Book - Look Away Silence

Look Away Silence
Edward C. Patterson
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Product Description
Martin Powers wanted an ironing board for Christmas. Instead, he got . . . Matthew Kieler, a non-returnable gift, but a gift that kept on giving. Chance encounters are sometimes the ones that most change our lives. He sold Matt a tie, but got more in the bargain - more than most people would want and more than anyone deserved. Although these lovers may not have had the pink American dream, they had it better than most, even as they faced a crisis that would change us all.

Look Away Silence is a romance set in the time of AIDS, when ignorance could spell trouble and often did. It encompasses the author’s experiences in volunteer community service and personal friendships during a tragic period in American history. The novel is dedicated to the Hyacinth AIDS Foundation, the NAMES Project and to the author’s own fallen angels. "Mothers, do not shun your children, because you never know how long you have to revel in them."

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A surprisingly good read.
While I'm not really into books of such topics, it was a nice change of pace.
It brought something new into my knowledge: HIV and AIDS. Oh yes, I've heard about it enough before, but never really knew how this condition affected people. It was eye-opening in that sense.

I sort of admired Viv, the main character's mom. She has a very interesting personality. The main character Martin too. Funny how he would refer himself as a girl. I don't know any gay people in real life (well, no, I know a few, but just in an "I know who he is but he doesn't know me" type of know) so I don't know how they think...

Some small errors in grammar and typing throughout the book though. At one point it was the "there" vs "their" and there was some 3 or 4 points where the conversation didn't go right. As in, where it should have said "Matt said", it said "Martin said"... that was a blatant mix-up of the two characters and that stilted the reading flow for a little bit.

Other than that, a great book!

Tuesday

Argh! It's Tuesday! I missed yesterday's episode of House! I don't really know which season we're in now, I only know it's when the boss lady adopts a baby... and last week's next episode preview (which was yesterday) showed House... I dunno... as if dead/lose consciousness when he was seated in his sofa/couch thinking. 

It's these type of cliffhangers that make tickle me interested in... the next episode. House is amusing enough, but this season that they're showing now is getting hard to follow (ugh... the medical terminology! and all his mean-ness!)

So I missed an episode. Whatever.

The post office here is funny. Usually they are too lazy to bring the magazines to your place, because the post box is too small. So they leave a notice telling you to go pick up your g*d-damned parcel in the post office. Yesterday I received a delivery notice, and a new issue of Glamour, so I thought "oh the parcel must be my Kindle cover!" and today I went to the post office... to get an older issue of my Glamour.

I guess I might as well stop my subscription for Glamour... I hardly look into the magazine now anyway... and I don't have the patience to track down my subscriptions (last year I had 6 issues that I didn't receive, after 2 short emails Glamour sent me back all the missing issues). I'll cancel this year!

A local celebrity lost his dog, and I heard some news from my sis about a suspiciously similar-looking dog that got caught and is now staying at the vet, so I called to let him know (he left his own contact in a Facebook post). Nice sounding guy, hope that dog is his dog, and if not, hope he finds his dog soon. You see, dogs make the world a smaller place, you get to talk with celebrities like that, hohoho!

I will be posting a Macau Tidbits post again. I've collected some silly material to write about :P

Early to bed! Early to Rise! Except, I can't seem to get the early to rise part right Orz