18th Book read in 2024 I really enjoyed this book as it not only highlights, groundbreaking strides in television and that’s pop culture and the Public attitudes towards the LGBTQ+ community, but it also informs the climate of the times and behind-the-scenes decisions that were made. As well, as some of the true-life storylines that…
BY THE BOOK: THE PATH TO PARADISE: A FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA STORY by SAM WASSON (2023) (BOOK REVIEW)
17TH BOOK READ IN 2024 I started reading this book before MEGAOPOLIS was finished filming or even talked about or reviewed or being presented. I just wanted to read about Francis Ford Coppola. I never really read a book about him per se, more about individual films of his like APOCALYPSE NOW, and THE GODFATHER…
BY THE BOOK: IN HEAVEN EVERYTHING IS FINE: THE UNSOLVED LIFE OF PETER IVERS AND THE LOST HISTORY OF THE NEW WAVE THEATRE BY JOSH FRANK with CHARLIE BUCKHOLTZ (2008)(BOOK REVIEW)
14th book read in 2024 I first heard about the story and book on a podcast and that was very informal. Titled Peter and the acid king. I would definitely suggest it before after reading this book as additional information. This book fills in the story a bit more and strangely makes it feel more…
BY THE BOOK: BRAT: AN 80’S STORY BY ANDREW MCCARTHY (2021) (BOOK REVIEW)
As 21 Savage, the rapper one said, “I like hot sauce on my chicken” and wow, this biography isn’t necessarily that spicy or gossipy, so not filled with the fat that we don’t really need, but we tend to feast on. Especially in celebrity autobiographies and memoirs filled with so-called behind-the-scenes tales. Here in this…
BY THE BOOK: BLUE MOVIES:A NOVEL BY WAYNE KRAMER (2023) (BOOK REVIEW)
At first, I thought this was going to be a riff on the Terry Southern book, blue movie of the same name that Stanley Kubrick infamously really wanted to film as an actual movie. As Terry Southern was a co-writer on the film DR. STRANGELOVE. no this book literally deals with blue movies or more.…
BOOK REVIEW: I’M A FAN BY SHEENA PATEL (2023)
I’M A FAN - SHEENA PATEL (2023) The book is written beautifully with an elegant prose. Even when describing the sex scenes. Though majorly plotless you keep wanting to read to see what happens or hoping that she wi wake up to her better senses. Reading the book it feels like you are reading someone’s…
INTO EVERY GENERATION A SLAYER IS BORN: HOW BUFFY STAKED OUR HEARTS By EVAN ROSS KATZ (BOOK REVIEW)
39th BOOK READ IN 2023 I will admit to be a loyal fan of the show abs even franchise. As I did see the original movie in theaters twice and while not loving it. Thought it was ok. So when I saw that there was going to be a television show on the then WB…
LONER: A NOVEL Written By TEDDY WAYNE (BOOK REVIEW) 2017
Damn is this good writing at least to me (please don’t look at it or me as some 1930’s dressed oil Barron or editor amazed at how good the writing is with a cigar hanging out of my mouth wondering how much go can make of of it) The book is similar to the author’s…