Where Fiction and Reality Meet
"Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.” ― Roald Dahl ***Warning: This Review Contains Major Spoilers!*** I was very excited to read Blood Moon because it was about my favorite subject:... Continue Reading →
"Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.” ― Roald Dahl ***Warning: This Review Contains Major Spoilers!*** I was very excited to read Blood Moon because it was about my favorite subject:... Continue Reading →
When love is not madness, it is not love. ~ Pedro Calderon de la Barca It is not an original trope. Two men love each other. They are in a professional situation in which their love may not be accepted. Due to circumstances beyond their control, they are forced to hide their feelings from everyone... Continue Reading →
When love is not madness, it is not love. ~ Pedro Calderon de la Barca It is not an original trope. Two men love each other. They are in a professional situation in which their love may not be accepted. Due to circumstances beyond their control, they are forced to hide their feelings from everyone... Continue Reading →
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. – Kahlil Gibran Yessssss. I’ve been waiting for this book since the very second I read the final words of Letting Go, Drew and Mason’s story in M.J. O’Shea’s Rock Bay series. I thought that anticipation was bad, but... Continue Reading →
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. – Kahlil Gibran Yessssss. I’ve been waiting for this book since the very second I read the final words of Letting Go, Drew and Mason’s story in M.J. O’Shea’s Rock Bay series. I thought that anticipation was bad, but... Continue Reading →
It's a week of reviews coming up, as Bruce and I gear up for the Hop Against Homophobia & Transphobia on May 17th. You'll want to watch for that because there's going to be a giveaway along with the post topic we've chosen to discuss, something near and dear to both our hearts. Meanwhile, here... Continue Reading →
It's a week of reviews coming up, as Bruce and I gear up for the Hop Against Homophobia & Transphobia on May 17th. You'll want to watch for that because there's going to be a giveaway along with the post topic we've chosen to discuss, something near and dear to both our hearts. Meanwhile, here... Continue Reading →
The road to true love is awash in the tears of the brokenhearted. – Unknown Aw. Just…aw. If you’ve been following the Lucky Moon series, at all, then you’re pretty familiar with the formula: a healthy dose of lust plus a dash of conflict equals the recipe for true love. It’s a formula that’s worked... Continue Reading →
The road to true love is awash in the tears of the brokenhearted. – Unknown Aw. Just…aw. If you’ve been following the Lucky Moon series, at all, then you’re pretty familiar with the formula: a healthy dose of lust plus a dash of conflict equals the recipe for true love. It’s a formula that’s worked... Continue Reading →
Well, it's that time of year again, the time of year when we all wonder where the days and weeks and months have gone, the time to reflect on some of the great books we've read throughout the year, the time of year I scratch my head and wonder if I'll ever live long enough... Continue Reading →
Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil. – Laurell K. Hamilton Poor Dusty Davis. So, he’s landed himself in California, with Rue and Erik and baby Alice, hoping to leave all the hard times behind him and looking for a fresh start. But then, stumbling headlong into a single... Continue Reading →
Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil. – Laurell K. Hamilton Poor Dusty Davis. So, he’s landed himself in California, with Rue and Erik and baby Alice, hoping to leave all the hard times behind him and looking for a fresh start. But then, stumbling headlong into a single... Continue Reading →
I'm not even going to lie... GayRomLit 2012 was the most fun I've ever had with all of my clothes on. Heh. Shhhh, sorry I went there. :-D But seriously, let me tell you, there are very few things I will leave my family for, and GayRomLit 20--, yes, all of them—for many years to... Continue Reading →
I'm not even going to lie... GayRomLit 2012 was the most fun I've ever had with all of my clothes on. Heh. Shhhh, sorry I went there. :-D But seriously, let me tell you, there are very few things I will leave my family for, and GayRomLit 20--, yes, all of them—for many years to... Continue Reading →
“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” – Havelock Ellis Drew MacAuliffe knows there’s a fine line between courage and cowardice: the courage in giving rise to a strength you didn’t know you possessed, in spite of your fears; the cowardice in the submission to those... Continue Reading →
“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” – Havelock Ellis Drew MacAuliffe knows there’s a fine line between courage and cowardice: the courage in giving rise to a strength you didn’t know you possessed, in spite of your fears; the cowardice in the submission to those... Continue Reading →
I don’t normally gravitate toward books in which the story revolves around babies and/or children, not because I don’t like kids but because I have three of them; so while I can commiserate—been there, smelled that—there isn’t that sense of the unknown I look to escape into when I read. But what’s a girl to... Continue Reading →
I don’t normally gravitate toward books in which the story revolves around babies and/or children, not because I don’t like kids but because I have three of them; so while I can commiserate—been there, smelled that—there isn’t that sense of the unknown I look to escape into when I read. But what’s a girl to... Continue Reading →
Bill Gates once said, “Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.” Someone also once said, Karma’s a bitch. That’s a good one too, because when Tallis Carrington returns to Rock Bay, Washington, humbled and lower than he’s ever been in his life, he stares a former nerd called Karma right... Continue Reading →
Bill Gates once said, “Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.” Someone also once said, Karma’s a bitch. That’s a good one too, because when Tallis Carrington returns to Rock Bay, Washington, humbled and lower than he’s ever been in his life, he stares a former nerd called Karma right... Continue Reading →
Funny how life can be so full yet so empty, how a life can be crowded with sycophants and drugs and parties and random one-offs but can be entirely devoid of anything that might make you feel like you’ve experienced anything close to a human connection. Nick Ventura has it all—fame, fortune, fast cars and... Continue Reading →
Funny how life can be so full yet so empty, how a life can be crowded with sycophants and drugs and parties and random one-offs but can be entirely devoid of anything that might make you feel like you’ve experienced anything close to a human connection. Nick Ventura has it all—fame, fortune, fast cars and... Continue Reading →
The world is a pretty small place according to M.J. O’Shea, as Stroke! shoots holes in the theory that electronic and social media have become the cold and disconnected replacement for interpersonal relationships. This is the short and so sweet story of two young men competing for a seat on their university’s rowing team. Elijah... Continue Reading →
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