Goodreads: Fraternity and Sorority Books

[AXiD SmileyFace]

Originally Posted by Xidelt

Just got Sorority Sisters from the library. Is the author a sorority alumna?

Yes, she is an Alpha Phi.

[LXA SE285]

MaryPoppins, I rank Florence King up there with John Kennedy Toole for laugh-out-loud moments. Love the passage from SLAG where she talks about Uncle Cary taking his cat to the vet.

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by LXA SE285

MaryPoppins, I rank Florence King up there with John Kennedy Toole for laugh-out-loud moments. Love the passage from SLAG where she talks about Uncle Cary taking his cat to the vet.

That is a good one. My favorite is where she explains"Rocks" and "Dear Old Things," my Grandmother used both to great advantage whenever necessary.

[tld221]

I wish I could name some good titles involving (fictional) NPHC orgs. Sigh.

[Sen's Revenge]

Originally Posted by tld221

I wish I could name some good titles involving (fictional) NPHC orgs. Sigh.

Truth moment? I thought for sure people would be voting for nonfiction titles.

[Sciencewoman]

I just finished Sorority Sisters. I've got to rain on this parade...I just didn't like it. The chapter-by-chapter rotating first person writing style was confusing...I kept going back to check the chapter titles to remind myself which character was narrating. It also annoys me when an author writes witty, sarcastic banter that isn't really very witty, then self-congratulates by having characters comment on how funny the speaker is.

The parts I liked were: describing Monday night formal dinner/meetings, the clueless housemother, the panty raid, and the ongoing feud with the sorority next door. I would have liked a lot more of that, and less "yet another sister dumped by yet another guy and now their lives are lonely and sad...and they're still sad years later" and "here's where each sister is sitting at the table and what they're wearing" and getting a semester-by-semester report on who was rooming with whom, where their room was located, etc. There really wasn't a plot...it was a "bed to bed" story.

[StealthMode]

Originally Posted by tld221

I wish I could name some good titles involving (fictional) NPHC orgs. Sigh.

See, I mixed up titles. Years ago, I read Sorority Sisters by Tajuana Butler and Sister Secrets by Breggie James. I can't really remember either of them but I remember enjoying them when I read them for the first time. Did you read either of those? I'd probably have to re-read them to remember why I liked them so much but I'm going to dedicate myself to ATSB Season 4 once this paper is done.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by StealthMode

See, I mixed up titles. Years ago, I read Sorority Sisters by Tajuana Butler and Sister Secrets by Breggie James. I can't really remember either of them but I remember enjoying them when I read them for the first time. Did you read either of those? I'd probably have to re-read them to remember why I liked them so much but I'm going to dedicate myself to ATSB Season 4 once this paper is done.

Don't think I read Sister Secrets, but I read/own Sorority Sisters (that's the one with the girl with the triangle earrings on the cover?) IMO that story was good but completely predictable and couldve been the same story without the Greek life aspect.

There's also "Be My Sorority Sister Under Pressure" but I forget the author.

You KNOW I'm there for ATSB. In retrospect, I may have been inspired to write my rush/intake story bc of it. I'd find it hard to write a fictional story removed from my own org, but I've considered writing a series. So maybe look out for it?