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Sabine wrote: "I have read How to Walk Like a Man . It is a very funny, fluffy (with a little bit angst) book, that I have really enjoyed. My motto now: Skip the coffee, take a broth."
Reading it now. It's lovely :-)
...with the motto: coffee now! broth later. ;-)
Sabine wrote: "I have read How to Walk Like a Man . It is a very funny, fluffy (with a little bit angst) book, that I have really enjoyed. My motto now: Skip the coffee, take a broth."
Hmm, How to Howl at the Moon is the one Eli Easton that was a DNF for me. I might try this one, though. I usually love her books.
Valerie wrote: "Hmm, How to Howl at the Moon is the one Eli Easton that was a DNF for me. I might try this one, though. I usually love her books."It's a bit different than the first, though I loved the first one too, anyway, this one is still funny and light, and also touches on some serious issues.
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Well...but you were JUST saying you wanted "total schmaltz"!
No wonder we writers are all crazy. :-D
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My motto now: Skip the coffee, take a broth."
I made a really nice batch of chicken soup! :-D
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I'm especially looking forward to Joanna Chambers' new one. HUMBUG. :-D
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Oh yeah? :-) Is it Slay Ride? Is it? IS IT? Do tell us!! :-D
Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "I'm actually in the mood for Christmas stories--but I'll wait until I finish writing mine."Oh yeah? :-) Is it Slay Ride? Is it? IS IT? Do tell us!! :-D"
Yes! We most definitely want to know! :-)
Josh wrote: "I'm actually in the mood for Christmas stories--but I'll wait until I finish writing mine. I'm especially looking forward to Joanna Chambers' new one. HUMBUG. :-D"
She'll have three stories out in the coming months, can't wait!
Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "I'm actually in the mood for Christmas stories--but I'll wait until I finish writing mine."Oh yeah? :-) Is it Slay Ride? Is it? IS IT? Do tell us!! :-D"
:D Now I'm curious too.
Josh wrote: "Well...but you were JUST saying you wanted "total schmaltz"! No wonder we writers are all crazy. :-D ..."
LOL I know! I guess maybe only a bit of scmaltz. A Fortunate Blizzard is turning out well. LC Chase for the win. Maybe the bit of angst evens out the scmaltz.
Valerie wrote: "Sabine wrote: "I have read How to Walk Like a Man . It is a very funny, fluffy (with a little bit angst) book, that I have really enjoyed. My motto now: Skip the coffee, take a br..."
I'm curious why you DNF this one? I haven't read this author before, but I was going to start with this book. Is it not typical of her writing?
Kirsten wrote: "Valerie wrote: "Sabine wrote: "I have read How to Walk Like a Man . It is a very funny, fluffy (with a little bit angst) book, that I have really enjoyed. My motto now: Skip the c..."
I'm trying to remember.... It was probably just me. The characters didn't do anything for me and I think the idea of border collie shifters just didn't appeal. I think I put it aside and just never went back to it.
I haven't read all of her books but my faves are probably The Mating of Michael, Blame It on the Mistletoe, Unwrapping Hank and Superhero.
Valerie wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "Valerie wrote: "Sabine wrote: "I have read How to Walk Like a Man . It is a very funny, fluffy (with a little bit angst) book, that I have really enjoyed. My motto..."
Ah, okay. I tend to like unconventional shifter stories and contemporaries/GFY don't do much for me, so I guess I'll still give it a shot. Thanks for the feedback!
Just finished Breaking the Chains of Gravity, which is a great non-fiction about the pre-NASA space program. Currently reading Infected: Prey which is a favorite and something of a comfort read. Next up (if I don't decide to read through the entire Infected series again) is probably Josh's newest book that just downloaded itself mysteriously onto my phone lol i swear I don't know how that happens.
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Oh yeah? :-) Is it Slay Ride? Is it? IS IT? Do tell us!! :-D"
Yes! We most..."
I did start Slay Ride. I've extensively rewritten the first chapter, but it occurred to me that it was a bit dark for the holidays. Which was why I had originally not planned to do it as a Christmas story. Mass killings on Baby Jesus's birthday....not as festive as one might wish. ;-D
So I'm still working on that one, but most of my attention is now on A CASE OF CHRISTMAS which is a bit lighter. Still working my way through it, so it's hard to say what it will be when it grows up.
Also plugging in bits and pieces of Death in Autumn. Or maybe it will be called *A* Death in Autumn.
(Yes, that's the kind of thing I spend my time wondering about. :-D)
So three stories coming in the next few months--and that doesn't even include The Mermaid Murders.
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And I get so sleepy so early. I mean, I tend to be an early bird, but dozing off at nine thirty is a bit extreme even for me. And--thanks no doubt to the carbs--my dreams are so convoluted and weird.
So I am STILL on the last fifty pages of Green Plaid Pants and every night I think, well, surely I'll finish it off tonight. And two pages in, the book bounces off my nose.
Josh wrote: "I'm not getting very far with my reading. This time of year my body really tries to go into hibernation. I start craving carbs--lasagna, chicken pot pie...pecan pie...yeesh! And I get so sleepy s..."
I am reading mostly on my kindle fire, should I tell you in the futur, that I have broken my nose, you know what happened. :-)
Josh wrote: "KC wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "I'm actually in the mood for Christmas stories--but I'll wait until I finish writing mine."Oh yeah? :-) Is it Slay Ride? Is it? IS IT? Do tell us!! :-D"
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I never thought, that I am a greedy person, but I am!
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And I ge..."
LOL
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I have the biggest, brightest smile on my face. A new — surprise-new!!! — Josh Lanyon Christmas story?! This is wonderful news! :-)
Sabine wrote: "Josh wrote: "I'm not getting very far with my reading. This time of year my body really tries to go into hibernation. I start craving carbs--lasagna, chicken pot pie...pecan pie...yeesh! And I ge..."
I'm really worried about your nose now! :)
Josh wrote: "KC wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "I'm actually in the mood for Christmas stories--but I'll wait until I finish writing mine."Oh yeah? :-) Is it Slay Ride? Is it? IS IT? Do tell us!! :-D"
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Lots of good things for us who waits, then. Yay!
Josh wrote: "I'm not getting very far with my reading. This time of year my body really tries to go into hibernation. I start craving carbs--lasagna, chicken pot pie...pecan pie...yeesh!"That food list deserves a yum! not a yeesh! :)
Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "So I'm still working on that one, but most of my attention is now on A CASE OF CHRISTMAS which is a bit lighter. Still working my way through it, so it's hard to say what it will be wh......
I have the biggest, brightest smile on my face. A new — surprise-new!!! — Josh Lanyon Christmas story?! This is wonderful news! :-)"
Me too! How very wonderful! I swooned a bit reading about all the new stories to look forward to, and in the meantime, there's my traveling adventure with Jefferson! planning on enjoying that this weekend :-)
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Ooohh, Prey is a good one. :-)
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And I get so sleepy s..."
I've been eating the best chicken pot pies. They're by Blake, and found in the frozen food section. But made of good quality stuff. Except the last one I had didn't have any vegetables in it! Then I read the box properly, and found out I was just eating a chicken pie. Um... really?! This is the best way for me to get veggies, and I was really bummed. lol.
But it's inspired me to attempt making my own "meet pie". I pinned several recipes from around the world the other day on pintrest. might get to try them next month.
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And I ge..."
This is why I read leaning on my elbow, with the book resting on the bed with a book weight holding it open for me. So much easier on the nose! And on the arms too!
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Josh wrote: "I'm not getting very far with my reading. This time of year my body really tries to go into hibernation. I start craving carbs--lasagna, chicken pot pie...pecan pie...yeesh! And I get so sleepy s..."
Oooo lasagna! I need to make a few. I normally make 2 at a time, and freeze one.
I to am in hibernation mode. I can't seem to stay up to my normal bedtime. Then I'm wide awake worrying about work at 2am... sigh... (it'll get better... soon...)
Started Jefferson Blythe this morning!
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And I am starting GLASS ON THE STAIRS which is several years later and feels it. Feels quite different though I can't yet figure out why. It's not the tone, not the writing...
I discovered that Harper Fox published a couple of things while I was MIA, so I'm reading Marty and the Pilot.
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I have that! I'm really looking forward to it.
HJ wrote: "I discovered that Harper Fox published a couple of things while I was MIA, so I'm reading Marty and the Pilot."Thank you for reminding me of it. I still have to read it...
Antonella wrote: "HJ wrote: "I discovered that Harper Fox published a couple of things while I was MIA, so I'm reading Marty and the Pilot."Thank you for reminding me of it. I stil..."
I liked that one. But then I tend to like all her writing. This was perhaps less mystical than many of hers, if that is a word.
HJ wrote: "I discovered that Harper Fox published a couple of things while I was MIA, so I'm reading Marty and the Pilot."I really enjoyed that one!
I've just read Humbug by Joanna Chambers. It's really good; it's so accurate about working in a job which is focussed on hours logged and commitment, to the exclusion of everything else in life, that it's scary (I've been there). But it's also an excellent love story. And, as always with her books, it's really well written. Although it's set at Christmas time, it isn't especially Christmassy.
I've also read two of Josh's books written as Diana Killian, Corpse Pose and High Rhymes and Misdemeanors. They are each the first in a series, and they are mysteries. High Rhymes and Misdemeanours feels more like romantic suspense (like those written by Mary Stewart, which I love). They are both F/M.I really enjoyed both books, and I'm going to read the rest of the series. I expected to be able to recognise "Josh" in them more than I did, which I find interesting!
I just wanted to say that I'm reading and loving Jefferson Blythe, Esquire. Finally, because I couldn't start the book right away after I got it.I'm proud to say that I was able to stop reading each time I was rushing forward ;-).
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I'm really looking forward to this. I love Joanna's work.
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Ha! :-) I hear that a lot actually. Although I've had plenty of letters through the years of the "Is it possible that you are also...?" Those when-worlds-collide moments.
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I'm proud to say that I was able t..."
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HJ wrote: "I've just read Humbug by Joanna Chambers. It's really good; it's so accurate about working in a job which is focussed on hours logged and commitment, to the exclusi..."I got this one next on my reading list :-)
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I'm so in the mood for Christmas stories! And I'll start with this one!
Reading R. Cooper's My Man Godric. And I have a couple of Christmas stories that I'm really looking forward to: Humbug and The Winter Spirit.
Antonella wrote: "I just wanted to say that I'm reading and loving Jefferson Blythe, Esquire. Finally, because I couldn't start the book right away after I got it.I'm proud to say that I was able t..."
:-)
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I think that I would have had the first real suspicions only maybe three books into the Poetic Death series: "Hmmm. Now, this voice is definitely starting to sound familiar..." (if I hadn't known beforehand who the author was). :-D
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LOL. :-)
Johanna wrote: "I think that I would have had the first real suspicions only maybe three books into the Poetic Death series: "Hmmm. Now, this voice is definitely starting to sound familiar..." (if I hadn't known beforehand who the author was). :-D ..."I shall have to see when I read more of that series.
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But over all the story was fun, and the characters were good. Heidi Cullinan does indulge in the fairy tale ending quite often, so I should have just girded my loins in preparation.
I think a bit of angst with A Fortunate Blizzard will be just fine...