I loved this book! A Sri Lankan American woman living in Massachusetts grapples with her sexuality being at odds with her family's values and how to find fulfillment balancing these conflicting parts of her life. I really think the author did a beautiful job of showing the different pulls in her life even though I did not always agree with her choices!
52. Passing Strange by Ellen Klages
I was so interested in this book when I first heard about it, but I didn't read it right away. Then a long time later I got a free copy of it from Tor.com, which made me read it right away! And wow!! I love it!! I love it!! Beautiful!!
53. A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson
I was so excited to get this book when I got Passing Strange. It's gotten rave reviews and the cover is gorgeous!! I loved his article The POC Guide to Writing Dialect in Fiction. This story though was a little hard for me to fall into. I definitely felt like I was walking into a full developed world that I didn't know anything about and didn't speak the language. I googled the story and found a book review that mentioned that it is set in the same universe as The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, which confirmed my feelings. So while feeling a bit lost, the love story was beautiful!
54. The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy
I had seen this book on Tor.com but for some reason I found the cover and title off-putting and had no intention of reading it. Then I got it from Tor.com as part of their celebration of pride month, so I decided to give it a chance. Well, I loved it! Instantly! Danielle Cain is an anarchist, hitchhiking around. After a friend's suicide she finds herself going to a town he described as being pretty utopian. From there a mystery unfolds.
55. The Barrow Will Send What It May by Margaret Killjoy
So... I wanted to spend more time with Danielle Cain, so I immediately bought this book. And put it this way, if there were a third book, I would have bought that one too! I love Danielle Cain. I love the way Margaret Killjoy writes. I want to spend way more time in this world!!
I've read 55 books so far and 39 were by women, 13 by men, and 3 anthologies with both female and male authors two of which were mostly female authors. My year of reading lots of women is still going strong!!
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