Last night while browsing at my local Barnes & Noble, I was thrilled to see Stephanie Gayle’s new release, Idyll Fears, faced-out on the New In Paperback Mystery shelves. I talked about Idyll Fears on Episode 26 of the Book… Read More ›
My Thinning Years is a well written and engaging memoir. As a little boy Jon Derek Croteau liked to play dress up and hang out with the girls. He was always a disappointment to his atheletics-obsessed father who berated him… Read More ›
What: Reading by multiple Lambda Literary Award finalists from Chicago & the MidwestWhere: The Center on Halsted, 3656 North Halsted Street in the Senior CenterWhen: Wednesday, May 22 at 7:00 PMWhy: The Lambda Literary Award Ceremony is just around the… Read More ›
I saw an advertisement for this book on the sidebar of the Lambda Literary Foundation’s website. Any book with the word ‘prairie’ or ‘plains’ in the title catches my eye. Although I grew up in an urban environment, my family… Read More ›
Kay Scarpetta is back. We were book buddies for a long time, but I didn’t see her for a while. Then a few years ago we caught up again in my car via audiobooks and have been seeing each other… Read More ›
I bought this book at the Gerber/Hart Library‘s book sale some time ago and wasn’t planning to read it just now, but as I was browsing around my office trying to locate Patricia Highsmith’s The Price of Salt, I stumbled… Read More ›
October is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) History Month and to celebrate I’m participating in The Literary Others: An LGBT Reading Event hosted by Adam over at RoofBeamReader.com. It’s also Banned Books Week which is a great time to… Read More ›