The Commitment

I just love this book.
I've read it at least three times.
This is the second book in this series.
The first is THE KID. And what happens to to Dan and his boyfriend Terry when they decide to get pregnant.

First the kid and then marriage. Maybe. Terry would rather get tattoos that say "Property of Dan Savage. Property of Terry Miller" on each other. As hot as that might be in the bedroom, it doesn't fly with Dan's mother.

I really enjoy this book. It is funny, compassionate and written from the heart.

From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. The author of the internationally syndicated column "Savage Love" brings much-needed humor, and a reality check, to the bitter gay-marriage debate with this polemical memoir. As Savage (Skipping Towards Gomorrah) and his boyfriend, Terry, neared their 10th anniversary, Savage's mother put on the pressure for them to get married. But, Savage notes, there were several other points to consider before deciding to tie the knot: among them, the fact that marriage doesn't provide legal protection in Washington State; Terry prefers tattoos as a sign of commitment; and their six-year-old son declared that only men and women can get married. Furthermore, Savage himself worried that the relationship would be jinxed by anything more permanent than a big anniversary bash, though the one they plan quickly assumes the proportions and price of a wedding reception. While documenting the couple's wobble toward a decision, Savage skewers ideologues, both pro– and anti–gay marriage, with his radical pragmatism. Disproving Tolstoy's dictum that "happy families are all alike," he takes a sharp-eyed, compassionate look at matrimony as it is actually practiced by friends, his raucously affectionate family and even medieval Christians. When he explains to his son what marriage is really about, you want to stand up and cheer, and the surprise ending is both hilarious and a tear-jerker.

From boys to men

I just finished reading a charming story by one of our own bloggers. Hot Toddy. This is his first, to my knowledge published work, unless you take into consideration all the plays he's written and performed in. A talented guy to be sure! I loved it.

http://hot-toddy.blogspot.com/

Please, give it a read, and uh, Mr, Todd...I know for a fact there are more then twelve of us who check out your blog. lol.

Book Description:
More than an anthology of coming out stories, From Boys to Men is a stunning collection of essays about what it is like to be gay and young, to be different and be aware of that difference from the earliest of ages. In these memoirs, coming out is less important than coming of age and coming to the realization that young gay people experience the world in ways quite unlike straight boys. Whether it is a fascination with soap opera, an intense sensitivity to their own difference, or an obsession with a certain part of the male anatomy, gay kids — or kids who would eventually identify as gay — have an indefinable but unmistakable gay sensibility. Sometimes the result is funny, sometimes it is harrowing, and often it is deeply moving.Essays by lauded young writers like Alex Chee (Edinburgh), Aaron Hamburger (Faith for Beginners), K. M. Soehnlein (The World of Normal Boys), Trebor Healy (Through It Came Bright Colors), Tom Dolby (The Trouble Boy),David Bahr, and Austin Bunn, are collected along with those by brilliant, newcomers such as Todd Pozycki, Michael McAllister, Jason Tougaw, Viet Dinh, and the wildly popular blogger, Joe.My.God.

A Coventry Christmas

I just finished reading a wonderful book. (thanks Becky, I was up all night reading , had to finish it.)




Coventry, Texas—a place where the locals are friendly and snow has been known to fall in December. And this year, Christmas in Coventry promises the most wonderful and magical gift of all—love!

Keelie Cannon is in danger of becoming a Scrooge. Her job at a Houston bookstore is hardly inspiring Christmas cheer—more like a need for double vodka martinis. Her surrogate mom, the rock of holiday predictability, is suddenly spending Christmas in Hawaii. So, why not grab her friends, get away from it all, and spend a nice quiet Christmas together in Coventry? It sure beats repeats of How the Grinch Stole Christmas...

Between a fractured ankle, a bawdy grandmother, and Hamlet (Keelie's suddenly under-the-weather hamster), she and the gang are in for a Christmas that is as unpredictable as it is merry.

And when Coventry's veterinarian starts making house calls to check on Hamlet, Keelie wonders if this Christmas might bring her what she's always wanted: true love...

Books

I'm reading:
The swordsman-by Mel Keegan.
Loving it. I love all his books.

Books I've read this past month:
Mardi Gras Mambo- Greg Herren. (Love all his books)
Nocturne-Mel Keegan.
The blood of kings- John Michael Curlovich.
KINK- tales of sexual adventurer.
Tea leaf reading-William W. Hewitt

Books that are waiting:
The Davinci Code
All three books by Adriana Trigiani
(Big cherry holler-Big Stone Gap-Milk Glass Moon)

Book that I'm picking up this week, that are waiting for me, Yeah!
Someone to Love-Timothy James Beck
definitely Dead-Charlaine Harris
Running Dry-M.Christian
And the second book by Curlovach, can't remember the name. Bad me.)

And in between reading all these, I am writing my own, gay sci fi. I should not writing, because it is written, but Jodie and I are editing. I write, she edits, Poor thing. She has her job cut out for her, for sure. lol.

She says I am the queen of Commas. I think each and everyone are needed and wanted. lol. She disagrees daily. I, am, sorry, chica, but, they, stay, YEAH, for, commas, commas, are, my , friends. HEY, PUT THAT MOUSE DOWN, DON'T YOU THROW THAT AT ME!

So...I'm off to do another chapter for her to moan and groan about. "Leave out the commas, I'll add them." she says. Yeah, right. Like that will happen.

Debbi