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Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "I just finished reading The Starving Years and listening to Body Art both by Jordan Castillo Price. I really enjoyed both of them."I have these but haven't read them yet. Last i read by Jordan was the Mnevermind trilogy which i loved.
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Me too.
Downloaded a couple of samples to try and figure out what to read next.The first was Muscling Through by J.L. Merrow and with just that small taste I was already completely smitten with the MC. I will definitely be getting that one.
The other was Coffee Cake by Michaela Grey which features an asexual character. It was just three chapters and the main characters were already making out (which is fine, but as an asexual, I can't imagine it so soon) and the boyfriend seems too perfect and not sure about the actual writing... I don't think I will do this one. If anyone else has read it, I would be interested in your opinion.
Jordan wrote: "Alison, THANK YOU for mentioning that book!!! I've never come across a real gender neutral character before, so naturally, I'm now dying to read this ASAP!"I hope you like it. The cover caught my eye, then I saw it was about a gender neutral character, so I could not resist. :)
By the way, have you read Alexis Hall's Prosperity series? It's got a dashing and wonderful gender neutral main character that I love. Byron Kae makes me swoon a little bit. :)
Haldis wrote: "Downloaded a couple of samples to try and figure out what to read next.The first was Muscling Through by J.L. Merrow and with just that small taste I was already completely smitten..."
WOW Muscling Through is in Audio!!!! I didn't know that!
Um. It's not? Or just not in the US?
Susinok wrote: "Haldis wrote: "Downloaded a couple of samples to try and figure out what to read next.The first was Muscling Through by J.L. Merrow and with just that small taste I was already com..."
I don't think it's in audio....I didn't look.
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It should be good!
Ok. I when I saw sample I immediately thought audio for some reason. Bummer. Great book. You'll love it!
Susinok wrote: "Ok. I when I saw sample I immediately thought audio for some reason. Bummer. Great book. You'll love it!"I'm pretty sure you can't download those samples
I've been rereading 'Will There Really Be a Morning' - Frances Farmer's autobiography. It's pretty brutal, unflinching, and often heartbreaking. I read it as a teen after I saw the movie 'Frances' starring Jessica Lange. The title is from an Emily Dickinson poem that has come to be my favorite poem.
Haldis wrote: "Downloaded a couple of samples to try and figure out what to read next.The first was Muscling Through by J.L. Merrow and with just that small taste I was already completely smitten..."
I just noticed that TJ Klune has a book coming out in the fall with an asexual character. He describes it as an asexual hipster romantic comedy. I'm intrigued. His books can be hit or miss for me but are often quite funny. He said this is more subdued (at least for him).
How To Be A Normal Person
Jen wrote: "Sammie wrote: "just finished fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. Loved it. and wish there were morw"Technically there is going to be more with Carry On"
I'm looking forward to Carry On. Fangirl is one of my favorites. I loved the audiobook.
Valerie wrote: "I just noticed that TJ Klune has a book coming out in the fall with an asexual character. He describes it as an asexual hipster romantic comedy. I'm intrigued. His books can be hit or miss for me but are often quite funny. He said this is more subdued (at least for him).How To Be A Normal Person..."
I'm also intrigued, though his stuff is mostly too over the top for me. But since it's featuring a different queer spectrum character, I plan to get it.
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Wow. I can imagine.
Valerie wrote: "Haldis wrote: "Downloaded a couple of samples to try and figure out what to read next.The first was Muscling Through by J.L. Merrow and with just that small taste I was already com..."
Thanks, Valerie. I have not read anything by him, I will definitely mark this book and get a sample when it comes out.
For those who, like me, enjoy YA books, I recommend The Glass House by Suki Fleet. A wonderful little story, I think.
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Again. And again. And again.
Anne wrote: "For those who, like me, enjoy YA books, I recommend The Glass House by Suki Fleet. A wonderful little story, I think."Excerpt here: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/stor...
It seems to be a nice story.
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Again. And again. And again."
I finally googled this one. Sounds like fun research! :-)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Esquires-Euro....
I took a nostalgic trip down memory lane, reading some of my favourite Torchwood fanfics*Off to dig up one more*
Idamus wrote: "I took a nostalgic trip down memory lane, reading some of my favourite Torchwood fanfics*Off to dig up one more*"
Perks up! Torchwood fanfics? Do you have links? OMG! *fans self* Captain Jack...he was the most dominant, enigmatic, charismatic character on a sitcom or film I'd ever seen. Thank you BBC. I doubt this show would have been made in the US. Sigh...John Barrowman is dreamy.
Rereading Lisa Oliver's Cloverleah Pack series. Yes, I've got stacks and stacks in my TBR pile, but this is comfort reading. Guaranteed HEA with likable MCs.
Judy wrote: "Idamus wrote: "I took a nostalgic trip down memory lane, reading some of my favourite Torchwood fanfics*Off to dig up one more*"
Perks up! Torchwood fanfics? Do you have links? OMG! *fans self* C..."
The one I just read is friends locked, but if you PM an email addie, I have a PDF.
Will check my links and see what else I can give you.
I think I have more PDFs as well, but I need to dig through my dropbox so it might take a while.
Judy wrote: "Idamus, PM sent. Thanks"Mail with PDFs sent and you're welcome
I read both Trust the Focus and Focus on Me by Megan Erickson. Both were very good books. Conflict was from within, but characters grew and changed and problems were solved by conversation and personal growth. Very nice.I found out about them on Teatime with Alexis. he and Santino conversed about the second book.
The great italian writer Sebastiano Vassalli just died. I recommend his book: The Chimera, great historical fiction set in seventeenth-century Northern Italy. Warning: it's about a young woman accused to be a witch, so don't expect a happy ending. But the book is really worth it.
Susinok wrote: "I read both Trust the Focus and Focus on Me by Megan Erickson. Both were very good books. Conflict was from within, but characters grew and changed and problems were..."I have them at the top of the list. Got the first one on Alexis' rec, but good to know both are good.
Read Blackmail, My Love: A Murder Mystery which was excellent, beautifully written, very engaging, but so very depressing...
I just finished Carole Cummings's Aisling series (Guardian is the first book) and I totally loved it. I don't know why it took me so long to get around to reading it, because it's exactly the sort of thing I'm keen on. I have loved everything of hers I have read, and I think I've now read everything she's written. Her books tend to be complex fantasy romance that's a bit dark and kind of emotional and really gripping with fascinating, deep characters. It's intense and I love it.
Lou wrote: "I can't read depressing books anymore, no matter how well written. It was different when I was young, but then life happened. I need happy endings now. ;)"Yep! Must have HEA or HFN with a promise of true love.
OMG - Lou! Yes so much! Everyday life is so full of angst and strife and sadness that I don't want it in what I read. Sure, there may be exceptions, but I need my HEAs and HFNs.
Lighting Struck Heart ny JT Klune sometimes you just need to smile...plus I don't want to read anything without a positive ending you a only need to watch the news to hear about unhappy endings.
Lou wrote: "I can't read depressing books anymore, no matter how well written. It was different when I was young, but then life happened. I need happy endings now. ;)"Seconded. :)
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Yes. I've noticed the same thing about myself. Although... there are few exceptions to this. If there's a book I suspect to be depressing, but I really, REALLY like the author's voice and want to read it because of that, I tend to postpone reading it while gathering my strength and trying to find the exactly right state of mind for it. This is what I'm currently doing with Joseph Hansen's Steps Going Down that has been waiting on my nightstand for about a year. Or two. :-)
Johanna wrote: "This is what I'm currently doing with Joseph Hansen's Steps Going Down that has been waiting on my nightstand for about a year. Or two. :-) "Can't wait to hear your thoughts on Steps Going Down - it's a terrific noir. I think that one of the things that set Hansen's books apart is how deeply satisfying they are regardless of what happens in the book.
Kim wrote: "Lighting Struck Heart ny JT Klune sometimes you just need to smile...plus I don't want to read anything without a positive ending you a only need to watch the news to hear about unhappy endings."The Lightning-Struck Heart is on my maybe TBR. Not what I'm in the mood for right now, but I kind of loved Tell Me It's Real even though it was so over the top.
Johanna wrote: "If there's a book I suspect to be depressing, but I really, REALLY like the author's voice and want to read it because of that, I tend to postpone reading it while gathering my strength and trying to find the exactly right state of mind for it. This is what I'm currently doing with Joseph Hansen's Steps Going Down that has been waiting on my nightstand for about a year. Or two. :-)"It's the same for me. That's why I've lots of gay fiction classics on paper that I still have to read.
BTW I checked, I bought Steps Going Down only last October ;-).
I recently put a post out at my blog titled 'A dirty story of a dirty man'. It was about the release of my latest novel in print. I invited people to guess why I'd titled the post in that way, anyone here know?(For anyone interested in the original post http://lillianfrancis.blogspot.co.uk/...)
Lou wrote: "I can't read depressing books anymore, no matter how well written. It was different when I was young, but then life happened. I need happy endings now. ;)"I hear you, Lou. Me neither. For the same reasons.
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Can't wait to hear your thoughts on St..."
I promise to report back when I've read it. :-)
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So, let me know when you're about to start reading it and maybe we can do it together? Being each other's support group, kind of. :-)
Lou wrote: "I can't read depressing books anymore, no matter how well written. It was different when I was young, but then life happened. I need happy endings now. ;)"I struggle where anything bad happens to kids.
I read to escape life just for a while, so a happy ending is a must :)
Johanna wrote: "Antonella wrote: "BTW I checked, I bought Steps Going Down only last October ;-)."So, let me know when you're about to start reading it and maybe we can do it together? Being each other's group, kind of. :-)"
Thank you for the offer.
It 's just that at the moment I feel again overwhelmed.
I have to start again with the Richard Stevenson challenge, although in fact I have ''only'' to reread the first 6 books. And I've just bought 7 books by Dreamspinner. Bloody discounts! In fact I'm glad that fictionwise doesn't exist anymore or it would be much worse.
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So, let me know when you're about to start reading it and maybe we can do it together? Being each..."
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I feel you.
I've been reading Renae Kaye. I like how she combines sometimes too good to be true romance with both humor and serious stuff, and best of all, the characters communicate properly.
Sabine wrote: "I like her books too, but I was a little bit dissapointed about the last oneOut of the Rain."Yes, that one was a bit too...fast. It's the first one i read, so it got better from there. Read Safe in His Arms, The Blinding Light, and now Shawn's Law. The latter i actually started a while ago and didn't like it, but yesterday it seemed i was a bit more patient with it, and i find it fun this time around.
Lillian wrote: "I recently put a post out at my blog titled 'A dirty story of a dirty man'. It was about the release of my latest novel in print. I invited people to guess why I'd titled the post in that way, anyo..."You always wanted to be a paperback writer? ;-)
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