Review of In the Blood (Paperback)

The back of this book says it's a roller coaster ride and they aren't kidding. I never read such a wild story -- very romantic, very funny, but also really sad, really scary, and REALLY erotic!!Also, there's some pretty gory stuff. But somehow this guy pulls it altogether and makes it work. I loved this book. I hated when I got to the end because I was so into these characters and this story. I totally reccommend this book if you don't mind the explicit sexual stuff and the gory stuff. It's a great vampire story but it's also a wonderful romance story.

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An unlikely romance between a hematologist and a vampire in the early years of the AIDS pandemic is the focus of Scott Miller's genre-defying riff on vampire legends, American pop culture, and horror fiction. Part romance, part gothic horror, part comedy, part steamy eroticism, it crosses all boundaries and ends up an entertaining roller coaster ride you won't soon forget.

About the Author
Scott Miller is the artistic director of New Line Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri, and he has written three non-fiction books on musical theatre, From Assassins to West Side Story, Deconstructing Harold Hill, and Rebels with Applause: Broadway's Ground-Breaking Musicals (all published by Heinemann Publishing). He has also contributed to other books on theatre. He has written eight musicals and two plays for the stage and regularly writes for national theatre magazines and arts websites. His erotic fiction has been published in several magazines and his commentary on political issues has appeared in many national news publications, as well as eighty-five newspapers in thirty-two states. In the Blood is based on his stage musical of the same title, which was premiered by New Line Theatre at the St. Marcus Theatre in St. Louis in 1995. He holds a degree in music and musical theatre from Harvard University and currently lives in St. Louis, where he was born and raised, w!ith his black cat Joey. It is true that he keeps vampire's hours but he does not feed on human blood.

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Review of Road Trips, Broken Hearts & Other Debris of Growing Up (Paperback)

What it must be like to travel with the author.Adventure seems to follow her where ever she goes.Simple trips turn into massive ordeals with humorous consequences.I highly recommend you take this book on your travels to help you make your own life more dramatic.

Her stories of friends and family are just as entertaining!What a collection of characters.Little Jordan Finnerty with his nose-picking adventures is by far my favorite.

Melissa Schad is definitely an author to watch.Kind of like Candace Bushnell meets Erma Bombeck.I believe this is her first novel and I am looking forward to many more!!

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This book captures the hilarious highs and lows of friendship and love, family and fiascos. Whether stealing motorhomes and picking up hitchhikers, accidentally going to Vegas with the wrong guy, being the most terrible bridesmaid ever, or gaining ten pounds on her honeymoon, Melissa finds the humor in every madcap adventure she has.

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Review of Slices: Observations from the Wrong Side of the Fairway (Paperback)

I love golf as much as I hate it, and I.J. Schecter understands how I and most other golfers feel. The great thing about this book is that he writes it for the majority of golfers instead of the few at the top. It's about the challenges we all face when trying to feather a chip, or hit a downhill putt, or just keep our damn drives straight some of the time. And he describes this stuff in extremely funny ways that are so original. You feel like you're on the course with him as you read the different stories -- half the time laughing out loud. I don't know if I was laughing at his experiences or because they make me think of my own, but the point is I was laughing, and smiling, and enjoying myself. What a great book to have. It reminds you that most golfers are in the same boat together, and it gives you lots of great laughs at the same time.



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Review of Human Resources: A Corporate Nightmare (Paperback)

Kemske writes with a dark humor that skilled in satire. And he lampoons the corporate world with just enough violence to make it interesting. You'll never want to go back to the office again! A great read.



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Review of Something To Believe In (Paperback)

Wow what a great book!
I couldn't wait to read more each time I had to put it down. Suitable for young and old alike. Story was captivating and ending leaves you wanting more. How about a part two? or the rest of the story. Loved it all. Would recommend this to anyone who loves a good, wholesome, love story without all the unnecesary colorful words that some think they need to include, a beautiful story. Would like to see more from this author. She has a real gift for description that makes you actually experience the story with all of your senses.


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Twenty years after her parents have divorced, and now both dead, Becky, an only child, has the opportunity to move back to the town she grew up in.She has the chance to live in the family's home and in the process of making changes to the house; she finds new friends and relationships that help her realize who she is and what she is looking for.Through dreams and flashbacks, she slowly learns to understand what is important in life and what isn't.Desperately missing her grandparents and father and hating her mother, Becky finds what had always been hiding deep inside of her.

About the Author
For many years, JoAlice Garbrick has had the desire to be a writer. She wrote a children's book, which she hopes to have published very soon. She is also in the process of finishing another book, which was started a few months ago.For seven years she worked in public schools with young children who had disabilities, and then moved into the position of office manager at a dentist office.After being a single mom for almost 10 years, in May of 1999, she married her "best friend" Bob whom she met while working for the dentist.He has four children from a previous marriage.Bob and JoAlice have five grandchildren with more to come, and a Shih Tzu named Sadie. Living in Arizona for most of her life, the couple now lives in Chula Vista, California.

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Review of Boyfriends from Hell: True Tales of Tainted Lovers, Disastrous Dates and Love Gone Wrong! (Paperback)

Kevin Bentley sure did have something devious in mind when he decided to compile this anthology..."Boyfriends from Hell" documents 19 gay writers' stories of twisted loved affairs with men of very little virtue and decency.

Every reader should be warned that the cover of this book can be misleading.Humor was not the sole intedned purpose.Though all of the stories are incredibly well written, very few have laugh-out-loud quality.The tones tend to be sarcastic and bitter, yet poignant, as writers talk about the hardships of gay relationships in general and then top it off with their experience with a failed romance with a mentally-disturbed (and sometimes dangerous) lover.Stephen Greco's story, Miss Bankhead at Home, is one of the better works in the collection, as he recounts an ex resurfacing in his life.Peter is a failed actor/model, who's looks have faded from aging and drug use.The romance is unsteady to begin with, but Greco talks about being drawn back in with the strange man, until one night he has a knife pulled on him.

Under the guise of humor, some of the writers really give us disturbing stories and we cannot help but sympathize with them and their experiences.In one story, a young man is tries to capture the affections of a sexually-confused but charismatic married man, only to eventually realize that he is being used.Other stories rely on a situational confrontation, such as the surprisingly hysterical story, "In the Garden of the North American Cocktease".The story starts out very humorous and one cannot help but chuckle out loud to the narrator's witty observations but in the end, we realize that the date with a "dream guy" could have eventually led him into a very violent confrontation.Erotica writer, Simon Sheppard, lends his talents as well in "Going Down, Going Down Down", an amusing tale of an online hook-up gone wrong, completed with talk of diaper fetishes and crack pipes.

It is unfortunate the only weak story would come from the editor, Kevin Bentley.Kevin knows how to pick his writers well, but sometimes I think he's too scatterbrained to know what to do with so much excellent material.This really shows in his own story, "Widow Hopper".Bentley tries to do it all - combining real drama, sarcasm and a sex scene that would have been appropriate if the subject matter weren't so bleak.Author's should have more faith in their intended subject matters.Some of the stories featured are very real and very powerful, so we don't need to dillude them with funny cartoon covers and odd humor attempts.

Over all, this collection is fantastic.I wouldn't recommend trying to read every story in one night, but rather savor them over several reading sessions.This is a must-have for the disgruntled romantic- documented proof that the one that got away could have been a BOYFRIEND FROM HELL....

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Everyone has suffered the tortures of an unfaithful, unavailable, controlling, or demanding date, boyfriend, or lover. They may be hell to live through, but they make riveting postmortems, collected here as twenty gay writers recount adventures from the deep end of the dating pool.

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Review of New Matter: Ancient Knowledge - Changing Life Forever (Paperback)

I hope you enjoy reading this book as much as I did writing it. This book series is intended as a vehicle to gather and present important aspects of life and share them with family, friends, and people yet unknown. There never seems enough time to explore the deeper issues of life. It is my prayer that this series will be thought provoking and causes you, the reader, to view life from a little different vantage point. The series will be a success if it encourages people to stop and consider the reality of coming world events, their eternal residence, and their relationship with Christ, the Ancient--creator and sustainer of all.

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This modern epic takes the reader to a future world where the age-old struggle of good and evil finally comes to its conclusion-almost. From this point of reference, we are able to derive comfort and insight into today's often confused and rapidly changing world. As knowledge and technology continue to drive humanity, the passage of time brings ancient laws into effect...laws that no longer endure opposition. Are Evil's days numbered?The BOOKS OF CYTEK, with NEW MATTER being its first work, uses an imaginative mix of the scientific with the spiritual in a fictional series that appeals to the technical as well as the non-technical reader. While holding tight to the teachings of scripture, this work explores the increasing role 'the convergence of knowledge' plays in the end times. In light of recent events, it would be hard to overstate the relevance this subject has for our time and place in history.

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