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[Rosa]

Only four books for me this Chistmas. A gift from a friend:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
A gift from myself:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
A gift from lovely Josh, because I was one of the fortunate people that won an audiobook in the Advent Calendar:
http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Fai...
And another gift, this time from Not Your Usual Suspects. This year I've been lucky enough yo have won some raffles and I'm really grateful:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
I'm really happy! <3

[Karen]

I suppose the five botanical books I bought during Univ. of Chicago Press's sale are my Christmas gift to myself. I bought them with gifting in mind, then liked them too much. So maybe re-gifting later...

A Shakespearean Botanical
Vegetables (Vegetables: A Biography)
Culinary Herbs and Spices of the World
Remarkable Plants That Shape Our World
The Book of Leaves: A Leaf-by-Leaf Guide to Six Hundred of the World's Great Trees

And I bought a copy of Walden (illustrated Thoreau bicentennial edition) when I went for coffee/shopping with my daughters at our local with their gift cards.

[Susinok]

I bought a few books on the Riptide sale and I just finished Change of Address by Jordan S. Brock. It was very good! Bagel shop owner and PTSD Veteran on an island off the coast of New Hampshire. It's the beginning of a 4 book series involving more than just mm. One will be trans, and I think one of them will be a lesbian romance.

More to look forward to!

[Josh]

Jordan wrote: "I got The Dogs Who Found Me, a book about rescuing dogs. My mom always goes for the tearjerker animal stories. Lol."

Nothing is sadder than animal stories!

[Josh]

Sabine wrote: "Josh wrote: "Hey, what books did you guys get for the holidays?

I got:



[bookc..."

Usually the post is so fast during the holidays, but I agree. This year there seemed to be a lot of misses and delays.

[Josh]

Karen wrote: "I suppose the five botanical books I bought during Univ. of Chicago Press's sale are my Christmas gift to myself. I bought them with gifting in mind, then liked them too much. So maybe re-gifting l..."

:-D :-D :-D

[Josh]

Mymymble wrote: "Sabine wrote: "Josh wrote: "Hey, what books did you guys get for the holidays?

I got:

[bookcover:The Real Nick and Nora: Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, Writers of Stage and Screen Classics|..."

I love those New Orleans chef stories. I wish Brite would finish the series.

[Josh]

Rosa wrote: "Only four books for me this Chistmas. A gift from a friend:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
A gift from myself:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/..."

:-) I got a lot fewer books this year too.

[Susinok]

I read Witches of London - Lars by Aleksandr Voinov. It was different than is usual stuff. Slow burn contemporary romance with magical elements. One of MCs is a pagan and that figures heavily into the story. Good book!

[Jordan]

There's a local book club reading Death Trick for their February read. I was so excited when a patron came in asking for the book and then terribly bummed when I had to tell him we didn't have a copy he could borrow. He's off to B&N now to see if he can order it there. At least I was able to tell him it's a fantastic book!

[Jordan]

Susinok wrote: "I read Witches of London - Lars by Aleksandr Voinov. It was different than is usual stuff. Slow burn contemporary romance with magical elements. One of MCs is a pagan and that figur..."

Good to know!

[Josh]

Jordan wrote: "There's a local book club reading Death Trick for their February read. I was so excited when a patron came in asking for the book and then terribly bummed when I had to tell him we did..."

I love that book. :-)

[Sabine]

Christmas Waltz is on my kindle ♡
Christmas Waltz: Holiday Codas

A lovely book with a lovely cover!
(Artwork by our Johanna)

[Calathea]

Sabine wrote: "Christmas Waltz is on my kindle ♡
Christmas Waltz: Holiday Codas

A lovely book with a lovely cover!
(Artwork by our Johanna)"

Got it! :-)

[Rosa]

Calathea wrote: "Sabine wrote: "Christmas Waltz is on my kindle ♡
Christmas Waltz: Holiday Codas

A lovely book with a lovely cover!
(Artwork by our Johanna)"

Got it! :-)"

Is it out already? I'm going to check it later :) I love the cover, it's awesome!

[Johanna]

Sabine wrote: "Christmas Waltz is on my kindle ♡
Christmas Waltz: Holiday Codas

A lovely book with a lovely cover!
(Artwork by our Johanna)"

Thank you for the heads-up, Sabine! :-)

[Calathea]

Rosa wrote: "Calathea wrote: "Sabine wrote: "Christmas Waltz is on my kindle ♡
Christmas Waltz: Holiday Codas

A lovely book with a lovely cover!
(Artwork by our Johanna)"

Got it! :-)"

Is it ..."

It is, right? A lovely cover, I mean. It's one of my favourites of Johanna's work. Totally happy it found a home on the front of this book. :-)

Wouldn’t it be lovely to have the set in print? The two books together would look so pretty. :-)

[KC]

Yes! What Calathea said :-) Would love to have them in print!

[Antonella]

KC wrote: "Yes! What Calathea said :-) Would love to have them in print!"

I'm always in favour of print! ;-)

[Sabine]

Calathea wrote: "Rosa wrote: "Calathea wrote: "Sabine wrote: "Christmas Waltz is on my kindle ♡
Christmas Waltz: Holiday Codas

A lovely book with a lovely cover!
(Artwork by our Johanna)"

Got it! ..."

Yes, absolutely!

[Johanna]

Calathea wrote: "It is, right? A lovely cover, I mean. It's one of my favourites of Johanna's work. Totally happy it found a home on the front of this book. :-)"

Awww. Thank you both, Calathea and Sabine, for your very kind words. I feel so lucky Josh decided to use the snow globe painting for this one.

[Josh]

Calathea wrote: "Rosa wrote: "Calathea wrote: "Sabine wrote: "Christmas Waltz is on my kindle ♡
Christmas Waltz: Holiday Codas

A lovely book with a lovely cover!
(Artwork by our Johanna)"

Got it! ..."

Yes! That's one of the upcoming print projects. I'm hoping we might get that done by mid-month.

Ideas for what I should call it? :-D

[Josh]

Calathea wrote: "Sabine wrote: "Christmas Waltz is on my kindle ♡
Christmas Waltz: Holiday Codas

A lovely book with a lovely cover!
(Artwork by our Johanna)"

Got it! :-)"

And speaking of covers, I am so embarrassed that Johanna did not get the cover credit on So This is Christmas. ARGH.

I have the corrected file and I just have to re-upload now that the book has gone live.

I'm so sorry about that, Johanna. :-(

[Calathea]

Josh wrote: "Yes! That's one of the upcoming print projects. I'm hoping we might get that done by mid-month.

Ideas for what I should call it? :-D ."

Awesome! Happy to hear there will be print. :-)

Do you meant to put both in one volume? Or why would you want to change the names?

[Johanna]

Josh wrote: "And speaking of covers, I am so embarrassed that Johanna did not get the cover credit on So This is Christmas. ARGH.

I have the corrected file and I just have to re-upload now that the book has gone live.

I'm so sorry about that, Johanna. :-( "

Seriously, don't sweat it! I mean it! NOBODY noticed it. Not until now, anyway. LOL! :-D

[Josh]

Calathea wrote: "Josh wrote: "Yes! That's one of the upcoming print projects. I'm hoping we might get that done by mid-month.

Ideas for what I should call it? :-D ."

Awesome! Happy to hear there will be print. :-..."

Both will go into one volume.

So I need a unique name. MERRY CHRISTMAS WALTZ, DARLING? ;-D

[Johanna]

Josh wrote: "Yes! That's one of the upcoming print projects. I'm hoping we might get that done by mid-month.

Ideas for what I should call it? :-D"

Oooh! That's great! I'd love to buy them in print.

You always come up with perfect titles... :-)

[Josh]

Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "Yes! That's one of the upcoming print projects. I'm hoping we might get that done by mid-month.

Ideas for what I should call it? :-D"

Oooh! That's great! I'd love to buy them in pri..."

lol

[Calathea]

Josh wrote: "So I need a unique name. MERRY CHRISTMAS WALTZ, DARLING? ;-D "

Ha! :-D

Should it be a song title or something derived from it again?

"Christmas Wrapping" because you wrap the stories up with the codas? ;-)

"What Christmas means to me"

[Johanna]

Josh wrote: "So I need a unique name. MERRY CHRISTMAS WALTZ, DARLING? ;-D"

*splutter*

:-D

[Johanna]

Calathea wrote: "Josh wrote: "So I need a unique name. MERRY CHRISTMAS WALTZ, DARLING? ;-D "

Ha! :-D

Should it be a song title or something derived from it again?"

How about these?

THAT CHRISTMAS FEELING

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS

MISTLETOE AND HOLLY <---- There's the mistletoe (and the feather) in one of those watercolor paintings, if you want to have a different cover for the print book...

Or... THE FAIRY ON THE CHRISTMAS TREE? :-D :-D :-D

[Calathea]

Johanna wrote: "ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS."

I like this one. :-)

Or... THE FAIRY ON THE CHRISTMAS TREE? :-D :-D :-D

Oh, dear. *snort*

[Josh]

Johanna wrote: "Calathea wrote: "Josh wrote: "So I need a unique name. MERRY CHRISTMAS WALTZ, DARLING? ;-D "

Ha! :-D

Should it be a song title or something derived from it again?"

How about these?

THAT CHRISTM..."

**Inhale coffee**

[Sabine]

Coughing for twenty minutes. :-D

[Jordan]

LOL. I like All I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS, myself.

Of course, with So This Is Christmas, we, here anyway, already knew she was the artist. Such a beautiful cover!

Well, really, all of Johanna's art is beautiful!

[Jordan]

I just got Murder in the Closet: Essays on Queer Clues in Crime Fiction Before Stonewall in the mail last night!!!!


Sooooo can't wait to start reading it. :-D

Also, my library ordered a copy too!

[Johanna]

LOL. I probably shouldn't feel this gleeful for making you guys snort and cough and inhale coffee? :-D

The Fairy on the Christmas Tree

[Josh]

Jordan wrote: "LOL. I like All I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS, myself.

Of course, with So This Is Christmas, we, here anyway, already knew she was the artist. Such a beautiful cover!

Well, really, all of Johanna's art ..."

I like All I Want for Christmas too! Maybe I'll go with that!

[Johanna]

Jordan wrote: "I just got Murder in the Closet: Essays on Queer Clues in Crime Fiction Before Stonewall in the mail last night!!!!


Sooooo can't wait to start reading it. :-D

Also, my library or..."

Yay! You lucky gal!

[Jordan]

Johanna wrote: "Jordan wrote: "I just got Murder in the Closet: Essays on Queer Clues in Crime Fiction Before Stonewall in the mail last night!!!!


Sooooo can't wait to start reading it. :-D

Also..."

:-D

Also, thank you Josh!!!

[Josh]

Jordan wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Jordan wrote: "I just got Murder in the Closet: Essays on Queer Clues in Crime Fiction Before Stonewall in the mail last night!!!!


Sooooo can't wait to start readi..."

You're very welcome!

[Josh]

Johanna wrote: "LOL. I probably shouldn't feel this gleeful for making you guys snort and cough and inhale coffee? :-D

The Fairy on the Christmas Tree"

I love that! :-D

[Jordan]

Reading Celeste Ng's Everything I Never Told You for my library book group discussion next week.

It's good. Definitely not something I'd read on my own, but still enjoyable.

[Alison]

I read CB Lewis' Private Truths and I really enjoyed it. It's really nice contemporary full of realism and emotion featuring a charming celebrity viscount and an earnest army vet. I found it to be heartwarming and amusing while dealing with a some more serious issues like privacy, PTSD, class, and paparazzi. I absolutely love this author's very cool time travel mystery romance series and it's cool to see her write a different genre so nicely.

[Johanna]

Oh wow. I just finished reading Robert Bentley's Here There Be Dragons — one of the most gripping and interesting books I've read lately! It took me about 40 pages to really get into the story... and after that I was almost unable to put the book down. I started this book with no expectations — I didn't even know what it was really about. I only knew that it was mentioned in Fatal Shadows and that at least Antonella, Karen and Jordan had enjoyed reading it.

I have to say: this author's voice strangely sneaked into my heart. That's how it felt! The bigger the story grew, expanded — also in emotional level — the more I fell in love with his voice and his characters and the whole book. It was not a romance precisely, not at least the way we usually think about it, but there was a love story alright. With an ending I'm satisfied with.

So, if you happen to find this one — I think you should buy it. It's a fascinating combination of a cold war thriller and lyrical, beautiful, sensual writing. Five stars from me! (And no, there weren't dragons in it! LOL.)

Also — did any of you manage to find anything else from Robert Bentley? I remember that there weren't another book exactly, but maybe an literary journal of sorts. Karen, did you ever find it (buy it)? I found your old post about it:

Karen wrote, Aug 04, 2016:

"I ordered from Bolerium Books (via Amazon) and just found that Bentley was included in this literary journal:
Gay literature; a literary journal. winter 1975, number one
Daniel Curzon, Fresno. 1975, 56p., some photos, wraps.
With contributions from Daniel Curzon, Allen Young, Robert Bentley, Robert Hopkins and others.
Cat.No: 47179
Price: $25.00

So perhaps there was something else published, but no way to know unless I order this. It could be an excerpt, an essay, an interview, a poem, etc."

[KC]

Alison wrote: "I read CB Lewis' Private Truths and I really enjoyed it. It's really nice contemporary full of realism and emotion featuring a charming celebrity viscount and an earnest army vet. I..."

Sounds good. I really liked her time-travel books. I'm also considering her short story with the dog-shifter. Not sure about that one..., but Private Truths I will try soon. The sample is already waiting. :-)

[KC]

Johanna wrote: "Oh wow. I just finished reading Robert Bentley's Here There Be Dragons — one of the most gripping and interesting books I've read lately! It took me about 40 pages to really get into ..."

I'm very glad to hear that, sounds lovely and intriguing. :-) Thank you for sharing impressions. My copy of the book is currently...in Tucson. I ordered it from Bolerium Books (they're very reliable and pack the books so carefully, i love that). Anyway, should be here soon!

[Johanna]

KC wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Oh wow. I just finished reading Robert Bentley's Here There Be Dragons — one of the most gripping and interesting books I've read lately! It took me about 40 pages to ..."

I hope you'll like it, KC. I found it truly fascinating. Yeah, I need to digest it a bit, but I did love it. It sneaked up on me! Like a perfect spy... :-)

[Antonella]

Johanna wrote: "Oh wow. I just finished reading Robert Bentley's Here There Be Dragons — one of the most gripping and interesting books I've read lately!"

I'm glad that you too loved it!

It was so good and not even a bit ''old'', except the obvious cold war aspects.

I'm curious to know if you or someone else finds out something about the author. I had missed Karen's note. When I read the book I tried to find out something via the internet and felt a bit stalkerish ;-).

[Jordan]

I haven't done much research into Robert Bentley, myself, but what little I did, well, he seems like a ghost with this one book left behind to remind us he was here... You know?

My copy didn't come with a dust jacket, but I recall someone said it mentioned another book by him, I think. I don't remember the details though.