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Susinok wrote: "I caved and downloaded Flight of Magpies at work. I will start it at lunch... :)(I have snuck a copy of Calibre onto my work computer for just such an emergency...)"
Lol, good planning! :-)
Just started the free preview chapters 1-11 of the upcoming Pendergast novel Blue Labyrinth by Preston and Child. Looks good.
Valerie C wrote: "I think I pre-ordered from Samhain but I didn't get an e-mail."Can we rant all together about the publishing houses who don't warn you when a book you preordered is out? Once I almost bought twice the same book because of this.
Antonella wrote: "Valerie C wrote: "I think I pre-ordered from Samhain but I didn't get an e-mail."Can we rant all together about the publishing houses who don't warn you when a book you preordered is out? Once I ..."
I checked and it's on my bookshelf so I'll have to DL later. I just realized, too, that I had pre-ordered Foundation of Trust and never got a notice. I almost bought that one the other day at amazon. Samhain used to send an e-mail notification, but I guess this is not a feature of their new "improved" website.
Honestly, this is a big reason I prefer Amazon. It's just easier to keep track and see what you've already purchased, and the books show up on my Kindle when they are supposed to. :)
Antonella wrote: "Valerie C wrote: "I think I pre-ordered from Samhain but I didn't get an e-mail."Can we rant all together about the publishing houses who don't warn you when a book you preordered is out? Once I almost bought twice the same book because of this. ..."
YES! I HATE THAT!!!!
Susinok wrote: "YES! I HATE THAT!!!!"I knew I would find fellow ranters here ;-).
But seriously, I don't think that an automatically sent e-mail should be a big problem nowadays.
BTW Riptide send a ''warning'' mail, and people who preordered can get the ebook 2 days in advance.
Antonella wrote: "Valerie C wrote: "I think I pre-ordered from Samhain but I didn't get an e-mail."Can we rant all together about the publishing houses who don't warn you when a book you preordered is out? Once I ..."
I actually got an email yesterday about Flight of Magpies and, as a bonus, the file even works! Samhain came through for me this time with no problems. It made me hopeful they were getting things sorted out, but it sounds like lots of you are still having problems. Sigh. Drat. :(
I always pre-order from Riptide so I can get my books two days early!I intended to start Flight of Magpies at lunch but it was too heavy and I have a lot on my mind due to a huge work project, so I started a re-read of Fair Game instead.
Alison wrote: "Antonella wrote: "Valerie C wrote: "I think I pre-ordered from Samhain but I didn't get an e-mail."Can we rant all together about the publishing houses who don't warn you when a book you preorder..."
Sigh. I guess I will pester them and see why I'm not getting the e-mails anymore. I certainly get enough marketing e-mails from them!
I do not like the new website! I just spent 5 minutes trying to figure out how to download the darn books. Why can't it just say 'Bookshelf,' how hard would that be? Jeez.
ETA: And, of course, the .mobi file didn't work...
Yeah, Samhain site is a hot mess right now. Email 'em and tell them what you think so they fix it all. It may take some time though.
Susinok wrote: "I intended to start Flight of Magpies at lunch but it was too heavy and I have a lot on my mind due to a huge work project, so..."That's always fun - rereading Fair Game :-)
I started Flight of Magpies yesterday. It does take some getting into. I'm at 20% and looks like the action is about to begin.
KC wrote: "Susinok wrote: "I intended to start Flight of Magpies at lunch but it was too heavy and I have a lot on my mind due to a huge work project, so..."That's always fun - rereading Fair Game :-)
I started Flight of Magpies yesterday. It does take some getting into. I'm at 20% and looks like the action is about to begin. ..."
I'm so brain dead from work that I needed something familiar. I just can't work too hard at figuring things or paying attention at the moment.
It will all be over with tomorrow morning then work goes back to normal busy instead of insanity busy.
KC wrote: "Finished Thorns - such a beautiful book - the writing, the story, everything."Yes, indeed.
BTW if you are coming to Bristol next year you are going to meet Feliz.
Antonella wrote: "KC wrote: "Finished Thorns - such a beautiful book - the writing, the story, everything."Yes, indeed.
BTW if you are coming to Bristol next year you are going to meet Feliz."
That's great :-)
I'm also hoping Harper Fox will be there.
I am reading The First Rule of Ten
. It is the first book in a murder mystery series about an ex Buddhist monk who became an LA cop and later private investigator. It isn't mm and I don't think it is romantic (at least not so far) but the writing is really good and I am enjoying it. I thought I should share because it is free on AMZ at the moment.
Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "I am reading The First Rule of Ten . It is the first book in a murder mystery series about an ex Buddhist monk who became an LA cop and lat..."I am always looking for new mysteries. I put on my wishlist on Amazon so I won't forget about it until I can fit it into my budget...it's only $1.99 but....
Let me know what you think when you're done.
I'm rereading Fair Game. Ignoring the other three books that I am in the middle of...
Haldis the kindle version is free on Amazon both US and UK sites :)
Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "Haldis the kindle version is free on Amazon both US and UK sites :)"Not for me
So annoying when that happens. I get emails from Open Road Media publishing and they advertise all these discounts that are only available in the States. When I questioned them they said they hope to eventually extend the bargains to Europe :(. I also get the daily book deals from https://www.bookbub.com/home/ and although they don't have many mm books they do have other free and discounted books and their bargains are available in the US and UK. I think book sellers should try and make their discounts universal.
Idamus wrote: "Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "Haldis the kindle version is free on Amazon both US and UK sites :)"Not for me"
Nor me. I am in the US.
Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "So annoying when that happens. I get emails from Open Road Media publishing and they advertise all these discounts that are only available in the States. When I questioned them they said they hop..."
I get notices from bookbub, too.
I finished Brandon Mills versus the V-Card and it is definitely one of my favorite books of the year. Wonderful characters, and it was sweet and funny and even made me tear up a few times. :-) I feel like I've been reading a lot of NA lately, which is not usually my thing, but I've read a bunch of good ones, m/m and m/f.
I splurged and bought the three volumes of The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal Volume 1: Poor Boys and Pilgrims in print, and they arrived yesterday. I know what I'll be reading this weekend!
Valerie C wrote: "I splurged and bought the three volumes of The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal Volume 1: Poor Boys and Pilgrims in print, and they arrived yesterday. I know what I'll be reading this weekend!"Lovely and absolutely worth the money.
Antonella wrote: "Valerie C wrote: "I splurged and bought the three volumes of The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal Volume 1: Poor Boys and Pilgrims in print, and they arrived yesterday. I know what I'll be ..."Yes, what Antonella said. Enjoy! :-)
KC wrote: "Antonella wrote: "Valerie C wrote: "I splurged and bought the three volumes of The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal Volume 1: Poor Boys and Pilgrims in print, and they arrived yesterday. I ..."I am looking forward to it! :-)
I (briefly) started Prosperity, and unfortunately don't think it's my cup of tea. I might come back to it later. I'm with HJ, I selfishly wish he would write another contemporary novel. ;-)
Valerie C wrote: "I (briefly) started Prosperity, and unfortunately don't think it's my cup of tea. I might come back to it later. I'm with HJ, I selfishly wish he would write another contemporary novel. ;-) "I gather he has a contemporary story or two in the pipeline for next year. I don't remember where I saw this (but I do recall there being titles and months and proper things like that), but I'm fairly sure you guys will be in luck, and possibly multiple times. :)
Lookie here for a little bit of information:
http://www.quicunquevult.com/works-in...
Alison wrote: "Valerie C wrote: "I (briefly) started Prosperity, and unfortunately don't think it's my cup of tea. I might come back to it later. I'm with HJ, I selfishly wish he would write another contemporary ..."Thanks! That is promising. And I love his description of his "Victorian Misery Porn." LOL.
by Harper Fox is out, for the moment at Smashwords (3.99): http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...and ARE (2.00 after rebate!):
http://www.allromanceebooks.com/store...
Ehmm... shouldn't we have a topic ''New releases'' for different authors?
Calathea wrote: "I almost missed Harper Fox's Halloween story. Will read Wolf Hall tonight. "Ha! Your smileys are awesome!!! Even the spooky ones! :-)
I'm also very much looking forward to reading Harper's Halloween story today.
KC wrote: "Ha! Your smileys are awesome!!! Even the spooky ones! :-)"
Antonella wrote: "Ehmm... shouldn't we have a topic ''New releases'' for different authors? "Hey, thanks for adding the links!
I think the "What else are you reading" topic works quite well for that purpose. At least, I rarely miss interesting new releases because they tend to pop up here.
(And, yes, I'm the one trying to keep the number of topics manageabel...
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Calathea wrote: "KC wrote: "Ha! Your smileys are awesome!!! Even the spooky ones! :-)""
Love the bat especially, so cute, thank you! *huggy-smiley*
Calathea wrote: "KC wrote: "Ha! Your smileys are awesome!!! Even the spooky ones! :-)""
KC is always faster than I am :-) The whole family here loves the bat!!
Calathea wrote: "Antonella wrote: "Ehmm... shouldn't we have a topic ''New releases'' for different authors? "Hey, thanks for adding the links!"
You beat me by two minutes because of the links.
*Damn you, Red Baron!*
Calathea wrote: "I think the "What else are you reading" topic works quite well for that purpose. At least, I rarely miss interesting new releases because they tend to pop up here."OK then.
Antonella wrote: "You beat me by two minutes because of the links.*Damn you, Red Baron!* "
It looks like you've found an inexaustible source of smileys! I'm developing a smiley-related-inferiority-complex ;-)
I'm re-listening to Fair Game. I've left it too late to finish it before Fair Play arrives on my Kindle. :(
HJ wrote: "I'm re-listening to Fair Game. I've left it too late to finish it before Fair Play arrives on my Kindle. :("OMG. What will you do? Will you wait until you finish listening to Fair Game to start Fair Play...or will you "double dip"? I look forward to this drama unfolding. :-)
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I also started Damaged Heart this morning. So far it's good. But I'm only about one chapter into it. I had to spend extra time putting on Halloween makeup so I had less reading time this morning.
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By the way, I, too, love Calathea's bat-vampire-smiley!
Haldis wrote: "HJ wrote: "I'm re-listening to Fair Game. I've left it too late to finish it before Fair Play arrives on my Kindle. :("OMG. What will you do? Will you wait until you finish listening to Fair Ga..."
False alarm! Ages ago, when Josh first said Fair Play would be published in November, I put a note in my calendar on 1st November. Of course it isn't out until 10th November so I've plenty of time to finish Fair Game.
But if it had been due today, I would *of course* have finished Fair Game before even peeking at Fair Play!!
HJ wrote: "Haldis wrote: "HJ wrote: "I'm re-listening to Fair Game. I've left it too late to finish it before Fair Play arrives on my Kindle. :("OMG. What will you do? Will you wait until you finish liste..."
Yay, no delays in reading the new book then? :-)
I finished Flight of Magpies yesterday, but I am not sure what so think about it. As a stand-alone I would have liked it a lot, but as part of the series it left me a bit at a loss. And because I could not sleep I decided to read one of the few books by Harper Fox I had not read yet - Last Line - just to find out that I am really a wimp. I finished, but barely, I found the mind manipulation going on there together with the alluding to torture so unsettling...
Idamus wrote: "HJ wrote: "Haldis wrote: "HJ wrote: "I'm re-listening to Fair Game. I've left it too late to finish it before Fair Play arrives on my Kindle. :("OMG. What will you do? Will you wait until you f..."
Thank the Gods!!! I can breathe again...except I would have been really happy if Fair Play came out Nov. 1
Calathea wrote: "I almost missed Harper Fox's Halloween story. Will read Wolf Hall tonight. "Downloaded, started, read, finished Wolf Hall last night as my Halloween read. I enjoyed it and recommend it.
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(I have snuck a copy of Calibre onto my work computer for just such an emergency...)