GTF book club

rileycoyote · 07-10-2008, 07:29 AM

well, its summer and that means reading! well it does for me, i'm kinda a big book whore! so can anyone recommend any good books, especially gay themed would be nice.

I've read Rainbow Boys, and the Geography Club ... I wish my library had mor gay books! right now i"m reading the Hunchback of Notre Dame, it's one of my all-time favorite books.

dragon072891 · 07-10-2008, 03:39 PM

hmm

not actual published books
but i like reading bobby (shades of wisterias) stories
and he just had my favorite one published, i want to buy a copy

MySpace.com - Shades of Wisteria - 19 - Male - California - www.myspace.com/shades_of_wisteria

Gooze · 07-26-2008, 12:13 AM

Absolute Brightness is really good.

deni_kaos · 07-26-2008, 12:35 AM

atm i'm reading a book called Battle Royal.

it was translated from Japanese and recommended by Stephen King, so i had to read it.

it is a bit graphic though, and i have a very powerful imagination... so i have to take breaks from it!

oh, speaking of S.King, you should check out IT. i love it! it too is graphic, and has very refreshing homophobia. (did i actually say that?)

well, yeah, there is a lot of homophobia from minor characters, but there is some gay action with some secondary characters... oh, and an 11-year-old orgy.

should i have said that? did i ruin it? oh well, just a heads up, i guess. i'm not interested in 11-year-old, i just found that very shocking to read when i was only 13, lol.

ItsxBillyx · 07-26-2008, 02:56 AM

Hmm
Ive only read through half of the Harry Potter series.
I've never had the patience to push through any other book.
Any recommendations?
Id like to try and get into reading a bit more.
Sci-fi, fantasy, morbid, and darker stories would be my thing ;]
Or, so i think =S

**Adrastus** · 08-01-2008, 01:42 AM

Anything by Tess Gerritsen

Billy - try Gravity - Tess Gerristen it is very neat. It attacks science fiction from a different angle

The Historian is also a good book. Unfortunately I didn't get to finish it yet.. too much work.

I read a lot actually, but for some reason i just can't think of anything.. sorry. I'll come back

Ryan · 08-01-2008, 01:44 AM

Not gay in the slightest but I love A Clockwork Orange. it's a fantastic novel.

BrianC · 08-21-2008, 01:56 PM

yes clockwork orange rawks. i read a bunch of classics this summer like 1984, wuthering heights (unbelievable that anyone can say ejaculate at least a hundred times and not be referring to anything sexual)

t.A.T.u. · 08-21-2008, 11:03 PM

omg I luved the Rainbow books. All 3 were fantastic! Geography Club was also good, and there's actually a sequel to it if u didn't know that. It's called The Order of the Poison Oak.

Tora-Star · 08-21-2008, 11:44 PM

Blood Brothers is suppose to be good. I accidently read the 3rd instead of the first but Blood Brothers is the first. It's about gay vampires

LemonBar · 08-22-2008, 12:43 AM

I liked Boy meets Boy. >.> <.< It was cute. I've read it quite a few times. I think one book that I can't get sick of though, is Playing In Traffic by Gail something. It's good. >.>

RogueWriter · 08-22-2008, 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deni_kaos

atm i'm reading a book called Battle Royal.

Battle Royal as in the horror movie (that they are apparently doing an awful American remake of, or so I hear)/manga? Or something different? Where the kids all get stuck on the island (or whatever) and they have to kill each other off to see who wins the right to go home (or something like that --I haven't watched it but one of my sister's friends is a huge fan).

Anyway, a few of my favorites:
Harry Potter (self-explaining. Got into it because of my sister, who is obsessive...seriously. She listens to Wrock music).
Stephanie Plum (Series by Janet Evanovich about a haphazard female bounty hunter. Hilarious! My Mom and Aunt started listening to them on tape probably three or four years ago now, and got me and two of my sisters hooked on them).
Sticks and Stones (by Lynn Hall --this book is out of print, but if you can find it, seriously...read it. I got my copy because no one had checked it out in my school library for YEARS. I would never have noticed it if I wasn't such a bookworm).
Rainbow Boys/High/Road (I actually only own the last one, funnily enough, but that is only because I am broke. Otherwise, I would have like twice as many books as I already do. Also by Alex Sanchez that wasn't all that bad was Getting It and So Hard to Say)
Twilight (I liked the first one, the second one made me a little angry, and I haven't read the last two yet and my youngest sister is very annoyed with me about that...)
Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales (My dream purchase is buy a very nice, leather bound copy of HCA Fairy Tales --which is quite pricey, but I seriously LOVE fairy tales. Especially when you read the background on them and you find out how homoerotic they were back in the day when they were meant for adults --gradually the meanings being the stories being written were forgotten and they were cleaned up for kids, but if you read them now, and really think about it. Man...they are so great. Especially the Little Mermaid. I haven't been able to watch the Disney version since I read the "original" story) because I know now how badly it was slaughtered...)

...I am a huge reader, so you'd think I'd be able to come up with more then that...but I really can't. I totally brain-fart every book I've ever read when I try to think of them. Mostly though, I think that's because I read too much manga now.

Edit: I could have sworn that I have read Boy Meets Boy, but I just read the synopsis on Amazon and it doesn't seem familiar at all. I will have to pick it up the next time I am blowing cash at Borders.

Ryan · 08-22-2008, 01:04 AM

I read Bless Me, Ultima a few weeks ago because it is USAD required reading, and it's pretty good. It wasn't like anything else I'd read before.

RogueWriter · 08-22-2008, 01:11 AM

Oh! I just remebered one: Has anyone else read The Misfits and Totally Joe by James Howe?? The Misfits came out waaay back in 2003 and then I was totally thrilled to find out that he did the sequal ('cause Joe was my favorite!) last year. They're more of a...teenyboppper-YA novel...but I am a YA-junkie. Adult books are boring (unless they're in the, you know...adult section

)

exposure36 · 08-22-2008, 01:41 AM

well...
i am a big history buff. i know i am nerdy
well jarred diamonds guns, germs and steel amazin book
mad men by greg b. smith is great very violent and surreal and it is real
but yeah 2 kick ass books

07-10-2008, 07:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
rileycoyote Official GTF Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 16 Gender: Posts: 632	GTF book club well, its summer and that means reading! well it does for me, i'm kinda a big book whore! so can anyone recommend any good books, especially gay themed would be nice. I've read Rainbow Boys, and the Geography Club ... I wish my library had mor gay books! right now i"m reading the Hunchback of Notre Dame, it's one of my all-time favorite books.

07-10-2008, 03:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
dragon072891 Official GTF Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: mobile, Alabama Age: 17 Gender: Posts: 1,273	hmm not actual published books but i like reading bobby (shades of wisterias) stories and he just had my favorite one published, i want to buy a copy MySpace.com - Shades of Wisteria - 19 - Male - California - www.myspace.com/shades_of_wisteria __________________ life is what you make it, it dose'nt come pre packaged,, so i say do a good job because your the only one that cant escape it

07-26-2008, 12:13 AM	#3 (permalink)
Gooze Official GTF Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South Dakota Age: 17 Gender: Posts: 130	Absolute Brightness is really good. __________________ - Pokxot - Gordinya - Zavist - Gnev - Alchnost Obzhorstvo - Uniniye *Kakov vash yad sevodnya?*

07-26-2008, 12:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
deni_kaos Official GTF Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: California Age: 18 Gender: Posts: 420	atm i'm reading a book called Battle Royal. it was translated from Japanese and recommended by Stephen King, so i had to read it. it is a bit graphic though, and i have a very powerful imagination... so i have to take breaks from it! oh, speaking of S.King, you should check out IT. i love it! it too is graphic, and has very refreshing homophobia. (did i actually say that?) well, yeah, there is a lot of homophobia from minor characters, but there is some gay action with some secondary characters... oh, and an 11-year-old orgy. should i have said that? did i ruin it? oh well, just a heads up, i guess. i'm not interested in 11-year-old, i just found that very shocking to read when i was only 13, lol. __________________ (^_^)

07-26-2008, 02:56 AM	#5 (permalink)
ItsxBillyx Official GTF Member Penguin Bashing Champion! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eastlake, Ohio Age: 16 Gender: Posts: 288	Hmm Ive only read through half of the Harry Potter series. I've never had the patience to push through any other book. Any recommendations? Id like to try and get into reading a bit more. Sci-fi, fantasy, morbid, and darker stories would be my thing ;] Or, so i think =S __________________ Billy http://www.myspace.com/bdoggzplace

08-01-2008, 01:42 AM	#6 (permalink)
Adrastus Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Eastern Canada Age: 18 Gender: Posts: 865	Anything by Tess Gerritsen Billy - try Gravity - Tess Gerristen it is very neat. It attacks science fiction from a different angle The Historian is also a good book. Unfortunately I didn't get to finish it yet.. too much work. I read a lot actually, but for some reason i just can't think of anything.. sorry. I'll come back __________________ Never argue with idiots, in the end they will just beat you with their experience.

08-01-2008, 01:44 AM	#7 (permalink)
Ryan Official GTF Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 16 Gender: Posts: 764	Not gay in the slightest but I love A Clockwork Orange. it's a fantastic novel. __________________ "We will not win our rights by staying quietly in our closets ... We are coming out to fight the lies, the myths, the distortions. We are coming out to tell the truths about gays, for I am tired of the conspiracy of silence, so I'm going to talk about it. And I want you to talk about it. You must come out." - Harvey Milk

08-21-2008, 01:56 PM	#8 (permalink)
BrianC Official GTF Member Hexxagon Champion! Mini Kickups Champion! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Limerick, Ireland Age: 16 Gender: Posts: 42	yes clockwork orange rawks. i read a bunch of classics this summer like 1984, wuthering heights (unbelievable that anyone can say ejaculate at least a hundred times and not be referring to anything sexual)

08-21-2008, 11:03 PM	#9 (permalink)
t.A.T.u. Official GTF Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: U.S.A. Age: 16 Gender: Posts: 624	omg I luved the Rainbow books. All 3 were fantastic! Geography Club was also good, and there's actually a sequel to it if u didn't know that. It's called The Order of the Poison Oak. __________________ t.A.T.u. ~ The Revolution of our Lives ~ t.A.T.u. «Be in love. Be yourself. We are.» ~t.A.T.u. YuLen believer! Watch 220 music video here

08-21-2008, 11:44 PM	#10 (permalink)
Tora-Star Official GTF Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Fagstaff AZ Gender: Posts: 33	Blood Brothers is suppose to be good. I accidently read the 3rd instead of the first but Blood Brothers is the first. It's about gay vampires

08-22-2008, 12:43 AM	#11 (permalink)
LemonBar Official GTF Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Arizona Age: 15 Gender: Posts: 22	I liked Boy meets Boy. >.> <.< It was cute. I've read it quite a few times. I think one book that I can't get sick of though, is Playing In Traffic by Gail something. It's good. >.> __________________ I. Want. You. In. My. Closet.

08-22-2008, 01:04 AM	#13 (permalink)
Ryan Official GTF Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 16 Gender: Posts: 764	I read Bless Me, Ultima a few weeks ago because it is USAD required reading, and it's pretty good. It wasn't like anything else I'd read before. __________________ "We will not win our rights by staying quietly in our closets ... We are coming out to fight the lies, the myths, the distortions. We are coming out to tell the truths about gays, for I am tired of the conspiracy of silence, so I'm going to talk about it. And I want you to talk about it. You must come out." - Harvey Milk

08-22-2008, 01:11 AM	#14 (permalink)
RogueWriter Official GTF Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Wisconsin Gender: Posts: 26	Oh! I just remebered one: Has anyone else read The Misfits and Totally Joe by James Howe?? The Misfits came out waaay back in 2003 and then I was totally thrilled to find out that he did the sequal ('cause Joe was my favorite!) last year. They're more of a...teenyboppper-YA novel...but I am a YA-junkie. Adult books are boring (unless they're in the, you know...adult section )

08-22-2008, 01:41 AM	#15 (permalink)
exposure36 Official GTF Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: New york city Age: 15 Gender: Posts: 150	well... i am a big history buff. i know i am nerdy well jarred diamonds guns, germs and steel amazin book mad men by greg b. smith is great very violent and surreal and it is real but yeah 2 kick ass books

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