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Karen wrote: "WMD wrote: "Next in the Hazard and Somerset series is out already...by Gregory Ashe. There have been varying opinions about the series on this thread, and telling variations in the story style from..."Couldn't agree more! Just started the Paternity one. I'm enjoying these so much!
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Yep, it's a keeper. :)
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Jordan wrote: "Just found out Ben Aaronovitch's latest book, Lies Sleeping is coming out this November! I'm super excited, it looks like we'll be going back to the plot we've had since the very be..."Sounds good!
What I'll be reading on October 16th ;-):Exclusive Cover Reveal and Giveaway: Devil Take Me by Rhys Ford, Ginn Hale, Jordan L. Hawk, TA Moore, C.S. Poe and Jordan Castillo Price
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Antonella wrote: "What I'll be reading on October 16th ;-):Exclusive Cover Reveal and Giveaway: Devil Take Me by Rhys Ford, Ginn Hale, Jordan L. Hawk, TA Moore, C.S. Poe and Jordan Castillo Price
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Wow. This looks great! I wasn't going to buy any MORE books this month--but if I pre-order and can't read it until October, that doesn't count, right? ;-)
Marge wrote: "Wow. This looks great! I wasn't going to buy any MORE books this month--but if I pre-order and can't read it until October, that doesn't count, right? ;-)"And if you preorder now, you save money! ;-)
Started several promising books recently:- Gregory Ashe's Paternity Case - I love these books so much, even as I'm feeling as Karen wrote in her review: "conflicted, yet addicted"; completely! Trying to guess the bad guy/gal atm.
- KJ Charles' The Henchmen of Zenda - seems fun so far.
- Eli Easton's Desperately Seeking Santa - promising to be fun
- Bart Yates' The Brothers Bishop - beautiful writing and characterization, this one needs savoring
- Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse - I'm rewatching the TV series, and a friend mentioned that the books are different - they basically pick up where the series ends. So far finding it pretty dry, a bit like reading the script, and the characters stay sort of flat...but maybe it will improve.
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Antonella wrote: "Marge wrote: "Wow. This looks great! I wasn't going to buy any MORE books this month--but if I pre-order and can't read it until October, that doesn't count, right? ;-)"And if you preorder now, you save money! ;-) ."
Yes, I did! LOL
Jordan wrote: "Currently reading The Knife of Never Letting Go for my library book group. I think this is our first YA novel in a year and a half. I'm not as thrilled with it so far as I thought I'd be. but maybe it will improve and get more interesting the more I read."I loved it, I loved the whole Chaos trilogy. But opinions about books are so subjective!
In Other Words...Murder
available for preorder now at amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Other-Words-Mur...
-> available September 15, 2018
or on Smashwords
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...
-> available... July 13, 2018 ;-)
Maybe Josh should do something about this?
Antonella wrote: "Maybe Josh should do something about this?" I think since they punished her for missing a deadline, Josh pushes her Amazon deadlines out to the last possible moment, just to be on the safe side.
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available for preorder now at amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Other-Words-Mur......"
I just talked to Josh about this. The release date is mid-July. But she placed the Amazon pre-order date way in advance just in case she had to push it back. This way, Amazon won't freeze her out of having pre-order sales again.
Thank you for explaining, Sam and Jordan!
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I've finally started Object of Desire and it is problematic ;-): it is so gripping that I keep jumping forward!And I've read the the short story Not Just a Boy, and loved it (4.5 stars). A bit heart-rending, but not totally hopeless.
I finally finished Paternity Case (after having completely run out of all four years of available NYT crossword minis, which I was turning to whenever I got bored or frustrated with the book).I just finished The California Dashwoods; I loved it, but it's directly responsible for my only getting four hours of sleep last night, because I couldn't put it down.
Next on the list is Swordspoint.
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Jordan wrote: "During my free time at work today I've been reading Moonstruck, Volume One: Magic to Brew, an adorable graphic novel for teens that involves a wide range of queer people, people of ..."I've been thinking of reading this. Glad it is good.
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I had to leave work yesterday with only a few pages go to. I'll hopefully finish it today at some point. It's very young though. Even though the characters are a bit older, I think college age maybe, viewing that they seem independent and have jobs. And part of it has a weird advice column. And there's a section that's a children's book mystery playing out at the same time. It happens to be a favorite book of the two main characters. Anyway, it's a little younger than I'd have thought. But still good.
Hmm; Swordspoint isn't grabbing me either. Maybe I need to take a break from fantasy; I don't seem to be in the mood to appreciate it. So I'm choosing between Trick Roller or, since I have more than two weeks left on my library loan on that one (and at least another three days until I can request a new purchase), maybe I'll finally get to my KU list; maybe The Innocent.
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So I'm choosing between [book:Trick Roller|3550..."
Swordspoint was not a book I liked much, even though I really enjoy fantasy. Oh well.
I remember enjoying Swordspoint, but I also remember it being a little slow at times.
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I am now moving on to Lassoing the Sun: A Year in America's National Parks, which I bought my dad for Christmas, and now he's lending it to me because he says it's really good! I've been meaning to get to this one for a couple of months now, so I'm glad I now have time for it.
Jordan wrote: "Finally finished The Knife of Never Letting Go just now and I have to say, it frustrated me more than anything."Sorry to hear about this. So you are not going to read the other two books?
I couldn't wait to get them, after reading The Knife of Never Letting Go.
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Sorry to hear about this. So you are not going to rea..."
I don't know. My book group will be discussing it tomorrow night, so we'll see what happens then. I had suggested to them that we could potentially finish the series, since it's only a trilogy. I don't know if they'll take me up on that or not. If they don't, I might not finish it. It was getting good, and then the ending was just more frustration. It didn't help that I wasn't feeling great this weekend, felt exhausted, and just couldn't get enough sleep. lol.
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https://www.patreon.com/joshlanyon/posts
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Really?!
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I'm pretty sure I used my debit card on Patreon.
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Exclusive Cover Reveal and Giveaway: Devil Take Me by Rhys Ford, Ginn Hale, Jordan L. Hawk, TA Moore, C.S. Poe and Jordan Castillo Price
Pre-order Devil ..."
Oh, that looks good!
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I think since they punished her for missing a deadline, Josh pushes her Amazon deadlines out to the last possible moment, just to be ..."
Yep. I don't ever want to go through that again! Yeesh.
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So I'm choosing between [book:Trick Roller|3550..."
Oh! What didn't you like about it? Or are you just tired of fantasy in general?
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The world building definitely dominates, and it's as much a story of intrigue as romance. But I do remember really, really admiring it.
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BUT I know some people have had issues, so a couple of readers send money via Paypal and I just send the rewards directly to them. There aren't too many so it's still feasible.
Josh wrote: "Oh! What didn't you like about it? Or are you just tired of fantasy in general?"I didn't really get far enough into Swordspoint it to dislike it; it just wasn't holding my interest so I decided I'd just save it for later. The last three or four fantasy series I started, or attempted to start, were the same (e.g. Point of Hopes), so I think it's probably just me not being in a fantastical mood.
The Innocent was good (in typical Cowboy Gangster mode: torture and kill the bad guys in the name of Jesus, amen) but the second Seven of Spades book was amazing! I usually save my five stars for Josh Lanyon, Ursula K. Le Guin and Dorothy L. Sayers, but Trick Roller got one too.
I've been reading Garrett Leigh's entire backlist this month. Good stuff. Junkyard Heart
Slide
House of Cards
Only Love
Rare
Rented Heart
Heart
What Remains
I just received Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson. I recently heard two podcasts where he was intereviewed, and the man is hilarious as well as brilliant. I have not seen any of his tv programs. I guess I'd better fire up Hulu or some such and break my anti-tv habit a tiny bit.
I just finished Sarah Black’s ( yay for her writing again!) book War Paint, a short, sweet and very beautiful book.
Anne wrote: "I just finished Sarah Black’s ( yay for her writing again!) book War Paint, a short, sweet and very beautiful book."Aargh! I didn't know, thank you for telling me. Rushing to
http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/book...
I had read and loved American Road Trip
, but I was totally unaware of this new book.
Anyway I came here to post an article I've seen thanks to Ginn Hale:Five Indigenous Speculative Fiction Authors You Should Be Reading, two of the books are LGBT.
I've just started on Anna Butler's Day of Wrath, the final book in her stunning queer space opera epic, Taking Shield. It came out two days ago and I finally had a chance last night to get into it. It's off to a great start. I'm so freaking excited for this! :)
Alison wrote: "I've just started on Anna Butler's Day of Wrath, the final book in her stunning queer space opera epic, Taking Shield. It came out two days ago and I finally had a chance last night..."Thank you. I'm looking forward to read it, but I should probably do a quick reread of the previous books first.
I'm very taken by the trilogy A Land Fit for Heroes by Richard K. Morgan. I've read the first book The Steel Remains and I'm in the middle of the second one. Yesterday I've read 7 hours, only stopping to drink now and then ;-).
It is also thinkable to stop at the first book, which has a sort of ending.
Warning: If you dislike or react strongly to graphic violence this is not for you. It's a very brutal world.
Antonella wrote: "Alison wrote: "I've just started on Anna Butler's Day of Wrath, the final book in her stunning queer space opera epic, Taking Shield. It came out two days ago and I finally had a ch...Thank you. I'm looking forward to read it, but I should probably do a quick reread of the previous books first. "
I thought the same, but then I just dove right in anyway. I am looking forward to reading this series all the way through. How is it going to finish?!? :)
Antonella wrote: "I'm very taken by the trilogy A Land Fit for Heroes by Richard K. Morgan. I've read the first book The Steel Remains and I'm in the middle of the second one. Yesterd..."
I've been interested in that one for ages. I have heard it is very good and very violent.
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Yes! All that. Loved it too. :-)