As you can see, I’m still on a Western kick. I enjoyed all of these titles, but particularly fell in love with the characters in According to Hoyle. Jeff wrote about it here. We read it at the same time (I on my ipad, he on the kindle) and loved it. I don’t hesitate to [...]
28Feb11
What I’ve Been Reading: February
Suzanne Pleshette is Grace Cladwell, a proper girl who has a hard time saying “No” to any man. The whole movie is darkly camp as it attempts to expose the seedy underbelly of suburbia and the life of a woman who wants to be good, but just can’t help being very, very bad. For some insane [...]
According to Hoyle by Abigail Roux is one of the most satisfying novels from the gay romance genre that I’ve read. This complex story, set in 1882, takes two U.S. Marshals, three prisoners being transported and a mysterious cargo and meshes them all together in one fantastic story. Flynn and Washington are the marshals who [...]
An incredible performance from Olympia Dukakis anchors the Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of the 1963 Tennessee Williams play The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore. Dukakis plays Flora Goforth, an American window who has retreated to her home in the Italian mountains to write her memoirs and to die. She has a small group of [...]
27Feb11
Tigers Snap Losing Streak
It was superb Tigers hockey last night as we beat the Sled Dogs 6-1. This is our first win of 2011 and first win in the past four games. It’s a much needed win as we try to pull oursleves up the standings to get into a playoff spot. The game all the way around [...]
25Feb11
Hot Guys Reading Books: Dark
via HGRB
While I am an alum of the University of Alabama, I’ve never been one to pay attention to the athletic programs any more than I had to. I’m simply not into football or basketball, which are the main sports on campus. While U of A has a wide array of other sports they never had [...]
