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Aleksandr wrote: "Making my way through Joanna Chambers's Enlightenment trilogy - onto book 3 now."I love this trilogy. I also really like her The Lady's Secret.
HJ wrote: "Alison wrote: "I read a string of really superb books over Christmas:... The Salisbury Key is beautiful, for it is written by Harper Fox. I save her books for when I am in the right mood and they..."
I have to second HJ's recommendation, it is very different from A Cranberry Hush, but very good in its own way.
Just thinking that reading a series like A Song of Ice and Fire makes me realise how spoiled we are in the romance/erom/m-m/digital-first world, in that a whole series might come out faster than the wait time between books for a mainstream series. Imagine having to wait five years for the next Holmes and Moriarity, or Whyborne and Griffin. I'd never survive it. :DOf course I'm only as far as book 2 of A Song of Ice and Fire, and I'm going to stretch the next three out over 2015, before I have to join the ranks of people drumming impatient fingers while side-eyeing George R.R. Martin.
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I think though that's why readers here can be upset when an author has to admit that it might take a year or two (or four) for the next book in a series to come out. We're not used to waiting anymore.
But there are books I'm just not ready to write yet. And rushing them would send the story (which means perhaps the entire series) in a different direction than it might otherwise go.
Now two years between books seems like a lifetime!
I'm still relieved that I only found Adrien and Jake just as Death of a Pirate King was due. I don't think I could have coped with waiting between A Dangerous Thing and The Hell You Say, and between THYS and DoaPK.
I've been waiting for the last book of a series for almost ten years now. It seems like the author abandoned it, though. :(
Josh wrote: "Becky wrote: "Just thinking that reading a series like A Song of Ice and Fire makes me realise how spoiled we are in the romance/erom/m-m/digital-first world, in that a whole series might come out ..."Good books are worth waiting for, even if we do complain about the waiting time.
Calathea wrote: "I've been waiting for the last book of a series for almost ten years now. It seems like the author abandoned it, though. :("That sucks.
Which series?
Idamus wrote: "Good books are worth waiting for, even if we do complain about the waiting time. "Definitely. But we are definitely spoiled. Like Josh said there. we're not used to waiting any more.
Idamus wrote: "Calathea wrote: "I've been waiting for the last book of a series for almost ten years now. It seems like the author abandoned it, though. :("That sucks.
Which series?"
The Steerswoman
I fear she's not writing at all anymore.
It's not that I'm constantly looking for the last book after all that time but once in a while I happen about the other volumes on my bookshelve or think of good fantasy/science fiction and it comes up again...
Becky wrote: "Just thinking that reading a series like A Song of Ice and Fire makes me realise how spoiled we are in the romance/erom/m-m/digital-first world, in that a whole series might come out faster than th..."Of course he keeps on expanding the series. Making it never ending story, he'll probably
Edit: apparently pop off doesn't mean die.......
Calathea wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Calathea wrote: "I've been waiting for the last book of a series for almost ten years now. It seems like the author abandoned it, though. :("That sucks.
Which series?"
[book:The S..."
Thanks, I'll pass on it, unless it gets a finale.
Looks interesting though.
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It doesn't? I thought it did. Sounds very British.
HJ wrote: "Two of my favourite books there! I recommend The Painting of Porcupine City: A Novel by Ben Monopoli too; just wonderful, I think. "Thanks, you two. I'll check it out. :)
HJ wrote: "Aleksandr wrote: "Making my way through Joanna Chambers's Enlightenment trilogy - onto book 3 now."I love this trilogy. I also really like her The Lady's Secret."
Yes, it's one of my favourite historical series. I read The Lady's Secret (which is m/f) a few months ago and really enjoyed it as well.
Apparently I have reached one of those nasty 'can't decide on a book' phases.
Jordan wrote: "Ame wrote: "Becky wrote: "Just thinking that reading a series like A Song of Ice and Fire makes me realise how spoiled we are in the romance/erom/m-m/digital-first world, in that a whole series mig..."Oh, so maybe it is? I was told it wasn't? Damn languages ;)
I am in Scridb heaven. Why did I not dicover this at the begin of my Christmas vacation?Don't think only two hours sleep per night will be enough.
Alison wrote: "I read a string of really superb books over Christmas:Champion of the Scarlet Wolf Book Two is awesome. No surprise there. I love Ginn Hale's books. Full stop. :)"
I agree, all the books you mentioned were great.
I've just finished ''Champion of the Scarlet Wolf'' and I loved it.
And talking about John Wiltshire, I bought
and the next two books before it was offered for free by MLR, so it's is time to read it...
Antonella wrote: "And talking about John Wiltshire, I bought Love is a Stranger (More Heat Than the Sun #1) by John Wiltshire and the next two books before it was offered for free by MLR, so it's is time to read it... "
I bought Love Is a Stranger yesterday! I saw that it was free a few weeks ago. Oh well. I've got lots of credit at ARE (so many rebate sales lately!), so I figured I may as well use it. Looking forward to it. I started something else yesterday, but maybe after that...
Ame wrote: "Edit: apparently pop off doesn't mean die..."It does according to the Cambridge Dictionary online! I see that the Urban Dictionary has many different meanings, but I think more people (in the UK, certainly) would understand it as meaning "die".
Alison wrote: "HJ wrote: "Two of my favourite books there! I recommend The Painting of Porcupine City: A Novel by Ben Monopoli too; just wonderful, I think. "Thanks, you two. I'll check it out. :)"
Hope you enjoy it!
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That happens too. And it is so puzzling from the reading side. How can the author not want to follow these wonderful characters? But I also now understand it from the writing side. Once that passion for the characters drains away, it's really hard to want to write about them.
What really puzzles me -- although we're seeing it more and more now -- are the authors who lose interest in writing at all.
How can they not want to write? What fills their brain now if not stories and dialog and all the possibilities for their characters?
But I guess when you're done, you're done.
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That happens too. And it is so puzzling from the readi..."
I understand that feeling of being done with something. It's happened to me before, in fandom, though I couldn't leave the story unfinished since I'd put it in a public place and had people asking after it. I HAD to finish it. So I did. I just didn't write anything more in that fandom after that.
Josh wrote: "What really puzzles me -- although we're seeing it more and more now -- are the authors who lose interest in writing at all. How can they not want to write? What fills their brain now if not stories and dialog and all the possibilities for their characters? "
That's so weird. I can sort of understand the people who have just the one book in them, they write that and they are done. Fair enough. But the ones who do a few and then quit baffle me. Obviously there can be reasons like a change in personal circumstances, or health issues, stuff like that, external factors, but to just lose interest is odd.
Losing interest in a particular genre or subject, again that I can see. We all change what we are interested in over time. But don't they still have ideas about whatever it is they are more interested in now.
I dunno. Maybe there are lifelong writers and maybe there are people for whom it is just a phase as it were. Something they're interested in for a few years and who then move one. I'm one of the lifers even if I didn't start properly writing instead of noodling about thinking about writing until I was about 35! The more I write the more I want to write and the more ideas I have.
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Also second hand books do not count. ;-)"
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Thanks, you two. I'll check it out. :)"
I'm quite sure you'll love The Painting of Porcupine City, Alison!
Idamus wrote: "I've finally settled on a book that isn't audio, Black Cat Ink"I hope you've already read the first two in the series?
HJ wrote: "Idamus wrote: "I've finally settled on a book that isn't audio, Black Cat Ink"I hope you've already read the first two in the series?"
I have, they're fun :-)
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How can they not want to write? What fills their brain no..."
I guess for some it's probably a lot like a phase hobby, like knitting. Now, me, I can't understand phase writing because I was pretty much writing since I could hold a pencil. Phase knitting, I totally understand. :-P Even though that kinda makes no sense. I'm sure there are lifer knitters out there too! Even though I didn't start until a few years ago, maybe I'll be one of them eventually. Who knows.
Johanna wrote: "Alison wrote: "HJ wrote: "Two of my favourite books there! I recommend The Painting of Porcupine City: A Novel by Ben Monopoli too; just wonderful, I think. "Thanks, you two. I'll check it out. :...
I'm quite sure you'll love The Painting of Porcupine City, Alison!"
Excellent! That's what I like to hear. :)
All this talk of abandoned Series reminded me that I have been waiting for the third book in the Childe Morgan series by Katherine Kurtz since 2006. So I went looking and discovered that The King's Deryni came out in December. Of course I have forgotten everything that happened in the first two books....except I recall Kurtz has no trouble killing off characters. Well, time for a reread.
Haldis wrote: "All this talk of abandoned Series reminded me that I have been waiting for the third book in the Childe Morgan series by Katherine Kurtz since 2006. So I went looking and discovered ..."Good God, you mean she finally finished it? Thank you for spreading the news. I know I'll have to do a re-read of the previous books, but I just looked over at my bookcase and there they both are--right out in front, ready to go. I actually wasn't as interested in the earlier books with Alaric as a young boy, but hopefully seeing him as a young man learning his craft in the new book should be better. And, as many GR reviewers said, this brings the tale back "full circle" to where the entire saga started in Deryni Rising
Becky - I think is some cases, traditional publishing broke their spirits. Or on-success. It's hard to keep writing if you have no readers and that glamorous life of fame and fortune doesn't manifest.... which is what I'm starting to see in the indie scene. You have people moaning about how they haven't made a million dollars yet after publishing 5-7 books. I want to tell them to write another thirty or so. (And they're still unlikely to make a million.)
I am reading Provoked by Johanna Chambers. I'm also reading Victorian porn, The Romance of Lust. (Research... that's my story and I'm sticking to it.) I would call it erotica, but no. It's porn. When the Victorians let go, they REALLY let go. I'm about 25% through it and Charlie, our hero, isn't even 15 years old yet.
Becky - I think is some cases, traditional publishing broke their spirits. Or on-success. It's hard to keep writing if you have no readers and that glamorous life of fame and fortune doesn't manifest.... which is what I'm starting to see in the indie scene. You have people moaning about how they haven't made a million dollars yet after publishing 5-7 books. I want to tell them to write another thirty or so. (And they're still unlikely to make a million.)
That's a good point. A lot of people, even if they don't expect to become rich and famous, do go into the business thinking that they'll soon be making enough money to live on entirely through their writing. And that's just less and less likely it seems.
Whenever I see people on message boards who seem to be going into writing primarily for money - not even in a really mercenary way, but just because they need some money, I'm afraid I'm usually the one pouring cold water on them. Even if they do eventually make a decent amount of money the key word is eventually. It's a long time and usually there isn't a lot of monetary reward.
I'm currently reading A Death at the Dionysus Club by Melissa Scott. I'm liking it a whole lot, which is actually surprising to me because I don't remember liking the prequel, Death by Silver quite as much.
Susinok wrote: "Provoked by Johanna Chambers was SO GOOD! Now on to Beguiled."So glad you liked it too! This is a favourite trilogy of mine, partly because it is a genuine trilogy i.e. the story arc is over the three books.
HJ wrote: "Susinok wrote: "Provoked by Johanna Chambers was SO GOOD! Now on to Beguiled."So glad you liked it too! This is a favourite trilogy of mine, partly because it is ..."
What Hj said :-) I loved this trilogy. I was thinking yesterday - while reading The Dream Alchemist - that i'd like to reread it soon. I enjoyed very much everything i've read by Joanna Chambers, but this trilogy is the best, imho.
I am reading two biker books at the moment, one is mf Reaper's Legacy and the other is mm The Devil's Ride. I am not really enjoying the mf book and i am trying to figure out why. I think i just dont like the female character. I find her very irritating but I am thoroughly enjoying the Devil's Ride. It is surprising for me because I enjoyed the first book in the mf series. I have relegated the mf book to my tube ride in the morning.
I am reading Murder at Pride Lodge and will look over a sample from Dear Mister President. I like Murder At Pride Lodge!
Any recommendations for cozy gay mysteries? I read last week The Best Corpse for the Job which was sort of quiet fun, and wondered why/if there aren't more like it out there...Also read Tarn house by Rose Brock (a Joseph Hansen pen name); it's a great little gothic mystery/suspense story. Vivid descriptions, suspense, made me laugh too at times, just because it's so perfectly done somehow, the heroine, the location, all of it.
KC wrote: "Any recommendations for cozy gay mysteries? I read last week The Best Corpse for the Job which was sort of quiet fun, and wondered why/if there aren't more like it out there...
Als..."
Where had you bought Tarn house?
Sabine wrote: "KC wrote: "Any recommendations for cozy gay mysteries? I read last week The Best Corpse for the Job which was sort of quiet fun, and wondered why/if there aren't more like it out t..."
Amazon.com (used)
http://www.amazon.com/Tarn-House-Jose...
KC wrote: "Sabine wrote: "KC wrote: "Any recommendations for cozy gay mysteries? I read last week The Best Corpse for the Job which was sort of quiet fun, and wondered why/if there aren't mor..."
On Amazon.de you can have it for 43,20€ or 54,00€. I will look on Abebooks! That's good! 10,00€ with shipping.
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... The Salisbury Key is beautiful, for it is written by Harper Fox. I save her books for when I am in the right mood and they never fail to completely amaze me.
The Cranberry Hush by Ben Monopoli was really wonderful. I don't read a whole lot of contemporary romance novels, but I really enjoyed this one a lot. ..."
Two of my favourite books there! I recommend The Painting of Porcupine City: A Novel by Ben Monopoli too; just wonderful, I think.