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Here an interview to JCP about making cove..."
I subscribe to JCP's newsletters and really enjoyed this one. Also, the cover art did the trick, along with the excerpt — I pre-ordered right away. ; ) There was another newsletter back in January that compared JCP's design process with Lou Harper's. Love these.
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Thoughts? Comments? Questions? Much appreciated. Thanks!
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KAGE
Kage Unleashed
Kage Unmasked
The KAGE books start out with the set-up for a clueless college boy out-for-you trope, but move along quickly and have an edge to them. Harding has the skill/gift to bring Jamie's hidden sweetness to life, along with his naiveté and underlying fierceness. And Kage's voice… well now. ;)
Anyway, kind of an addictive set of stories for me, albeit with a dark and morally questionable side.
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Words/terms aren't always as precise as we might wish them to be. Ebooks and print seem to be the clearest terms, based on the old school choices we've had for print (paperback or hardcover), but things have changed. Strong reading preferences tend to be expressed by the concepts of "digital" books and "paper" books — the book as content in whatever digital or even audio format opposed to the book as a tangible object. The reading device is an object of course, but the book itself is only contained within that object. We may borrow or own the tangible (print/paper) book, may save it, or gift it, or pass it on. The digital book exists on its devices and is ours, and legally ours only (with exception of certain lending rules).
Waxing a bit philosophic here, but a short answer is that ebook or print should be sufficient for clarity (and beyond that, specific choices like those Mymymble mentions). If someone asks for paper, my understanding would be that they want a the tangible object, and my next question would be whether they prefer paperback or hardcover. Then again, I might be even more specific since there may also be a preference for mass market or trade paperbacks. I'm sure you run into all of this at your library. :)
Jordan wrote: "Question for you all. We have ebooks and print books. Print books are paperback or hardcover, right? I guess what I'm asking is what do you call paperbacks and hardcovers? I've been calling them "p..."I go with print or ebook. Paperback or hardcover.
The master has spoken. ;-)
Karen wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Question for you all. We have ebooks and print books. Print books are paperback or hardcover, right? I guess what I'm asking is what do you call paperbacks and hardcovers? I've been ..."Yes, very good said!
Jordan wrote: "Question for you all. We have ebooks and print books. Print books are paperback or hardcover, right? I guess what I'm asking is what do you call paperbacks and hardcovers? I've been calling them "p..."I tend to call both paperbacks and hardcovers "hard copies". I don't know where I picked that up from. Possibly from printing out fanfic to read back in the olden days.
Jordan wrote: "Question for you all. We have ebooks and print books. Print books are paperback or hardcover, right? I guess what I'm asking is what do you call paperbacks and hardcovers? I've been calling them "p..."I also say "print." I have heard people say "paper books," though.
Haldis wrote: "Sabine wrote: "Sometimes, when times are more difficult, I appreciate to read something lighter and have found (thank you Haldis) Hottie Scotty and Mr. Porter. It was a good read, n..."Light and adorable is awesome! Looking forward to reading this one :-)
Jordan wrote: "Question for you all. We have ebooks and print books. Print books are paperback or hardcover, right? I guess what I'm asking is what do you call paperbacks and hardcovers? I've been calling them "p..."Print.
Antonella wrote: "Jordan Castillo Price made the new cover art for the rerelease of Painting In The Rain next week. The book is now available for preorder.Here an interview to JCP about making cove..."
For a moment I thought JCP had a new book coming soon... Will now go read the interview :-)
Sabine wrote: "Sometimes, when times are more difficult, I appreciate to read something lighter and have found (thank you Haldis) Hottie Scotty and Mr. Porter. It was a good read, not too fluffy."It's definitely good to read something lighter to well, lighten the mood and just relax. I recently found a new-to-me author - Edward Kendrick: The Element Case. The two mysteries i read so far are light and...comfortable. They're more gay mysteries than m/m because they're very light on romance though i did like the characters and how they get together - very matter-of-fact somehow but sweet too - mature people, sweet loving gestures, and i love that. And the mystery is kind of light too, but overall kept my interest while not stressing me out in any way. I'm now reading the third one. There are four books in the artist+detective series, but he has more.
I use "Print" to distinguish from Audiobooks. Though my print books are all ebooks.Read Hottie Scotty. Sweet story. Just started Fast Connection by Hassell and Erikson.
Last year I really enjoyed Family of Lies: Sebastian (good gay fantasy romance), and saw that the audiobook was on sale and have been listening to it. So far, very enjoyable as a reread! The narrator is British, and reminds me of listening to BBC story-hour when you hear snippets of books everyday (but this time, with more intimate details than what you hear on the radio...) :-) It's a good read for those who like Diana Wynne-Jones kind of fantasy. It's a bit crammed with characters, but very imaginative.
I read Matthew J. Metzger's Spy Stuff over the weekend and I loved it to bits. It's a YA trans romance and it's awesome. It's cute and funny and realistic and so lovely. I really enjoyed his writing and the characters are great. This book is upbeat and made me smile lots. If you're looking for a happy book about a trans teenager (to distinguish it from the swathe of books where horrible things happen to trans kids), this is worth a look.
ttg wrote: "Last year I really enjoyed Family of Lies: Sebastian (good gay fantasy romance)"Me too. I've got a series of book to rate...
Alison wrote: "I read Matthew J. Metzger's Spy Stuff over the weekend and I loved it to bits. It's a YA trans romance and it's awesome. It's cute and funny and realistic and so lovely."LOL! Guess what I've read over the weekend? I've decided to read it because of Kaje Harper's rec, and it was excellent. I'd say 4.5 stars. My only criticism is that the boyfriend was too... good.
BTW I just had a chat with him in Berlin about transgender matters. A nice guy.
Now I want to read his Vivaldi in the Dark.
Ame wrote: "KC wrote: "Ame wrote: "KC wrote: "Read Santino Hassell's Sutphin Boulevard and Sunset Park and will probably start today First and First. Sutphin Bou...There'll be 4th book out very soon. Sequel to Sunset Park. Sounds bit angsty actually."
I read the blurb. I'm not going to read this one... I was looking forward to it, i thought it would be about new characters... I really liked Sunset Park, and for me at least, Sunset Park left the characters in a good place, so i want to keep that impression. It's strange that Riptide list it as a standalone.
Mymymble wrote: "KC wrote: "Ame wrote: "KC wrote: "Read Santino Hassell's Sutphin Boulevard and Sunset Park and will probably start today First and First. Sutphin Bou...I loved the first two but not First and First. Inverted snobbery. Didn't like either of the guys."
I really liked Raymond and David. And I thought he did a good job redeeming Caleb, and the way his character evolves through books 2 and 3. Ollie...yeah...well, he's kind of a jerk.
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Mymymble wrote: "KC wrote: "Mymymble wrote: "KC wrote: "Ame wrote: "KC wrote: "Read Santino Hassell's Sutphin Boulevard and Sunset Park and will probably start today [book:First and ..."You... didn't.. like... Nunzio??? Man was a hawt saint.
LOL, I did, yes, he is all that. He's all good from the very beginning, so it's kind of a given to like him, while the other characters have to work for it as it were :-)
(removed the misleading "only" ;-))
Antonella wrote: "Alison wrote: "I read Matthew J. Metzger's Spy Stuff over the weekend LOL! Guess what I've read over the weekend? I've decided to read it because of Kaje Harper's rec, and it was excellent. I'd say 4.5 stars. My only criticism is that the boyfriend was too... good.
BTW I just had a chat with him in Berlin about transgender matters. A nice guy.
Now I want to read his Vivaldi in the Dark.
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Yes, you're right, he is *almost* too good to be true, but I didn't find him unbelievable. I like to believe that people like him exist. :)
That's neat you talked to the author. I am also looking forward to reading more by him, like Vivaldi in the Dark.
He wrote a nice article for Queer Romance Month last year, which I how I first heard about him. It's here: http://www.queerromancemonth.com/matt...
The 4th Plumber's Mate book by JL Merrow, Blow Down, is now out, and am about 30% in. I love this series! Tom is one of my most favorite Merrow characters. This is also a series that I would LOVE an audiobook of--although they'd have to find that right narrator to get Tom's voice.
Tomorrow 14th of July, that is very aptly for a romance set in Paris,
is out.Here you can download the first 30 pages and see the buying links:
http://www.brackhaus.com/the-books/so...
They'll have a launch chat tomorrow, that is you can ask questions online: http://www.goodreads.com/event/show/9...
Some of us met the author(s), a lovely couple, at several cons. I loved their historical Lovers in Arms.
ttg wrote: "The 4th Plumber's Mate book by JL Merrow, Blow Down, is now out, and am about 30% in. I love this series! Tom is one of my most favorite Merrow characters. This is also a series t..."
I'm about to start this one soon. Just finished Fast Connection.
Antonella wrote: "Tomorrow 14th of July, that is very aptly for a romance set in Paris, is out.Here you can download the first 30 pages and see the buying links:
http://www.brackhaus.c..."
Sounds good!
I started our BOM A Second Harvest by Eli Easton last night. I'm halfway through and like it a lot. It's more serious than the last I read of this author but it fits the story.
Calathea wrote: "I started our BOM A Second Harvest by Eli Easton last night. I'm halfway through and like it a lot. It's more serious than the last I read of this author but it fits the story."Cool :-)
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So good to know!
Calathea wrote: "I started our BOM A Second Harvest by Eli Easton last night. I'm halfway through and like it a lot. It's more serious than the last I read of this author but it fits the story."I have read it and think it is a good book. Looking forward to our discussion!
Sabine wrote: "I have read it and think it is a good book."Me three ;-)
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Great! I'm so glad so many people have read it already! I just bought it and will read it soon!
Mymymble wrote: "Okay I have bowed to peer pressure and bought this. Can't start reading since it reminds me I HAVE SO MUCH YARDWORK. But the cover is to die for.":-)
My plans for the weekend include some combination of: A Second Harvest, Strong Signal, and The Sun Goes Down.Obviously time will have to stretch a bit...
KC wrote: "My plans for the weekend include some combination of: A Second Harvest, Strong Signal, and The Sun Goes Down.Obviously time will have to stretch a b..."
So many books, so little time.
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Jordan wrote: "Discussion questions have gone up in our July BOM thread. I'm thinking of posting five random discussion questions for every BOM, since those that Johanna has been posting seem to be popular and he..."Good idea! :-)
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Cool! Those questions are great, Jordan. Thank you so much for doing this, dear!
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Yes, indeed.
That's also the reason I didn't dare to tackle it till now."
And what do you think of it..."
Well, we shall see.
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Yes, indeed.
That's also the reason I didn't dare to tackle it till now."
And what do you think of it..."
Nava's efforts here have really given me a fresh perspective on authors reworking their own stories. (Because the temptation is ALWAYS there.)
For example, I think a lot of work in this genre is published before it's ready for prime time, so I understand and even approve of authors who gain experience and decide to go back and re-edit, even rewrite.
But we're not talking classics. We're talking books that, relatively speaking, not many people have even read. So the reworking doesn't disturb the, er, Force.
When you decide to rewrite a classic...that's a different kettle of fish. And Nava's Rio series is a classic in gay mystery.
So if it's a matter of cleaning up...although what on earth would there be to clean up given how spare and pristine those books are?--that's one thing. But to rewrite now...
I think it's a mistake. And the more I consider it, the bigger a mistake it seems.
But you can't tell artists what to do. If Nava feels driven to rework those books, then that's what he must do.
That doesn't mean his audience will support the effort though.
Which is why artists have to be pragmatists. You have to stay true to your art, but you also must always keep in mind that your audience has limited discretionary income, and they're going to spend it on what they want, what makes them happy.
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Well, I think hardcover and softcover pretty much, um, cover it. They are both print after all.
Paperback refers to soft, paper covers versus the hard cardboard covers of old. Within paperback we have mass market and trade.
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I read Sutphin and Sunset and I see what readers enjoy about the books, but different strokes. The beauty of M/M Romance is there's enormous diversity here. A little something for everyone.
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Remember when I said way, way, WAY back that the legendary Kate MacLean was working on something for the general M/M audience?
Remember that? Huh? Remember? ;-D
Wellllll...http://www.dalmaclean.com/
Let me tell you right now this is no reworking of fan fiction. This is an original (and kinda, sorta brilliant) mystery-romance novel. It's being published through Blind Eye Books, which pretty much tells you how good it's going to be.
I'm so happy and excited for this book to finally see the light of day. And I know that Kate's existing fans will be equally thrilled.
And for the rest of you, meet the newest and most exciting voice in M/M Mystery. :-)
Josh wrote: "Here's a bit of a head's up for those of you I knew back in Pros fandom. Remember when I said way, way, WAY back that the legendary Kate MacLean was working on something for the general M/M audie..."
Sounds exciting. I really wish for more books like these, I find myself getting bored with romance sometimes whether mm or otherwise, I like stories with plots in them in addition to emotions. Which is one of many reasons I like yours of course, dear Josh :)
Josh wrote: "Remember when I said way, way, WAY back that the legendary Kate MacLean was working on something for the general M/M audience..."Oh, no! ;-))
Nicole Kimberling and Ginn Hale were enthusiastic about Bitter Legacy, and I thought: «Not another book to buy!» and decided to skip it.
So apparently I do have to buy it...
Pre-order:
http://www.amazon.com/Bitter-Legacy-D...
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Remember when I said way, way, WAY back that the legendary Kate MacLean was working on something for the general M/M audie..."
Cool! Thank you for the heads-up!
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I just finished it last night! It was adorable! A very nice, light, quick read. I'm glad you liked it!