is Infidelity Every Excusable?
One could spend an inordinate amount of time trying to answer the question... "Is infidelity ever excusable?"When you're in a relationship with someone the answer should be obvious, right?Maybe not.Through this emotional story MacGregor, one of my top 5 favorite authors, explores all sides of the issue.And, she does it so covertly the reader doesn't know she's been had until she's in love with both protagonists.
A well told story
This is not a new story, but it is one told with style.One of the nice points is that MacGregor takes her time dealing with the issues between her characters.MacGregor gives her characters time to develop their relationship and then more time to deal with the problems that arise between them.They don't disagree one day and suddenly realize the next that they are soul mates meant to be together no matter what has happened between them.MacGregor also manages to make both characters human and people that a reader can relate to.Wynne has made some bad mistakes, but the reader will recognize how these occur in real life when people lose control of events in their lives.Paula's reactions are also perfectly understandable and ring true to experience.What this book demonstrates is a maturity of style and life.This isn't MacGregor's first novel and it shows that she is growing into her storytelling art.It's a pleasant read and a well told story.
KG does it again!
Somethings are not always how they really are. Do you overlook what you think the picture is about or do you trust your heart and take a risk? Is love worth it or do you throw yourself into your job so you don't have to find out? That is what this book is about in a nut shell. You will find yourself falling in love with these hardworking women. KG really brings out some great humor in this book. I really enjoyed it. Just This Once is a very easy, enjoyable read! This book will stay in my collection. ... Read more

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A fine character study
Too Close To Touch is about a woman who has dedicated her life to trying to please "Daddy" and lost herself in the process.In becoming successful in her career, she has bottled up her emotions until she doesn't have any, except anger.Others have summarized the story, so I won't repeat that.Instead, let me tell you why you might want to read it.
A Classic in the Making...
WOW!
A satisfying modern day romance!
In her third novel, Georgia Beers delivers an immensely satisfying story in "a modern day romance," "Too Close to Touch." Warm-hearted Kylie O'Brien seems an unlikely match for tough gal Gretchen Kaiser, but the chemistry between them is undeniable, and the reader becomes readily invested in their future.
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My Kind of Vacation
Megan Maxwell is a workaholic.Anyway, ever since her ex, Rita, dumped her and stripped her of all possessions.She a VP for one of the major networks in Chicago.Her friends badger her into finally taking a 2 week vacation with them to Alaska.They'll be checking out the Last Great Frontier while kayaking and hiking.OHHHHH....Megan is not an outdoors person at all.
Drama! Adventure! Romance!
News Vice President Megan Maxwell is at the top of her game. She's good at her job and she's got the life she wants. So why isn't she happy?In an effort to help, her friends "talk" Megan into accompanying them on vacation...a trip kayaking in Alaska of all places.
Whitewater Fun!
I have been a Kim Baldwin fan from the begining and Whitewater is just another reason to enjoy this excellent writer!I really enoyed the book and liked the characters.I can't wait until Flight Risk comes out in the fall. Hats off to Kim for keeping us entertained! ... Read more

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profound
Highly motivational and inspiring. It forces you to create worlds inside your head. Profound!Hi Lea.

Fire circle chants
Through a series of dazzling prose poems, Wittig tells the tale of a tribe of women warriors overthrowing patriarchy, and she challenges gender constructs through her language. It's a powerful and inspirational book about sex warfare, rather like "The Handmaid's Tale" or some songs by Tori Amos. A definite radical feminist classic worth reading and re-reading.

warfare
This book is interesting, and perhaps groundbreaking. Unlike the previous reviewer, however, I'm not sure I'd want to call this original feminist text "seminal." ... Read more

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Absorbing, entertaining and intelligent
This was an addictive read for me! I loved the hisorical setting, the passionate by-play, and the well developed charecters. Overall, this satisfied my requirements for an intelligently written novel - intriguing, entertaining, witty, an excellent setting and playfully bawdy.

Excellent writing, but no "feel good" in this story
Mary Saunders is a young girl who yearns after pretty things. She offers a ribbon vendor a kiss in exchange for a scarlet ribbon, but the vendor takes the kiss further.
Refreshingly Realistic
As a history major, I often cringe when many writers take it upon themselves to shape character's attitudes or actions to standards of today, AKA revisionist history. Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue may be dark, gritty, and disturbing, but rightly so. How does one think the life of an eighteenth century prostitute was? It certainly wasn't glamorous, and Donoghue brings readers directly into this tragic world.
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Clear Your Schedule and Get Comfortable
One of Radclyffe's shorter books, `Love's Tender Warriors' is well worth an evening spent in your favorite spot.The author has incorporated her love of both martial arts and medicine into an intense, heartfelt romance between two strong women.
Martial Arts and Twins
If one twin is a lesbian, will the other one be a lesbian?Good question.
Radclyffe Writes Like a Warrior
Drew Clark hides a dark past behind her warrior's exterior.The ex-Marine joins the dojang of an old friend.There she meets Sean Gray who is able to get beneath the warrior's armor.
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Love this whole series!
Another hit by Radclyffe.This series needs to be made into a movie.I would certainly be in line to see it!

Justice Series Prevails
Det. Sgt. Frye and Dr. Rawling are joined by cyber gurus Sloan & Jason/Jasmin plus their significant others Michael & Sarah from the Trust Series.Officer Dell Mitchell joins the team.
Another Excellent Entry in the Justice Series
This outing in the series is less about Detective Sergeant Rebecca Frye and Dr. Catherine Rawlings and more about the minor characters who were introduced in previous outings.In this book, Rebecca is still trying to find the person who ordered the killing of her partner, Jeff Cruz, and another cop, who may be the same bad guy who ordered the hit on her friend JT Sloan (the hitman mistook Sloan's lover Michael for Sloan and nearly killed the wrong woman and Sloan wants revenge), and who may be the head of a porn ring plagueing Philadelphia.She has an unofficial official team working away from police headquarters trying to track down the perps.And a strange team it is - but they all work well together and make headway.