Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: Cass, of Bonjour, Cass, reader/reviewer of mostly LGBTQ-focused LitFic and non-fiction. Give it up for Cass, folks! 5 Books by Queer Women I’m Looking Forward to in 2012 A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The True Story of a Nice Jewish Boy Who Joins the Church of Scientology and Leaves Twelve Years Later to Become the Lovely Lady She Is Today by Kate Bornstein (May 2012) With this new book, trans- and queer- activist Kate Bornstein presents her long awaited memoir. You may be able to gather that Bornstein was active within the church of Scientology (serving in the prestigious SeaOrg), but left the organization in 1981. Bornstein is active in the LGBTQ community as an author, activist, and her first book, Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us is used in many gender studies courses across the US. (Side note: I admit, I have a weakness for puns, as well as extremely long subtitles for non-fiction books, so that adds […]