Kate Sherwood’s Home Ice was a good, fast read. The story centers on minor league hockey coach Jason whose closeted life is thrown for a loop when his first love, Mike, comes back to town. Jason and Mike were teammates and more, although the more was hidden from everyone else. Mike ended up in the [...]
5Feb12
Home Ice by Kate Sherwood
31Jan12
Slipstream by Michael Offutt
Here’s a first for the blog–I’m writing up a book that isn’t generally available yet. Michael Offutt’s debut novel, Slipstream, doesn’t publish until May. Michael and I, however, are Twitter friends and keep up with each other’s writing so he sent me an advanced copy to check out. I’m glad he did because I loved [...]
Z.A. Maxfield’s St. Nacho’s books are among my very favorite gay romances. Not only does Maxfield write great romance, the setting she’s developed in Santo Ignacio, or St. Nacho’s to its many residents. The fourth book in the St. Nacho’s series, The Book of Daniel, is just as satisfying and wonderful as its predecessors. In [...]
20Jun11
Beginners
Beginners is a quiet yet chaotic movie that features some excellent performances, tender moments, funny moments and some confusing story telling. Overall, it’s a good movie that leaves you not feeling completely satisfied. The plot has been pretty widely discussed since the movie rolled out in limited release a couple weeks ago. An elderly father [...]
1May11
The Normal Heart
Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart debuted in 1985 at the Public Theatre. It just made its Broadway debut this past Wednesday night. It would be nice to say that the show has become dated–it takes place between July 1981 and May 1984. Unfortunately there are too many things that are in the same state 25 [...]
I went with another western themed book as I picked up Bitter Creek’s Redemption by T.A. Chase off of my Kindle bookshelf. Travis Ramsey came to Bitter Creek to avenge his brother’s death. His world his shaken to its foundation when he meets Eagle, a half Indian/half white stable worker. Eagle knew his brother and [...]
Angels in America has had an outstanding run at the Signature Theatre. The show was originally scheduled to run from September to December, but it has extended four times. We were compelled to return to see part two, Perestroika, last night because the cast recently changed as some members couldn’t continue with the extension. Key [...]
