Q&A with Josh Lanyon discussion
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Alison wrote: "--Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston...."The first three are at the top of my tbr list :-)
Loved the Emily Tesh novella as well. The sequel is coming in June.
WMD wrote: "Time Waits (series by C.B. Lewis, time travel, New to me 2019)"CB Lewis's stories are wonderful! Also really loved by her: Patron and Private Truths.
I should have noted that all my recommendations were mm except the final items. I am going back to edit.
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I'm thinking that might happen with me too, now that I've gotten back into them. Though I might space them out one a month, but it won't be one a year like my other series!
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- my top favorite of Josh's books: I Buried a Witch and Mainly by Moonlight - so much fun, and I adore the moments b..."
Oh, The Wolf at the Door... I do own this and I do really want to read it one of these days!!!!
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Josh's books and audiobooks this year, including the Footsteps in the Dark anthology: Mainly by Moonlight and I Buried a Witch; The Monuments Men Murders; Slay Ride; and I loved the audio version of Green Glass Beads
Series (I read, re-read, or read the latest book of in 2019)
Ben Aaronovitch's Peter Grant series (urban fantasy/paranormal, not m/m) audiobooks
Charlie Adhara's Wolf at the Door series
Gregory Ashe’s books: The Hazard and Somerset series and the Borealis Agency series.
K.J. Charles Lilywhite Boys series: Any Old Diamonds, Gilded Cage, The Rat-Catcher's Daughter
Cordelia Kingsbridge's Seven of Spade's series (although I agree with KC's comments on the final book)
Lily Morton's Finding Home series: Oz, Milo, Gideon
Avrile Parker's Darke & Flare series: Darke Accused, The Double
Jordan Castillo Price's Psycop series (Book 10: Murder House) and her The ABCs of Spellcraft Collection: Volume 1 audiobook
Books (alpha by author) )
R. Cooper: Wicklow's Odyssey
A.J. Demas: Something Human
K.D. Edwards: The Last Sun
Taylor Fitzpatrick: Thrown Off the Ice
Harper Fox: Kip's Monster
Lillian Francis: Under the Radar
Sarah Granger: A Minor Inconvenience
Bud Gundy: Somewhere Over Lorain Road
Talia Hibbert: Work for It
Tamsyn Muir: Gideon the Ninth (audiobook; lesbian MC)
Cat Sebastian: Hither, Page
Short(ish) and Sweet
Amy Rae Durreson's: The Clockwork Nightingale's Song
Emily Tesh: Silver in the Wood
YA/NA
K. Ancrum: The Wicker King
Claire Davis: Nobody's Butterfly
Al Stewart: Up!
Sarah Tregay: Fan Art
*I'm currently reading Morton's The Mysterious and Amazing Blue Billings and it is amazing!
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Jordan wrote: "These are all great lists! Thanks for sharing!"What Jordan said, even though sometimes I'm almost glad I forgot about a book I wanted to buy, because one of my good resolutions for the new year is to read some of the books on paper I already own...
KC wrote: "WMD wrote: "Time Waits (series by C.B. Lewis, time travel, New to me 2019)"CB Lewis's stories are wonderful! Also really loved by her: Patron and Private Truths."
A favourite! I should have added Time Taken (book 3) and Time Turns (book 4) to my list for this year! I love this series. It's so smart. One more to go, which should be out later this month!
Haldis wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Oh, and I'm currently reading Heart Scarab! And I was sucked in almost immediately. I wish it hadn't taken me so long to get back to this series after we read the fir...I love this series. My plan had been to space them out, but I devoured all five books in less than a month. DEVOURED!"
I'm looking forward to re-reading this series. I started reading it when the second book came out, so it was a long wait until the big finale. One of my favourite series.
The third book in Anna Butler's Lancaster's Luck series will be out soon, which I am looking forward to--The God's Eye.
Thanks to everyone for sharing their lists. I love it! :)
Antonella wrote: "Jordan wrote: "These are all great lists! Thanks for sharing!"What Jordan said, even though sometimes I'm almost glad I forgot about a book I wanted to buy, because one of my good resolutions for the new year is to read some of the books on paper I already own....."
I know! Over the last year I've really trying to read the books that have been on my Kindle for years and years. I haven't made too much progress, because of all the exciting new books that keep coming out, but it's an on-going effort and there are small gains. Because of all the moving around I've been doing for so many years, I didn't really allow myself to buy paper books, but now I have a house and I get to buy paper books again! I've already indulged. I don't have any bookcases yet, but that's a project for this year.
Alison wrote: "Haldis wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Oh, and I'm currently reading Heart Scarab! And I was sucked in almost immediately. I wish it hadn't taken me so long to get back to this series after ..."Luckily I started right after the final book, so no waiting.
And I already have The God's Eye on preorder. Can't wait!
And yeah, I really want to do a reread of Taking Shield.
Haldis wrote: "Luckily I started right after the final book, so no waiting.And I already have The God's Eye on preorder. Can't wait!
And yeah, I really want to do a reread of Taking Shield.
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High five, Haldis! I've had that pre-order page up for like a week now. I just need to click it.
I still haven't finished the Taking Shield prequel, so I need to work on that, too. It's so grim. Have you read it?
Alison wrote: "Haldis wrote: "Luckily I started right after the final book, so no waiting.And I already have The God's Eye on preorder. Can't wait!
And yeah, I really want to do a reread of Taking Shield.
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Hig..."
No, I haven't gotten the prequel yet. On my TBR though.
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What Jordan said, even though sometimes I'm almost glad I forgot about a book I wanted to buy, because one of my go..."
I remember seeing recently that someone had succeeded in their challenge to read all of the books they bought in 2016 last year. Someone I know liked their status update, and I thought, wow, that's a great idea! I used to keep track, with postit notes, when I acquired print books, but didn't do it consistently and then gave up. Now I want to do it again. But to have a GR shelf for it, would be crazy, where I could include the ebooks and whatnot. Then again, I think that might be overkill. I do like to plot and plan my reading too much already.
Am reading "Stalked by Shadows" by Lissa Kasey, and am enjoying it. A New Orleans ghost tour story, m/m, likable characters creepy shadow creatures so far.Made me think of two other ghost tour m/m stories that enjoyed:
Badlands by Morgan Brice
The Amazing Blue Billings by Lily Morton
Any other good ghost tour specific options?
I can think of several other professional ghost or spirit workers specific mm (Psycops, Tyack and Frane by Harper Fox, etc), but I feel like I have forgotten another book w/ghost tours specific theme.
These are the things I muse on for the new year :)
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I have just finished book two, and have lots of feelings that some of us have been discussing in my review thread, and will start book three, maybe next month.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Jordan wrote: "There was a ghosting hunting team series that was sorta popular years ago, I think. Not ghost tours though, and I can’t remember the name of it."Are you thinking of Rhys Ford's Hellsinger Series? It was a good series. I think she had meant to write more than the two and half books, but so many books to write :)
Jordan wrote: "For those of you who are making your way currently through Anna Butler’s sci-fi series, Taking Shield, that starts with Gyrfalcon, or who want to give it a reread and need people to..."Thanks, Jordan! Let's yell about Joss! :)
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Ally Blue's Bay City Paranormal ser..."
Ah! This was it! I've not read it, but saw it a lot and thought about it.
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Are you thinking of Rhys Ford's Hel..."
Nope, wasn't this one, but another good option!
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Yes. let's!!!
Speaking of yelling at people, I just started Paternity Case by Gregory Ashe, book 3 in the Hazard and Somerset series.
Yeah, there are so many reasons to yell at them and at that town. The series stays murky through the first books then implodes awfully in book 4 or 5 (Criminal Past, I think). I actually am going to have to swear off Ashe's work unless someone pre-reads them for me and assures me the violence doesn't escalate so brutally. It was unexpectedly a different level, for me. Still don't understand why anyone would live in that town.
WMD wrote: "Yeah, there are so many reasons to yell at them and at that town. The series stays murky through the first books then implodes awfully in book 4 or 5 (Criminal Past, I think). I actually am going t..."Gods, now I'm afraid to go on....
But, yeah, corrupt town storylines are one of my least favorite, and I'm not a fan of violence.... I'll space the books out a bit...
I'm on a KJ Charles streak, catching up:- Gilded Cage - loved it! awesome in every way.
- The Rat-Catcher's Daughter - felt more like a coda/filler, but still good.
- Band Sinister - adoring it! I have a couple more chapters, and i'm at the point where I have to know what happens, but also don't want it to be over...
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In the meantime, I’ve started The Long Call by Ann Cleeves. I loved her sweet author’s note at the beginning. I always assumed she was some remote person the way her books are, so I’m glad to see she’s not. Lol.
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My reading of books went way down in 2019... though I think that's mostly to do with the fact that my reading of fanfiction went way up. lol.
I'm hoping to read more books again, in 2020. :-)
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So last night I finished re-reading the paperback version of Mainly by Moonlight, because I had finally gotten by post I Buried a Witch. It was 3 o'clock and it was obviously not a good idea to start the new book. But I thought that I might just read some pages, to see how it would start. Then I went on reading, and I realised that I couldn't bear not to know what would happen, and I started jumping forward. Which I admit is a stupid thing to do, but I did it. Anyway I switched off the light at 5 o'clock in the morning... Now I'm going to read properly.
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Antonella wrote: "So last night I finished re-reading the paperback version of Mainly by Moonlight, because I had finally gotten by post I Buried a Witch. It was 3 o'clock and it was ..."I am wearing a shirt today I got for Christmas. It says:
I say I have insomnia, but all I really have is a good book & a lack of respect for tomorrow. You can borrow it :)
Loretta wrote: "I am wearing a shirt today I got for Christmas. It says:I say I have insomnia, but all I really have is a good book & a lack of respect for tomorrow. You can borrow it :)"
LOL! Thank you, dear Loretta. You are very generous!
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LOL Well, that's flattering. :-D
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https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Jordan wrote: "Has anyone read any really good transgender or bisexual romance that came out in 2019?"Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston is super amazing! Bi Mexican-American MC. Super amazing!
There's also Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell, but it's a book two that doesn't stand alone and, if I remember correctly, Simon Snow doesn't ever actually identify on-page as bi in book one or book two. I'm not sure if that counts for what you're looking for or not.
Mason Deaver's I Wish You All the Best has a non-binary bi MC. It's a good book, but it's kind of depressing.
There's also How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom by SJ Goslee, with a bi Jewish MC. Super cute, lighthearted YA fluff.
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The only super awesome trans romance novel I've read from 2019 is Time Turns by C.B. Lewis, but that's book four in a series and does not stand alone.
Also, KJ Charles' The Rat-Catcher's Daughter is an amazing ace romance with a trans MC, but it's more of a long short story, though it does stand alone.
And that's all I've got. Hope it helps.
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Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston is super amazing! Bi Mexican-Ameri..."
Thank you! This is great!
KJ Charles' Proper English and loving every word. And occasionally it's quite funny too.Also reading Michael Ryan Webb's How We Love. Heartfelt, and surprisingly not as sad as i thought it might be; it starts with the MCs at a low point in their lives, and seems to get better from there, with ups and downs. Love the writing. The author only has one other book, which was also excellent - We All Die Trying To Get It Right - but have tissues at the ready.
Jordan Castillo Price's Q&A about PsyCop and The ABCs of Spellcraft.PsyCop 11,
Bitter Pill, is releasing next week, the paperback version at the same time as the e-book ;-). And the audio - with Gomez Pugh, of course! - is currently in production.
I just finished The Wolf at the Door and would recommend it to anyone who is even slightly interested in shifter-fantasy. It is set in a contemporary world, a few years before the book is set the werewolf community "came out" to governments, but not the public at large. Cooper, the MC, was an FBI agent until he got attacked by a werewolf and was then recruited by the BSI, the FBI-offshot for wolf crime. It deals heavily with discrimination and Cooper himself is not free of prejudice. We see him slowly learn that his colleagues attitudes are wrong. This growth is well written and really satisfying to witness. In addition, it features a thrilling mystery and a slowly growing romance.
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I admit, I don't like shifter stories and I absolutely loved Wolf at the Door and the other two books in the series, and I have preordered (I think) the next one.
Just finished reading More Than Enough and it was wonderful and magical and my new favorite book at the moment. It's labeled as a retelling of Beauty and the Beast and features asexual main characters. Highly recommend.
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Loved this series, though I did find the final book a bit of a letdown. I think because the expectations were so high, and then the resolution was a bit too convenient and the book seemed to meander some.