_Hell Hath No Fury, True Stories of Women at War from Antiquity to Iraq_, Rosalind Miles and Robin Cross
I haven't actually finished this yet, but in light of the Army's first woman four-star general (Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody), I'll mention it anyway. The title pretty much says it all: It's a compendium of women taking part in warfare from Boudicca to Jessica Lynch. It reads like an encyclopedia: short, fact filled articles grouped into themes. The authors have chapters on every role women ha... read more

I feel so privileged to have helped elect the first Black president of the United States.

Words fail me.

_Toronto Noir_
Another in the series. I love noir movies, and now I love noir fiction.

_The Gilda Stories_
Queer, vampire fiction. Right in time for Halloween.

_Guyland_
In general, as a feminist, I do not hate men. I have a lot hope for men, hope that they can reject the patriarchal messages sent to them and become mature, complete adults. Then I read a book like Guyland, and I realize that I should just give up and join a lesbian separatist colony. I could read Gilda to them. ... read more

_Trinidad Noir_
Anthology of noir fiction set in Trinidad. Awesome. Part of a series of noir fiction set in different cities of the world.

_A Whistler in the Nightworld_
Anthology of modern, Latin American fiction. Also awesome.

_Chasing Lolita_
Non-fiction examining the morphing of Nabokov's Lolita from the unsophisticated 12-year-old of the novel to the teenage seductress of popular culture with comments on the general sexualization of young girls along the way. Contains no su... read more