Showing posts with label Holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holidays. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Happy Holidays from Wendi Zwaduk
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Thursday Review ~ Make the Yuletide Gay
I love a story where the characters seem totally not right for each other, but the author makes everything turn out exactly how it should be. I wanted to bring to light a story that caught my eye back in December. I know, I'm a little late. Been that way all my life.
Now about the story.
Make the Yuletide Gay by Lena Austin
Changeling Press
Contemporary
short story
M/M, anal sex
I love a good short story filled with heart. Love one more when the story packs a real punch. This one does both. Lena Austin manages to put some real characters you won't forget in a story that takes maybe an hour to read. I laughed, I cried, and I rooted for a Happily Ever After.
Ok, yes, Dr. Gary comes off a little maudlin, but yanno, it's acceptable. He's been through the grinder and would rather fly under the radar. He's someone the reader can relate to. We've all had our wallflower moments and we've all wanted to be noticed by that one person. He's still sweet and you want to see him have a great holiday.
And then there's Georgia and Adam. Add a cowboy to the story and you've got this reader hooked. I loved Georgia because she's a pill and nothing like I'd imagined. She's a great little addition to the story that adds the right amount of sugar.
Adam is another sweet treat. I could almost see him in front of me and it was a yummy sight. I liked the twists and turns concerning him and Gary. I smiled and sighed, completely caught up in the love story.
You should grab a copy of this book. I give it two thumbs up!
Now about the story.
Make the Yuletide Gay by Lena Austin
Changeling Press
Contemporary
short story
M/M, anal sex
Dr. Gary Lord is comfortable and out in his homosexuality anywhere but his southern hometown -- and certainly not at his parents' house. But, in Yulee, Florida, secrets are very hard to keep when the folks across town know how you season your greens the minute you say, "Pass the salt."
And there's an old high school classmate who's been waiting patiently for Gary to come home... and he plans to crash Gary's Yuletide celebration in a big way.
I love a good short story filled with heart. Love one more when the story packs a real punch. This one does both. Lena Austin manages to put some real characters you won't forget in a story that takes maybe an hour to read. I laughed, I cried, and I rooted for a Happily Ever After.
Ok, yes, Dr. Gary comes off a little maudlin, but yanno, it's acceptable. He's been through the grinder and would rather fly under the radar. He's someone the reader can relate to. We've all had our wallflower moments and we've all wanted to be noticed by that one person. He's still sweet and you want to see him have a great holiday.
And then there's Georgia and Adam. Add a cowboy to the story and you've got this reader hooked. I loved Georgia because she's a pill and nothing like I'd imagined. She's a great little addition to the story that adds the right amount of sugar.
Adam is another sweet treat. I could almost see him in front of me and it was a yummy sight. I liked the twists and turns concerning him and Gary. I smiled and sighed, completely caught up in the love story.
You should grab a copy of this book. I give it two thumbs up!
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Ah, the Fun of the Holidays Begins to Wear Off
I love the holidays, I do. But among the plethora of things I detest, snow is one of them.
You may ask, how so? It's pretty, it's soft, it's the stuff of poetry and song.
Oh sure.
Yes, it's all those things, but for a girl who grew up not particulary fond of it, driving in it scares me spitless.
There are these wonderful things called slick spots, black ice, and those crazies who don't know how to drive in snow any better than I do. EEEEEKKKKK!
As Susan Powter would say, Stop the Insanity.
In my case, it stops with me.
No, I haven't taken ant driving in snow courses. (DH keeps trying to teach me since he lives for snow and practically salivates when the first flake of the season falls, but the silly man...at least he tries.) But I do try to not be out in it whenever possible.
My idea of fun in the snow is watching it fall from my living room window.
Grief, I can't wait for April to come around. At least then it's mostly rain.
You may ask, how so? It's pretty, it's soft, it's the stuff of poetry and song.
Oh sure.
Yes, it's all those things, but for a girl who grew up not particulary fond of it, driving in it scares me spitless.
There are these wonderful things called slick spots, black ice, and those crazies who don't know how to drive in snow any better than I do. EEEEEKKKKK!
As Susan Powter would say, Stop the Insanity.
In my case, it stops with me.
No, I haven't taken ant driving in snow courses. (DH keeps trying to teach me since he lives for snow and practically salivates when the first flake of the season falls, but the silly man...at least he tries.) But I do try to not be out in it whenever possible.
My idea of fun in the snow is watching it fall from my living room window.
Grief, I can't wait for April to come around. At least then it's mostly rain.
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