Run, Rose, Run

Run, Rose, Run by James Patterson and Dolly Parton

This is the story of a young woman on the run from her past, seeking to make it as a singer/songwriter in Country Music. She meets a man with an equally dark past who is also a singer/songwriter and just happens to be a studio musician for the most famous woman performer in Nashville history. As she starts to make it, she fears the demons of her past will catch up with her.
I enjoyed the audiobook edition where the famous female performer is read by Dolly Parton herself. This is the first book I have ever read that is accompanied by a soundtrack CD. With three singer/songwriters turning out the lyrics and chords to song after song in the book, Dolly Parton records all the songs and has put out a Run, Rose, Run CD.

Queer: A Graphic History

Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker & Jules Scheele

Activist/academic Meg-John Barker and cartoonist Jules Scheele provide a history of Queer Theory and action in this illustrated guide to this new and controversial area of study. Providing a history of Queerness as it has evolved and is currently thought of, the book introduces the reader to the leading thinkers and theories that will provide a grounding in the meaning of queer Theory and its place in modern thought.