{"id":145,"date":"2010-07-09T14:18:49","date_gmt":"2010-07-09T19:18:49","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-06-06T18:13:37","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T23:13:37","slug":"the_rest_of_our_lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/the_rest_of_our_lives\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rest of Our Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Find this book in a library near you.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/319955264\">Stone, Dan. <\/a><em><a title=\"Find this book in a library near you.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/319955264\">The Rest of Our Lives: A Novel.<\/a><\/em><a title=\"Find this book in a library near you.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/319955264\"> Maple Shade, NJ: Lethe Press, 2009. trade paperback. 227p. $15.00. ISBN: 9781590211472.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img style=\"border: 0pt none; float: left; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;\" title=\"The Rest of Our Lives\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lethepressbooks.com\/stone-the-rest-of-our-lives-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Rest of Our Lives\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dan Stone&#8217;s debut novel, <em>The Rest of Our Lives,<\/em> combines the genres of romance and fantasy. Colm McKenna, a bookstore employee and photographer, has the power to freeze time and summon cold weather. He was raised by a Baptist aunt in North Carolina, and does not understand his powers until he meets Aidan Gallagher, a writer who also has unusual powers with regards to temperature. As they fall in love, Aidan introduces Colm to the world of witchcraft. Colm&#8217;s realization that he and Aidan had been together in previous lives complicates their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Colm&#8217;s discovery of the hidden world of witchcraft has a slightly Harry Potter-ish feel to it, but it is well done. The contrast between Aidan&#8217;s flirty, happy-go-lucky personality and Colm&#8217;s shy, awkward, and guarded personality is charming. The elements of magic and reincarnation are important to the novel, but they do not overpower the main theme of love. Stone&#8217;s humorous style of writing adds to the strength of the novel.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Rest of Our Lives<\/em> is a delightful light read perfect for a rainy day or a day at the beach. This novel is a finalist for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lambdaliterary.org\/winners-finalists\/05\/10\/2010-awards-finalists-winners\/\">2010 Lambda Literary Awards<\/a> in the Gay Romance category. It is recommended for public libraries serving a GLBT population or those libraries with a good fantasy or romance collection.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reviewed by,\u00a0<strong>Paul Hubbard<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><em>Retired Public Reference Librarian<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stone, Dan. The Rest of Our Lives: A Novel. Maple Shade, NJ: Lethe Press, 2009. trade paperback. 227p. $15.00. ISBN: 9781590211472. Dan Stone&#8217;s debut novel, The Rest of Our Lives, combines the genres of romance and fantasy. Colm McKenna, a bookstore employee and photographer, has the power to freeze time and summon cold weather. He [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}