Dan Savage - The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant An Adoption Story

Pros: insightful look into gay life in the '90s, very informative about adoption process
Cons: occasionally disorganized

One of the bonuses of living with someone who writes for an alternative weekly is the free stuff. Newspapers get sent promotional copies of books and CDs so that writers will hopefully say something good about them in their paper.

One of the...

Pros: Terrific humor and a strong blend of emotional and educational writing
Cons: May be a little too frank for some

I first encountered Dan Savage through The Onion's website, which runs his Savage Love column in its A/V section. I enjoyed the column's kamikaze sex-advice approach, the way it plunged right into a chasm of perversion that MTV's "Loveline"...

Pros: Very Funny, Great Story.
Cons: Needs a sequel about the Toddler Years...

Dan Savage, the wonderful voice behind the "Savage Love" advice column and book, has written a FABULOUS (and even TRUE) story about he and his partner's fight to find a child. This book was an all-around GREAT read, with many different aspects...

Pros: Funny, enlightening, honest, interesting--Dan Savage is a likable character.
Cons: Dan and Terry's car fights.

I've known of and been meaning to read this book for years, but fate would never allow me to remember to take it out of the library. Well, I finally did, last week. The verdict? I'm tired of being a 23 year old straight female. I've had it. I now know ...

Pros: Funny, lighthearted look at an intimidating and daunting process
Cons: You won't be able to put it down until you're done

I absolutely loved this book. Dan Savage is someone whose writing style was familiar to me because of his column, and his book is equally entertaining. He answered many of the questions I have about gay adoption such as the differences between open and...

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I moved to California only a few short months ago from Seattle, and I have yet to find a talk show on the radio or an advice column in a newspaper down here that can keep up with Dan Savage's rants in Seattle's "The Stranger." When I heard...