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REVIEW: Tangle (Anthology edited by Nicole Kimberling)

By Janine • Jul 15th, 2008 • Category: A Review Category, A- Reviews, B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews, B- Reviews, C Reviews, C Reviews Category, C+ Reviews, C- Reviews, D Reviews, Reviews

Dear Readers,
Since this review covers my responses to nine short stories and two novellas, I’ve decided that for the sake of clarity, it would be simper to address this letter to you rather than to eleven authors.
Tangle is an anthology featuring a variety of same-sex love stories. All the romances here have two heroes, [...]


REVIEW: Adrien English Mysteries by Josh Lanyon

By Jane • May 21st, 2008 • Category: B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews, Reviews

Dear Mr. Lanyon:
I don’t ordinarily look for gay fiction but in at the urging of Teddy Pig I picked up the Adrien English Mysteries which is a two novella* collection featuring the titular character, Adrien English, a gay bookstore owner and mystery writer with a bad heart, whose situation forces him into sleuthing.
These stories are [...]


California Supreme Court Rules Same Sex Marriage Constitutional

By Jane • May 15th, 2008 • Category: Publishing News

Today the California Supreme Court’s decision dropped on the constitutionality of a same sex marriage ban. Specifically, the court addressed this question:
The question we must address is whether, under these circumstances, the failure to designate the official relationship of same-sex couples as marriage violates the California Constitution.
The Court found that the “right to marry [...]


REVIEW: Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale

By Janine • May 12th, 2008 • Category: A Review Category, A- Reviews

Dear Ms. Hale,
I first heard of your book, Wicked Gentlemen, when it was nominated in the GLBT category of our DA BWAHA March Madness tournament. Wicked Gentlemen made it to the third round of the tournament, which means it was the runner-up in the GLBT category.
At the time we were [...]


JK Rowling Confesses Dumbledore Is Gay

By Jane • Oct 22nd, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

Whether it was JK Rowling coming clean or creating a media firestorm to whip up the Christian Conservative, in New York she revealed to a reading group that Dumbledore is gay.
Dumbledore fell in love with Grindelwald [a bad wizard he defeated long ago], and that added to his horror when Grindelwald showed himself to be [...]


REVIEW: Roses in December by Fiona Glass

By ジェーン(Jān) • Mar 26th, 2007 • Category: A Review Category, A- Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Glass,
I started reading this book out of curiosity and couldn’t put it down. I wasn’t expecting much. I’ve purchased a few gay “romances” and most let me down in one of two ways. Either they’re erotica that has left romance and character out for the most part, or they’re [...]