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< No Strings > < Justice for All > < Warming Trend > < Worth Every Step > < Just Business > < Stranded > Gerri Hill

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(Gee, What Sweet Torture)

(You're going to love "No Strings")

(A Beautiful, Heart-Warming, Romantic Tale)

(A good and solid love story)

(Returning to old strength)

Gerri Hill's books don't sit unread at my house for too long. If I don't take a new one out of the mailbox and start reading it immediately, my partner will grab it instead. Needless to say, she's very popular around here. (That's it for my disclaimer.)

Reese Daniels, Winter Park police chief, is exiled for a year because of an unmentionable incident with the mayor's wife. Her new assignment is to stand in as sheriff of the sleepy town of Lake City. Fun. Or not.

Lake City certainly isn't a social mecca, particularly for lesbians. However, Reese quickly crosses paths with MZ Morgan. Neither has any intention of starting a relationship and neither is interested in a one-night stand.

This is a great new book from author Gerri Hill! One warning though...don't start reading until you have plenty of time to read the whole thing. Like so many of her previous books, this is one that you won't be able to put down! It's the story of two women that begin a "no strings" attached affair, which of course doesn't work out quite as they had planned. Before they both know it, they're in love and wanting anything but the "no strings" arrangement they had agreed on.

If I had one complaint about this book (and many others of Gerri Hill's), it's that it ends too soon and leaves me wanting more!
When it comes to Gerri Hill, I don't even bother to read the extract, to find out what the book is about. She's belongs to that elite group of great writers, whose descriptive technique puts you in the middle of the scene, and whose characterizations are so rich that the characters just leap right off the page, forcing you to race through the pages to read their story.

I don't think, I need to say anything about the book. If you want to know what it's about simply read the extract. What I will say is that "No Strings" is a beautiful, heart-warming, romantic tale. It easily became one of my new personal favourites and without a doubt will be a book that I will reread countless times.
My expectations weren't really high when I started reading this book. Actually, I read some lesbian fiction books in these past months that I didn't even finish. But I have to say that I enjoyed this story. It was an easy, sometimes funny and definitely romantic read. "No strings" is a solid book with a solid story and interesting characters.

So, I'd say, for everyone wanting to escape reality and looking forward to spend some hours with an easy, enjoyable love story: go for it. This book is nothing more but also nothing less. My time reading it was well spent.
Even though I didn't much care for Gerri Hill's latest novels I picked this up without knowing anything about it.

And to my surprise, it really hit the spot. Pretty standard-fare lesfic romance, but with likeable characters, including the secondary ones, settings and scenery and plot.

A few hours well spent. Even though I doubt it'll be a keeper that I'll reread a lot in the course of time (which I do with books I really like), it's definitively an improvement to her latest books.
One mistake leads to a year of exile...

Used to the busy playground of Winter Park, police chief Reese Daniels is shipped off to sleepy Lake City, Colorado. She takes the job of sheriff seriously, but is clear to one and all: this year is just a blip in her life. When it's done, she's gone.

Forest Ranger M. Z. Morgan has lived in Lake City long enough to be considered a local. The pace, the quiet and the many friends make life there well worth the lack of dating material. A girlfriend would still be nice, and the new sheriff is easy on the eyes. It's entirely natural for Morgan and Reese to be friendly, but Reese's repeated reminders that she's not sticking around makes it impossible for anything more between them.

That is, until they strike a "no strings" bargain. Some guaranteed exchange of heat as the long winter sets in seems just what they need to pass the time. So what if it's the best sex they've ever had?

It's still only temporary. They won't mistake sex for more, even if it only gets better, month after month. After month.

No Strings--it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Golden Crown Literary Award winner Gerri Hill weaves a sensuous,sizzling story against the spectacular backdrop of a year in the high country.
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< Without Reservations > < With Caution > < With Love > < Falling > < Under My Skin > < Diving in Deep > J. L. Langley

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(Not the best I've read, but an enjoyable read)

(Too much porn)

(wonderful story)

(Hot as can be!)

(Great read, love this book)
Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.

Rating: 7/10

PROS:
- Once the two characters get together, nothing dramatic happens to them that causes a strain on their relationship. (There are external issues, like being targeted by a murderer and such, but those just serve to bring the characters closer together.) I never enjoy reading about arguments/fights between partners.
- Accepting friends/family for the most part. I love how the pack embraces Chay and Keaton's relationship, and I especially love Chay's dad--everything about him.
- Some very cute, fun sex scenes in which the characters joke around and laugh a lot, and which consequently feel real to me. Not every session of sex is oh-my-goodness, fan-freakin-tastic from the first touch; sometimes it takes a while to get to that point.
- Likeable, funny personalities in both of the lead characters. They're fun and sarcastic, and one of them is mellow and laidback.

CONS:
- In spite of the "mates" thing, Chay warms up to the idea of a male mate very quickly for someone who's always thought of himself as straight.
- The puppy is cute (or rather, the fact that Chay gets Keaton a puppy is cute). But once Pita arrives in the story, almost every scene/chapter ends with a sickeningly cutesy little vignette involving his chewing on something or doing something else typically puppyish, and those started to annoy me.
- The physical description of Keaton bothered me. I realize that petite, young-looking, feminine men fall in love every day, but people constantly referring to him as "pretty" and mistaking him for a 12-year-old made me a little uneasy.
- The final confrontation is rushed and a little anti-climactic. This isn't a short book, yet the climactic "battle" scene lasts for 3 or 4 pages, tops.

Overall comments: This was one of the first m/m romances I read (about 6 months ago), and I REALLY enjoyed it back then; it's a great introduction to the genre. I've read others I like better since then, but after reading it a second time, I still like this one a lot.
I was hoping for something more out of this book. The two main characters are interesting, but the plot is just an excuse to hook together a series of sex scenes. What should have been the climatic scene was a significant let down, and I didn't get any satisfaction out of the "resolution."

Honestly, if you like Laurel K. Hamilton's current work in her Anita Blake series, and what the Merdith Gentry books started out as, than you should like this porn novel.
i trully enjoyed this book it is a keeper for sure , i look forward to reading more books by this author.
I LOVE anything involving werewolves, and even though this book doesnt depict what i would like in a werewolf, its still great! I loved this book overall, and HAD to buy the sequal! I cant wait for more to come out, im currently reading With Caution. Love it, truely did! Plan to read it on my next plane flight!
The only thing I find disappointing with this book is that its sequel revolves around secondary people instead of the main characters from this story. I have yet to read the second, which i already own, but I hope to grow as attached to the new couple as i am with this couple.
Sometimes love just catches you by the tail... Chayton Winston is a veterinarian. He is also a werewolf. Much to his Native American parent's chagrin, he has always dreamed of a fair-haired, Caucasian mate. However, he never imagined his mate would be male. As a heterosexual man, he's not quite sure what to do with a male mate, but more than willing to find out.
Keaton Reynolds wakes up, in wolf form, and finds himself with a mate. He's instantly attracted, but not so thrilled to find out the man is straight. Having been in a relationship once before where his partner professed to be "Not gay" left a bad taste in his mouth. Keaton wants to make a break for it and pretend he never set eyes on Chay but Chay is not ready to let him go.
Together the two work to solidify their shaky relationship and battle the prejudices against homosexuals. Chay must deal with not only his mother's prejudices against gay men but also her hatred of white people. When a power struggle in Keaton's pack threatens Keaton's life, the two men learn to depend on one another and their relationship to get them through it.
Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex, graphic language, violence and hot man-love.

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< Warming Trend > < No Strings > < Justice for All > < Stranded > < Blue Skies > < Worth Every Step > Karin Kallmaker

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(Excellent!)

(Alaska on my mind)

(Great character study)

(Another winner from Kallmaker)
Karin Kallmaker's fabulous description of Alaska made me chilly just reading it. As always, a lovely romance by a master story teller. Get it! You won't be disappointed!
Again, Karin Kallmaker pleases. But this time, the true romance of the book is with the reader and Alaska. I'm saving my pennies because, thanks to this book, and Ani Bycall's passion for her home country, I have Alaska on my mind. Thanks, Karin, for taking me someplace I have never been and for supplying a few new, good friends in Ani, Eve and Tan to hang with on the journey. Get ready, Tonk, Hobie's on his way! I'll read this one again, just to go back for Cheeseburger, Fries and a Coke.
I must say, I enjoyed. It had a mystery plot in addition to the usual romance, and even the romance element could have gone in different directions at some point, I was pleasantly surprised by not being bored witht he same old formula.

But what makes this novel stand out is the setting (mainly Alaska but some Key West as well, the contrast works very well) and the main character, Ani, a geologist specializing in ice. Kallmaker writes about Ani's passion for ice in any shape or form so believable that you feel the cold chills while lying on the beach in warm weather, or at least I did.

Kallmaker really gets into the heads of Ani and her love interest in a way that is deeper and closer to the lines of a character study than romances usually offer. I was well entertained and will pick it up again for the fascinating and well written ice-talk.
Kallmaker's latest book is another great read.

Ani is an Alaskan, a budding glacial geologist, who has relocated to Key West due to her self-imposed exile. Yes, of course, she is running away! What is good lesbian fiction if a character isn't running away from something or someone? And yes, Ani left too many things unresolved when she fled Alaska three years previously. This leaves the door open for her to return to Alaska to tie up those loose ends, especially the ones involving Eve. And those ends are tied up very neatly, in Kallmaker fashion.

Populated with a wonderful cast of supporting characters (Lisa, Tonk, and Tan), this novel is the latest in the line of wonderful Kallmaker books.

Well worth your time, so dive in. Who would've thought that glacial geology was so fascinating??
Anidyr Bycall is frozen in her past, regretting words never spoken to the woman she loves and the one impulsive act that cost her all her dreams. Running from the courts of public and academic opinion in Fairbanks, she has landed in Key West. The nights are hot but she is colder than the glaciers she once explored.
Tending bar by night, she spends her days immersed in the research of her only remaining passion in life: the ice fields of Alaska. But trends may be improving when news from home hints that those she harmed may have moved on, and she can at least recover the papers and books she left behind. The respect and affection she once saw in Eve Cambra's eyes is gone beyond recall.
When a few innocent questions raise Ani's doubts about what really happened three years ago, she realizes she may have a chance to clear her name and reclaim her career. But there's no data to prove that Eve has thawed and that the fire they once shared can be rekindled.
Golden Crown and Lambda Literary award-winning author Karin Kallmaker brings her readers a romantic story of the icy north where passion may melt even a frozen heart.
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< Warming Trend > < No Strings > < Justice for All > < Stranded > < Blue Skies > freaks

< Bastard out of Carolina: (Plume Essential Edition) > < Two or Three Things I Know for Sure > < Trash > < Beloved > < Ceremony: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) > < The Handmaid's Tale > Dorothy Allison

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(Bastard out of Carolina)

(A Child is Horribly Abused, Both Physically and Sexually)

(Painful realism: an education that hurts but is worth it)

(Dorothy Allison is Simply Brilliant)

(Great books that deal with real issues)
I had read the book when it came out years back and needed to read it again for a book group. Thought I'd do a surface skim to remind me of the important parts. However, I found myself doing a much deeper read as the intensity of experience was compelling, well written, and frankly hard to put down. An amazing book demonstrating the resiliency of the human spirit. Allison is a true survivor.
This is a story of a poor southern girl who is terribly abused both physically and sexually. The novel examines the family dynamics that contribute to the abuse and how the girl manages to survive. Especially poignant is the child's loss of faith in her mother's love for her as she realizes that her other is inescapable and irrevocably bound to her abuser.

The book paints a clear and literate description of the extended families and their source of strength (or undermining) of the individuals involved.

I highly recommend this book for its powerful depiction of abuse and resilience.
This book is unforgettable. Searing truths about an abused child in a tortured family. There are no easy answers, possibly because this book reads like biography, not fiction, and there are no easy answers in life. For anyone seeking understanding of how such things come to be, and what it does to the human beings involved, this is an amazingly educational book. For someone seeking someone who understands what they too have experienced, I imagine this book would be affirming. The main character does find a way to take care of herself, and some of her adults do come through for her, but the story, like life, is unfinished: you leave it knowing she has much work to do, and hoping she can do what is necessary. thank you Dorothy Allison for this gift.
One would think that the child "Bone" is writing herself. Allison captures her story which takes place in Greenville County, South Carolina so well. This is a "must read" novel that displays the truth about situations of this matter which occur everyday. I laughed and cried to this heartfelt story. Wonderful addition to my library.

Bastard Out of Carolina (Essential Edition): (Plume Essential Edition)
I watched the movie a while back and was not satisfied with the story line. it seemed fragmented. The book was much better you get a better idea of the full story line. the movie is misleading in some areas.
Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatwright, an illegitimate young girl, dreams of escaping her Greenville County, South Carolina, home, her notorious, hard-living family, and the unwanted attentions of her abusive stepfather, Daddy Glen. A first novel. Reprint. National Book Award finalist.NYT.
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< Just Too Good to Be True > < Basketball Jones > < One in a Million > < Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment > < Midnight: A Gangster Love Story > < Pleasure > E. Lynn Harris

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("Everybody Plays A Fool Sometimes!")

(Nobody's Perfect)

(E Lynn Does It Again)

(good read)

(Big disappointment!!!)
I know a mother's love is priceless but give me a break she worried more about his celibacy than he did, and the secret she kept from him was not all that. Barrett, Maybelline, Zander, Delmar, Nico, Sylvester, and Lowell added much needed fun to the storyline. Now why did I know that John Basil Henderson would show up somewhere?
E. Lynn gives us a predictable piece of fluff that tells the tale of Heisman trophy hopeful, Brady Bledsoe, and his saintly mother, Carmyn. The perfect relationship between mother and son becomes strained when schemer, Barrett Browning, enters the picture and you can easily see how this story will end.

First, the character names - is Brady Bledsoe supposed to be an amalgam of Tom Brady and Drew Bledsoe? Barrett Elizabeth Browning - clearly a spin of the famous poetess Elizabeth Barrett Browning. I mean, really?

Second, the story is mostly dialogue, which makes it easy to read, but shows a lack of substance.

There is nothing remotely interesting about this story and certainly not worth a purchase. It just seems that instead of building on what made his earlier works so successful and noteworthy, the author has slipped into the trap of publishing something just to stay in the game. Get it from the library.

This was a awesome read Carmyn was good mom that wanted the best for her son although this was a different E Lynn it still had its points and the intrique that all Mr Harris books does Now Barrett I wanted to strangle her the book has a strange ending because some the the characters you were left hanging as to what happen but over all the book was good.
i must say i neva read E Lynn Harris but it was slow read. it took me awhile to get in to the book. i had to put it down the book many times but i kept thinking wats goin to happen wats going to happen. the mother is like what alot of mothers shud b with their sons. i give her alot of props on giving her son room until things gets better between them. but i must say it was a good read after awhile.
I am a reader of E. Lynn Harris' novels since his first novel "The Invisible Life" and read all his books! His early books, when he was not an established author, had a lot of passion and excitement! They were great stories with a lot of human emotions! Real page turners, you had to know how it ends and were disappointed that the story was over and longed for more stories with his characters! Harris was ground breaking! During the past years he got to become an established author and he lost his passion to be creative and new again! What I had noticed in his past novels has become a reality in this novel! It's title "Just Too Good to Be True" says it all! The book is a great disappointment! Why??? Well, the story and the characters are so totally unbelievable! I found it very hard, even after page 100, to get into the story! There was nothing that got me hooked, like his previous stories had! Nothing, Nada! And then the endless babble about the religious aspect of being an African American like no sex for marriage with an uber dominant mother! I know that they this community is very religious! They have their way of life, what I respect but making this the core of the book together with American Football was to much for me, page after page after page! Both aspects are ok to have as a core item of the book on condition that the characters are well build, strong, and have something to say! Unfortenately, they have not in this book and the story fizzles to an end and you ask your self what have I just read! Sadly, a day later I already forgot the book and its characters! Hopefully, Harris will go back to his old turf writing the books he does best and let this book an exception!
Harris serves up a treat that will capture and enchant audiences everywhere—a big, bold, and irresistible novel about football, family, and secrets.

Brady Bledsoe and his mother, Carmyn, have a strong relationship. A single mother, faithful churchgoer, and the owner of several successful Atlanta beauty salons, Carmyn has devoted herself to her son and his dream of becoming a professional football player. Brady has always followed her lead, including becoming a member of the church’s "Celibacy Circle." Now in his senior year at college, the smart, and very handsome, Brady is a lead contender for the Heisman Trophy and a spot in the NFL.

As sports agents hover around Brady, Barrett, a beautiful and charming cheerleader, sets her mind on tempting the celibate Brady and getting a piece of his multimillion-dollar future—but is that all she wants from him, and is she acting alone?

Carmyn is determined to protect her son. She’s also determined to protect the secret she’s kept from Brady his whole life. As things heat up on campus and Carmyn and Brady’s idyllic relationship starts to crumble, mother and son begin to wonder about the other—are you just too good to be true?

A sweeping novel about mothers and sons, football and beauty shops, secrets and lies, JUST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE has all the ingredients that have made E. Lynn Harris a bestselling author: family, friendship, faith, and love.
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< Privilege, Power, and Difference > < "Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity > < Readings for Diversity and Social Justice: An Anthology on Racism, Antisemitism, Sexism, Heterosexism, Ableism, and Classism > < A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America > < White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son > < Race, Class, and Gender: An Anthology > Allan Johnson

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(A++++++++++++)

(Hurt people- hurt people)

(It opened my eyes)

(Compact - I dig it)

(Best book on these issues!)
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This book adds nothing that isn't known about problems with discrimination and does nothing to heal. the idea the author makes that we must stop wounding before we can experience healing gives me an uncomfortable feeling he's out to throw bricks through supermarket windows and to breed hate and contempt until he becomes one of privilege. I feel this book is filled with venom that will hurt and not heal. If you are a person of privilege and have no idea and are looking for a book to give you a clue into the hurt and pain that minorities feel read this book. If you want to fill yourself with rage and fuel your hatred for the privileged read this book.
Dr. Johnson takes the "isms" and turns them on thier head. In doing so, he transforms the vase into two faces, and concepts that seemed alien became clear.

He masterfully illustrates why he uses the concept of privilege instead of the "isms", and explains the ramifications of this in everyday life. He shows how we perpetuate privilege in how we teach our children and how we shape our institutions. By showing how the system is complicit, he shows how none of us are to blame - and yet all of us are responsible. He even manages to make it clear how the more subtle, "reasonable" forms of privilege still have a profound impact today.

The one thing this book lacks is a discussion of what the end-goal would look like. With the more "reasonable" and subtle forms that privilege takes today it's hard to discern the motive behind the actions. Simply saying that motive is irrelevant doesn't give us an end-state to work toward.

Despite this missing element, this book is a fantastic and easy-to-read (and easy to understand) journey into a new way to look at all the "isms" that confront us today.
This was one of the texts for my English 102 course, and I loved it. It was wonderful to have such a short book be packed with so much information. The claims are well supported and it opened up new ideas to me, and I always considered myself to be pretty knowledgeable already! I've read on here that some people feel that the author was pretty hostile towards the white guys, but I really felt like he used a pretty gentle voice throughout the book. Overall peeps, it's a worth while read. It's not filled with a bunch of BS, it's a power packed book on today's world, whether you like it or not! ;)I highly recommend!
This book is easy to read and gets to the heart of the matter where Privilege, Power, and Difference make a difference in our culture and in our quality of life. Highly recommended reading for anyone!
This brief book is a groundbreaking tool for students and non-students alike to examine systems of privilege and difference in our society. Written in an accessible, conversational style, Johnson links theory with engaging examples in ways that enable readers to see the underlying nature and consequences of privilege and their connection to it. This extraordinarily successful book has been used across the country, both inside and outside the classroom, to shed light on issues of power and privilege.
Allan Johnson has worked on issues of social inequality since receiving his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan in 1972. He has more than thirty years of teaching experience and is a frequent speaker on college and university campuses. Johnson has earned a reputation for writing that is exceptionally clear and explanations of complex ideas that are accessible to a broad audience.
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< The Other Side of Paradise: A Memoir > < Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution > < The World Unseen > < Push: A Novel > < Mean Little deaf Queer > < The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao > Staceyann Chin

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(Good Reading)

(I couldn't put it down.)

(An Arduous Search for a Place in the World)

(Interesting!)

(Powerful voice; Immensely gratifying story)
I purchased this book for my son's college class. He enjoyed it and even got to meet the author. She is open and engaging.This made her book even more special. I am in the middle of reading it myself. Fabulous!
What a wonderful book! Staceyann Chin's memoir is a story of courage, triumph and perseverance. She intricately weaves her life story into a tale that provides a window into a world I will never know, but somehow I feel privileged to have been given the opportunity to be able to look in on it. I found myself feeling every emotion as I read through each page. It's beautiful and heart wrenching at the same time. If you're looking for a great book of triumph and tribulations, pick this one up. You won't be disappointed!
Staceyann Chinn has written a colorful, gut-wrenching, inspirational memoir that opens your eyes to a side of Jamaica that is not as inviting as the average tourist sees. Having visited Jamaica once myself, I found the book particularly interesting. For those who have yet to visit the island, your interest will be peaked, as it truly is a fascinating, lovely place.

From the time she is born, Staceyann struggles. Born underweight at home, to a single mother, all the neighbors thought she was going to die. But her grandmother had faith (p.4) "this little girl here going to live and live and live till the good Lord see it fit to call her back home."

When Staceyann's mother abandons her and her brother Delano, the emotional scars run deep. Grandma, a hard-working, illiterate, but deeply spiritual woman, takes over the parenting. While she does her best for the children, their subconscious seething anger often boils up. Of course, that anger is directed toward their mother, but she is far away in Canada. Thus Grandma is the one who is left to deal with it.

Grandma's faith is what holds the trio together, as severe poverty causes them to move from one relative's house to another. Actually, poverty is at the heart of the story. Chinn shows us the ravaging effects of it on its victims, and the numerous ways it claims goodness and kindness.

Many of the passages are excruciatingly painful, as you see how cruelty and lack of empathy can affect a child. But throughout the book, there are also moments of kindness, love, faith and courage that warm the heart and uplift the spirit. As a bonus, we gain admission to a culture that is rich in many ways.

Chinn is a phenomenal writer. She carries her reader inside the lives of those she meets on her life's journey, as she struggles to find her way, finally coming out of the closet, and admitting she is a lesbian.

Many of the themes of the book are universal, such as the need to feel loved and accepted for who you are. Plus the ongoing longing and search for a loving, sane mother and father. As Chinn attests in her epilogue, (p.275) "I am learning that one never really puts a turbulent childhood completely to rest."

Chinn is not only a survivor, but a "thriver," who today is leading an exceptional life as an author, political activist and performer. She also speaks and travels all over the world. How proud her grandmother would be. Very heartily recommended!

As memoirs go, this was okay. It was a fairly interesting tale of her childhood and young-adulthood. It's well written and worth reading, but much of the content is adult (i.e. don't leave it lying around for your kids). 4 stars!
Definitely not your usual 'coming of age' story. Staceyann's voice comes through loud, clear, and powerfully in this writing as it does when she speaks/performs; it's like you're traveling back in time with her- she makes her younger self come alive so vividly! She has a real talent for making you fall in love and root for her and is a true inspiration. My only gripe is that I wanted more at the end; felt the coming out part could have been elaborated on a bit more..

No one knew Staceyann's mother was pregnant until a dangerously small baby was born on the floor of her grandmother's house in Lottery, Jamaica, on Christmas Day. Staceyann's mother did not want her, and her father was not present. No one, except her grandmother, thought Staceyann would survive.
It was her grandmother who nurtured and protected and provided for Staceyann and her older brother in the early years. But when the three were separated, Staceyann was thrust, alone, into an unfamiliar and dysfunctional home in Paradise, Jamaica. There, she faced far greater troubles than absent parents. So, armed with a fierce determination and uncommon intelligence, she discovered a way to break out of this harshly unforgiving world.
Staceyann Chin, acclaimed and iconic performance artist, now brings her extraordinary talents to the page in a brave, lyrical, and fiercely candid memoir about growing up in Jamaica. She plumbs tender and unsettling memories as she writes about drifting from one home to the next, coming out as a lesbian, and finding the man she believes to be her father and ultimately her voice. Hers is an unforgettable story told with grace, humor, and courage.
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(Well told story in a neat, small package)

(Just right, ghosts, love, and a mystery)

(Another great one from Josh Lanyon)

(Yet another fine Lanyon book!)

(J Lanyon keeps them coming!)
"The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks" works well as murder mystery, but even better as an offbeat romance. A dead body in a rooming house bathtub brings together struggling young artist Perry Foster and hunky ex-SEAL, Nick Reno. Not good candidates for an eHarmony hookup, but eventually a great fit as they work together to solve the murders that are happening around them in their small Vermont community.

Author Josh Layton has done a great job of developing the principal characters (and others) in this story and they pass the ultimate reader litmus test --do we care about them in any real way?--with flying colors. Also well handled here is the evolving relationship between Perry and Nick. It starts with the basic decency in the older, ex-military guy shown toward Perry, seemingly vulnerable and in some trouble as he is connected to the first murder. Nick's protective instinct evolves into something more as he comes to respect the younger man for his own inner strength and talents.

Strange to call a murder mystery "sweet," but sweet it is. A good read. Recommended.
This title hit all the warm fuzzy buttons. It contained a good love story, a mystery you don't figure out before the end, lots of misleading clues, great characters, a strong plot, and just the right ending. Yes, the ghost does wear yellow socks and the fun begins.
Perry Foster returns to his apartment he rents in an old mansion bummed because his internet boyfriend, who he had high hopes of a happily ever after with, has just dumped him. To make matters worse, when he opens his bathroom door there is a dead body in the bathtub. Freaking out, Perry runs downstairs to call for help. His newest neighbor, ex Navy SEAL Nick Reno runs up to Perry's apartment to investigate, but the body is missing! When the police arrive, the bathroom is spotless and there is not a clue to be found. His quirky neighbors and the police pretty much think Perry is nuts. Nick suspects something is fishy, but he wants nothing to do with anyone in the house. He is leaving soon for a job interview and is recovering from a divorce. However he looks at shy, young Perry, somewhat helpless with his sever asthma attacks and threatened by the fact someone broke into his house and left a body and feels a sense of duty to protect him. Not only does he become Perry's ally in the investigation, but a romantic tension between the two of them develops.

The setting for this book was perfect - a creepy old boarding house full of secret passages and dark corners. The neighbors are a riot, and as Perry investigates, he starts to become suspicious of each one (I did too!). It is a really fun mystery to try to figure out. At the beginning I wasn't sure how the romance was going to play out between Nick and Perry. Nick comes off as such tough, no-nonsense guy and Perry is a shy, struggling artist, who has lost a lot of confidence after being dumped. However, they do have common ground - Nick is now out on his own after divorcing his wife and being thrown out of the Navy, and Perry is out on his own after his parents threw him out for being gay. Although Perry seems timid and unsure of himself at the beginning, he gets some guts and proves to be a good match for Nick.

This book is so good, both as a murder mystery and a romance. I would say this book is a bit more of a mystery, than a romance, but I feel the romance scenes that are included fit the pace of the book well. Josh Lanyon writes his characters with a smart and wonderful sense of humor. It is not necessarily laugh out loud funny, but there are so many times where I found myself smiling - and that is the best way to read a book.
Once again I was immediately sucked into Josh Lanyon's gay mystery as he builds up the characters and story. You start the story thinking, oh yeah, I've read this storyline before -- the mysterious missing body and nobody believes the poor little gay naive twink with his big puppy eyes who of course lusts after the big, sexy, straight ex-Navy SEAL. You know the hunk will realize that he's always been gay and will fall in love with the gay artist, and someone you don't suspect will be the villian, but you know what? So what if it's starts out that way! Josh has a terrific way of telling stories and brings his own twists to the mystery, and he is such a good writer that I end up loving all his stories no matter what. And I was surprised at the ending, which is always fun. So put away all your stereotypes and jaded view of mystery themes, and just sit back and enjoy the story, the interplay with the characters, the ending and hope that Josh comes up with some sequels!
After a great start with his Adrien English series Josh Lanyon is earning his writing chops with a strong showing in short stories and anthologies. The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks was a good fun and anticiapted read!
His romantic weekend in ruins, shy twenty-something artist Perry Foster learns that things can always get worse when he returns home from San Francisco to find a dead body in his bathtub. A dead body in a very ugly sportscoat--and matching socks. The dead man is a stranger to Perry, but that's not much of a comfort; how did a strange dead man get in a locked flat at the isolated Alton Estate in the wilds of the "Northeast Kingdom" of Vermont? Perry turns to help from "tall, dark and hostile" former navy SEAL Nick Reno--but is Reno all that he seems?
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< False Colors: An M/M Romance > < Transgressions: An M/M Romance > < Hard Fall > < The Assignment > < Faith&Fidelity > < Tigers and Devils > Alex Beecroft

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(A great romantic read)

(A wonderful, wonderful book)

(Historic Entertaining Elegant Read)

(superb and action packed)

(False Colors by Alex Beecroft)
I just finished this book and found it to be very satisfying. Very romantic, sometimes brutally graphic, but well written and enjoyable. The erotic scenes are very tasteful, so even the prudish shouldn't be too offended.
If you enjoy gay romantic period piece novels, this one should be near the top of your wish list.
I just want to add my voice to the other five star reviews posted here. This is a wonderful book, full of well-drawn characters, amazing historical detail, and lots of twists and turns in the plot. I read it quickly because I couldn't wait to find out what happened in the story, then went back and re-read it (twice!) to enjoy the beautiful writing. I give this book my highest recommendation. Read it...you won't be disappointed.
A gay romance intrigued me so I took the bait. I being a gay male was wondering how a heterosexual female would do with this topic. To my surprise and enjoyment this was a tasteful and entertaining read. I love that the reader receives a build up of the relationship and it is not just passion all the way through. There is a lot of historic sailing background. I do not know anything about sailing so the terms I thought would throw me off but the writing is so well done that I had no problem knowing what was happening. I did however have a couple things that bothered me. First if you are that unsure of your sexuality just having someone flirt with you is not going to make you go out and think you are the same way. Trust me I know. There is a lot of conflict within ones self to come to that point. Also if you are that concerned that someone will know and that you are unsure and your life is in danger to act on your feelings there is no way you would have sex in the open while others watched. The first time you have sex and you have repressed it as a gay man you have a ton of emotions and none of them were addressed. That being said the final chapter is so well written that the emotions and love shine through. All and all I would totally recommend this for an entertaining elegant read.
I just finished reading this book.It's really awesome and action packed.The characters are loveable.This is superb.I highly recommend it.The author did a great.
There are many things that pleasantly surprised me in this book, but once stood upon all the other, the sensuality and the carnality that lacked in the previous book, by the same author, Captain's Surrender. It's not a big fault, I loved that book, and in a way, being it almost asexual allowed more readers to near a genre that sometime it's stigmatized as "erotic" when maybe it's not erotic at all (don't let me go further on the matter, it would be too long). Anyway, for example, I gifted this same book, False Colors, to a friend of mine who is a newbie of the genre without even having read it before since I vouched Alex Beecroft with closed eyes: I said to my friend, you will find a very good historical setting, adventures and beautiful characters, but no worries, there will be few "sex"... and now I'm wondering if my friend will still talk to me! All right, I'm slightly joking, it's not that, all of sudden, Alex Beecroft has written an erotic romance, it's only that this time I "felt" her characters in a more physical way, and at the same time, and maybe for that reason, they are also more exposed to the turmoil of unrequited love, they suffer more for love.

At the beginning of the story there is always the love for the sea, but above all for the Ladies of the Sea, the stunning Royal Navy ship, of a man, an officer of that same Royal Navy. The year is the 1762, and John Cavendish has the luck to receive the command of a ship; he is quite surprised, he is not so well acquainted or wealth, or senior, to have the right to it, but he will not question his luck... at least not until the moment he realizes that he was also given a suicidal mission with the ship, a mission that will bring down him and the ship, and all the man on it. John is the son of a quaker mother and a libertine father... from the mix, John came out as a man with high principle, very pious, but with a tendency to passion that not always is proper for an officer. John has always denied his passionate nature and he is the perfect officer by the book: he will not question his orders, he is willing to the sacrifice, but he pities his men. And so when he is informed that there is a voluntary officer for his mission, he is not quite happy with the news.

"Alfie" Donwell is the typical self-made officer; from a middle class family, he probably chose the sea as the only way to arise himself from a mediocre life. It's not clear if Alfie always preferred men, or if the alluring personality of his first captain (when he was only 13 years old) made him so, we only know that Alfie is careless and almost open to his true nature. He likes man, and you can read it in his eyes when he sees John, that he likes him. And he is not even shy to hide it, he makes it quite clear. But John is not "awaken" to this possibility, in his naivete, he knows that there are sodomites in the "world", but for sure they are not abroad. And so when Alfie approaches him, he banishes those strange feelings he is having to a some sort of comradeship. How candid he is...

But when a man for Alfie's past comes along, Alfie confirms his carelessness and maybe also his unrequited love for John, and finally speaks the words that clearly state what he was trying to prove to John with actions... and obviously John at first rejects him, it's in his nature, it's against all he believes, he can't do anything else. And here come out the real Alfie and John: Alfie feels rejected (and he is) and runs away, without giving time to John to digest the shocking news... Alfie is always ready to flee away, he is so driven by his heart more than his mind, that he never stops to think. He is and he will always be, for all the length of the book, ready to catch only the first meaning of the words he hears, without trying to catch instead the hidden meaning. John instead is a man who is ready to listen and comprehend; even if he is a very religious man, he is not the man who always wants to bring God's justice upon other men. John asks for his own punishment, but his always ready to forgive other mistakes. And when faced with Alfie's revelation, even if shocked, he is willing to comprehend the man, and doing so, to question his own believing. If Alfie was not ready to run away, maybe the evolution of their story would have been different.

But this would have not been an adventure romance if there was not the adventure part, would have been it? And so our heroes take separate ways, and have to face very difficult moment, but all of it serve them to understand what it is really important in life and who they really love. Not all the adventures they have are "romance" like, there is blood and sweat and dirty, actually only when they are together I feel the romance, and it's always a pure and "clean" love, but when they are distant, the real world is right there ready to catch them. Alfie, in his haste to run away from John, will also chase his first love, a man who clearly is not right for him and that will never give him what he needs, since Alfie, with all his carelessness, is only searching someone to age with, same as John. Even if everyone around tells him that for the sodomites like him there is no good in searching love, Alfie still believes in romance, and for doing "certain" things, he has to believe to be in love. John on the other hand, "has not" to believe, he can be with a man ONLY if he is in love, and since he is in love with Alfie, there is not other man for him other than Alfie.
1762, The Georgian Age of Sail: For his first command, John Cavendish is given a ship—the HMSMeteor—and a crew, both in need of repair and discipline. He’s determined to make a success of their first mission, and hopes the well-liked lieutenant Alfred Donwell will stand by his side as he leads his new crew into battle: stopping the slave trade off the coast of Algiers.
Alfie knows their mission is futile, and that their superiors back in England will use the demise of this crew as impetus for war with the Ottoman Empire. But the darker secret he keeps is his growing attraction for his commanding officer—a secret punishable by death.
With the arrival of his former captain—and lover—on the scene of the disastrous mission, Alfie is torn between the security of his past and the uncertain promise of a future with the straight-laced John.
Against a backdrop of war, intrigue, and personal betrayal, the high seas will carry these men through dangerous waters from England to Africa to the West Indies in search of a safe harbor.

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< Sellevision > < Possible Side Effects > < Magical Thinking: True Stories > < Dry > < Running With Scissors: A Memoir > Augusten Burroughs

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(Entertaining!!!)

(This has to be a work of non fiction...)

(Another Great Showing From Burroughs)

(Good first try)

(Terrible)
This is his first book, but not the first one I read... I was expecting more "memoir-style" vs. novel -- however -- JUST AS WONDERFUL!! Charming, witty, very, very good character building!! I felt like I know those people.
Having worked at a 'Sellevision'-esq place, although I won't get into specifics, I was rolling on the floor- laughing while reading this. It was so much like the real thing, it amazed me. I'm a HUGE Burroughs fan and wasn't too sure if a novel would be a good read by him, but I was wrong. Being able to relate to the subject made this book a million times more enjoyable, and I can see how many readers weren't big fans. Being able to connect made it easier to visualize the situations and characters. If you work for/worked for QVC, HSN or any of the other 20 or so shopping channels, you MUST read this book!
Sellevision was recommended to me by a friend, who suggested the book because I love the writing of Max Barry (of Company and Syrup fame). It turned out to be a great match.

Sellevision is a hilarious book -- simultaneously dark humored and lighthearted. It follows the lives of four hosts on the Sellevision network, a home shopping network. It might sound a little boring, but in the course of a year there is incest, genitals on live television, a nervous breakdown, a dead rat, and copious amounts of alcohol.
I didn't know that Augusten Burroughs had written a novel, so when he mentioned in his memoir Possible Side Effects that his first novel Sellevision is about a host of a home shopping channel whose penis slipped out while on the air, I knew that I'd be reading it.

Burroughs is the author of four best selling memoirs, the most famous being Running With Scissors, which has also been made into a movie. According to Burroughs's official website, Sellevision is in production to be made into a movie as well, and is scheduled to begin shooting in November of 2008. In his memoirs Burroughs has running themes, the main ones being: his weird family upbringing, his battle with alcoholism, and his relationship status as a gay man.

Sellevision is an account of the gradual destruction of a home shopping channel. The book has an ensemble of characters which is the books strongest and weakest points. The book starts with the aforementioned flashing, which leads to the mainest of main characters, Max, finding out that such a gaffe makes finding further employment almost impossible. Peggy Jean, a fundamentalist Christian who sells such trinkets as crucifix cufflinks and star of David money clips, starts drinking and pill popping when a stalker will not stop sending her e-mails that point out her unwanted body hair and other bodily flaws. Bebe is a forty-two year old shopping addict and star of Sellevision. These are the main characters of the book. Unfortunately, nobody told Burroughs.

For so small a book (229 pages with big font) there are too many characters. It was only towards about page 180 that I figured out that Trish and Leigh were two different people. I had somehow combined them into one super character in my head until that point. I'm sure that this specific problem didn't occur for many, but it is just an example of how confusing it can be to introduce six main characters within a span of 50 pages. The big characters were Max, Peggy Jean, and Bebe. He should've either stuck with them or made this a 350 page book.

Another drawback of the book is that it took too long for the action to start. There were too many references to the Selevision inventory and inner workings. I understand that he was trying to be detailed and draw us into the "world of home shopping", but instead it just made the pace drag. Once he cut the rate of the references down about a quarter of the way through the book, it was a lot more enjoyable. If Burroughs had written this way throughout the whole book, it would have flowed much better. The meat of the story was the characters and once he focused more on them, it got really good.

I don't want to be overly critical of the book, because it was a really enjoyable read. Burroughs was funny as ever, but it just seemed pretty obvious that this was his first try at a novel because of the structural flaws. I hope he gives fiction another try.

This is the first book I've read by Augusten Burroughs and honestly, I can't believe I read it through the end. The plot is formulaic and implausible and the characters are one-dimensional. Now, I understand that this book is "comedy" and because of that, doesn't have the same conventions of a regular novel. But unfortunately, the humor smacks of lazy writing and lack of imagination. In short, it's just plain bad, bad, bad.

The only people I imagine finding this funny are people who think Jay Leno's monologues are a hoot. If you appreciate good comedy, pass by this one and thank me later.

Darkly funny and gleefully mean-spirited, Sellevision explores greed, obsession and third tier celebrity, in the world of a fictional home shopping network. Welcome to the troubled world of Sellevision, America-s premier retail broadcasting network. When Max Andrews, the much-loved and handsome (lonely and gay) host of -Slumber Sunday Sundown- accidentally exposes himself in front of twenty million kids and their parents during a -Toys for Tots- segment, Sellevision faces its first big scandal. As Max fails to find a job in television, another host, the popular and perky Peggy Jean Smythe is receiving sinister emails about her appearance from a stalker. Popping pills and drinking heavily, she fails to notice that her husband is spending a lot of time with the very young babysitter who lives next door. Then there-s Leigh, whose affair with Sellevision boss Howard Toast is going nowhere, until she exposes him on air; and Bebe, Sellevision-s star host, who finds Mr. Right through the Internet--if she can just stop her shopping addiction from taking over. Darkly funny and gleefully mean-spirited, Sellevision explores greed, obsession and third tier celebrity, in the world of a fictional home shopping network. Welcome to the troubled world of Sellevision, America-s premier retail broadcasting network. When Max Andrews, the much-loved and handsome (lonely and gay) host of -Slumber Sunday Sundown- accidentally exposes himself in front of twenty million kids and their parents during a -Toys for Tots- segment, Sellevision faces its first big scandal. As Max fails to find a job in television, another host, the popular and perky Peggy Jean Smythe is receiving sinister emails about her appearance from a stalker. Popping pills and drinking heavily, she fails to notice that her husband is spending a lot of time with the very young babysitter who lives next door. Then there-s Leigh, whose affair with Sellevision boss Howard Toast is going nowhere, until she exposes him on air; and Bebe, Sellevision-s star host, who finds Mr. Right through the Internet--if she can just stop her shopping addiction from taking over.
Light and funny, with a bitter aftertaste, the action ofSellevisiontakes place behind the scenes (and on the set) of a successful television shopping network, where a feminine role model, Peggy Jean Smythe, the married, Christian mother of three, begins receiving suspicious e-mail from a viewer who insists that Peggy's hairy earlobe is obscuring her presentation of jewelry during the broadcast. When Peggy fails to respond to the e-mail, but silently waxes her lobe, the cruel notes escalate, until Peggy believes herself to be suffering from a hormonal crisis that has given her a mustache, a gruff voice, and the manner of a lumberjack. Meanwhile, one of her cohosts, Max Andrews, has been fired for accidentally exposing himself during a children's special, and learns just how undesirable a commodity a penis-baring ex-Sellevision host can be on the job market. The book is an unusually smooth read for a first novel, with six or seven truly inspired lines.--Regina Marler
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