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[Loretta]

Josh wrote: "ABE Books sent an alert for a book that I've been hunting for well over a decade. So even though I don't really read much in the way of Mills and Boon romances these days, I HAD TO HAVE IT.

If ju..."

I really enjoyed the Merrychurch series.

[Antonella]

Cultivating Compassion: 25 Children's Books About Financial Hardship Close to Home

[Antonella]

A list by Russ Thomas, the author of Firewatching:

One Authors Top 10 Queer Protagonists in Crime Fiction

Im very glad to see Joseph Hansen’s Dave Brandstetter in the list.

Seen thanks to Michael Nava, whose Henry Rios is also included.

[Jordan]

Antonella wrote: "A list by Russ Thomas, the author of Firewatching:

One Authors Top 10 Queer Protagonists in Crime Fiction

Im very glad to see Joseph Hansen’s Dave ..."

That's a great list! I've not heard of some of them!

[WMD]

Just read KJ Charles latest historical, a regency romp with quite a rousing loss of temper by some major characters at the end. Sometimes you just gotta say what you gotta say :)

Just bought Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell, which was endorsed by Martha Wells (Murder Bot author).

Winters Orbit is m/m romance sci fi, maybe young adult?

[Antonella]

WMD wrote: "Also, enjoyed Jordan Castillo price's latest in Psycop series, Other Half

And the next in Allie Therin series, Wonderstruck This is a paranormal superhero type stor..."

I'm still waiting for the paperback edition of Other Half. My bookshop warned me, but I'm trying to avoid amazon as much as I can.

And thank for telling me about the last book in Allie Therin's series, I've just bought Wonderstruck.

[Jordan]

My reading is all over the place right now. I'm sorta trying to get through one of the Market Garden books. And, maybe it's because I'm ace, but I really can't understand paying that much for sex. The whole thing boggles my mind. lol.

I've also started Afterlife by Julia Alvarez as an audiobook for my other book group and so far it's really good!

I started Agent Bayne in prep for a huge reread and then Other Half, but I think I need to go back further than that. I'm also afraid I might not be in the right mood for it?!?! So, I've paused my reread of Psycop for the moment.

I'm also reading a lot of fanfiction for Person of Interest. And otherwise, I'm just picking things up to read a little at a time and then putting them down. I guess, now that my book group has discussed the first two Murderbot Diaries titles I can move on and finish the series for a second time. I reread the first two just for the discussion and didn't want to read further because I was sure I'd forget what happened in the first two. lol. But I really wanted to continue the series, so maybe I will. Turns out the audiobooks are just as good the second time around!

[Antonella]

I've just bought Mystery at the Masquerade, I'm not going to wait. Here all the buy links for people a bit behind like me:
https://joshlanyon.com/books/murder-a...

And did you know that you can already pre-order Scandal at the Salty Dog? Here for ex.: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...

[Jordan]

Antonella wrote: "I've just bought Mystery at the Masquerade, I'm not going to wait. Here all the buy links for people a bit behind like me:
https://jos..."

I saw that! Josh has several titles up for pre-order on Overdrive too, which is pretty exciting!

[Loretta]

I think I am behind several KJ Charles books. There are so many good books out recently. I'm doing my best to keep up. ;)

[KC]

Loretta wrote: "I think I am behind several KJ Charles books. There are so many good books out recently. I'm doing my best to keep up. ;)"

A while ago I realized I had several KJ Charles books I hadn't read (I used to read them right away, but then a couple of them were so-so for me), so then it was a treat to enjoy several in a row. I think it was Proper English, Band Sinister, and Gilded Cage.

[KC]

I'm reading The Golem and the Jinni. It's taking me forever (long book, not so much reading time), but I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

And read:

- The Family Fang, which was very good, but not as good as Nothing to See Here. I started watching the movie now that I finished the book, and the casting is perfection. I'm curious how it compares to the book - what made it into the movie and such.

- The Stranger Times, which was awesome.

[Jordan]

Oh, The Golem and The Jinni is such a great book! So glad you’re enjoying it!

[KC]

Jordan wrote: "Oh, The Golem and The Jinni is such a great book! So glad you’re enjoying it!"

The next one is supposed to be out in June, I think...

[Jordan]

KC wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Oh, The Golem and The Jinni is such a great book! So glad you’re enjoying it!"

The next one is supposed to be out in June, I think..."

Yes, I heard it's coming out, finally. I think the release date has been pushed back for this one for a couple of years now. Cross your fingers this is it!

[Johanna]

I've finally managed to concentrate on reading books—and enjoying them! It's been a looooong time since that happened.

In addition to reading the newest lovely JL treasure Mystery at the Masquerade I've satisfied my longing for Joseph Hansen by reading Blood Snow and Classic Cars: Mystery Stories which has the most terrible cover ever :-D but which stories are 100% enjoyable Hansen.

I also finally read three books of Gregory Ashe's Borealis Investigations Series: Orientation, Triangulation and Declination. I liked them despite almost everything in them being a bit over the top—not least the angst. But maybe that's their charm? :-)

I finally finished reading André Aciman's Find Me. I started reading it last spring and tried continuing several times during the year, but had an unexpectedly hard time getting into it and enjoying it. Maybe I had too high—or rather: too specific—expectations for it. In any case, I ended up liking the latter part of the book better than the first half. Despite the fact that I LOVED Call Me By Your Name this might have ended up being a did-not-finish book for me, except one of my 15-year-old students kept dutifully asking me if I had finished reading it already. :-) She loved it.

Yesterday I finished Charlie Adhara's Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. I'm really enjoying this werewolf/human series and the fourth book wasn't an exception. Nice twists and turns mysterywise and great dynamics between the main couple.

At least a couple of you have recommended S.E. Harmon's The Spectral Files Series, so I'm currently reading the first book P.S. I Spook You. I'm only at the beginning, but it feels promising!

[WMD]

Yay Johanna! Welcome back to booktime and spring!

[WMD]

As I mentioned on another thread, John Wiltshire has re-released the More Heat Than The Sun series, looks like just with new covers no other changes. This is a top m/m series, starting out as a spy series and then morphing into the adventurous lives of Ben and Nik. One of my top rated series of all time, with a great leading couple. At times hilarious, romantic, intense, raunchy and unpredictable.
I will say the first book is an essential foundation, and the series gets better and better as the couple is established.
Currently on Kindle Unlimited, the first in the series: Love is a Stranger

[Jordan]

WMD wrote: "As I mentioned on another thread, John Wiltshire has re-released the More Heat Than The Sun series, looks like just with new covers no other changes. This is a top m/m series, starting out as a spy..."

This will be our BOM in about two months, I think!

[Alison]

WMD wrote: "As I mentioned on another thread, John Wiltshire has re-released the More Heat Than The Sun series, looks like just with new covers no other changes. This is a top m/m series, starting out as a spy..."

I loved the first two and hadn't gotten to the third one yet. Good to hear it gets better and better! I'll have to get back to it!

[Karen]

Johanna wrote: "I've finally managed to concentrate on reading books—and enjoying them! It's been a looooong time since that happened...

Love to see you happily reading some great books. I love the Charlie Adhara and S.E. Harmon books. And you kind of inspired me to finally finish Gregory Ashe's A Union of Swords series. I re-read/listened to 1-4 audiobooks last June, but put off reading The Keeper of Bees. Now I'm listening to it. It's kind of hair-raising.

[KC]

Johanna wrote: "Yesterday I finished Charlie Adhara's Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. I'm really enjoying this werewolf/human series and the fourth book wasn't an exception. Nice twists and turns mysterywise and great dynamics between the main couple."

I read the first three and really enjoyed them. They're getting better and better. And I have this one and the fifth waiting patiently on my Kindle. :-)

[KC]

Johanna wrote: "...I've satisfied my longing for Joseph Hansen by reading Blood Snow and Classic Cars: Mystery Stories which has the most terrible cover ever :-D but which stories are 100% enjoyable Hansen."

I agree! Awful cover, awesome stories!

I'm really glad I got the Hansen books I could find after reading the Bradstetter ones. They're all re-readable, so beautifully written, and even if I'm not in the best mood for some of them right now, it's comforting to know they're there.

[KC]

Read a few lighter, fun stories:

- Jordan Castillo Price's "Incidental Magic" - light and fun

- Eliot Grayson: Brought to Light (first in a new urban fantasy series and can't wait for more); First Blood (spin-off novella from the paranormal fantasy series Mismatched Mates, which is awesome); and Deven and the Dragon (a refreshing take on the Beauty and the Beast). All well-written, and I like that the books find that balance between fun and serious, humor and heartfelt moments.

[Jordan]

So today I started a reorganization of my GR LGBTQ+ shelves. I had almost 1,000 titles marked as "m-m" and at least 100 of them were not M/M Romance titles. For a long time I'd just used my "m-m" shelf to mean anything with gay content. but with so many books, it became time to change things so I can better find what I'm looking for. So, if all this changing of shelves shows up in your feeds if you follow me, now you know what I'm up to!

[Johanna]

WMD wrote: "Yay Johanna! Welcome back to booktime and spring!"

Thanks, WMD! :-D

[Johanna]

Mymymble wrote: "I'd say wait for the sequel film which was supposed to be different but I have some doubts it'll be made now that Armie Hammer's career has blown up so severely."

Oh, that's most certainly true.

[Johanna]

Karen wrote: "Johanna wrote: "I've finally managed to concentrate on reading books—and enjoying them! It's been a looooong time since that happened...

Love to see you happily reading some great books. I love t..."

Glad I managed to inspire you that way. :-)

[Johanna]

KC wrote: "Johanna wrote: "...I've satisfied my longing for Joseph Hansen by reading Blood Snow and Classic Cars: Mystery Stories which has the most terrible cover ever :-D but which stories are 100% enjoyabl..."

Agreed. Josh Lanyon, Joseph Hansen and John Steinbeck are my go-to authors when I need something that REALLY speaks to my soul.

[Johanna]

Jordan wrote: "So today I started a reorganization of my GR LGBTQ+ shelves. I had almost 1,000 titles marked as "m-m" and at least 100 of them were not M/M Romance titles. For a long time I'd just used my "m-m" s..."

I really should do something like this. I'm just toooooo lazyyyyyyy...

:-D

[Jordan]

Lol! It helps that I reference my shelves for work purposes nearly every day. It was getting really tiring scrolling through all the MM Romance Mysteries to find the much fewer (but still enjoyed) regular romances, so those got split up too. Now I have “ mys-rom” and “mystery”. Also keeping my mom’s books on special shelves so I can help my dad remember what she’s read, what she hasn’t, what she didn’t finish/didn’t like, and new titles she might like that we haven’t purchased yet. My shelves do triple duty and are heavy duty. Lol.

[Jordan]

I should probably make a vintage gay mystery shelf. I’m pretty sure I e got enough books between Hansen, Nava, Wilson, and Stevenson to make it worthwhile, along with a couple of standalone titles. But that might be going too far for right now. Lol.

[Johanna]

Jordan wrote: "Lol! It helps that I reference my shelves for work purposes nearly every day. It was getting really tiring scrolling through all the MM Romance Mysteries to find the much fewer (but still enjoyed) ..."

You're my idol! :-D I wish I were as organized.

[Johanna]

Jordan wrote: "Lol! It helps that I reference my shelves for work purposes nearly every day. It was getting really tiring scrolling through all the MM Romance Mysteries to find the much fewer (but still enjoyed) ..."

And I LOVE the idea that you're keeping your mom’s books on special shelves so you can help your dad remember what she’s read and what she hasn’t and so on.

[Antonella]

Johanna wrote: "And I LOVE the idea that you're keeping your mom’s books on special shelves so you can help your dad remember what she’s read and what she hasn’t and so on."

I noticed that detail as well and I thought: «Aww!»...

[Jordan]

:-) Awww, guys I would fail miserably at life if I wasn't this organized!

I'm also not 100% sure my new shelving system is going to work, but I can always adjust it later if necessary. We'll see.

[Josh]

Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "ABE Books sent an alert for a book that I've been hunting for well over a decade. So even though I don't really read much in the way of Mills and Boon romances these days, I HAD TO HAV..."

I've never found it. The one time I had an alert, it was already gone by the time I responded.

[Josh]

I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of Kess McKinley's Kess McKinley NOTHING BUT GOOD. She's Blind Eye Books' latest acquisition, and I'm hugely enjoying the ARC.

[SamSpayedPI]

I joined the MMRG Scavenger Hunt (stupid), and I joined a competitive team (stupid x 2), and I agreed to 10 books per month (stupid x 3), and now I don't have time for anything but to search for high-scoring scavenger hunt books and read them.

I can't even fit in Bell, Book and Scandal! 😭😭

So does anyone know of any contemporary books that take place entirely within the states of Montana, Idaho or Wyoming? Nearly every book I've looked at (including but not limited to A Casual Weekend Thing, Training Season, and most of the Finding series) either starts or ends elsewhere. Slay Ride won't work since so many of the points involve contemporary items (remote controls, DVDs, computers, etc.).

[Antonella]

SamSpayedPI wrote: "So does anyone know of any contemporary books that take place entirely within the states of Montana, Idaho or Wyoming?"

Quite a few books by Sarah Black are set entirely in Idaho. For sure Idaho Pride, probably Idaho Battlegrounds, but I think also some others are set in Boise, where she lived (lives?).

[Alison]

SamSpayedPI wrote: "I joined the MMRG Scavenger Hunt (stupid), and I joined a competitive team (stupid x 2), and I agreed to 10 books per month (stupid x 3), and now I don't have time for anything but to search for hi..."

Good luck, Sam! My first thought was to check the lists. Here's some lists that may be useful:

M/M Romance Set in Idaho
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

M/M Romance Set in Wyoming
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

M/M Romance Set in Montana
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[Jordan]

Oh boy! Good luck!

[Johanna]

SamSpayedPI wrote: "I joined the MMRG Scavenger Hunt (stupid), and I joined a competitive team (stupid x 2), and I agreed to 10 books per month (stupid x 3), and now I don't have time for anything but to search for hi..."

Wow, you're brave! :-D I'm crossing my fingers for you. Good luck with hunt and reading!

[Karen]

Alison wrote: "SamSpayedPI wrote: "I joined the MMRG Scavenger Hunt (stupid), and I joined a competitive team (stupid x 2), and I agreed to 10 books per month (stupid x 3), and now I don't have time for anything ..."

Interesting lists. :)

Josh's In Plain Sight is on the Idaho list.

From the Wyoming list I've read most of Gregory Ashe's Hollow Folks series, and Josh's Mummy Dearest and The Magician Murders (which I think begins outside Wyoming), and also the excellent Sweetwater which is an historical.

Kate Sherwood's Common Law trilogy (a personal favorite) is on the Montana list, as is Leta Blake's Training Season which I really liked when I read it (less so when I looked at it as possible Johnny Weir fanfic). Josh's The Monuments Men Murders is also here, but I think that may also begin out of state.

[SamSpayedPI]

Thanks! We had passed around those lists, but a lot of books on them aren't set entirely in those states, which they need to be for the contest criteria.

Someone from my team read The Monuments Men Murders for the contest (we need to all chose different books) and it didn't score well. That's the other problem; just because you finally find a book that is entirely set in the required state(s) (which The Monuments Men Murders is not; it ends in California), it doesn't mean it scores highly on the scavenger hunt items. So frustrating!

[Karen]

SamSpayedPI wrote: "Thanks! We had passed around those lists, but a lot of books on them aren't set entirely in those states, which they need to be for the contest criteria.

Someone from my team read [book:The Monum..."

Who dreams up these devious rules? ;)

[Alison]

Karen wrote: "Alison wrote: "SamSpayedPI wrote: "I joined the MMRG Scavenger Hunt (stupid), and I joined a competitive team (stupid x 2), and I agreed to 10 books per month (stupid x 3), and now I don't have tim..."

I did think of In Plain Sight, but it's not entirely in Idaho, so I didn't mention it. I'm reasonably sure it's Josh's only book that ventures into Utah (where I live)!

[Karen]

Alison wrote: "Karen wrote: "Alison wrote: "SamSpayedPI wrote: "I joined the MMRG Scavenger Hunt (stupid), and I joined a competitive team (stupid x 2), and I agreed to 10 books per month (stupid x 3), and now I ..."

I forgot about that sojourn as well, but just like books that are set in or visit New Mexico, I'm sure you would remember any that are in Utah. :)

Gregory Ashe's recent books in The Lion and The Lamb trilogy are set in Utah and mostly in Salt Lake City... which comes out about as well as Albuquerque does in Breaking Bad...

The Same Breath
The Same Place
The Same End

[Alison]

Karen wrote: "Alison wrote: "Karen wrote: "Alison wrote: "SamSpayedPI wrote: "I joined the MMRG Scavenger Hunt (stupid), and I joined a competitive team (stupid x 2), and I agreed to 10 books per month (stupid x..."

Ha! I'll have to have a look! :)

[Alison]

I know we have a lot of fans of Ada Maria Soto's His Quiet Agent around here, so I thought I'd mention that in her latest newsletter, she said she is hard at work on the sequel! :)