Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“Love is not pain. Love is goodness. And real love--it's less shiny than solid and simple.” ― Deb Caletti Title: Dex in Blue (Johnnies: Book Two) Author: Amy Lane Narrator:: Sean Crisden Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 10 Hours, 28 Minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Ten years ago David Worral had plans to go to... Continue Reading →
“Love is not pain. Love is goodness. And real love--it's less shiny than solid and simple.” ― Deb Caletti Title: Dex in Blue (Johnnies: Book Two) Author: Amy Lane Narrator:: Sean Crisden Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 10 Hours, 28 Minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Ten years ago David Worral had plans to go to... Continue Reading →
“It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.” ― Chuck Palahniuk Title: Chase In Shadow (Johnnies #1) Author: Amy Lane Narrator:: Sean Crisden Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 9 hours, 39 minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb:... Continue Reading →
“It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.” ― Chuck Palahniuk Title: Chase In Shadow (Johnnies #1) Author: Amy Lane Narrator:: Sean Crisden Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 9 hours, 39 minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb:... Continue Reading →
Rhys Ford knows what it means too, considering she's the one who's orchestrated this spontaneous little venture in celebration of Blackbird Knitting in a Bunny's Lair, the latest book in Amy's Granby Knitting Series. So, in celebration of Amy Lane's miraculous survival of the treacherous San Diego roads, cliffs and driveways while in search of... Continue Reading →
Rhys Ford knows what it means too, considering she's the one who's orchestrated this spontaneous little venture in celebration of Blackbird Knitting in a Bunny's Lair, the latest book in Amy's Granby Knitting Series. So, in celebration of Amy Lane's miraculous survival of the treacherous San Diego roads, cliffs and driveways while in search of... Continue Reading →
“Happiness is a warm blanket.” – Charles Schulz Title: Blackbird Knitting in a Bunny’s Lair Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 244 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: After three years of waiting for “rabbit” Jeremy to commit to a life in Granby—and a life together—Aiden Rhodes was appalled when Jeremy sustained a nearly... Continue Reading →
“Happiness is a warm blanket.” – Charles Schulz Title: Blackbird Knitting in a Bunny’s Lair Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 244 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: After three years of waiting for “rabbit” Jeremy to commit to a life in Granby—and a life together—Aiden Rhodes was appalled when Jeremy sustained a nearly... Continue Reading →
“Bad luck makes good stories.” ― Bernard Evslin Title: Shiny! Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Will Lafferty and Kenny Scalia are both having sort of a day. Will gets fired for letting fifth graders read Harry Potter, and Kenny finds his boyfriend and his sex toys... Continue Reading →
“Bad luck makes good stories.” ― Bernard Evslin Title: Shiny! Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Will Lafferty and Kenny Scalia are both having sort of a day. Will gets fired for letting fifth graders read Harry Potter, and Kenny finds his boyfriend and his sex toys... Continue Reading →
I used to protest and say, oh no, I don’t write that many policemen. It didn’t seem like a lot, not really. But as I was counting the other day, I realized how ridiculous that I’m sounding lately. Sam Kage, Duncan Stiel, Pete Lomax, Dante Cerreto, Jerrit Troy and Frost Ramsey, Raza Bashandi, Frank Corrigan,... Continue Reading →
I used to protest and say, oh no, I don’t write that many policemen. It didn’t seem like a lot, not really. But as I was counting the other day, I realized how ridiculous that I’m sounding lately. Sam Kage, Duncan Stiel, Pete Lomax, Dante Cerreto, Jerrit Troy and Frost Ramsey, Raza Bashandi, Frank Corrigan,... Continue Reading →
“When I am lonely for boys, it’s their bodies I miss. I study their hands lifting the cigarettes in the darkness of the movie theaters, the slope of a shoulder, the angle of a hip. Looking at them sideways I examine them in different lights. My love for them is visual: that is the part... Continue Reading →
“When I am lonely for boys, it’s their bodies I miss. I study their hands lifting the cigarettes in the darkness of the movie theaters, the slope of a shoulder, the angle of a hip. Looking at them sideways I examine them in different lights. My love for them is visual: that is the part... Continue Reading →
“We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.” --- Fydor Dostoevsky Title: Going Up Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 94 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Every dreary day, Zach Driscoll takes the elevator from the... Continue Reading →
“We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.” --- Fydor Dostoevsky Title: Going Up Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 94 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Every dreary day, Zach Driscoll takes the elevator from the... Continue Reading →
“I love Christmas. A time to slow down and enjoy life and be with my family and friends. In busy years, it keeps me sane. In bad years, it makes me feel whole again.”-- Mary Jo Putney You can’t go wrong with Amy Lane. No matter what the season or reason, she seems to always... Continue Reading →
“I love Christmas. A time to slow down and enjoy life and be with my family and friends. In busy years, it keeps me sane. In bad years, it makes me feel whole again.”-- Mary Jo Putney You can’t go wrong with Amy Lane. No matter what the season or reason, she seems to always... Continue Reading →
“Touch has a memory.” – John Keats Touch is a sense memory, an imprint on the mind and on the skin, a physical and emotional imperative that, if denied over an extended period of time, will cause a boy to grow into a man who craves it so desperately he is willing to seek it... Continue Reading →
“Touch has a memory.” – John Keats Touch is a sense memory, an imprint on the mind and on the skin, a physical and emotional imperative that, if denied over an extended period of time, will cause a boy to grow into a man who craves it so desperately he is willing to seek it... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Amy, and welcome back! It’s always so great to have you here with us. I’ll also give a shout out and total props to Cody Kennedy for arranging this for us. ::waves at Cody:: :-D AL: Hi, Lisa—so lovely to be here! And Cody was a DOLL because I hadn’t even had a... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Amy, and welcome back! It’s always so great to have you here with us. I’ll also give a shout out and total props to Cody Kennedy for arranging this for us. ::waves at Cody:: :-D AL: Hi, Lisa—so lovely to be here! And Cody was a DOLL because I hadn’t even had a... Continue Reading →
“…Florida laughed, a low, dirty laugh that did something melty to Carson’s insides, … He did not have this reaction to men, oh no he did not. Women made him melty, men made him humpty.” – Amy Lane I have no idea where Amy Lane pulls these ideas from. She must have so many people... Continue Reading →
We're so excited to have the always delectable Amy Lane with us here at The Novel Approach today to celebrate the release of her latest book Forever Promised. Jackie wrote a fantastic review of the book, then she, Tina, Bruce, and I put our thinking caps on and came up with a few questions for... Continue Reading →
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