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Jordan wrote: "Alison, you should try Greenwode in audio! Such a great story to listen to!"Thank you, Jordan! I do that!
Jordan wrote: "Alison, you should try Greenwode in audio! Such a great story to listen to!"I have it! I got that and Shirewode a few weeks ago. I have not listened to it yet, but soon! I have heard good things about it. I imagine it is a wonderful series to listen to, given how it is written. Looking forward to it. Thanks, Jordan. :)
Josephine wrote: "Junk Mage"Good? I'm looking forward to this one. I read Elliot Cooper's cute steampunk short the other day and I enjoyed his writing. The blurb sounds great. Magic sci-fi! :)
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Jordan wrote: "So stupid me never knew the movie National Velvet was based on a book until I found said book in a used book store. I bought it, but haven't yet read it. That's what I'll be starting next. I know m..."I think there are three books total. National Velvet was the first one. Man I must have read them 40 years ago.
There was also a movie later on with Tatum O'Neil called International Velvet. A sequel of sorts.
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I've just arrived home from Italy and found a new Harper Fox's book to welcome me ;-):
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Alison wrote: "Josephine wrote: "Junk Mage"Good? I'm looking forward to this one. I read Elliot Cooper's cute steampunk short the other day and I enjoyed his writing. The blurb sounds great. Mag..."
@Alison, OMG. Yes, very! I love Elliot Cooper! <3
Josephine wrote: "Alison wrote: "Josephine wrote: "Junk Mage"Good? I'm looking forward to this one. I read Elliot Cooper's cute steampunk short the other day and I enjoyed his writing. The blurb so..."
Good news, Josephine. It sounds like just the sort of thing I'd like. I will look forward to it even more now. :)
It's only Tuesday and I've already finished two absolutely amazing books this week! What good fortune. :)I finally read KJ Charles' A Gentleman's Position over the weekend and it's brilliant. One of the best Regency romances I've ever read.
Last night I read Becky Albertalli's Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and it was also kind of brilliant. It's an absolutely delightful queer YA romance that made me so happy. It's very well done.
I have read A Gentleman's Position, and think the audiobook is good, too.
Antonella wrote: "I've just arrived home from Italy and found a new Harper Fox's book to welcome me ;-):http://www.amazon.com/Priddys-Tale-Ha......"
Thank you! I picked up a copy.
Alison wrote: "I finally read KJ Charles' A Gentleman's Position over the weekend and it's brilliant. One of the best Regency romances I've ever read."Yes! Brilliant and exciting and wonderful. I'm completely in love with this series, loved every word, the characters, everything! :-)
Read Santino Hassell's Sutphin Boulevard and Sunset Park and will probably start today First and First. Sutphin Boulevard is very good, but Sunset Park is Awesome! The characters, everything feels so very real (this in both books), and David and Ray are wonderful, flaws and all.
Johanna wrote: "Another book I can recommend is Cat Blaine's just released The Cop and the Nosey Neighbor. It turned out to be the perfect comfort read for me. It has funny, witty dialog and charming main couple. It's sweet, romantic and light enough to put you in happy, relaxed, fluffy mood. When I was feeling under the weather due to my flu and Orlando shooting, this turned out to be a perfect escape for me."Read The Cop and the Nosey Neighbor this weekend and loved it! Just the thing after a hectic, stressful week. Made me smile so much. I had to let it go in the middle to go to a bday party, and the thought of coming back to a good, fun book made it easier to get through the socializing, lol. So thank you for the rec! :-)
KC wrote: "I had to let it go in the middle to go to a bday party, and the thought of coming back to a good, fun book made it easier to get through the socializing, lol."I wanted to comment ''Oh, the hardship!'' when I saw your comment about having to go to the birthday party, but then I remembered that you're not a social butterfly ;-).
KC wrote: "Read Santino Hassell's Sutphin Boulevard and Sunset Park and will probably start today First and First. Sutphin Boulevard is very good, but Sunset Pa..."I am listening to Sunset Park audio right now. I tried to listen to Sutphin Blvd but the narrator had a flat accent with no New York flavor at all. Hard to tell the voices apart, too. Very disappointed in that narration. Sunset Park is much better (different narrator).
Just finished Dark Blood by Caleb James. The cover is quite gruesome but I very much enjoyed the story. Not sexually explicit, in fact the romance takes a back seat, barely there, but the paranormal aspects blended with gypsy traditions, nazi flashbacks, medical aspects and set in New Orleans as well as the upper East Coast made this book a winner for me. This is an author I want to read more from.
Susinok wrote: "KC wrote: "Read Santino Hassell's Sutphin Boulevard and Sunset Park and will probably start today First and First. Sutphin Boulevard is very good, bu..."I just listened to the first 2 in Annabeth Albert's Status Update (Gaymers) series and I was disappointed at the lack of southern accent for one of the MCs from North Carolina. But I really enjoyed the story. Any video game fans might like it :)
Antonella wrote: "KC wrote: "I had to let it go in the middle to go to a bday party, and the thought of coming back to a good, fun book made it easier to get through the socializing, lol."I wanted to comment ''Oh,..."
Lol, true :-) Also, this was the kind of party where nobody knows anybody else except for the hosts, while i was already acquainted with the book and the book did all the talking, so. ;-)
Susinok wrote: "KC wrote: "Read Santino Hassell's Sutphin Boulevard and Sunset Park and will probably start today First and First. Sutphin Boulevard is very good, bu..."Good that it's a different narrator. I'll stick to the ebooks with this series. Especially with Sunset Park, i really enjoyed reading and rereading certain scenes. Really loved this one.
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I recently read (ebook, not audio) Status Update, and two other blogger/gaymer books: Strong Signal and Draw the Line (loved those two).
This is picky/petty, but I really wish that Albert's #gaymers books had covers as graphically strong as her Portland Heat books. The #gaymers covers are two busy and too "faded color photograph purple" for my taste. ; )
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LOL!
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Thank you for letting me know that you liked it! :-)
Karen wrote: "Mtsnow13 wrote: "I just listened to the first 2 in Annabeth Albert's Status Update (Gaymers) series and I was disappointed at the lack of southern accent for one of the MCs from North Carolina. But..."Is the gaming aspect actually part of the book or just backdrop for the romance? I mean, the summary had me at 'geoarcheologist' and 'game designer' isn't too shabby either, but... I've been disappointed by this kind of blurb too often.
KC wrote: "Antonella wrote: "KC wrote: "I had to let it go in the middle to go to a bday party, and the thought of coming back to a good, fun book made it easier to get through the socializing, lol."I wante..."
Oh, that's so not my type of party. But the prospect to continue a good book hopefully made time fly. Only problem: what reason to give why you have to leave early... ;)
Karen wrote: "Mtsnow13 wrote: "I just listened to the first 2 in Annabeth Albert's Status Update (Gaymers) series and I was disappointed at the lack of southern accent for one of the MCs from North Carolina. But..."I tend to agree Karen. It seems like Carina/Harlequin should have a more impactful arsenal of cover artists... I think if it as an opportunity lost, especially with the 'gamers' theme! The covers do have a faded retro look.
Calathea wrote: "Karen wrote: "Mtsnow13 wrote: "I just listened to the first 2 in Annabeth Albert's Status Update (Gaymers) series and I was disappointed at the lack of southern accent for one of the MCs from North..."Well, there is a bit of talk about the industry and cons and crowdfunding... And the geoarcheologist factor works in well with the MC being able to provide constructive criticism on the possibilities of soil and ricks behaviors in space :D ...but otherwise, it is pretty much the background for the romance
Mtsnow13 wrote: "Calathea wrote: "Karen wrote: "Mtsnow13 wrote: "I just listened to the first 2 in Annabeth Albert's Status Update (Gaymers) series and I was disappointed at the lack of southern accent for one of t..."The geoarcheologist is a fan of the game the game designer designs, so they do talk a fair bit about the game itself, but I agree, it's a more a background thing.
Mtsnow13 wrote: "Karen wrote: "Mtsnow13 wrote: "I just listened to the first 2 in Annabeth Albert's Status Update (Gaymers) series and I was disappointed at the lack of southern accent for one of the MCs from North..."I agree that maybe those covers aren't exactly right for the books, but I do quite like them. I think they are quite attractive, but yeah, they totally could have gone in another direction with this theme.
KC wrote: "Read Santino Hassell's Sutphin Boulevard and Sunset Park and will probably start today First and First. Sutphin Boulevard is very good, but Sunset Pa..."Can't wait to hear what you think of First and First. In my opinion the best of the three books.
Ame wrote: "KC wrote: "Read Santino Hassell's Sutphin Boulevard and Sunset Park and will probably start today First and First. Sutphin Boulevard is very good, bu..."Will let you know :-) I'm really looking forward to it. Especially since i'm not sure how i feel about the MCs given what happened in Sunset Park, but it will be interesting to get to know them better.
Alison wrote: "Mtsnow13 wrote: "Calathea wrote: "Karen wrote: "Mtsnow13 wrote: "I just listened to the first 2 in Annabeth Albert's Status Update (Gaymers) series and I was disappointed at the lack of southern ac..."Mtsnow13 wrote: "Calathea wrote: "Karen wrote: "Mtsnow13 wrote: "I just listened to the first 2 in Annabeth Albert's Status Update (Gaymers) series and I was disappointed at the lack of southern accent for one of t..."
Thank you! I think I'll leave it on the keep in mind list then, not on the must read shelf. :)
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I think Team Dog: How to Train Your Dog--the Navy SEAL Way is also useful. I added that to my wish list. This one is good for those who haven't bought a dog yet, as he does go through the process of how to pick the right dog for you.
Jordan wrote: "This one is good for those who haven't bought a dog yet, as he does go through the process of how to pick the right dog for you. ..."Picking the dog is the #1 thing. When I adopted Beau, I had poured over the website and read everybody's biographies. But when I tried to walk the dogs I was interested it, it was no go. I finally asked the agency workers to bring out a calm dog. Beau was the result. Though he has quirks from is past, he is definitely calm - unless he's at the vet.
Hey Jordan, I've been off for a bit so I don't know how it's going with Adrien, but I was wondering if you tried a Thunder Shirt? One of our clients got one for their greyhound and they said it worked to make him feel less anxious. Just a thought.
Just finished All the Wrong Places by Ann Gallagher and I really liked it and highly recommend it. I have not read any of the other Bluewater Bay books and it didn't matter. This can be read as a standalone. I got it because both of the MC's are asexual. This was a great example of how two aces can have a wonderful, loving relationship without sex. I wish there were more stories like this.
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In the meantime, we're going to work on her pulling. Hopefully, if I can get her to stop pulling when she's scared, she'll calm down a bit too. We'll see. I really just need to pick something and stick with it!
Haldis wrote: "Just finished All the Wrong Places by Ann Gallagher and I really liked it and highly recommend it. I have not read any of the other Bluewater Bay books and it didn..."Good to know and good news. Thanks, Haldis. I've been wondering about that one.
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Oh good. I'm glad it's working for you!
We're not doing clicker training, but working on the walking basics. It's a start.
I bought from Dreamspinner Press summer sale I Hate Summer and what an amazing find. It's been quite a long time since I've read a book that interested me that much. I'm not sure this is a book for everyone, at least don't go into it thinking romance heroes are perfect because they are far from it. But the writing is really good and the plot is very interesting and somehow the story appealed to me tremendously. Too bad I can't find any other books by this author because she interests me.Anyway, if you didn't get it from Dreamspinner you can get it for 0,99 at Amazon. But don't blame me if you don't like it. I love it though. Probably one of my favorite reads of this year.
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Hmmm. I think I'm going to try it. And I won't be blaming you if I don't like it. :-D
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I'm reading it right now and was wary because of the topics mentioned in GR reviews, but I'm loving it so far. BTW, I don't see Idrys the way he's described in many of those, or to the extent that I do it's realistic and understandable. This story is different from a lot of m/m, more real in the sense of dealing with the way 20-somethings (and others) actually act and rationalize and make decisions. I had to put it down for awhile this morning so I'd get something else done.
And yes, the cover is eye-catching. : )
Ame wrote: "I bought from Dreamspinner Press summer sale I Hate Summer and what an amazing find. It's been quite a long time since I've read a book that interested me that much. I'm not sure th..."Bought it. The blurb strongly reminds me of some fic I read last year or do.
The sale (I guess it was that cheap because of the sale?) priced the Kindle ebook at 41 cent and the paperback at ovef 15 Euro. Wow. This is a mind-boggling discrepancy.
Karen wrote: "Ame wrote: "I bought from Dreamspinner Press summer sale I Hate Summer and what an amazing find. It's been quite a long time since I've read a book that interested me that much. I'm..."I agree. It's much more realistic than most romance stories. Probably why I like it so much. People are not always nice in real life. They do stupid things, juvenile things.
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--Aldous Mercer's The Prince and the Program. Wildly imaginative sci-fi about Mordred Pendragon and Alan Turing having advent...
Oh, good to know about The Prince and the Program! I read the sample and was wildly confused but then the reviews had been so very good... "
It is a wildly confusing book, Calathea, no doubt about that! :)
But I loved it anyway. I finished and kind of went "whoa...dude...what just happened?" and felt a bit bewildered for a few days. I think you just have to go along with it and be confused and accept the confusion. :) I still loved it, even though I was confused and I still don't really understand what exactly happened, if that makes sense? I love that the GR reviews seem to go two ways--people love it or they hate it. :) I thought it was really funny and really smart and super geeky and heartwarming and strange. I love his writing. A re-read is in order someday. Maybe it will make more sense the second time.
Have you read his other book, The Emperor's New Clothes (Royce Ree #1): An Interstellar Heist? Oh wait, I see that you have. Huge chunks of that book didn't make sense until the end, and this one is structured in kind of a similar way and is also awesome in kind of a similar way. Since you liked Royce Ree, chances are good you might like this one too. It's pretty cerebral and it's a good one for when you're in the mood for something different and strange and thinky and funny that requires your full attention. It made my head spin, but in a good way. :)