<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[the feminist librarian]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://thefeministlibrarian.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Anna Clutterbuck-Cook]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://thefeministlibrarian.com/author/feministlib/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[five books]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/goodreads_aug2015.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="4343" data-permalink="https://thefeministlibrarian.com/2015/08/12/five-books/goodreads_aug2015/" data-orig-file="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/goodreads_aug2015.jpg" data-orig-size="622,535" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Anna Clutterbuck-Cook&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1439390998&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="goodreads_aug2015" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/goodreads_aug2015.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/goodreads_aug2015.jpg?w=622" class=" wp-image-4343 aligncenter" src="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/goodreads_aug2015.jpg?w=400&#038;h=345" alt="goodreads_aug2015" width="400" height="345" srcset="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/goodreads_aug2015.jpg?w=400&amp;h=345 400w, https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/goodreads_aug2015.jpg?w=150&amp;h=129 150w, https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/goodreads_aug2015.jpg?w=300&amp;h=258 300w, https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/goodreads_aug2015.jpg 622w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></a>I can&#8217;t seem to get it together to write reviews I haven&#8217;t promised to third parties this year. So in lieu of <a href="http://thefeministlibrarian.com/2015/01/26/subjectverdict-stuff-ive-been-reading-in-two-sentence-reviews-no-7/">a subject/verdict post</a> here&#8217;s a list of five books I&#8217;m currently reading, five books I&#8217;ve read recently, and five books I cannot wait to read.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re also welcome to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1524866-anna">stalk me on GoodReads</a> if that&#8217;s your kind of thing. I&#8217;m ahead on my goal for the year! That&#8217;s what reading a lot of novellas will do for you, I guess. I&#8217;m still irritated there&#8217;s no good way to count fan fiction toward the total&#8230;</p>
<h4><strong>currently reading</strong></h4>
<p><em><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11614718-delirium">Delirium</a></em><br />
by Lauren Oliver</p>
<p><em><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25074266-the-feminist-utopia-project">The Feminist Utopias Project: Fifty-Seven Visions of a Wildly Better Future</a></em><br />
edited by Alexandra Brodsky and Rachel Kaunder Nalebuff</p>
<p><em><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23261542-orphan-number-eight">Orphan Number Eight </a></em><br />
by Kim van Alkemade<em><br />
</em></p>
<p><em><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93480.The_Red_Heart_of_Jade">The Red Heart of Jade</a><br />
</em>by Marjorie M. Liu</p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Indexing-Reflections-Kindle-Serials-Series-ebook/dp/B00X6AXV84">Reflections</a></em> (Indexing serial #2)<br />
by Seanan McGuire</p>
<h4><strong>have recently read</strong></h4>
<p><em><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18667779-everything-leads-to-you">Everything Leads to You</a><br />
</em>by Nina LaCour</p>
<p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24602886-lafayette-in-the-somewhat-united-states"><em>Lafayette in the Somewhat United States</em></a><br />
by Sarah Vowell</p>
<p><em><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6289939-never-after">Never After</a></em> (short stories)<br />
by Laurell K. Hamilton, Yasmine Galenorn, Marjorie M. Liu, and Sharon Shinn</p>
<p><em><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23461380-this-is-why-we-can-t-have-nice-things">This is Why We Can&#8217;t Have Nice Things: Mapping the Relationship Between Online Trolling and Mainstream Culture</a></em><br />
by Whitney Phillips</p>
<p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16719722-thrill-of-the-chaste"><em>The Thrill of the Chaste: The Allure of Amish Romance Novels</em></a><br />
by Valerie Weaver-Zercher</p>
<h4><strong>cannot wait to read</strong></h4>
<p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26084840-archives-of-desire"><em>Archival Desires: The Queer Historical Work of New England Regionalism</em></a> (November 2015)<br />
by J. Samaine Lockwood</p>
<p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24611470-chapelwood"><em>Chapelwood</em> </a>(September 2015)<br />
by Cherie Priest</p>
<p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15748535-a-red-rose-chain"><em>A Red Rose Chain</em></a> (September 2015)<br />
Seanan McGuire</p>
<p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25578190-reforming-sodom"><em>Reforming Sodom: Protestants and the Rise of Gay Rights</em></a> (August 2015)<br />
Heather Rachelle White</p>
<p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23129410-welcome-to-night-vale"><em>Welcome to Night Vale: A Novel</em></a> (October 2015)<br />
by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor</p>
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