Q&A with Josh Lanyon discussion
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What Are you Reading?
Idamus wrote: "HET? I don't read that "I think it sounds good (added to my wish list - thanks Ame!), but I like m/f romance, too. :)
I did have a "You know you read too much M/M romance when..." moment this morning. I'm listening to Robyn Carr's The Wanderer (m/f romance) which is very enjoyable so far, but I got distracted thinking that the MC, Cooper, and his new friend Mac would make a great couple. Coop, who has come to town to see if his good friend's death was really an accident, has already gotten friendly with Mac, the sheriff, and had dinner with Mac's family and he hasn't even met his female love interest yet. :-D Alas, I guess they will just be buddies....
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Oh, crap! Me neither! In fact I don't know anything about the story, only that it should be good......"
Thank you for sharing your thoughts about Make Do and Mend, Marge. And great review, by the way! :-)
ETA: I also added Stage Whispers to my to-read shelf. Thank you for the recommendation.
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I was thinking of listening to this series a..."
I listened to the first book and liked the narrator a lot. I think his voice and style fitted very well to the story.
Thank you for reminding me of this series. I still haven't listened to the other books even though I liked the first one...
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So far so good"
I liked this one a lot!
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So far so good"
I read it a few years ago, when I was a novice m/m reader and remember I liked it..."
I don't have book 2 :-(
*Adds to wishlist*"
So now you have 401 unread books... and I thought I was hopeless! *big grin*
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I would say that don't start reading next Henry Rios book The Death of Friends right away then, dear Ije. I've been listening to it yesterday and today and all the parts with Josh in them make me cry or at least bring me on the verge of tears — and I'm only 3 hours into the 7-hour-book. The writing is brilliant, but it's making me incredibly sad.
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Johanna wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Calathea wrote: "Anne wrote: "Idamus wrote: "After many, many recs, I've started Amor En RetrogradoSo far so good"
I read it a few years ago, when I was a novice m/..."
At least I don't own this one, yet :p
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So far so good"
I read it a few years ago, when I..."
Not yet... LOL. ;-)
Johanna wrote: "Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "I just finished reading The Hidden Law and I thought it was great although I guessed who did the murder. It has such a sad closing scene and I just..."Thank you Johanna. I will read Juli Bozza's book before Death of Friends :)
Johanna wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Calathea wrote: "Anne wrote: "Idamus wrote: "After many, many recs, I've started Amor En RetrogradoSo far so good"
I read it a few ye..."
I can't find an e version, so it has been added to my Amazon wishlist, I never buy those myself, paper books that is
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You'll like, I'm sure. :-)
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So far so good"
I can't find an e version, so it has been added to my Amazon wishlist, I never buy those myself, paper books that is."
That's odd. I've definitely read Death by Misfortune in e-format.
Valerie C wrote: "Idamus wrote: "HET? I don't read that "I think it sounds good (added to my wish list - thanks Ame!), but I like m/f romance, too. :)
I did have a "You know you read too much M/M romance when..."..."
I read non-m/m books, just not romances :p
Johanna wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Calathea wrote: "Anne wrote: "Idamus wrote: "After many, many recs, I've started Amor En RetrogradoSo f..."
Maybe the contract ran out and not taken up again, but there are used paperbacks on Amazon, so I've added a pretty please on my wishlist
I finished Kitto yesterday. It was an amazing book! I loved it. The ending surprised me on what happened to Kitto, and that doesn't happen often.Now just started Guarded by LA Witt and Cat Grant. They are a good writing team. Angsty rock star.
Idamus wrote: "Antonella wrote: "Idamus wrote: "I have about 350-400 unread books on my Kindle "Have I finally met someone beating my record of unread books? That would be great! ;-))"
Heh :-)
Book-a-holics un..."
Wow, 350--400 books? I wouldn't be able to stand it. I remove them and put them in a "maybe later" file, where they will probably stay forever.
Johanna wrote: "Antonella wrote: "Calathea wrote: "I'm not in the market to get my heart ripped out by a story."Oh, crap! Me neither! In fact I don't know anything about the story, only that it should be good......"
Johanna, I'm glad you are surviving with no heart-ripping. :-)
Ame wrote: "Have you ever read Love Story? I've read it many times over the years, never saw the movie though. It's a story that even though I've read it many times and know exactly what happens..."
I saw the movier several times. The first time was in school in a course with only one boy. Imagine 14 or 15 girls and 1 boy sitting in the dark, sniffeling or full out crying.
Like you, I cry every time.
Thank you all who enjoyed my review of Make Do and Mend. (And Stage Whispers). I'm always happy to see people enjoy books from one of my favorite authors.
Idamus wrote: "Ame wrote: "Have you ever read Love Story? I've read it many times over the years, never saw the movie though. It's a story that even though I've read it many times and know exactly ..."
I wouldn't label it as a romance despite the title. It's a drama... even a classic... I'm not good at labeling books. Anyway, I read everything...;)
Valerie C wrote: "Idamus wrote: "HET? I don't read that "I think it sounds good (added to my wish list - thanks Ame!), but I like m/f romance, too. :)
I did have a "You know you read too much M/M romance when..."..."
I feel like I have to make it clear it's not a romance, so no one gets disappointed. I guess is should be labelled drama and also classic. It is after more than 40 year old story ;)
Marge wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Antonella wrote: "Idamus wrote: "I have about 350-400 unread books on my Kindle "Have I finally met someone beating my record of unread books? That would be great! ;-))"
Heh :-)
B..."
They are either in the to-read folder, or not moved to the folder yet (hence my being unclear on the exact amount, my to-read list on GR says 409, but that includes wishlist and maybe)
Some of them has been in the to-read folder for years ;-)
Idamus wrote: "Ame wrote: "Have you ever read Love Story? I've read it many times over the years, never saw the movie though. HET? I don't read that ..."
They're all people, in love!
I have about 467 unread books on my Mobi reader app on my phone and another 100 or so on my Kindle ap. I win! :)
95% of them are unread. Some are favorite re-reads. Having that many unread is not stressful to me. I see it as opportunity to read whatever I want, whenever I want. At my reading speed this is about 1.75 year's worth.
Susinok wrote: "I have about 467 unread books on my Mobi reader app on my phone and another 100 or so on my Kindle ap. I win! :)"
LOL! Well done!
But reading about the number of your unread books makes me feel less of a book-hoarder, which might be a bad idea...
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Now, my coffee table on the other hand, I can't begin to count what's on there. But I'd guess around 75 at least. If not more.
So, yeah, I'm not as bad as some of you guys, but to me, it's still pretty bad. lol.
Jordan wrote: "So, yeah, I'm not as bad as some of you guys, but to me, it's still pretty bad. lol."It is a subjective impression.
BTW when I talk about unread books here, I talk only about m/m, not about all other books...
I bought Brava, Valentine for a dollar today. I love Adriana Trigiani's Big Stone Gap series (I think part of it is having grown up just two towns over?) so I'm kind of looking forward to reading this. I've heard some good things about it from friends. Also I am really excited for the movie Big Stone Gap to come out; I have some friends who were extras, as it was filmed locally. I know it's supposed to be out this year, but nobody seems to know when exactly...
Finished yesterday a free novella in the M/M Romance Group's Love Landscape's event, The Case of the Insufferable Slave, a historical mystery/romance/AU about a private investigator who is saddled with a young slave (an expectation in his society.) I'm not one for "slave fics", but this one was light in this area, and the writing was very good, especially with maintaining an 1930's dialogue tempo. I was very surprised to see this was the author's first published work. Quite good, very creative, and recommended.
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Thanks for the recommend. I've read a dozen or so of this year's stories, but so far nothing has struck me like some of last year's (Nor Iron Bars a Cage; Treasure).
I finished Almost Like Being in Love by Steve Kluger this morning and it made me so happy. I found it to be really funny and so very smart and incredibly cute. I smiled and giggled an awful lot while reading it. Highly recommended as a feel-good, happy read! :)
Alison wrote: "I finished Almost Like Being in Love by Steve Kluger this morning and it made me so happy. I found it to be really funny and so very smart and incredibly cute. I smiled and giggled an..."I agree! I also enjoyed My Most Excellent Year by him.
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Perfect! I have this one. Thank you for the recommendation, Alison.
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That is the difficulty. If you explain everything, it is going to be slow-moving at first. If you don't explain everything, readers will be confused.
And sometimes of course they will be both confused and find it slow-moving. :-D
Susinok wrote: "There's a reference to Adrien's bookstore in Rhys Ford's Tequila Mockingbird. Made me chuckle."I saw an article the other days which described this sort of thing -- in joke references in books -- as "Easter eggs".
It's funny... life goes pear-shaped & for whatever reason I stop doing so much baking of bread & then I have a reason to start again (today it's hubby's & the Girl-child's birthdays, & DH requested Welsh Clay Pot Loaves) and I just remember all over again how soothing I find the whole process of breadmaking, and how amazing it makes the house smell, and I wonder why I'm not baking more...Even more amazing is that I was making probably 90% of the family's weekly bread when I had a toddler and an infant and a kindergartener.
Anyway, mid-year resolution: MAKE MORE BREAD.
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Do we have a count of how many non-AE books include a reference to Adrien's bookstore? There's one in All She Wrote, and references in two of the books from Meg Perry's Jamie Brodie series. Where else? One of Lou Harper's books?
Lou wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Anyway, mid-year resolution: MAKE MORE BREAD. "YES. I love the smell of fresh bread. That and the scent of rain are my favorite smells."
Oddly enough, I love reading cookbooks, even when I have no intention of actually *making* anything from them. I have one, The Tassajara Bread Book, that's particularly awesome for that. & I just got a German & Viennese cookbook from my MIL's house that has the most adorable illustrations all through it...
Goodwill is a bad, bad place. It feeds my "random weird old cookbooks" habit...
Tracy wrote: "Lou wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Anyway, mid-year resolution: MAKE MORE BREAD. "YES. I love the smell of fresh bread. That and the scent of rain are my favorite smells."
Oddly enough, I love reading co..."
I'm not much of a cook, but I do have a few cookbooks I love to read. My favorite is Naples at Table : Cooking in Campania for the stories about Naples and Southern Italian cooking that go along with the recipes.
Karen wrote: "Susinok wrote: "There's a reference to Adrien's bookstore in Rhys Ford's Tequila Mockingbird. Made me chuckle."Do we have a count of how many non-AE books include a reference to A..."
There is also one in Dirty Kiss by Rhys Ford.
Valerie C wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Lou wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Anyway, mid-year resolution: MAKE MORE BREAD. "YES. I love the smell of fresh bread. That and the scent of rain are my favorite smells."
Oddly enough, I l..."
I love cook books and also books with knitting patterns in them. I always buy one or the other on book sales. If I should cook and knit as much as the books suggest I do, I could feed and clothe most of Norway, I think ;)
Susinok wrote: "There's a reference to Adrien's bookstore in Rhys Ford's Tequila Mockingbird. Made me chuckle."It's out?!
I've been waiting for that book. I have the first two in audio but I guess this will be one that I'll own in both ebook and audio (I have no selfdiscipline when it comes to buying books).
My jaw dropped to the floor when at the end of the second one I found out who was gonna be the main character in the next one?! I so did not see that coming ;)
Hj wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Ame wrote: "Have you ever read Love Story? I've read it many times over the years, never saw the movie though. HET? I don't read that ..."
They're all people, in love!"
Yup, doesn't mean I have to like reading it though :p
Karen wrote: "Do we have a count of how many non-AE books include a reference to Adrien's bookstore? There's one in All She Wrote, and references in two of the books from Meg Perry's Jamie Brodie series. Where else? One of Lou Harper's books? "Which are the Meg Perry-books?
I created a list for books with AE-references here. Could you maybe add them? :-)
Ame wrote: "It's out?!I've been waiting for that book. I have the first two in audio but I guess this will be one that I'll own in both ebook and audio (I have no selfdiscipline when it comes to buying books).
My jaw dropped to the floor when at the end of the second one I found out who was gonna be the main character in the next one?! I so did not see that coming ;)..."
Yep, it's out! I finished it last night and loved it. I had the same reaction in book 2 as you did.
Calathea wrote: "Karen wrote: "Do we have a count of how many non-AE books include a reference to Adrien's bookstore? There's one in All She Wrote, and references in two of the books from Meg Perry's Jamie Brodie s..."Cool list :-)
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Oh, crap! Me neither! In fact I don't know anything about the story, only that it should be good..."
I'm currently 20% into Make Do and Mend and my heart haven't been ripped out yet. :-)