Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.” – Hippocrates In this third and final story in the Waiting for Forever series by Jamie Mayfield, we rejoin the story directly after Brian, Mike, Alex and Leo rescued Jamie from Steven O'Dell. Jamie has been beaten severely and has... Continue Reading →
“Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.” – Hippocrates In this third and final story in the Waiting for Forever series by Jamie Mayfield, we rejoin the story directly after Brian, Mike, Alex and Leo rescued Jamie from Steven O'Dell. Jamie has been beaten severely and has... Continue Reading →
“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.” ― William Shakespeare What is a boy to do when he realizes that he is gay while growing up in Jefferson, Wisconsin? Jefferson is a city where it... Continue Reading →
“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.” ― William Shakespeare What is a boy to do when he realizes that he is gay while growing up in Jefferson, Wisconsin? Jefferson is a city where it... Continue Reading →
“Where there is love there is life.” ― Mahatma Gandhi From the very first sentence of this book we see the struggle Brian has with leaving everything he knows behind. He loves his mom and dad, he cares for Adam, but he is IN LOVE with Jamie. So for Brian, he can't see any other... Continue Reading →
“Where there is love there is life.” ― Mahatma Gandhi From the very first sentence of this book we see the struggle Brian has with leaving everything he knows behind. He loves his mom and dad, he cares for Adam, but he is IN LOVE with Jamie. So for Brian, he can't see any other... Continue Reading →
"If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends and nature; and the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is nature." -- John Burroughs I was very pleasantly surprised by this little gem of a book. Well, it’s not little at... Continue Reading →
"If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends and nature; and the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is nature." -- John Burroughs I was very pleasantly surprised by this little gem of a book. Well, it’s not little at... Continue Reading →
"Love will find a way against time itself." – Sylvia Day Jeff Erno has written some wonderful books. Trust Me is one of my all time favorite coming of age novels. I have also read his Dumb Jock series and a few of his individual titles. Forever Young is Jeff's first vampire novel and I... Continue Reading →
"Love will find a way against time itself." – Sylvia Day Jeff Erno has written some wonderful books. Trust Me is one of my all time favorite coming of age novels. I have also read his Dumb Jock series and a few of his individual titles. Forever Young is Jeff's first vampire novel and I... Continue Reading →
Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it. – Rabindranath Tagore Chris O’Guinn’s Fearless is the story of fifteen-year-old Justin, a boy whose one and only aim is to be... Continue Reading →
Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it. – Rabindranath Tagore Chris O’Guinn’s Fearless is the story of fifteen-year-old Justin, a boy whose one and only aim is to be... Continue Reading →
We here at The Novel Approach are welcoming a very special guest reviewer to the blog today, and we couldn't be more excited to have her here with us! Please allow me to introduce you to Savannah. Savannah just so happens to be the daughter of our very own Jackie, so you can see where... Continue Reading →
We here at The Novel Approach are welcoming a very special guest reviewer to the blog today, and we couldn't be more excited to have her here with us! Please allow me to introduce you to Savannah. Savannah just so happens to be the daughter of our very own Jackie, so you can see where... Continue Reading →
It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies. But it takes a great deal more to stand up to your friends. - JK Rowling. Sometimes the most heroic thing a man can do is to follow his conscience, especially in the face of opposition from those he’s come to call... Continue Reading →
It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies. But it takes a great deal more to stand up to your friends. - JK Rowling. Sometimes the most heroic thing a man can do is to follow his conscience, especially in the face of opposition from those he’s come to call... Continue Reading →
There are such beings as vampires, some of us have evidence that they exist. – Bram Stoker I haven’t decided yet whether it’s a brave move to introduce yet another vampire tale to the already brimming paranormal fiction pool, or if the Twilight and Vampire Diaries furor has finally died down enough that the market... Continue Reading →
There are such beings as vampires, some of us have evidence that they exist. – Bram Stoker I haven’t decided yet whether it’s a brave move to introduce yet another vampire tale to the already brimming paranormal fiction pool, or if the Twilight and Vampire Diaries furor has finally died down enough that the market... Continue Reading →
Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman, Be he alive, or be he dead I’ll have his bones to grind my bread. – Joseph Jacobs The only thing Jack Wicket is willing to work hard at is coming up with schemes to avoid having to work hard at anything at all, but getting rich... Continue Reading →
Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman, Be he alive, or be he dead I’ll have his bones to grind my bread. – Joseph Jacobs The only thing Jack Wicket is willing to work hard at is coming up with schemes to avoid having to work hard at anything at all, but getting rich... 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 →
Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the powers they are graced with. – Brodi Ashton Renwald Mallorian wants nothing more than to be a Hero. He’s read all the books, after all, so what more could he need? Oh, right. He needs someone to hire him so he can get practical experience;... Continue Reading →
Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the powers they are graced with. – Brodi Ashton Renwald Mallorian wants nothing more than to be a Hero. He’s read all the books, after all, so what more could he need? Oh, right. He needs someone to hire him so he can get practical experience;... Continue Reading →
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