V.A. Vazquez’s The Death Row Club

Every night I strip down to my skivvies, crawl into bed with my first love, and run my fingers up and down his spine. Obviously, I’m talking books, what else would you expect from someone who uses the word skivvies? It’s been a while since I’ve been this excited in bed (literarily speaking) thanks to…

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Kayla Cottingham’s This Delicious Death

What if the “Clueless” crew were less concerned about giving makeovers and more focused on surviving Coachella as cannibals? Or if the “Mean Girls” became zombies who just stepped off a Pride float? Then you’d have Kayla Cottingham’s book “This Delicious Death.” In my gay opinion, it’s a fun and unusual horror read, telling the…

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Edward Schmit’s The Open Era

All I know about tennis is grunting people with rackets try to get a fuzzy yellow ball over a net until someone hits the net or the ball goes over the white line, then the court-side lifeguard in the tall chair tells you who won. I know historic players like Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean…

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Chip Pons’ Dearly Departed

Chip Pons’ new book, “Dearly Departed” is shadows and spice and everything nice. A tale as old as time, Levi the small-town florist meet cutes and falls in love with local mysterious funeral director Hayden. It’s obviously a fairy tale because who ever heard of gay funeral directors and florists…oh also, Hayden is actually mythical…

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Laverne Cox’s Transcendent

“Orange Is The New Black” was my introduction to Laverne Cox. Sure, I love a good sleepover plot line, but not when it’s in a women’s prison, after a few seasons I lost interest. However, my interest in Laverne grew as I saw her doing press and speaking out about trans rights. The trans community…

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Lev AC Rosen’s The Disaster Gay Detective Agency

I’m not a murder mystery sort of gay and don’t like working hard when it comes to my entertainment, please don’t make me figure out who did it. If I’m thinking that hard, I better be getting paid. Hell, even at my job, I only pretend to think that hard. However, “The Disaster Gay Detective…

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Eve Plumb’s Happiness Included

Wednesday Eve Plumb came to the First Congregational Church in Madison, Connecticut thanks to my favorite indie bookstore, RJ Julia Booksellers, to sign and discuss her autobiography “Happiness Included.” How could I not want to go see “The Brady Bunch’s” Jan Brady speak in person. You know Eve must be a big deal to get…

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Byron Lane

A while back I was strolling through the stacks at my local library looking for the latest Ryan La Sala novel when I was stopped in my tracks by “Big Gay Wedding” by Byron Lane. I didn’t need to look any further, I’d get Ryan’s book another time, “Big Gay Wedding” was coming home with…

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And The Winner Is…

A few months back I bid in the Lit For Queer Liberation online auction, benefitting the important work of the Queer Liberation Network who “provide essential financial support, resources, and advocacy to queer and trans individuals facing economic hardship and lacking support systems.” I discovered the auction because one of my favorite authors, Chip Pons, donated…

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Jennie Garth’s I Choose Me

Beverly Hills 90210 was my go-to show in the 90’s, even now, give me a teen drama any time. If I wasn’t home to watch that week’s episode, I sure as hell had my VCR (yes, I’m that old) set. It holds a special place in my heart because it’s the first show that my sister and…

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