| | What I'm reading *
I've always read. While growing up, reading was a refuge when I found life too unpleasant or stressful. Consequently I've bought a lot of books over time as well.
Now that I'm no longer in the rich corporate phase of my life I've rediscovered the library. Dayton's library may be maligned by some but is still a great resource. One type of book I like to read is gay fiction and I was surprised to see a lot of it in the Dayton library's catalog. Plus you can even ask them to buy particular titles, and they will!
Below you can see the five most recent books either that I'm reading or that I've acquired. You can search my books, or you can see all my books. Also my classes page has links back to this page for the books for each class.
|
Author: Beck, Timothy James
| 2004-10-28 | 0758203233 | He's the One | Beck, Timothy James | | | | When I was a kid and feeling down sometimes I would read one of my mother's Harlequin romance novels just to escape. I didn't want to be one of the heroines, but I did want to escape for a while and dream about meeting the perfect man.
I still need to escape once in a while, and He's the One offers a better solution than Harlequin paperbacks did, at least if you're a gay man. This book won't make it into the literary canon, but if you want a book to help you to get away from politics or school or work for a few hours with a story of finding someone handsome to love you and if you want to read some light sex scenes (nothing graphic though), this book's the one, or at least a good example of one.
Another reason I liked this book, which may be a turn off for you if you're not geeky, is that the protagonist has worked with computers for a long time. He remembers having worked with Mac Pluses and Mac IIs, something I've done too. Don't despair though because he also remembers being a high school football jock, something I never was, so there's something for everyone.
Also, one of the relatively minor characters comes from Yellow Springs and mentions Dayton, in case like me you're a Daytonian and get mild kicks from seeing books mention it. I wonder if Timothy James Beck went to Antioch or (no, none of the four writers behind the Beck pseudonym! went to Antioch) dated someone from YSO, since YSO is mentioned only once, as if it's a special wink to someone.
I'll spare you major plot details, but you can hardly be surprised when you read this book that everything turns out okay in the end, despite Beck's attempts to make you worry a little. That's just like a Harlequin -- you don't really have to wonder whether the separated lovers will find each other again, but it's fun to read about their turmoil while they figure things out. | |
| |