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KC wrote: "Finished reading Lisa Henry's Adulting 101 which proved to be a lovely surprise, adorable and sweet and funny, with heartfelt moments."I'm really looking forward to this. Just waiting for the right moment. Lisa Henry is so great.
Alison wrote: "KC wrote: "Finished reading Lisa Henry's Adulting 101 which proved to be a lovely surprise, adorable and sweet and funny, with heartfelt moments."I'm really looking forward to thi..."
I was checking yesterday to see if she has other books that are not too dark. I only read The Two Gentlemen of Altona so far, besides the Adulting 101.
KC wrote: "Alison wrote: "KC wrote: "Finished reading Lisa Henry's Adulting 101 which proved to be a lovely surprise, adorable and sweet and funny, with heartfelt moments."I was checking yesterday to see if she has other books that are not too dark. I only read The Two Gentlemen of Altona so far, besides the Adulting 101. "
I haven't actually read that many of her books, but what I have read I've mostly all loved. The Two Gentlemen of Altona was great. Dark Space is excellent sci-fi. One Perfect Night, an Australian-set World War II short story, is absolutely beautiful and is *so* well done. The Prescott College books with JA Rock are enjoyable and light. Her dark BDSM stories don't really appeal to me, but, fortunately for me, she's written lots of different sorts of things. I have several other things by her on the old Kindle that I haven't read yet. Someday I will read all of the books on my Kindle. It's a long goal. :)
I've read Alexis Hall's
and I'm quite unhappy with it, probably also because I was anticipating the new book of an author I really love. It should have come with a warning: «gamers only».
I know that Susan, Alison and Calathea liked it. I didn't.
There was a relationship hidden in boring gaming stuff, which one could tiresomely follow with the extended glossary. The development of the relationship was good.
I think it can be a hard story to get into unless you understand gaming. It certainly wasn't a favourite one for me.
Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "I think it can be a hard story to get into unless you understand gaming. It certainly wasn't a favourite one for me."This said, I gave it 3 stars, because the non gaming bits were good.
Antonella wrote: "I've read Alexis Hall's and I'm quite unhappy with it, probably also because I was anticipating the new book of an author I really love. It should have come..."
LOL You're right, it spoke directly to the gamer soul. :-D
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Irony? :-D Don't you love a dog with a sense of irony?
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Awww!
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It's a book for grown-ups. I'll just put that out there. If you're into cotton candy rainbows and fluffy unicorn type romance, this ain't the book for you. But if you like romance that starts from the premise that people are complex and multi-faceted and flawed, but still deserve their happy ending...then give it a whirl. Especially if you love realistic characters and beautiful writing.
Have I gushed enough? :-D
But I have a vested interest here because I've been a huge, huge fan of Dal's since the beginning. I truly love her work.
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, described usually as lesfic. I'm no expert but it was truly more mystery and a little romance. And a lot of magical reali..."That sounds promising!
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I'm really looking..."
I was looking through my kindle the other night -- trying to figure out why all my audio books are in my archive -- and I noticed this book there. Along with about a million others you guys have recced. I am a faithful buyer of books. Faithful reader...not so much. :-D
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This said, I gave it 3 stars, because the no..."
Interesting. Always the challenge as a writer. You want to keep trying new things, new takes on old tropes. Sometimes the pleasure is simply in pushing yourself to try something a bit different, new.
That's how it was for me with Blood Red Butterfly. Very much a book for fans of yaoi and manga. Not a huge success with the regular M/M reader--although over the years its sales evened out (largely because I write so slowly now readers have gone back and bought the books they originally passed over). :-D
Josh wrote: "That's how it was for me with Blood Red Butterfly. Very much a book for fans of yaoi and manga. Not a huge success with the regular M/M reader--although over the years its sales evened out (largely because I write so slowly now readers have gone back and bought the books they originally passed over). :-D"I disagree.
was especially good for fans of yaoi and manga, but also the majority of other people found it enjoyable.
Josh wrote: "KC wrote: "Read Dal Maclean's Bitter Legacy. It's brilliant. Even as it broke my heart several times (but so did Adrien English and that's my favorite series ever, so i guess it dep..."Yes, please, is it here yet? You guys have me anticipating this book more than anything else in recent history...
Calathea wrote: "Yes, please, is it here yet? You guys have me anticipating this book more than anything else in recent history... "I don't know if this is a rhetorical question, but it will be out on the 4th October:
http://www.amazon.com/Bitter-Legacy-D...
https://www.amazon.de/Bitter-Legacy-D...
I've just finished the Sci-Regency series by JL Langley https://www.goodreads.com/series/4518... . Or should I say I've finished it as far as the author has written. Anyone know if this series has been abandoned?The overarching storyline is still up in the air but the last story was four years ago. *wanders off to trawl author's website*
Antonella wrote: "Calathea wrote: "Yes, please, is it here yet? You guys have me anticipating this book more than anything else in recent history... "I don't know if this is a rhetorical question, but it will be o..."
I knowwww... just, with all the teasing and glowing reviews I want to read it now, instantly, this second.
Not that I have the time to read it, mind.
Lillian wrote: "I've just finished the Sci-Regency series by JL Langley https://www.goodreads.com/series/4518... . Or should I say I've finished it as far as the author has written. Anyone know if this s..."Oh, I read the first volume very early in my m/m reading carreer. :-D I must have liked it, gave it 4 stars but can't remember much, really... according to GR it's been 6 years.
Barbra wrote: "Lillian wrote: "I've just finished the Sci-Regency series by JL Langley https://www.goodreads.com/series/4518... . Or should I say I've finished it as far as the author has written. Anyon..."I found a post from her on Twitter that says her publisher (Samhain???) plan to publish June 2017.
Glad to hear it. I really enjoyed her shifter series and her cowboy series too.
Barbra wrote: "Lillian wrote: "Barbra wrote: "Lillian wrote: "I've just finished the Sci-Regency series by JL Langley https://www.goodreads.com/series/4518... . Or should I say I've finished it as far a..."She doesn't expressly say the publisher is Samhain, just 'my publisher'.
I obviously ordered
the Bruce Springsteen's biography.
Antonella wrote: "I obviously ordered the Bruce Springsteen's biography.":-)
Barbra wrote: "She just started a new Facebook group at the end of August. I didn't join since I don't "do" Facebook but I'm sure she's keeping all the members up to date."Did she? I searched for her and could only find some old abandoned pages :/
I'll have another look.
Antonella wrote: "I obviously ordered the Bruce Springsteen's biography."I think it'll be my Christmas read this year. I LOVE him. Capital letters :)
Ame wrote: "I think it'll be my Christmas read this year. I LOVE him. Capital letters :)"Me too. But I confess I've never been to a concert. Somehow I don't feel anymore like big concerts, not even for Bruce. A friend of mine goes regularly.
Antonella wrote: "I obviously ordered the Bruce Springsteen's biography."Cool. Enjoy! He is a favourite of mine too. He's doing a few shows here in NZ next year and I would love to go but it costs so much and, like you, giant stadium shows don't excite me so much anymore.
I read Lisa Henry's Adulting 101 over the weekend, and like the rest of you, I really enjoyed it. Funny and moving. Much laughter and some tears too. :)I also finished a mostly really great charity anthology--How We Began. Standout stories by Alexis Hall and Vanessa North, and the rest were mostly enjoyable.
Mymymble wrote: "There's a great YouTube of the real one but can't link it. It's called the Best Ever Rosalita. Aww Clarence. Clemens' account of their first meeting is one of the most romantic things ever. Bromance. "Best ever performance of Rosalita? - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv0Omg...
I've heard today on the radio the bit of the book about meeting Clarence for the first time: epic!
Mymymble wrote: "Yeah that's it. Sorry ta be so luddite. I'm okay on [the evil] microsoft. Did ya like it?"Is that a rhetorical question? ;-))
To honour the American Library Association's yearly Banned Books Week (September 25 − October 1, 2016) I'll read one of the targeted books:
You'll find others here:
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlyc...
Antonella wrote: "To honour the American Library Association's yearly Banned Books Week (September 25 − October 1, 2016) I'll read one of the targeted books: You'll find other..."
What an interesting list. Quite a few of those books would also be on a "most popular and best-selling books of 2015" list. Some of the reasons are kind of funny--did someone really want to ban Fifty Shades of Grey for being "poorly written"?
Hope you enjoy Two Boys Kissing. I loved it. It's intense and unconventional.
Over the weekend I finished The Weight of It All by N. R. Walker, an author I really like. The main character was an overweight man who decided to make changes in his life after his partner breaks up with and meets a delicious specimen of personal coach. Predictable for sure but oh so sweet and lovely. And funny. It was actually perfect read before rereading the intense For Real.
Alison wrote: "What an interesting list. Quite a few of those books would also be on a "most popular and best-selling books of 2015" list. Some of the reasons are kind of funny--did someone really want to ban Fifty Shades of Grey for being "poorly written"?Hope you enjoy Two Boys Kissing. I loved it. It's intense and unconventional."
I refrained to comment on the presence of Fifty Shades of Grey in the list.
Two Boys Kissing is epic!
Mymymble wrote: "I hated Two Boys Kissing. Think the last book I loathed so much was Flambards Divided around 2000. Sorry Alison. "Care to elaborate?
Mymymble wrote: "Alison wrote: "Antonella wrote: "To honour the American Library Association's yearly Banned Books Week (September 25 − October 1, 2016) I'll read one of the targeted books: [bookcover:Two Boys Kiss..."No worries, friend. Different strokes and all that. How boring would the world be if we all liked the same books? :)
David Levithan's style is definitely not for everyone, it's true.
Alison wrote: "Hope you enjoy Two Boys Kissing. I loved it. It's intense and unconventional."I haven't read this one yet (*adds to list*). I adore his Boy Meets Boy.
I am reading I Knew Him by Erastes. Set in the 1920s, it's a re-imagining of Hamlet. Being a romance, I assume the ending is a bit different... ;)
Susinok wrote: "I am reading I Knew Him by Erastes. Set in the 1920s, it's a re-imagining of Hamlet. Being a romance, I assume the ending is a bit different... ;)"This sounds interesting. Thank you for telling us and let us know what you think in the end.
But are you sure that it is a romance? I see people categorising it under: gay fiction, thriller, mystery, murder-mystery, historical, but no romance.
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Well, I'm thinking of initial sales. Initially it did not appeal to a lot of my readers. But as they ran out of other things to read, they ended up giving it a try. And mostly I think they were pleasantly surprised. :-)
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I read the first book years ago and thought it was refreshingly...zesty. Nobody in this genre was doing space opera at the time and she really went for it. It was fun and original -- original in that it tackled so many mainstream tropes and turned them on their head. :-D
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the Bruce Springsteen's biography."I think it'll be my Christmas read this year. I LOVE him. Capital letters :)"
The SO is already requesting this for his birthday. :-)
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Is this something new from her? That would be nice!
Susinok wrote: "I am reading I Knew Him by Erastes. Set in the 1920s, it's a re-imagining of Hamlet. Being a romance, I assume the ending is a bit different... ;)"I wouldn't guarantee it. Not all of her stories have a happy ending.
Josh wrote: "Lillian wrote: "I've just finished the Sci-Regency series by JL Langley https://www.goodreads.com/series/4518... . Or should I say I've finished it as far as the author has written. Anyon..."I actually enjoyed book 2 and 3 more than the first. The overarching storyline was less confused. And I found the relationships more appealing. Not that I disliked Nate and Aiden, I just preferred the brothers.
I'm reading All In with the Duke.Can't believe I've had this in my TBR pile forever and I'm only picking it up now. :/
Halfway through and I'm loving it.
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lol. I would ban it for being poorly written if I could. Yup. I said it. I enjoy reading BDSM. But only when it's done right. :-) That said, who am I to keep books from people who would enjoy them? So long as they know what they're getting into.
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You'll find other..."
I read that one last summer, I think, or maybe last spring. Well, I seem to recall enjoying it!
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This sounds great. I will have to check it out. Your review was nice, too. :)