Currently I’m reading through a queer romance book that I’ll be posting a review for in December…because it’s a sort of holiday book. The first chapter of it had my cackling so I sent the link to my best friend and told him to download it as well.As a gay man, he’s been my mentor … Continue reading Trauma in queer readings
I’m a child of the ‘80’s’80s. Nostalgia is huge with me these days. When there comes a book called 80’s Ghost by V. S. Lawrence that promotes a haunting mystery of a small town high school fire in the 80’s, you have my attention. The story revolves around Chrissy, Rodney, and Bill. The three of … Continue reading Totally Spooky
Recharged, with new ideas and stacks of books. When you see this, I’ll be spending my weekend at a convention sitting on several panels. I’m excited. This con is one of my yearly cons, the one closest to where I live and it’s exciting and daunting to finally be part of the panelists that attend every … Continue reading Welcome October
You know how you walk into an IKEA and it's just a maze of furniture? Arrows on the floor that tell you which way to go and eventually it dumps you out at a huge warehouse where you have to find the boxes for the items you want to pick up. It's huge. One could … Continue reading Big box furniture stores are creepy enough!
It's that time again, time for a pause in my blog. I have one more book to review next week, then I'm going to take the month of September off to catch up on my reading. 2024 has been the year of me not reading much and I'm not sure why. My Goodreads Reading Challenge … Continue reading The Fall Pause
Back On February 29, 1876, leap year, Professor Josiah Grant wanted to host a séance. He enlisted the help of a renowned psychic Lucius Holgrove to assist him. Grant had found a tome chined in the underground of an old Irish Monastery that had a spell to see his own fate. All he needed was … Continue reading The Art of Suffering
When I was younger, I read a short story called The Library Policeman. It was in Stephen King’s book Four Past Midnight that was released in 1990. For those who haven’t read it, the story is about a man who accidentally destroys books he borrowed from the library and is terrorized by the Library Policeman.I … Continue reading On Ode to Libraries. (And Librarians)
I've mentioned before that it's difficult for me to find a good horror novel. Outside the horror favorite: Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Clive Barker new horror is a hit and miss with me. Sometimes the authors go for the extra disgusting and forget the plot. Sometimes they're so focused on the plot that they forget … Continue reading Haunted houses or no.
Welcome friends, to the last musing of July. When this article drops, I’ll be in the great state of Minnesota attending a weekend conference wherein several speakers will discuss topic based on one author and his books. There will be a library visit as well because what’s a literary conference without a visit to a … Continue reading In Search of new book festivals
Poetry and I have an on again off again relationship. I wrote some in my younger years, nothing huge. Maybe two dozen poems. I do like poetry; my problem is the poetry depends on the poet.Getting and English Lit degree dulls my love for poetry in such as I had a professor for multiple poetry … Continue reading Poetry for the emotions
Mouse's Reading Nook 