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Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "Jordan wrote: "It always amazes me how caste/class driven we are where I work. I was actually told by one of the custodians that I was one of the few librarians who actually stop and talk to the cu..."It is safer perhaps, but also more boring. It's when I cross the barriers, or even better, tear them down, I learn new things about the world and about myself.
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So true.
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We had a very illuminating discussion about this last year at the Euro Pride Con (in fact during a long tram journey though Munich): most of the people ha..."
What the...!!! My friends just made me google dino porn. The things I learn from you guys! :-D
Marge wrote: "Thanks to everyone who recommended Breakaway. I am nearly finished with it and it is fantastic. Some of the greatest banter ever along with many excellent characters."I'm so glad you liked it! Her new one Save of the Game is out today and it is even better than the first one.
I read Between Sinners and Saints and I'm glad I did - it was really good. Never loved that cover though...The Backup Boyfriend was also good - way better than I thought it would be. There was actually a really great message there about labels and how even alternative labels are still labels, Very well done and great characters.
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We had a very illuminating discussion about this last year at the Euro Pride Con (in fact during a long tram journey though Munich): most of ..."
YEah, I don't know anything about it, and I'm thinking I should probably not look that up. lol.
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I understand when you're a little kid growing up in a very white town how encountering your first minority race or something would be a little jarring, but once you're an adult, there really is no excuse.
That said, I admit I'm one who always opens my big fat mouth and sticks my foot in it and then realizes later what I said and how it was interpreted. Oiy.
Susinok wrote: "I'll talk to everybody. Knowing what they do also helps you get the job done. I'll go down to the warehouse offices and find the guy who checks in the trucks to see if my item has arrived, or the transportation person who knows what's going on out the routes, and I know all their names. There's a bit of an upstairs/downstairs vibe going on, which I completely ignore...."This was always my approach, too. I'd take a walk through the office to talk to whoever I needed something from, rather than just emailing. I knew almost everyone in a big organisation, and they appreciated that one of the "bosses" talked to them. It's also the best way for getting a feeling about morale in different departments, and who is pulling their weight and who is not, etc..
Well done on calling people out on racist remarks, too. I never let anyone get away with racist or sexist remarks. I find it odd that many women think it's OK to say sexist things about men, when they would be up in arms if the positions were reversed.
Johanna wrote: "What the...!!! My friends just made me google dino porn. The things I learn from you guys! :-D ..."I have decided that there are some things I just don't need to see for myself, and dino porn is one of them!
Jordan wrote: "In other news I'm "this close" to finishing The Last Enchantment, and it's most irritating that I can't read more until my lunch break! Jordan, there is a Mary Stewart group on Goodreads, and they've done buddy reads of the Arthurian series in the past so you could see what other people thought and add your own views. I'm a member of the group because I love her romantic suspense novels, but I've never read the Arthurian books.
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
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And not like you need to add another series to your reading list, but I loved Bernard Cornwell's Arthurian trilogy when I read it. It starts with The Winter King.
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I read Amy Rae Durreson's new book, A Frost of Cares, this weekend and it's lovely. It's a charming and gentle love story as well as a creepy ghost story and it's delightful. I really liked it.
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Good to hear. I'm on to that one next. I'm midway through Merrow's Out! tonight. Eclectic reading this weekend — finished reading Rough Road and Him.
I'm reading An Unholy Alliance set in Cambridge several years after the Black Death, it's a murder mystery. Similar in vein to Ellis Peters, I'd say, which is why I picked it up. 200 pages in and I'm really enjoying it.
I just finished Spook Squad by Jordan Castillo Price. It was action packed and I love having all the mysterious questions answered. Though, I would love to hear more of Victors and Jacobs adventures, they were finally at their best.
I'm starting Eyes Only for Me by Andrew Grey next. I love his books.
I am not reading it yet... :) but I will be listening in a few month. So looking forward to it.J.R. Ward, "The Beast", will be in audio book format mid April. :) I love the series. There were a couple of books which I did not find as good, but that is to be expected I guess. Anyway... I am a fan.
I have been reading a cozy mystery series by Elizabeth Edmondson with two books and a novella starting with A Man of Some Repute and I just finished the last book A Question of Inheritance and I have really enjoyed them. There have been little mysteries and clues that are carried through to the next story so I went to the author's webpage to find out when the next book was coming out only to learn that she passed away on January 11 from cancer. This has not been a good month. :-(
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I bought the A Man of Some Repute audiobook recently. Liked the sample, but haven't listened yet. Nice to have the work recommended. Sad about the author.
I just finished Sutphin Boulevard by Santino Hassell. It has a rating of 4.15. I found the story line ok, but the whole book in general boring. I listened to the audio. The narration was very good.
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Right? Or so you would think. Just treat everyone as you would wish to be treated. And yes, even that is bound to offend some, but that's pretty much the best any of us without psychic powers can do.
Just treat people with respect and kindness.
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Hi, there! Are you competing with me for the titl..."
Oh my. ;-D
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We had a very illuminating discussion about this last year at the Euro Pride Con (in fact during a long tram journey though Munich): most of the people had never heard of t..."
That's not nearly as disturbing to me as the people I've met who insist that the dinosaurs themselves couldn't exist. :-D Otherwise perfectly sane people convinced there is a dinosaur conspiracy.
TO WHAT END? TO WHAT PURPOSE?
But...I digress
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Exactly, instead of cutting contacts or giving you the silent treatment...."
I agree. It's impossible to fix anything when you don't know what is wrong. Of course sometimes there is no fixing it even when you know.
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I agree. I think it's very underrated by the general m/m audience, but these are very solid and well-written mysteries.
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The real war in this country is about class. But very few people realize it.
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Ha. Same. I have a writer's curiosity--and I also like people and find humans very intriguing. So sometimes I question and speculate and this does not always go over well.
Josh wrote: "Antonella wrote: "Josh wrote: "dino porn"We had a very illuminating discussion about this last year at the Euro Pride Con (in fact during a long tram journey though Munich): most of the people ha..."
Do they also believe the earth is flat? ;)
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We had a very illuminating discussion about this last year at the Euro Pride Con (in fact during a long tram journey though Munich): most of ..."
I was afraid to ask. :-D
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This is what's so fascinating about books and reading. How smart people can passionately disagree over the merits of the very same book to the extent that an onlooker would swear they were talking about two different books. :-)
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This sounds pretty good!
Josh wrote: "TO WHAT END? TO WHAT PURPOSE?But...I digress ..."
To sell toys to toddlers, of course!
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But...I digress ..."
To sell toys to toddlers, of course!"
B-b-but couldn't they just sell monster toys? Why pretend they are real.
(I mean if you're in the dinosaurs-were-faked conspiracy camp--personally, I believe in dinosaurs. :-D )
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J.R. Ward, "The Beast", will be in audio book format mid April. :) I love the series. There were a c..."
I think about this all the time. Even if you love an author, you're going to enjoy some books more than others. I have my least favorite books by my most favorite authors. We all must. (Which I think is a good thing to remember as an author. )
I just reread the first two books in the Captive Prince series in anticipation of Kings Rising releasing tomororw.
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Jordan wrote: "I just reread the first two books in the Captive Prince series in anticipation of Kings Rising releasing tomororw."OMG!! *drops every book I'm reading and start looking for the Captive Prince*
Jordan wrote: "Will be starting JCP's Life is Awesome tonight! Squeeeee!"It's the best of the trilogy. I would have given it more than 5 stars.
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Where's the LIKE button when one needs it?
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Again — looking for the LIKE button.
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Thank you for bringing these up Karen, Alison, Varecia and... Antonella? Did I forget someone? Amy Rae Durreson is a new-to-me author, but I'm definitely going to try her books because you guys are recommending them. :-)
Josh wrote: "That's not nearly as disturbing to me as the people I've met who insist that the dinosaurs themselves couldn't exist. :-D Otherwise perfectly sane people convinced there is a dinosaur conspiracy.TO WHAT END? TO WHAT PURPOSE?..."
So that hundreds of children's authors and soft-toy makers and TV programme makers can earn money, of course! You might think it odd that such disparate groups would conspire together, but that's the force of capitalism at work...
Edited: I now see that Susinok thinks much the same. That proves there's a conspiracy!!
Josh wrote: "Alison wrote: "Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "I am finishing off Lessons in Desire which is book 2 of Charlie Cochrane's Cambridge Fellows series. It is such an enjoyable series ...I think it's very underrated by the general m/m audience, but these are very solid and well-written mysteries. "
I agree!
Does anybody read Kyle's B & B? http://kylesbnb.blogspot.co.ukIt is a hilarious comic strip about a group of gay men who live in a B & B. The artist publishes a regular comic strip and then also prints them in volumes. So far I think there are four volumes and I have them all. They are just so funny but the great thing is that he has them all up on line as well.
Kyle's Bed & Breakfast, Kyles Bed & Breakfast: A Second Bowl Of Serial, Kyle's Bed & Breakfast: Hot Off the Griddle and Kyle's Bed and Breakfast: Without Reservations
Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "Does anybody read Kyle's B & B? http://kylesbnb.blogspot.co.ukIt is a hilarious comic strip about a group of gay men who live in a B & B. The artist publishes a regular comic strip and then also p..."
Oh, thank you! I love comics. I'll have a look.
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It is silly but it is the same thing that happens with race, sexuality, age, disability, wealth etc etc Some people prefer to stay behind their fences, relating to people who are 'just like me' instead of tearing the barriers down to encounter other people