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[J.S.]

A long term blow-in?

[SherryRose]

Like a tumbleweed except the wind stopped blowing. Lol

[Barbara]

J.S. wrote: "Discussion of Ahern made me laugh out loud.

Meanwhile, and I mean, mean: Only The Cliches Survive. That could be the title of the most recent 'fantasy' from the prolific Morgan Llywelyn, who is t..."

Isn't it obvious from her name she's probably not Irish, and I assume it's also a pseudonym. So why make up a name that seems closer to being Welsh and then pretend you're Irish, if that's what her publisher claims. Anyway, I kind of agree with Sherry, why pretend to be something you're not. My sense (though I have no data) is that most books - lots of cozy mysteries in this category - by Americans obscuring their nationality and being Irish posers, are read by Americans. If it seems this annoys me, it does.

[Barbara]

Sara wrote: "So I've been gradually absorbing the most recent issue of Stinging Fly, Stinging Fly Issue 33 Volume 2 Spring 2016: In the Wake of the Rising. I think it's worth picking up even for..."

Gotta get into this soon!

[J.S.]

Barbara wrote: [deleted quote]

Llywelyn is her maiden name and it's Welsh in origin. ...So much for Tor/Forge corporate re: Gaelic names.

[Susan]

J.S. wrote: "Discussion of Ahern made me laugh out loud.

Meanwhile, and I mean, mean: Only The Cliches Survive. That could be the title of the most recent 'fantasy' from the prolific Morgan Llywelyn, who is t..."

You always make me laugh.

[SherryRose]

Barbara wrote: "J.S. wrote: "Discussion of Ahern made me laugh out loud.

Meanwhile, and I mean, mean: Only The Cliches Survive. That could be the title of the most recent 'fantasy' from the prolific Morgan Llywe..."


Speaking of cozies, I see more men using feminine pseudonyms. I don't think I've seen Americans posing as Irish writers in the cozy genre. I think it's because cozies appeal to women. Most cozy authors are women.

[Susan]

Barbara,
I have a favorite book review newletter, The Bookreporter.com. The lady who writes it is quite the knitter and is always talking about yarns and knitting. Anyway in today's newsletter, she recommends a book- Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World
by Clara Parkes. I thought you might be interested in it.

[Margo]

I'm just finishing The Nightingale and I definately would NOT recomment to serious readers. Saying that it's an ok read to pick up in the library.

[Barbara]

Susan wrote: "Barbara,
I have a favorite book review newletter, The Bookreporter.com. The lady who writes it is quite the knitter and is always talking about yarns and knitting. Anyway in today's newsletter, she..."

Thanks Susan. I don't have the book yet, but I follow the author on Instagram. It was her posts about the Edinburgh Yarn Fest last year that convinced me I had to go.

[Barbara]

Margo wrote: "I'm just finishing The Nightingale and I definately would NOT recomment to serious readers. Saying that it's an ok read to pick up in the library."

I gave it 4 stars. It's not literature but it depends what you expect from a book.

[Margo]

Barbara wrote: "Margo wrote: "I'm just finishing The Nightingale and I definately would NOT recomment to serious readers. Saying that it's an ok read to pick up in the library."

I gave it 4 stars...."

You're probably right Barbara, I was hoping to be surprised by a story that I knew too well. As somebody said to me, it might be chic lit, but it's great chic lit ;)

[Susan]

I am currently reading The Taxidermist's Daughter which is wonderful but what I really wanted to say it is my first real book after reading 3 books on my Kindle. I feel like I am in heaven. There is nothing like having a real book in your hands turning the actual pages. I have to do it more often.

[Paul]

Its all part of the experience Susan. And a Gothic book like that should definitely be read in real form. Is the US cover the lovely feather design

[Susan]

I got this book from Ireland so I do have the lovely feather design. This book is so different from Labyrinth and Citadel but so compelling. I didn't put it down until 3 am this morning.

[Paul]

Its quite different to any of her other stuff ,and an easier read. There is some similarities to her short stories in Mistletoe Bride

[Margo]

Paul wrote: "Its quite different to any of her other stuff ,and an easier read. There is some similarities to her short stories in Mistletoe Bride"

I had the opposite experience Susan. After about a year of kindle reading I picked up an actual paper book and I had problems turning the pages and with fact that text was not backlit!

[SherryRose]

I started Storm Front. I've been putting The Dresden files off but it's good so far.

[Paul]

Just finished an ARC of a new scifi, Sleeping Giants. Theres a bit of hype about it being a new Martian in terms of crossover audience appeal. I really enjoyed it. Not sure it will hit a huge chord beyond the scifi crowd though as its quite technical in parts but I could be wrong. We'll see when its releasesd.
Finally getting to our quarterly read Only Ever Yours. A very pink book, so well prepared for the odd looks on the bus in the morning.

[SherryRose]

Paul wrote: "Just finished an ARC of a new scifi, Sleeping Giants. Theres a bit of hype about it being a new Martian in terms of crossover audience appeal. I really enjoyed it. Not sure it will hit a huge chord..."

Haha! Be proud of pink!

[Trelawn]

I'll have to try to The Dresden Files at some point. My dad has read a few of them and really enjoyed them.

[Paul]

I think I'll survive the experience

[Margo]

The thing I disliked about The Martian was the level of technical detail, and I have a science background. Pete and Colm both loved it though, for that reason. A male thing maybe?

It will be interesting to get male perspective on Only Ever Yours. Good luck one the bus ;-p

[Paul]

I really don't know what to expect from the book even after reading everyones reviews. I'll let you know how it goes. I have John Scalzi lined up straight after so a run of scifi at the moment.

[SherryRose]

Trelawn wrote: "I'll have to try to The Dresden Files at some point. My dad has read a few of them and really enjoyed them."

It's good. I'm listening to the audiobook on Overdrive. The narrator is James Marsters (Spike on Angel, and Buffy) He's excellent.

[Margo]

Emma wrote: "We actually did The Martian as a group read Margo about 2 yrs ago and it went down well across the board. I know some people didn't like the technical stuff alright. Have a feeling I skimmed over t..."

I did it as a buddy read with another group when it came out first. I found it hard to believe that one man could have accomplished all that unaided. I loved the humour and all LOL one liners but I hated the ending! Thank goodness they changed it for the film.

[Paul]

The interesting thing is there are two versions of the ending floating about in the books, one ends in space and one ends back on earth like the film.The original release when it was self published is the second ending

[Margo]

Paul wrote: "The interesting thing is there are two versions of the ending floating about in the books, one ends in space and one ends back on earth like the film.The original release when it was self published..."

Oh, I didn't know that. The ending I didn't like went something like (view spoiler)[ "if we all work together anything is possible" and while that may be true for Astronauts with the entire might of NASA behind them, it is certainly not true for the majority of us poor eejits. (hide spoiler)] To the best of my memory they were still in space at the end of the version I had.

[Paul]

That would be the updated version as released when it was main streamed published and passed through an editors hands

[Margo]

Paul wrote: "That would be the updated version as released when it was main streamed published and passed through an editors hands"

crap ending. Do you know the author intended it to end? Not looking for a blow by blow account, just did they back?

[Paul]

Yea

[Susan]

Paul, have you heard of The Last Days of Magic by Mark Tompkins? It looks interesting to me for some reason.

[Paul]

I havent but I did read a review of it recently

[Susan]

And?

[Paul]

It sounds decent enough. One of the blogs I follow reviewed it and they gave it a 4.5 and thought it a great debut.
Sounds like a good mix of myth and fantasy .

[Paul]

Just finished Redshirts by John Scalzi which Margo read recently. Very interesting premise, looking at the poor sods killed off week in week out in crap ways on scifi tv programs . Very funny and cheeky and then it twists and gets quite meta looling at the cause and effect of creativity and characters linked to creator and so on. Some strangeness but something different in a good way and I can see why it won the Hugo award a few years back.
I've been reading a lot of scifi and fantasy so far this year and actually read very little historical fiction which I'll have to amend but sometimes a mood carries you to certain books. I have read a lot more speculative fiction by women though striking a nice balance and at the same time relising how little the gender of the author can matter

[Margo]

I really enjoyed Redshirts. Quite a bit of philosophy/quantum physics in the mix there to bamboozle the brain, and that's not hard to do. On Pauls group I keep seeing that things are "very meta". I don't really know what that means but I think it will have to be dropped into the conversation at my next book club meeting ;-p

For a complete change of pase I read Katherine . Fair enough story, but a bit long drawn out.

Also read Fluke, possibility the only non horror in the James Herbert repertoire.

Last night I started The Lies of Locke Lamora.

I'm flying through books at the minute - expect to finish The Secret Scripture, though I'm finding that the least enjoyable of the bunch.

[Paul]

Margo ,I loved Locke Lamora. A slow start but really gets going

[Margo]

Paul wrote: "Margo ,I loved Locke Lamora. A slow start but really gets going"

Ya, I'm having trouble getting in to it, but I'll persevere :-)

[Margo]

Emma wrote: "I've been reading You by Nuala Ní Chonchúir (writes as Nuala O'Connor outside of Ireland). The protagonist is a 10 year old girl and the story is told entirely from ..."

Emma that sounds interesting and it's a nice short. I'll see if it's on kindle.

[SherryRose]

I am reading a cozy now. Strawberry Shortcake Murder. I'll read the 2nd book of The Dresden Files later. It's about werewolves. I don't care for werewolf stories.

[Paul]

I'll definitely have to try Jim Butcher at some point.

[SherryRose]

I'll get back to the series. It's good writing so he probably makes werewolves interesting. I like fantasy and magical stories so I will get back on the series. Meanwhile, its a cozy feel good, appeal to the boring book for me. Lol

[Kevin]

Oh man, The Shadow of the Wind, how can it be so good? A book made for readers like us.

[SherryRose]

Kevin wrote: "Oh man, The Shadow of the Wind, how can it be so good? A book made for readers like us."

It looks very good. I added it.

[Colleen]

You won't be disappointed . Love it!

[SherryRose]

Thanks Colleen!

[Paul]

What took you so long Kevin

[Kevin]

Paul wrote: "What took you so long Kevin"

I don't know but thank St. Patrick for giving me the day off tomorrow! :)

[SherryRose]

Thanks to you too Kevin for the book suggestion!
Enjoy your day off.