the couch sessions – Bookish Butch

A first novel, a fresh voice

Good afternoon,

girls,

I hope you are all well.

I, myself,

have had,

a hell of a week,

it’s been ups and downs,

part of the learning curve,

dontcha know

🙂

Anyway,

let the year of the phoenix begin.

I stole that one from my friend Chris

I feel hopeful,

I feel lucid,

some very sore,

and,

bruised parts,

but,

the tissues are regenerating,

I don’t know if I will be fine,

but,

I do know,

I feel more me,

than I have in a while.

I am so lucky,

so much love,

so many wonderful people,

make up,

my past, my future and all together make up,

my present.

My life is blessed and interesting.

That sure ain’t nothing:-)

I have finished,

Jeff’s Book,

The Couch Sessions.

I don’t like to give ,

too much away,

as you know.

But,

let me say this,

a strong book.

A first novel,

with lots of heart,

lots of head,

lots of guts.

I liked it so much,

it is thought provoking,

and,

hopeful,

represents,

a point of view,

I had never considered.

First novels are possessors,

of great,

truth,

and,

joy.

This is an example,

of how much I enjoy them.

Jeff, a good guy,

smart,

funny,

earnest,

and thoughtful,

comes through,

very strongly in this,

it makes you re-examine,

your thought parameters.

It deals with,

depression,

loss,

the pain of living,

but,

it is sweet and full of joy.

I have never read anything like it.

I’m so glad I did,

and,

curious to know what others,

think,

as well.

I waited a while because,

I wanted to share the info,

on acquiring it.

This book,

is very Verdun,

to me,

and that means a lot to me,

I love my neighbourhood.

But, Brian(protagonist),

could live in any city,

neighbourhood,

he has truth and heart,

he thinks-

his thoughts are dark,

but,

he isn’t.

Lovely guy,

I wanted to hug him,

so many times.

Thanks Jeff,

for sharing,

what I consider, a work of originality, and, heart, with the world.

Check it out girls,

I believe this is the start,

of a more than,

promising,

career.

Imho

Later girls,

you can check it out and order from his website

Thecouchsessions.ca Littlebuddypublishing.ca

The details for WomenAloud

Hello girls,

hope your are all well,

keeping warm,

keeping your bods,

and hearts safe.

I wanted to give,

you all,

the details,

of the podcast.

It will air tomorrow,

Wednesday (the 19 th)

my part is at 8 pm mtn,

which is 10 pm,

eastern time.

Shawn Marie Bryan and I discuss,

our love for 84 Charing cross road.

It was an absolute,

delight,

to do so.

Shawn Marie is a warm,

and,

sharing,

professional,

a nice woman,

she made feel at ease,

right off,

as if we had been,

chatting for years.

I really hope that is,

how it translates,

and,

that those of you,

who listen in,

will enjoy,

recognize your joy,

in the book,

or run out and get,

a copy,

depending,

if you have read it,

or not.

It is internet radio,

at,

gomilehigh.com

the show is WomenAloud,

and will be rebroadcast,

the next day and later,

be available in the beabehn.com

archives,

hope you enjoy it.

Let me know.

Tomorrow,

I will review,

The Couch Sessions,

and,

give details as to how,

you may purchase,

the book,

’til then.

Later girls,

It’s snowing…. books

It’s snowing,

again,

grrr,

oh well,

’tis the season,

and we wouldn’t want,

to not,

have a white Christmas,

would we,

???

oh well,

it’s perty,

that’s something,

right?

Good time,

to read,

and,

I have tons,

of good things,

to read,

some light stuff,

some deep stuff,

and,

some original,

and,

new…ish stuff.

I have been reading,

a surprising book,

it’s called,

The Couch Sessions,

by Jeff O’Brien.

I met Jeff when he walked,

into my bookstore,

a sweet and personable guy,

local,

told me he had written,

a book,

and,

when it was published,

would I agree to sell and display it,

in my bookstore.

He needed to get it,

copy edited,

and published,

and,

by the time,

it was done,

these things take time, never good to rush something that isn’t ready, it’s a book not a blog:-)

I had closed the bookstore.

I got a copy from Jeff,

a few weeks ago.

I expected it to be,

funny,

Jeff was a stand up comic for quite a while

what I didn’t expect,

well,

it is a truly original voice.

A voice of his generation,

I think,

very different from mine.

Full of despair and yet,

love and kindness,

a voice,

very individualistic,

and,

yet,

caring about the world,

we all share.

I like it,

a lot,

very interesting turns of phrase.

I’ve never read anything like it.

I haven’t read much,

of it,

bit of a reader’s block,

lately,

but,

what I have read,

leads me to believe it’s worth,

my time and that it will,

leave behind,

many thoughts,

and,

images.

I don’t think anyone ends their life without thought; it could look that way from afar,but a ledge begs reflection. We never question someone’s happiness, but we are too quick to question the sincerity of someone’s sadness. Why is that?

It’s sad when the reason for taking our lives gets lost in ignorant translation. It’s sad when the opinion of others become the gospel on our legacy….

Yep, interesting turn of phrase.

I’ll give a full review when I finish,

and,

I’ll give the info on acquisition,

in case any of you,

would like to encourage,

a new voice.

I also received two review copies,

of new lesbian fiction,

as Walter Matthau said in Grumpy Old Men, ‘hmm, yummy, lesbians'( WINK)

and this morning,

the mailman brought a surprise,

a book,

from Amazon,

from my girl (thump, thump goes my heart)

it is the latest Ali Liebegott,

Cha-Ching,

looks amazing.

So as I stated at the first,

it’s snowing books

🙂

Hope it’s doing the same,

at your house.

Be well

Later girls,