“You never know what’s in a person’s heart until they’re tested, do you?” I’ve been a fan of the movie adaptation Fried Green Tomatoes for a great many years. I also enjoyed Fannie Flagg on countless episodes of The Match Game thanks to reruns on The Game Show Network, so it was with great joy and … More Book Review: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, by Fannie Flagg
“Knowledge was more powerful than fear. Love was stronger than hate.” You know when a book is reasonably enjoyable, but the last ten pages are so terrible that it ruins the whole experience? Not just ruins the whole book even, but makes you so mad you want to chuck the book across the room and … More Book Review: Shine, by Lauren Myracle
When I first picked up Adam, I confess I was simultaneously intrigued and repulsed by its premise. You see, Adam has the audacious idea to take the standard rom-com premise where someone pretends to be someone/something they’re not, and throw in gender norms and sexuality as a twist. It all starts when 17 year-old Adam goes to … More Book Review: Adam, by Ariel Schrag
When I was in my early twenties and beginning to think about coming out, I just happened to have a conversation with a well-read gay man at a dinner party. Somehow Gore Vidal’s The City and the Pillar came up. The premise intrigued me, as did the morbid darkness the man described. Thus, this was … More Great LGBT Book Recommendations: The City and the Pillar, by Gore Vidal
Last time I told you about a book that my husband and I discovered in a bookstore together. Now I’d like to tell you about one of the first books he recommended to me when we first met and started dating. I’m always curious about the books people like enough to recommend to others. It’s … More Great LGBT Book Recommendations: Call Me By Your Name, by André Aciman
Two years ago, my husband and I were browsing the book section of a card store called Rainbows and Triangles in Chelsea. They used to have an amazing selection. We loved to go there to discover LGBT books you wouldn’t necessarily find on the shelves of more commercial stores like Barnes & Noble. They still … More Great LGBT Book Recommendations: Full Circle, by Michael Thomas Ford
Compelling drama, but oddly cold “There is a fort in the South where a few years ago a murder was committed. The participants of this tragedy were: two officers, a soldier, two women, a Filipino, and a horse.” With its short page count, Reflections in a Golden Eye is more of a novella than a … More Great LGBT Book Recommendations: Reflections in a Golden Eye, by Carson McCullers
In my early twenties, when I was beginning to think about coming out myself, I developed something of a fascination with gay literature. Things like that are typical for me. First of all, as long as I’m interested in the subject matter I think research can be tons of fun (Nerd alert, I know. I … More Great LGBT Book Recommendations: Maurice, by E.M. Forster
“The problem with my life was that it was someone else’s idea.” Thank goodness for librarians. For a lot of reasons, really. I’m very lucky to have a lot of friends who work in libraries, mostly in the Young Adult area. I guess that’s one of those things that happens when you love books: you … More Book Review: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, by Benjamin Alire Saenz
“We always underestimated our own participation in magic.” I read this book back in August, just as we began our big move, and I’m so excited to finally get the chance to talk it up to you guys. But first, a story to illustrate just why this book is so spot-on and so important. I … More Book Review: Two Boys Kissing, by David Levithan
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