Q&A with Josh Lanyon discussion
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Ame wrote: "Of course.....There is no HEA unless you both die the next day! ;)
But yeah, HFN. Isn't life like that anywawy?"
I think it is :)
Josh wrote: "Valerie C wrote: " I noticed some reviews mentioned it ends on a cliffhanger, but it's not really a cliffhanger...."I notice a lot of people don't seem to know what a "cliff hanger" actually is."
Hah, they should try reading The Knife of Never Letting Go without knowing it's the first of a trilogy, like I did. Now that's a cliffhanger ending.
Anne wrote: "Being old and cynical ;) I believe even HEA is really HFN, the future is uncertain, that is a real certainty. But HFN is fine with me, then there is hope. "I feel the same. Unless you follow them to the end of their lives who knows what the future holds. Outside circumstances can change everything.
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Help? What do you guys do when you're hunting for a book that's out of print and that nobody seems to want to sell? (I've searched Amazon and ebay.)
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I have been hunting Hang-Up for years. :-(
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Uh-oh... :-(
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What about Lost on Twilight Road? Those seem to be around, but the prizes aren't exactly cheap (299,99 dollars on Amazon).
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I own that.
I was lucky enough to read the entire Colton backlist when I wrote an essay for Wayne Gunn's pulp fiction book. That was a real treat.
Hang-Up is one of the ones I enjoyed so much I'd like to read it again.
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Very cool.
Josh wrote: "Hang-Up is one of the ones I enjoyed so much I'd like to read it again. "
This isn't exactly helping, you know... ;-)
(I knew it! I knew it's worth the hunting effort!!)
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Very cool.
Josh wrote: "Hang-Up is one of the ..."
Yes! It is worth it, I think. It's a short novel, but I thought it was very entertaining.
Johanna wrote: "I have a problem. I managed to buy some second hand Joseph Hansen/ James Colton books online yesterday (well... THAT could be the problem, but they were all quite reasonably priced, LOL). But a boo..."I was just talking to my mom today about disappearing books... :(
I think i have all the Hansens now except one of the Bohannon. If i find the Colton one you're looking for, i'll let you know.
Idamus wrote: "Valerie C wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Finished A Forbidden Rumspringa it was good, highly recommendable :-)"Ha! We posted at the same time. It was really good and IMO well written. My ..."
Hello All - I am de-lurking to say thank you - for all the recommedations I have found here - Rose Christo and John Wiltshire - totally different but oh so good! were new to me. Not long to wait now for Josh's new and I have no doubt fabulous new works!Hurrah!
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If you ever find that book, I will pay just about anything for it.
opps forgot to say - I am am now off to read a forbidden Rumspringa - thanks again
Minne wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Valerie C wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Finished A Forbidden Rumspringa it was good, highly recommendable :-)"Ha! We posted at the same time. It was really good and IMO we..."
I keep hearing good things about John Wiltshire. Maybe i'll try it after i finish Zero at the Bone which i'm enjoying immensely.
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If you ever find that book, I will pay just about anything for it."
And I'll let him have it, KC. ;-)
Johanna wrote: "And I'll let him have it, KC. ;-) "Now we just need to find it... :-)
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Ha! Well, you should certainly read it first! :-D
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I think KC, you and me, we can make a deal of some sort on this... ;-)
If we'll find it, you'll let us read it first (no post-its, I promise!) and we'll let you have it in the end. :-D
Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "KC wrote: "Johanna wrote: "I have a problem. I managed to buy some second hand Joseph Hansen/ James Colton books online yesterday (well... THAT could be th..."Heh, that's a good idea :-)
Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "KC wrote: "Johanna wrote: "I have a problem. I managed to buy some second hand Joseph Hansen/ James Colton books online yesterday (well... THAT could be th..."Yes! Good idea! :-)
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:-)"
If only all deal-making would be this easy... :-)
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I can't wait to join the discussion for it, but I don't want to catch spoilers so I'm avoiding that thread as of right now.
I am just about to start Burning Plain too. I can't wait!! I finished The Definitive Albert J. Sterne yesterday and i thought it was excellent. Very long but very very good. I am now finishing Murder In The Rue Dauphine which I am also enjoying, then I shall complete the Nava challenge. I have had a really great time with my reading over the last few weeks :)
Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "I am just about to start Burning Plain too. I can't wait!! I finished The Definitive Albert J. Sterne yesterday and i thought it was excellent. Very long but very very good. I am no..."I'm glad to hear that you're enjoying the Greg Herren. Reading his books got me reading other books set in New Orleans. Have you ever read any books by Julie Smith? She writes some good murder mysteries. Her Skip Langdon series is good; the first is New Orleans Mourning.
I read Home the Hard Way during the weekend. I like her books. This one was good and well written as they all are, with some flawed, but interesting characters. She touched into an issue that usually is on the edge of my comfort zone, not to mention beyond it, but did it very tastefully and with understanding and compassion.
Hj wrote: "Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "I am just about to start Burning Plain too. I can't wait!! I finished The Definitive Albert J. Sterne yesterday and i thought it was excellent. Ver..."I haven't read any books by Julie Smith. I will have a look. I am hoping read The Quarter Boys at some point this month. This is the first in another series set in New Orleans. It has a gay police detective with his sassy black colleague. I think it was a Lamda nomination and it does look good. It is nice to have a few series to work through. It will fill the gap after I complete the. Nava challenge.
Bought Mending Him from Samhain this morning & was looking forward to reading it tonight but it won't open on my kindle. It appears to be the same problem as when I bought Caught! from them on Aug 19. They responded quickly with a good file that time, but this is getting annoying.
Why haven't they sorted the problems out? I checked and I can't down load any if the epubs which I bought from their site. I have read them or loaded them onto my Kindle but I thought I would check and none of them are downloadable. This is a recent problem but I won't be buying from them until everything is resolved. They must know there is a problem.
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Samhain really, REALLY needs to get their shit together.
Finished reading/analysing Mein fünfter Mord in class today, total confusion, there was only one murder in the story.Turns out that the story is the last one in an anthology with a first person narrator commiting a murder, that would have been nice to know for the analysis we were working on
I caved a couple of weeks ago when we had a good paycheck & I had a coupon code for Thriftbooks and today my books finally CAME! I got OPUS: 25 Years of His Sunday Best and Love in the Time of Global Warming and The Seventh Sinner and a random harlequin-y romance that I can't remember the name of offhand. Opus is still funny & sadly still pretty on point on some stuff...
I am reading November Rain by Daisy Harris. It has a very interesting character. 1st generation Ethiopian.
Josh wrote: "Samhain really, REALLY needs to get their shit together. "They did send me a good file in the morning, but I also questioned if they ever update what's on My Bookshelf because when I checked Caught!, it was still the corrupted file. No answer on that issue yet.
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They did send me a good file in the morning, but I also questioned if they ever update what's on My Bookshelf because when I..."
Hmmm.
Jax wrote: "Josh wrote: "Samhain really, REALLY needs to get their shit together. "They did send me a good file in the morning, but I also questioned if they ever update what's on My Bookshelf because when I..."
That sucks
Holy shit, this book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... is written by my history teacher and his brother.
(The real author name should be Carl og Esben Harding Sørensen) Esben is my teacher :D
I'm currently reading it beacause I have a big assignment in December and I've picked the Vikings as my topic.
Idamus wrote: "Holy shit, this book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... is written by my history teacher and his brother.
(The real author name should be Carl og Esben Harding Sø..."
Is this the history project you were talking about?
There is a exhibition about Vikings in Berlin that opened yesterday and goes to January 4th. It's in cooperation with the National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, and the British Museum, London.
I actually thought about going.
It's a funny coincidence with you teacher writing the book! :-D
Calathea wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Holy shit, this book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... is written by my history teacher and his brother.
(The real author name should be Carl og E..."
Oh, you should go, it's such an intriguing era :D
(It's not exactly a coincidence that I'm reading this book, it's my teacher's own copy I have ;-)
But I'm surprised to find it on GR)
I think it's the same project, I have two and this is the big one where I can pick whatever I want (the shorter paper must cover what we've read/will read in class and use some of those materials)
I've just re-read A few days in Endel. and enjoyed it all over again. It's set in the 1960s (1967, I think) and the action takes place mostly on Romney Marsh (England). It's very evocative both of the time and the place. It's romantic suspense; it reminds me of Mary Stewart but it's not as well written.It's a book which you would probably only come across by accident. It's the first in a trilogy written by Lucilla Andrews but it's totally unlike her usual nurse romances and was published under a pseudonym. In fact it gets very confusing because she used different pseudonyms for the books in the trilogy! She used Diana Gordon for the first book (which was also re-published later as Endel House under the name Lucilla Andrews). The second book is called Marsh Blood and was published under the name Joanna Marcus in 1980 (but set not long after the first book). The final book wasn't published until 1996 (I think it may be the last book she wrote), and is The Sinister Side published under the name Lucilla Andrews.
The writing isn't great, and the first person POV character doesn't share al her thoughts with us, but the stories are good if a bit complicated. Some things are only dealt with very obliquely and never spelt out, perhaps reflecting the date of publication: for example we're never told explicitly what was wrong with her marriage (she's a young widow) but (view spoiler)
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This sounds fascinating.
Josh wrote: "Hj wrote: "I've just re-read A few days in Endel. and enjoyed it all over again. It's set in the 1960s (1967, I think) and the action takes place mostly on Romney Marsh (England). This sounds fascinating. ..."
Ha! I found something you haven't read! I have a bit of a thing for books set on Romney Marsh. One which more people may know is The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer.
Yes for The Unknown Ajax - that's a favourite with a mischivious hero and a no-nonsense heroine. The way he uses the accent to fulfill the misgivings of the family is so funny!
Varecia wrote: "Yes for The Unknown Ajax - that's a favourite with a mischivious hero and a no-nonsense heroine. The way he uses the accent to fulfill the misgivings of the family is so funny!"Hugo is one of my favourite Heyer heroes.
Varecia wrote: "Yes for The Unknown Ajax - that's a favourite with a mischivious hero and a no-nonsense heroine. The way he uses the accent to fulfill the misgivings of the family is so funny!"I like The Unknown Ajax too :-)
Sabine wrote: "Varecia wrote: "Yes for The Unknown Ajax - that's a favourite with a mischivious hero and a no-nonsense heroine. The way he uses the accent to fulfill the misgivings of the family is so funny!"I ..."
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However, that being said, Sean Crisden, the narrator, did a wonderful job narrating. And I think it's because of him that I was able to stick it out to the end, though I did skim the final chapter.
I really wanted to like it. And it was doing pretty good in the middle, but not really. *sigh*
I'm going to try to listen to Cardeno C.'s book again. Well, picking up from where I left off. I'm not holding out hope with this one, since I got further into this one before giving up the first time. But we'll see.
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There is no HEA unless you both die the next day! ;)
But yeah, HFN. Isn't life like that anywawy?