• REVIEW: Survivor’s Guilt And Other Stories by Greg Herren

    REVIEW: Survivor’s Guilt And Other Stories by Greg Herren

    The descriptive bit: This is a collection of dark-themed suspense stories. Essentially, it’s a collection of tales about murder and untimely or suspicious death. There are bodies everywhere! Guilty people abound! My thoughts bit: The stories in this book hit you with horror where you live. RIGHT in your own mind. It’s filled up with…

  • Review: The Best Of Crimes by K.C. Maher

    The descriptive bit: Walter Mitchell, a New Yorker, walks into his local police station at the beginning of this novel and confesses to kidnapping a thirteen-year-old. Then the story of his history begins. Walter is a young math prodigy and at eighteen he lands a job in the twin towers. He meets and marries Sterling,…

  • Review: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

    Review: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

    I read “Red, White & Royal Blue” in one day and I’m pleased to admit that I cried through the last quarter of it. This book is exactly the balm that my poor, battered, immigrant-Canadian heart needed. It’s probably not lost on anyone that the past few years have been a challenging time to survive…

  • Review: The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta

    The short blurb bit: Danny seems to have been looking for something without really knowing it. She has moved with her mother to a small town called Tempest. She falls in with a group of friends called The Grays without knowing that they may have actually brought her there. The Grays are a coven of young…

  • PHOTOS: Kamloops

  • MUSIC: What’s On My Playlist?

    MUSIC: What’s On My Playlist?

    I love music, and I love variety. I thought I would share a bit of what I’ve been listening to lately. Ben Platt – Sing To Me Instead This record! I’ve been listening to each song that Ben released and now that the full release is out, I’m loving it. I knew that Platt was…

  • PHOTOS: Savannah, Vidette Lake, Dead Man’s Creek

    PHOTOS: Savannah, Vidette Lake, Dead Man’s Creek

    savannah, vidette lake, dead man’s creek, a set on Flickr.  

  • REVIEW: American Fairytale by Adriana Herrera

    The descriptive bit: Camilo is a Cuban-American social worker in NYC. His boss has given him a thousand dollar ticket to a gala and he’s planning to have a good time at the complimentary bar. What he isn’t expecting is to meet Tom and end up having a sizzling one-night encounter with him. When Camilo…

  • REVIEW: Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju

    The descriptive bit: Nima is “brown and queer”, in love with her straight best friend, Ginny and awkward as hell. The day she met Ginny, Nima threw up on her Reeboks; that’s the way her life goes. At the exact moment that she finally gets the courage to tell Ginny how she feels, Ginny stops…

  • Review: Yay! You’re Gay! Now What? by Riyadh Khalaf

    Review: Yay! You’re Gay! Now What? by Riyadh Khalaf

    The descriptive bit: Yay! You’re Gay! Now What? by Riyadh Khalaf is a book for young queer guys. It covers pretty much everything you might want to know, including things you may not have even thought of! This book is a great resource for young people and it’s written by someone who has been through…

  • Review: I Knew Him by Abigail de Niverville is lovely

    The descriptive bit: Julian is trying to survive long enough to get out of the small Canadian town he lives in. His escape is College or University in another town far away… in which he can be himself. Jules is bisexual, he’s pretty sure of it. He’s had girlfriends, he’s found himself kissing boys at…

  • Review: Shantallow by C.K. Kelly Martin

    The short blurb bit: Shantallow is a novel about a young man named, Misha. He lives under the weight of repetitive nightmares and a father who wasn’t good for him. But in his dreams there is a beautiful girl.. and then, he meets her in real life. Tanvi, cocky and beautiful and all the things…