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Oh I forgot to say, I was seated next to a young, I think high school aged, girl on the flight back to Oklahoma on Sunday, and when I pulled out Irregulars, she remarked that it was a very good book. She'd read it.She didn't say much after that. She put her head down and napped for 4 hours. I was envious.
I am going through yet another spate of not being quite able to get into anything, even books I've been looking forward to reading for several months... *sigh*
Tracy wrote: "I am going through yet another spate of not being quite able to get into anything, even books I've been looking forward to reading for several months... *sigh*"Dig up some short stories. I find they help when that happens.
Susinok wrote: "Tracy wrote: "I am going through yet another spate of not being quite able to get into anything, even books I've been looking forward to reading for several months... *sigh*"Dig up some short sto..."
I am fanficcing, mostly. There are some nice long ones, but plenty of short & sweet (but I mostly have to go with stuff where I don't really know the originals, or it just doesn't work for me).
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That's so nice. Thank you for sharing! And you know, I think you had pretty much perfect vacation — and we enjoyed having it with you. :-)
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Jordan wrote: "I just started Static by LA Witt and so far it's really good. It's about a shifter who shifts genders, not species. Two chapters in and I'm loving it!"Loki?
And thanks for telling us, I absolutely hate shifters so I'll take a pass on this one
I just finished Dead Man and the Army of Frogs. It was very enjoyable. I like Denton. Over the weekend I read BAMF. I couldn't figure out where the title came from. Then I had an epiphany today. Oh, lol.
I am reading Rag and Bone which is the final Henry Nava. I am really liking this one because it shows Henry's family. I am also finishing off Like Coffee and Doughnuts which is ok but a bit slow for me.
Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "I am reading Rag and Bone which is the final Henry Nava. I am really liking this one because it shows Henry's family. I am also finishing off Like Coffee and Doughnuts...I really liked Elle Parker's Dino Martini series including Like Coffee and Doughnuts. Goodreads shows that she's also written a short story in an anthology called First Frost. Has anyone read that? I think her story is called Like Autumn Leaves and Campfires.
Hj wrote: "Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "I am reading Rag and Bone which is the final Henry Nava. I am really liking this one because it shows Henry's family. I am also finishing off [book..."I liked the anthology story, the book was free when I got it, but I've no idea if that's still the case
KC wrote: "Antonella wrote: "Oh, I have that, but I didn't know there is a connection to the kinging books."It's the chapter titled "Where are you headed, Vin Vanbly?''"
Thank you. And have you seen here?
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
Edmond gives a couple of links to blogs where he shared detail about the books.
ETA: Another link to an interview with him:
http://helenastone.blogspot.ie/2014/0...
Antonella wrote: "KC wrote: "Antonella wrote: "Oh, I have that, but I didn't know there is a connection to the kinging books."It's the chapter titled "Where are you headed, Vin Vanbly?''"
Thank you. And have you ..."
I haven't seen this, thank you, will check it out.
Jordan wrote: "I just started Static by LA Witt and so far it's really good. It's about a shifter who shifts genders, not species. Two chapters in and I'm loving it!"Have you read Nicole's Turnskin? It's really really cool. I think it's the only book with shifting where it felt natural so to speak. I love this book so much, probably my favorite Nicole book (Happy Snak has the second place).
Barbra wrote: "Hj wrote: "Goodreads shows that she's also written a short story in an anthology called First Frost. Has anyone read that? I think her story is called Like Autumn Leaves and Campfires. I wasn't able to locate the anthology earlier this year. Does anybody know where to buy it? ..."
I can't find it either.
I am on the last story, Ginn Hale's Things Unseen and Deadly, in Irregulars. I am going to be sad to put this anthology down. Each story has been amazing so far. Such an interesting world!
Susinok wrote: "I am on the last story, Ginn Hale's Things Unseen and Deadly, in Irregulars. I am going to be sad to put this anthology down. Each story has been amazing so far. Such an interesting..."Its so cool to have in paperback, Susinok. And we knew it had to be a winner with all the great authors in it. Glad it didnt dissappoint :)
KC wrote: "Jordan wrote: "I just started Static by LA Witt and so far it's really good. It's about a shifter who shifts genders, not species. Two chapters in and I'm loving it!" Turnskin is another book I was able to get in paperback. Looking forward to it!
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Did you read the Irregulars holiday codas on Josh's blog last December?
SONG FOR A WINTER'S NIGHT by Josh Lanyon
JASON'S SIDECAR by Ginn Hale
LOVE IN THE TUNDRA by Astrid Amara
COOKIE JAMBOREE by Nicole Kimberling
Hj wrote: "Barbra wrote: "Hj wrote: "Goodreads shows that she's also written a short story in an anthology called First Frost. Has anyone read that? I think her story is called Like Autumn Leaves and Campfire..."I got mine from Amazon last Fall, possibly is was a time limited edition :-(
OH man thanks for linking the Irregulars Codas! I had forgotten about them. I'll be done with the book today, and sad that I'm done.
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LA Witt says in her authors note that this book came from her time learning about gender issues from a friend.
Jordan wrote: "Idamus, you might not want to say no to Static just because of the shifter thing. I read it as the BOM for the Transgender Fiction group, and it was very well done. Realistic, I think, in terms of ..."Nope, hate the concept, so I'm grateful for your comment about the book
(I mean the concept in the book, as a reader, not real life transgender people)
Finished Irregulars! I loved every single story! There was even an over all story arc. Loved this anthology!Now at home I get to bask in the four codas. I love how perfectly the codas were led into by the stories, which ended with the Cookie Party coming up.
I'm almost finished with King Perry It took me a while to get into it, but then it clicked. Amazing book.
Anne wrote: "I'm almost finished with King Perry It took me a while to get into it, but then it clicked. Amazing book."I have it and King Mai but have not read them yet. I need to soon.
Some very good evening reading yesterday with two very different books. Started with Longleaf (Hansen's goth novel) which is really good. I'm in awe of his writing skills. Again. The first 20 pages or so, though beautifully written, were a bit...bleak, but then it really picked up. There's such richness in his writing, of everything! I couldn't put it down and yet really didn't want to rush it.Afterwards i felt i needed something contemporary (Hansen's novel takes place in Tennessee in the 1880s), so i started reading S.C.Wynne's Damaged Heart, which i'm enjoying; there's sadness in it, but also hope - i'm really rooting for the MC at this point. I guess what got to me most is how hurtful, painful things from our past can shape or mess with our present and future if we let them, and how difficult it is to overcome them. For once i haven't read the ending, so i'm looking forward to finding out how everything will turn out.
I think i'm gonna read some Terry Pratchett next. His non-fic book came out yesterday.
I am sadly finished with Irregulars and all the codas. What a fun trip that universe was.Now I am reading something completely different. How to Train Your Dom in Five Easy Steps by Josephine Myles. It is a masochist training a (supposedly) straight sadist in the art of domination. So far it is really well done. Reading it during lunch is going to be... fun.
Once I'm done with this one I'll be in the proper BDSM headspace to read Breaking Free by Cat Grant. It has a trans-woman Dom who's partner is disconcerted about her changes.
Susinok wrote: "I am sadly finished with Irregulars and all the codas. What a fun trip that universe was.Now I am reading something completely different. How to Train Your Dom in Five Easy Steps ..."
I just finished How to Train Your Dom in Five Easy Steps. It was very good!
I'm currently rereading Love Lessons which I adored the first time. I've been not so patiently waiting for Fever Pitch which comes out next week.
I need to read Love Lessons. I remember I enjoyed it but that's all I remember... Sigh.I can't even blame age, I've always had a crap memory. Too much input, I think.
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Thank you for letting us know how you liked Longleaf, KC. I finished reading Strange Marriage (1965) by James Colton (=Joseph Hansen) yesterday.
It's nothing like his Dave Brandstetter series, although Hansen's voice is totally recognizable, his descriptions of world and people in it as wonderful and vivid as in the Brandstetter books. In Strange Marriage the storyline is very dramatic but at the same time extremely human. I loved the way Hansen painted his characters very real, very complex, very HUMAN. I loved the way he tells the story without forcing people in boxes that are labeled "homosexual" or "straight" or something else. First of all his characters are human — at least that's the way I felt it.
If you want to try something different from Joseph Hansen I can wholeheartedly recommend this — it's quite easy to find a reasonably priced secondhand copy online. And I'd love to hear what you guys think of Strange Marriage. I bet quite a few of you would find it very interesting. It's more action-packed than anything I've read from Hansen — but I assume that's the case with most of the books he wrote under name James Colton (this was my first Colton book, so I can't say for sure, though). The story kind of crept up on me and left me puzzling over its possible connection (?) to Joseph Hansen's own life. Very entertaining and thought-provoking, indeed. And there's (view spoiler) in the end. :-)
Oh, and when I wrote that it's nothing like Hansen's Brandstetter books, maybe it wasn't completely true — there are quite a few same themes and questions that he deals with in both Strange Marriage and Dave Brandstetter series.
*"Sweet", says Johanna and picks up the next James Colton book.* ;-)
Johanna wrote: "KC wrote: "Some very good evening reading yesterday with two very different books. Started with Longleaf (Hansen's goth novel) which is really good. I'm in awe of his writing skills...."That sounds very intriguing! I ordered a couple of Colton books, including Strange Marriage, but it will take them a while to get here. The Human-ness of Hansen's characters is what i like best about his books. I probably wouldn't have recognized Longleaf as Hansen's, but the human aspect is there all right, perhaps in a more detached way, but definitely there. It's so cool that we found these books :-) which, btw, Thank you, Josh! and the group challenge. :-)
Johanna wrote: "Did you start reading Hansen's Jack of Hearts yet, KC? Because that one arrived today. :-)"Cool! Enjoy! :-)
Not yet, but most likely next week (after Longleaf).
Susinok wrote: "I need to read Love Lessons. I remember I enjoyed it but that's all I remember... Sigh.I can't even blame age, I've always had a crap memory. Too much input, I think."
I have come to the conclusion that my memory is full, so the old stuff is being forced out by new stuff, and the new stuff can't just automatically go in but has to be forcibly squeezed in. So I only remember new things if I positively try to, and if it's written down I figure that I can always look at it so don't need to remember it.
So all I remember about books is whether or not I liked them. I just don't have the capacity to remember any details! Plus it means I enjoy the re-reads...
Hj wrote: "So all I remember about books is whether or not I liked them. I just don't have the capacity to remember any details! Plus it means I enjoy the re-reads..."I started to write reviews whether I liked the book or not because sometimes I just can't even remember that detail!
Antonella wrote: "Hj wrote: "So all I remember about books is whether or not I liked them. I just don't have the capacity to remember any details! Plus it means I enjoy the re-reads..."I started to write reviews whether I liked the book or not because sometimes I just can't even remember that detail! ..."
Yes, that's what I hoped to use Goodreads for until I realised I couldn't keep everything private.
Hj wrote: "Antonella wrote: "Hj wrote: "So all I remember about books is whether or not I liked them. I just don't have the capacity to remember any details! Plus it means I enjoy the re-reads..."I started ..."
You can make private notes that no one else can see. Click on "more options" at the bottom of the review box.
Valerie C wrote: "You can make private notes that no one else can see. Click on "more options" at the bottom of the review box."Thank you for the info! I didn't know!
Antonella wrote: "Valerie C wrote: "You can make private notes that no one else can see. Click on "more options" at the bottom of the review box."Thank you for the info! I didn't know!"
:-)
I didn't know about that feature for a long time, either.
Thanks! I really meant that if I grade something that grade affects its overall average. Not fair if my low grade means "remember this is not what I like" rather than "poorly written".
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Damaged Heart looks really good! I'm going to have to read that one!
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Now I am reading something completely different. How to Train Your Dom in Five Easy Steps ..."
Oooh, yes, I can't wait to read Josephine's new one! It's on my wish list.
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I read Damaged Heart this weekend. I liked it, it is always a relief to read a well written story with believable characters and story line. My only wish is that she could have delved a little deeper and fleshed out the MC's and the story a little more, but all in all an enjoyable read. And as a reader I can't really tell the author how to write their book, it's more that I didn't want it to end quite as soon :) I recommend it.It's my first of hers, I have read the blurbs of some other of her books, but they didn't sound interesting enough to buy.
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I can't wait to read this one. I just bought it yesterday. I've not read anything else by her either.
Antonella wrote: "Valerie C wrote: "You can make private notes that no one else can see. Click on "more options" at the bottom of the review box."Thank you for the info! I didn't know!"
Yes, I've started doing this. I started just putting my own notes in the 'private notes' section.. I can read them when I look up a book but they are hidden for everyone else. This serves my purpose and intent. Sometimes I am inspired to say something for discussion, then I post in the public domain comment section.
I found it difficult to get used to authors/sellers listening into my personal, silly, thoughts. The 'private note' section serves my intentions much better. I am happier with GR this way. 8)
Thanks for reminding me of this, it's exactly what I wanted from GR in the first place.
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You defenitely have to read them as soon as possible! :-) I'm echoing KC here, Nicole's books are awesome and I wish she would write more.
[Or at least write more about Binky and Brutus...;-D]