fantastic strangelings book club

Old west queer brothel revenge love stories and culty mystery islands reliving 1994 forever. This is what happens when you let me pick out your books.

It is a new month and that means it’s time to share the best books I read in June, including the two I picked for our book clubs. First up is our Fantastic Strangelings Book Club pick, Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens. I’m not necessarily a fan of westerns or romances (or western romances) butContinue reading “Old west queer brothel revenge love stories and culty mystery islands reliving 1994 forever. This is what happens when you let me pick out your books.”

May books light your way

I am a few days behind on telling you what books you should read and what authors you should come see (hello, David Sedaris and Samantha Irby) but my kid is graduating from high school in a few weeks and that means time is moving in fast-forward and I am utterly unprepared to handle thisContinue reading “May books light your way”

What to read in April

I’m having 3 ketamine treatments for depression this week and that means I can’t have caffeine or my ADD meds and that means I’ve spent a fair amount of time drifting around the house wondering what it was I was doing, or frantically looking for my phone while it was in my own hand andContinue reading “What to read in April”

What to read in March.

How the fuck is March already? I have no idea. But I do know that March has some fantastic books you should check out and two of them are my book picks for the month. First up is my pick for Nightmares from Nowhere, Lone Women by Victor LaValle. I was worried it wouldn’t liveContinue reading “What to read in March.”

I’m complicated so this post has two titles: “SO EXCITED TO BE SICK” and also “What to read in February”

You know how I’ve been feeling like shit lately and I’ve been that sort of exhausted that is either “definitely dying” or “clinically depressed” and I can’t make myself get up and my brain is a brick and I lay down on the floor and think, “if only I could stop breathing for a littleContinue reading “I’m complicated so this post has two titles: “SO EXCITED TO BE SICK” and also “What to read in February””

What to read in January

So first off a giant welcome to new and old members of the Fantastic Strangeling Book Club kicking off our fourth (FOURTH?!) year of reading. Check your packages well because this month we’re slipping in this fabulous pin as a thank you for keeping us in business: (It’s not too late to join this month.Continue reading “What to read in January”