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[Marge]

ttg wrote: "Marge wrote: "I know that last summer there was a list where people were rating the various Love is Always Write books. Is there a similar list anywhere for the new ones yet? "

Here is the list of..."

Mmmmm, Treasure, another rec. Thank you, ttg!

[Johanna]

Marge wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Jordan wrote: "I would love to read that series, but I'd kind of like to read the first one for a BOM. Something to get me into the first book at least. Otherwise, the way my book b..."

It would be great to have you on board, Marge. :-) And it's especially nice to know that you've already read two of the books and that you are still anxious to read more! ;-)

I don't know how intensive the discussion would be or how many books we would discuss, but I'd really like to try this with you all. We probably don't need to be very organized with it either -- or we can make only a very loose schedule for it, if you guys think that is needed.

[Ame]

Susinok wrote: "How do you rate a book when it's done all you can say is "Thank god it's over!". Babies. Sigh.

So I am now reading Out Of Focus by LA Witt. It's a menage/bdsm. Guaranteed baby-free!"

That is how I felt after reading a Amazon freebie by Bec Botefuhr, a very highly rated book and I wanted to bang my head repeatedly while reading. I will not be reading more of her books even though most of them have very good rating.

[Johanna]

Marge wrote: "Marge wrote: "The last 10 ebooks were VERY recently released by another company, and at least one person indicated here that those seem to be okay...."

Here is the publisher's website:

http://www..."

Thank you so much for all the information on the ebooks of Joseph Hansen's Dave Brandstetter series, Marge!

[Karen]

Johanna wrote: "We probably don't need to be very organized with it either -- or we can make only a very loose schedule for it, if you guys think that is needed."

Schedules are always nice for goal-setting and coordination, but for this discussion maybe we could try something a little bit different. If we have a topic page for each book in the series, we could set a goal date to begin each discussion, but let everyone know that the discussion is open-ended. Those who might join the discussion later would still have the option or invitation to comment on previous books, and those interested could read and respond as they like. I'm making this sound more complicated than I mean to. : ) I'm suggesting what already happens with the topic pages for Josh's books, the possibility for open-ended discussions. We might need a "header" topic page that explains all this and the schedule, since that's likely to change with this number of books being read.

[Antonella]

Karen wrote: "iscussion maybe we could try something a little bit different. If we have a topic page for each book in the series, we could set a goal date to begin each discussion, but let everyone know that the discussion is open-ended."

This is an excellent idea! I was starting already to feel a bit stressed at the idea of confronting that thick book one story after the other in a tight schedule...

[Susinok]

Susinok wrote: "How do you rate a book when it's done all you can say is "Thank god it's over!". Babies. Sigh.

So I am now reading Out Of Focus by LA Witt. It's a menage/bdsm. Guaranteed baby-free!"

I'll reply to my own message, hehe.

It's not that Forever Promised was bad, per se. It was just more babies. I've had enough of baby fever in m/m. I understand that it's something on a lot of people's minds right now but I am not interested in babies. I'm not interested in m/f babies, m/m babies, or f/f babies. Kids as part of m/m lives are ok if it's not over the top.

The last three books I've read had over the top kids and babies. I'm DONE with BABIES!

No, I do not have children. :)

[HJ]

Susinok wrote: "No, I do not have children. :) ..."

Really? You do surprise me!!

I could feel a post coming on about the apparent plethora of baby books which included the word "heteronormative", but I resisted. (ETA - I haven't looked back to see which books have been mentioned as including babies, so no criticism is intended of any specific authors, by implication or otherwise!)

I suppose the answer for those of us who prefer not to read about babies is for it to be clear which books include them so we can avoid them (both the books and the babies). It must be annoying if there's a series which you like which gets overtaken by child fever, but fortunately that's only happened once to me (I think).

[K.Z.]

Susinok wrote: "Susinok wrote: "How do you rate a book when it's done all you can say is "Thank god it's over!". Babies. Sigh.

So I am now reading Out Of Focus by LA Witt. It's a menage/bdsm. Guaranteed baby-free..."

My solution is simply to avoid those books. (Didn't the blurb indicate the content, kind of like one of those "Baby on Board" bumper stickers? :-D)

But yeah, this recent craze in m/m romance is definitely not for everybody.

[Averin]

Marge wrote: "ttg wrote: "Marge wrote: "I know that last summer there was a list where people were rating the various Love is Always Write books. Is there a similar list anywhere for the new ones yet? "

Here is..."

In addition to those, I really liked In the Right Light, The Three of Us, Breathing Snow, and Human Frailties. Also The Five Times Raptor Messed With The Bull was an unexpected treat.

[Karen]

ttg wrote: "Just finished You Get Full Credit For Being Alive by Cari Z, a free novella that's part of the M/M Romance Group's Love Has No Boundaries event.

Totally dug it. Highly recommend it to action-roman..."

Thanks so much for highlighting this one. I've read a few now, and especially enjoyed Treasure and Nor Iron Bars a Cage. You Get Full Credit For Being Alive is also high on my like-list. Checking out some of the others being recommended...

[Jordan]

K wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Ttg- you're making me wish I hadn't left the group. That story sounds perfect, just the kind of thing I like. :-)"

Hi Jordan

You don't actually need to be a member of the group to ..."

Sweet. Will check it out!

[Jordan]

Marge wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Jordan wrote: "I would love to read that series, but I'd kind of like to read the first one for a BOM. Something to get me into the first book at least. Otherwise, the way my book b..."

I'll let you know what my copy is like when I start to read it.

[Johanna]

Karen wrote: "Johanna wrote: "We probably don't need to be very organized with it either -- or we can make only a very loose schedule for it, if you guys think that is needed."

Schedules are always nice for goa..."

Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. :-)

[Susinok]

K.Z. wrote: "My solution is simply to avoid those books. (Didn't the blurb indicate the content, kind of like one of those "Baby on Board" bumper stickers? :-D)..."

Not outright. And I got suckered by the fact they were sequels to series I was following. Oh well. LA Witt's BDSM stuff has cleansed me of all babycrap.

[Anne]

I guess it's the same with babies in stories like the discussion on the thread General News about other constellations than male on male sex in m/m stories, if that is where the story is going, then that is what the author writes about. And that is okay. And it is okay not to care to read about it.

I don't mind, I read for the good story, so if the author can make me interested, good for her/ him:)

I just finished Fear, Hope, and Bread Pudding which is about the relationship between parent and child, and the intensity of emotions that can bring forth. Maybe not a typical romance story, but well written and very emotional. And about babies. :)

I also finished Sole Support which is about taking care of a parent slowly becoming lost in dementia. It was a little slow in places, but Kaje Harper always write well. Also a topic that might not be for everyone, but that resonated with me.

What all this says to me is that m/m authors write about life in general,which I like. But it must be well done or I stop caring what you write, be it gay, straight, bi or trans and any variation thereof, don't bore me!

[Susinok]

I read Finding Master Right by LA Witt last night. Sort of a BDSM friends to lovers theme, and a lot of fun.

[KC]

Karen wrote: "Johanna wrote: "We probably don't need to be very organized with it either -- or we can make only a very loose schedule for it, if you guys think that is needed."

Schedules are always nice for goa..."

What a great idea! :-)

[Susinok]

I just finished Portrait of a Crossroads by Kelly Rand. It was a nicely done f/f romance short.

[Averin]

Juthi wrote: "I have read at least 3 times this past week because my 2nd graders at camp love it -_-

I'm also reading Surely Y..."

So cool, I adore Richard Feynman. One of these days I'll try reading The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol 8 again. Even the introduction and forewords are fascinating.

[ttg]

Finally got to read Fanyon community member Lou Harper's Dead Man and the Restless Spirits. I thought it was very enjoyable! Especially if you like m/m paranormals. Very recommended. It was a nice, low-key, but fun read. :)

[ttg]

For those who read Meg Perry's Cited to Death, the sequel Hoarded to Death is now out on Amazon. (Not on GR yet): http://www.amazon.com/Hoarded-Death-B...

[HJ]

ttg wrote: "For those who read Meg Perry's Cited to Death, the sequel Hoarded to Death is now out on Amazon. (Not on GR yet): http://www.amazon.com/Hoarded-Death-B......"

Thanks for that info - I've just started Cited to Death.

[ttg]

Hj wrote: "ttg wrote: "For those who read Meg Perry's Cited to Death, the sequel Hoarded to Death is now out on Amazon. (Not on GR yet): http://www.amazon.com/Hoarded-Death-B......"

The sequel just got added to GR too: Hoarded to Death :)

[HJ]

Lou wrote: "Hoarders are hot right now. They're the new zombie. :P"

Then I predict wild success for a book due from Josephine Myles in August called Junk :

"When an avalanche of books cuts off access to his living room, university librarian Jasper Richardson can no longer ignore the truth. His ever-growing piles of books, magazines and newspapers can no longer be classified as a “collection”. It’s a hoard, and he needs professional help."

[Anne]

Hj wrote: "Lou wrote: "Hoarders are hot right now. They're the new zombie. :P"

Then I predict wild success for a book due from Josephine Myles in August called Junk :

"When an avala..."

From the blurb at least, it seems I and several others around here might feel a slight kinship with the book hoarder ;)

[Jordan]

I don't know about hoarders being hot. Books are one thing. But I know several hoarders and I've seen the TV show. It's sad and very hard to watch, which is why I can't watch it. Usually it also involves 30 cats, at least two of which are dead in a back closet no one's been in for 20 years because they can't get to it.

That being said, Junk looks like a fantastic read all the same. Or maybe it's just that I can understand hoarding books just a bit more than other things?

Though I admit, I am pretty good about getting rid of books if I didn't like them or have that sinking feeling that I'll never get around to reading them.

[KC]

ttg wrote: "Hj wrote: "ttg wrote: "For those who read Meg Perry's Cited to Death, the sequel Hoarded to Death is now out on Amazon. (Not on GR yet): http://www.amazon.com/Hoarded-Death-B......"

I really liked Cited to Death, and reading now the sequel, and then over to wattpad. :-)

[K.Z.]

I've been wondering when this subject would turn up in our genre. It was only a matter of time, given the popularity of hoarding shows.

Google "Collyer brothers" if you really want to freak yourselves out. Both men died in their massive hoard. A photo exists of one brother's body -- crushed, desiccated, and rat-chewed. One of his own booby traps (essentially, a precarious mountain of junk) had crashed down on him and buried him alive.

[Josh]

Lou wrote: "Hoarders are hot right now. They're the new zombie. :P"

I think I prefer zombies. :-D

[Josh]

K.Z. wrote: "I've been wondering when this subject would turn up in our genre. It was only a matter of time, given the popularity of hoarding shows.

Google "Collyer brothers" if you really want to freak yourse..."

Ah romance! ;-D

[K.Z.]

Josh wrote: "Ah romance! ;-D"

Ha! That was my reaction! "Love blooms within a reeking, rodent-infested landfill." :-D

Oh boy, what next? :)

[Jordan]

Lou wrote: "Anne wrote: ":

From the blurb at least, it seems I and several others around here might feel a slight kinship with the book hoarder ;) "

I sure do. I had to go out to IKE..."

Yeah, I've run out of book shelf space. Well, I'm almost there. I'm now VERY glad to have a kindle! I'm now wondering why I recently bought all the Nava books used when I could have just bought them on my kindle and saved shelf space for other things. Oh well.

So far, my stacks of books are saved for anything I haven't read and are only on my large coffee table. It's basically the reason I have a coffee table, to stack my TBR piles. And as I need to be able to see the TV above it, the stacks can't get TOO high either. lol.

My manga collection is growing and TMNT just rereleased the original comic books, which I haven't read so I now have to find room for those new collections....

[K.Z.]

The Haunted Heart Chapter 8 is up! When did that happen? (Off to read now.)

[Antonella]

Thank you K.Z.! I had just wondered today if I had missed it...

[Tracy]

I really need to learn to take BOTH the Kindle & the Sony ereaders with me whenever we're going to be in the car for more than about 15 min. I only took one & gave it to my very bored son so he could read So You Want to Be a Wizard (Digest): Young Wizards, Book One and now he won't give it back! On the plus side, he's about a third of the way through; on the minus, he's no doubt going to want to read more in the series and I only have them digitally. O.o

I am going to reread Etiquette & Espionage mostly just because I'm in that kind of a mood. Luckily I've got it on my phone, too.

[Susinok]

I just looked up Jaqueline Susann's classic, Valley of the Dolls. Amazon wants $9.39 for the Kindle edition!

I may dig out mom's old tattered paperback. I still have it here somewhere... I think.

[K.Z.]

Susinok wrote: "I just looked up Jaqueline Susann's classic, Valley of the Dolls. Amazon wants $9.39 for the Kindle edition!

I may dig out mom's old tattered paperback. I still have it here somewhere... I think."

The price is insane! I wouldn't mind skimming through it again just for the laughs, but not for THAT kind money.

[Susinok]

K.Z. wrote: "That price is insane! I wouldn't mind skimming through it again just for the laughs, but not for THAT kind money. ..."

I have never read it, but I FOUND my paperback! Knew exactly where it was, too. The pages are yellow and smell funny and I haven't read a paperback in a few years now... but I can manage.

[K.Z.]

Lou wrote: "The hardest part is resisting to touch words on the page to bring the dictionary up."

:-D

Trust me, you don't need a dictionary for Valley of the Dolls.

[HJ]

Tracy wrote: "I am going to reread Etiquette & Espionage mostly just because I'm in that kind of a mood. Luckily I've got it on my phone, too..."

I just followed your link to Etiquette & Espionage and it looks fun, especially as I love spies. But I see it says it's in the same universe as the Parasol Protectorate and when I checked that I see mentions of vampires etc which are not my thing at all.

So, does Etiquette & Espionage involve vampires etc too?

Modern parenting must be a nightmare, if you need ereaders for your children too! Do your ereaders stand up to both children and the beach?

[Susinok]

K.Z. wrote: "Lou wrote: "The hardest part is resisting to touch words on the page to bring the dictionary up."

:-D

Trust me, you don't need a dictionary for Valley of the Dolls."

ROFL! I didn't think I would... :) My four letter vocabulary is pretty extensive.

[Josh]

Susinok wrote: "K.Z. wrote: "Lou wrote: "The hardest part is resisting to touch words on the page to bring the dictionary up."

:-D

Trust me, you don't need a dictionary for Valley of the Dolls."

ROFL! I didn't..."

:-D :-D :-D

[Susinok]

I am almost done reading the updated version of Man, Oh Man! Writing Quality M/M Fiction. My favorite parts are the interviews and panel discussions. Reading the historical part made me want to work on my own project.

I'm sort of a writing/publishing geek. I read more about writing and the publishing industry than I seriously write myself. Lord knows how many writing manuals I've read and enjoyed but never put into practice.

And I like that Josh changed the tagline to "Writing Quality M/M Fiction. :)

[Josh]

Susinok wrote: "I am almost done reading the updated version of Man, Oh Man! Writing Quality M/M Fiction. My favorite parts are the interviews and panel discussions. Reading the historical part made me want to wo..."

I'm trying to cull the herd. :-D

[Jax]

The Haunted Heart is eventually going to be released as an ebook, right? Any time frame for its release? I'm anxious to read it but don't really like reading serialized stories; I prefer to wait.

[Tracy]

Hj wrote: "Tracy wrote: "I am going to reread Etiquette & Espionage mostly just because I'm in that kind of a mood. Luckily I've got it on my phone, too..."

I just followed your link to Etiquette & Espionage..."

There is one vampire in Etiquette and Espionage, but he's a teacher at the school and the only real *impact* he has on the story is that his classes occur at night (in fact, the whole school keeps "society hours").

As far as the kids with the ereaders... well, they never make it on to the beach; I never actually have *time* to read at the beach since we go as a day trip & we have 3 kids (& the occasional friend). & my kids are actually really good about not abusing the privilege. They're pretty much only allowed to use my ereaders when sitting in the car on long-ish drives or sitting in waiting rooms or the like, so no damage thus far.

[HJ]

Tracy wrote: "There is one vampire in Etiquette and Espionage, but he's a teacher at the school and the only real *impact* he has on the story is that his classes occur at night (in fact, the whole school keeps "society hours"). ..."

Thank you! It looked good. It sounds a though you're making some lovely memories for your kids and their friends - their essays on "what I did on my summer vacation" will be marked down for being fantasies!

[KC]

I started reading Birds of a Feather this morning, and i just love Nicole's sense of humor! This series keeps getting better and better. So much fun!

[ttg]

Just thoroughly consumed Megan Derr's Dance in the Dark. Very good read for ye old m/m paranormal romance fans. (It's #2 in her Dance with the Devil series, but it's not necessary to read book 1 since this focuses on different MCs. Book #1 is good too though, so I recommend both.) :-)