It’s time to review another rock ‘n’ roll book. One of my fave bands is Van Halen, and one of my fave drummers is Alex Van Halen. So when his book became available at Kobo, I snatched it up. Yes, it took me a bit to get to reading it since my TBR pile is …
Tales from the Gutter by Mike Corcione has been in my TBR pile for a while, and I finally had a chance to read and review it. This is the perfect book for you if you want a peek behind the decadent rock-n-roll curtain of the eighties hair metal scene in New York City.
Today, author Rodney Rhoda Taylor is guesting. They’re talking about their latest release A Life in Letters, a memoir. Don’t forget to enter the Rafflecopter giveaway. ****
I’ve been so busy reading and reviewing romance fiction titles for blog tours, etc., that it’s rare when I have a moment to delve into my own purchases from Kobo. So check out my review of the autobiography No One’s Pet by Sheila Kennedy, former Penthouse Pet of the Year. ****
Today, I’m hosting and reviewing author Jaap Cové’s latest release Boy One, an LGBTQ+ memoir. ****
Today, award-winning author Babette De Jongh is guesting. She’s talking about her latest release Coming Home to Magnolia Bay, book three in the Welcome to Magnolia Bay series, a small-town contemporary romance. Don’t forget to enter the Rafflecopter giveaway. ****
Today, I’m host author C.C. Everill and his latest release Dancing Before the Crash, a non-fiction LGBTQ+ title. Be sure to read my review. And don’t forget to enter the Rafflecopter giveaway. ****
My teenaged cousin who babysat me introduced me to the Bay City Rollers when I was a lil kid. Like any other child of the 70s, I had BCR plastered all over my walls. My favourite member, along with my cousin’s, was Ian Mitchell. With the recent passing of the group’s lead singer Les McKeown, …
It’s been a while since I reviewed a rock ‘n’ roll title, and I do note on the main page of my website that I love to blog about romance, reading, writing, and rock ‘n’ roll. So for today, I am giving you my thoughts on Hard to Handle by Steve Gorman, the former drummer …
Today, I’m reviewing the non-fiction title Confess: The Autobiography by Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford, a heavy metal, LGBT, rock-n-roll memoir.
Today, author Philip Gambone is guesting. He’s here to talk about his latest release As Far as I Can Tell, an LGBT wartime memoir and Lamda Literary Award nominated. ****
Today, I’m reviewing the non-fiction title The Shoe Boy: A Trapline Memoir by Anishinaabe author Duncan McCue. ****
Normally, I never take book review requests. Unfortunately, my writing schedule is too busy, although I wish I could review each title I’m kindly asked to consider. But when Joel Miller emailed me about reading and reviewing his latest non-fiction title aptly called Memoir of a Roadie, after explaining his book contained stories about the …
Today, I’m reviewing Anything for a Hit by Dorothy Carvello, an autobiography about an A&R rep in the music industry who gives the inner-scoop about its many dealings and secrets.
Today, I’m reviewing a non-fiction, music industry memoir by Vicky Hamilton, titled Appetite for Dysfunction: A Cautionary Tale. If you love rock ‘n’ roll and grew up in the 80s, you’ll enjoy this book and this review.
Today, I’m reviewing writer and actor Kerry Ashton’s non-fiction memoir Saint Unshamed: A Gay Mormon’s Life–Healing from the Shame of Religion, Rape, Conversion Therapy & Cancer.
I did a previous post about the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women of Canada, recommending books I read, along with providing the web site link where further information can be obtained. Since that post, I located more books on the MMIW that I haven’t had a chance to read, but plan on adding to my …
Funny, most Canadians simply say RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police). At least everyone I know does. But to the rest of planet earth, people say “Mounties.” When I read Grass Dance by Kathryn Imbriani, her book made me want to read and research about the Northwest Mounted Police, as the RCMP was known way back …
Where I live, there are places told to me where the Ojibway and Dakota battled. There is even two towns that carry the names–one is a narrows and the other is a lookout spot. One elder even mentioned a battle that took place where a bridge is now–it’s where she wanted to offer tobacco, she …
I grew up on what is known as the Voyageurs’ Highway, the lakes and rivers men used to transport furs from long ago to back east. As a child, and unbeknownst to me of its history, the replica fort where my cousins, sisters, brother, and I used to play was simply a neat place to …
