Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.” -- John Burroughs This is Love is a sweet, low-angst book. It is a good story about two damaged men who find love with each other. It isn’t perfect. My two main gripes are the insta-love that was just too unbelievable... Continue Reading →
“Two people of similar nature can never get along, it takes two opposites to harmonize.” ― Ram Mohan BLURB: Chase Williams is a gorgeous but painfully shy web designer whose long-term boyfriend dumped him for being such a “nice” guy. Instead of meeting his buddies at the local bar for a drink, he helps his... Continue Reading →
“Two people of similar nature can never get along, it takes two opposites to harmonize.” ― Ram Mohan BLURB: Chase Williams is a gorgeous but painfully shy web designer whose long-term boyfriend dumped him for being such a “nice” guy. Instead of meeting his buddies at the local bar for a drink, he helps his... Continue Reading →
“Because no one has more thirst for earth, for blood, and for ferocious sexuality than the creatures who inhabit cold mirrors.” ― Alejandra Pizarnik My vampire book this week was Blood Ties. I was excited to read it because second to shifters, vampires are my favorite! There is something primal and very sexual about vampires.... Continue Reading →
“Because no one has more thirst for earth, for blood, and for ferocious sexuality than the creatures who inhabit cold mirrors.” ― Alejandra Pizarnik My vampire book this week was Blood Ties. I was excited to read it because second to shifters, vampires are my favorite! There is something primal and very sexual about vampires.... Continue Reading →
”There's nothing wrong with being shallow as long as you're insightful about it.” — Dennis Miller Ah, Lucas Manetti....what to say about this guy. Parker Williams created the poster child for entitlement with this man. Lucas seems to be the type of man that bases his self worth on the amount of money in his... Continue Reading →
”There's nothing wrong with being shallow as long as you're insightful about it.” — Dennis Miller Ah, Lucas Manetti....what to say about this guy. Parker Williams created the poster child for entitlement with this man. Lucas seems to be the type of man that bases his self worth on the amount of money in his... Continue Reading →
“He that can have patience can have what he will.” ― Benjamin Franklin Hat Trick is a sweet little story about finding love and staying true to who you truly are. Antoine Cote is a closeted hockey player. He has issues with his sexuality mainly because he thinks he can’t be out and be a... Continue Reading →
“He that can have patience can have what he will.” ― Benjamin Franklin Hat Trick is a sweet little story about finding love and staying true to who you truly are. Antoine Cote is a closeted hockey player. He has issues with his sexuality mainly because he thinks he can’t be out and be a... Continue Reading →
“At its best, life is completely unpredictable.” Follow to By the Numbers. I'm one that, when it comes to sequels, likes to refresh my memory to the storyline & characters by rereading the original. So with this in mind, By the Numbers was revisited and set the pace for.... Adding it Up Six months after... Continue Reading →
“At its best, life is completely unpredictable.” Follow to By the Numbers. I'm one that, when it comes to sequels, likes to refresh my memory to the storyline & characters by rereading the original. So with this in mind, By the Numbers was revisited and set the pace for.... Adding it Up Six months after... Continue Reading →
“We just did an awesome job of not dying.” ― John Green Some did, at least. Some didn’t do a great job at all of not dying, and now some of those who failed at the not dying part aren’t so much dead as they are undead, which is the same as not alive only... Continue Reading →
“We just did an awesome job of not dying.” ― John Green Some did, at least. Some didn’t do a great job at all of not dying, and now some of those who failed at the not dying part aren’t so much dead as they are undead, which is the same as not alive only... Continue Reading →
“Never judge someone by their relatives.” ― Charles Martin Blurb: Nate Tippie and Brandon Wilde are gay, single, and both hoping to meet that special man, even though fate has not yet delivered him to their doorstep. Nate's sister, Hannah, and her kooky best friend, Marilyn, are about to help fate with that task by... Continue Reading →
“Never judge someone by their relatives.” ― Charles Martin Blurb: Nate Tippie and Brandon Wilde are gay, single, and both hoping to meet that special man, even though fate has not yet delivered him to their doorstep. Nate's sister, Hannah, and her kooky best friend, Marilyn, are about to help fate with that task by... Continue Reading →
“Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.” ― Veronica Roth Ben....what to say about Ben. This man is just a hot freakin' mess, but he isn't beyond repair. From the time his younger sister Juliette comes home his parents impress on Ben that his job as a big... Continue Reading →
“Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.” ― Veronica Roth Ben....what to say about Ben. This man is just a hot freakin' mess, but he isn't beyond repair. From the time his younger sister Juliette comes home his parents impress on Ben that his job as a big... Continue Reading →
"One thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” ― Haruki Murakami Summary: Evan Drake is the captain of the basketball team, and an active member of his High School drama club. Though coming to terms slowly with... Continue Reading →
"One thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” ― Haruki Murakami Summary: Evan Drake is the captain of the basketball team, and an active member of his High School drama club. Though coming to terms slowly with... Continue Reading →
“I'd never lived on a planet where such atrocities could happen, even before the souls came. This place was truly the highest and the lowest of all worlds- the most beautiful senses, the most exquisite emotions...the most malevolent desires, the darkest deeds. Perhaps it was meant to be so. Perhaps without the lows, the highs... Continue Reading →
“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” ― Mark Twain In N.R. Walker’s Elements of Retrofit, age actually is the matter, or at least Thomas Elkin would like to make it matter when he’s reintroduced to his son’s friend, Cooper Jones—a now very grown up Cooper Jones.... Continue Reading →
“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” ― Mark Twain In N.R. Walker’s Elements of Retrofit, age actually is the matter, or at least Thomas Elkin would like to make it matter when he’s reintroduced to his son’s friend, Cooper Jones—a now very grown up Cooper Jones.... Continue Reading →
“Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?” ― Ian Wallace It takes two tries for our couple, Kevin and Hugo, to figure things out. When these two meet they became fast friends and eventually lovers, though they had to keep it a secret back in high... Continue Reading →
“Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?” ― Ian Wallace It takes two tries for our couple, Kevin and Hugo, to figure things out. When these two meet they became fast friends and eventually lovers, though they had to keep it a secret back in high... Continue Reading →
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