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Category Archives: Reviews
Review: The Goldfinch
Ah, The Goldfinch… This has to be one of the books I waited the longest to read. Got it on my Kindle when it first came out, was a bit put off by the hype, started plowing into the initial … Continue reading
Review: Getting Rooted in New Zealand
This has been such a heavy month. We lost Robin Williams, there was a sizeable earthquake in Napa that had many of us waking at 3.20am wondering if it was “the big one,” and it doesn’t look good for Joan … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Travel
Tagged Fussy Librarian, Getting Rooted in New Zealand, humor, Jamie Baywood, Joan Rivers, memoir, New Zealand, Robin Williams
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Richard Yates (1926-1992), the author of Revolutionary Road and other novels, was a damaged man who produced beautiful, bleak books while he indulged his addictions and was in and out of mental hospitals due to frequent mental breakdowns (Yates was … Continue reading
Queerly Beloved: a review
I’ve always been fascinated by gender diversity. A memoir has just been published that explores what happens when one partner in a long-term lesbian relationship transitions to being a man. What surprised me about Queerly Beloved (Bold Strokes Books, May 2014, $9.99 … Continue reading
Posted in LGBT, Reviews, San Francisco, Writing
Tagged Bold Strokes Books, gender, lesbian, lesbian relationships, LGBT, marriage, memoir, queer marriage, Queerly Beloved, trans
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Review: Don’t Go There by Kate Genet
Scarcity” was the first work I ever read by Kate Genet. It turns out she’s taken this short story and turned it into a full-length novel. And it’s a wonderful, compelling read. In Don’t Go There (Kindle, $4.99), Genet excels in … Continue reading
Posted in LGBT, Reviews, Writing
Tagged Don't Go There, Kate Genet, lesbian romance, New Zealand, reviews, Scarcity, sex, writing
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HBO’s Looking
Originally posted on The Lone Writer: Shannon Yarbrough:
Did you watch the premiere of HBO’s new show, Looking, last night? If so, what did you think? I had high hopes for it only because there hasn’t been a good “gay…
Posted in Reviews, San Francisco
Tagged gay men, HBO, Looking, San Francisco, Shannon Yarbrough
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…and Happy New Year 2014
Twenty-fourteen has started with a nice little burst of energy. I got the flu in late December (it may very well have been swine flu, since H1N1 is a predominant strain this year) and was knocked flat on my back … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Personal, Reviews, Writing
Tagged 2014, Covered California, Downton Abbey, Edward Snowden, flu, Google Doodle, H1N1, NetGalley, New Year, Pope Francis, the captain and claire, Year of the Horse
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December book news (free promo and a review)
As we come up to the winter solstice, I’ve enabled snow falling on my blog. Thanks, WordPress 🙂 It may be corny, but I find it rather cute. The solstice seems like a good time to fire up the Kindle … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Self-publishing, Writing
Tagged Amazon, erotic romance, free promo, Shannon Yarbrough, solstice, terry baker, the captain and claire, time of grace
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Review: Actors Anonymous
First off, I should say I’ve been a fan of James Franco‘s film work. I shied away from reading Palo Alto, his not-very-well-received collection of short stories, and I think I did so because I was afraid I would be … Continue reading
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Tagged acting, Actors Anonymous, autobiography, bisexuality, Hollywood, James Franco, Marilyn Monroe, misogyny, narcissism, sex, writing
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I found Alana Munro’s Women Behaving Badly: Exposing the Truth about Female Friendship (Kindle, .99) on a site called something like Kindle Books and Tips, and I downloaded the sample. Honestly, I wasn’t expecting the book to be as focused … Continue reading
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