Published by Faber&Faber Synopsis: You have to wonder why there isn't a word in the English language for the fireworks that go off in your brain when you finally kiss someone you've wanted for years. Or for the intimacy and tenderness you feel as you hold the hand of a suffering friend. A generation after … Continue reading The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez
Synopsis: Dan is the kind of gay man for whom the Noughties might have been named. Warm, witty and serially promiscuous, his heart melts at the sight of a chocolate brown Labrador — but with men, it’s a different matter. He’s thirty-nine and as single as ever, not counting the couple he just met online. … Continue reading Review: Dinner At The Happy Skeleton by Chris Chalmers
Synopsis: Tiana is your typical pampered young blonde with a love for expensive shoes, hot guys, and murder. After Tiana is cut off from her family’s riches, she takes advantage of her talents and becomes a killer for hire. It’s a lucrative business in her country, where a call to the police can amount to … Continue reading Review: Bubblegum by Sari Taurez
Heart and Brain: Body Language: An Awkward Yeti Collection by the Awkward Yeti and Nick Seluk Teeheehee! I really enjoyed this collection of fun illustrations showing the colourful inner lives of internal organs. I particularly liked the fun and non-judgemental references to anxiety and an overwhelming apathy towards exercise. Both things that I really relate … Continue reading Comic Relief: rekindling my love for comics and graphic novels
Synopsis: Same Holiday. Different George. George Bailey, who has made a fortune selling Christmas ornaments, is having a rough few days. He's thrown his back out lifting the Thanksgiving turkey; his father has died and his wife has left him. He'd turn to his best friend for support, but said BFF is having an affair … Continue reading Review: George Bailey Gets Saved in the End by Ken O’Neill
