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[Jordan]

I just finished reading The Wraiths of Will and Pleasure. Wow. Amazing, as her original Wraeththu trilogy was. This one is all about family, what makes a family, be it real family as brothers and sisters, or bringing new people into the fold who are not related but quickly become family. Old hates are eventually forgotten, and new bonds give way to friendship as well. Very well done. Loved it, and can't wait to go on to the next book already!

This is one that doesn't want to leave my head right away. I keep thinking about it. I'm ready to move on to the third Rifter book, but Wraeththu won't let me go!

[Jordan]

Antonella wrote: "The Wicked Gentlemen Coda has been posted at liveyourlifebuythebook.com!

http://liveyourlifebuythebook.wordpre..."

Honestly, I love all of Ginn's books. But Wicked Gentlemen is my favorite. Definitely my favorite. Heck, I named my fish after Belimai. lol.

I was told I need to get another fish and name him Harper. But having two Beta fish who can't be near each other, would probably be a sad relationship, I think. Maybe if I ever get more desk space I could do it. But not any time soon.

[Jordan]

So a friend of mine shared this link with me. If you hated Fifty Shades of Grey, this is the blog for you! This blogger, read the book and posted to her blog, chapter-by-chapter, her thoughts and feelings along with quotes from the book. Her comments are hilarious, and often times terrifying for their revealing nature of the abusive relationship.

The comments are also great. Especially those who are into leather and kink.

So, for those interested, here's the link:
http://jennytrout.blogspot.com/p/jen-...

And for those not interested, please ignore, if only to save your sanity. I read a few posts, skipping here and there. That was enough for me! But I was glad to see someone point out why it was such a horrible book. And yes, she's read the second book in the same fashion as well. *shudders* Not sure I can go there.

[Karen]

Antonella wrote: "The Wicked Gentlemen Coda has been posted at liveyourlifebuythebook.com!

http://liveyourlifebuythebook.wordpre..."

What a treat! Now I'm adding a Wicked Gentlemen re-read to my list. : )

[Averin]

I've been working my way through Michael Nava's Henry Rios series. I am stuck on The Burning Plain. I'm not a crier over books but I was drenching the pages after the court battle, yelling "no" during the stalking, screaming "no, no!" during the sex scene, and now that he's been "taken downtown", I've chickened out. I want to read it, I know there's an HEA two books away, but right now I'm stalled.

[Mtsnow13]

Okay. Trying to catch up on all my Dec. BOM challenges. Just finished Learning to Feel this morning, and Disasterology 101 just now. Off to my next challenge!

[Jordan]

Uh oh. Sounds like I'll need to have a few boxes of Kleenex handy when I get around to reading Nava. Good luck! You can do it!

[Justacat]

Averin wrote: "I've been working my way through Michael Nava's Henry Rios series. I am stuck on The Burning Plain. I'm not a crier over books but I was drenching the pages after th..."

I posted this in the "What we're listening to" thread, but for anyone here who didn't see that and might be interested, the first four Henry Rios books have been released as audiobooks on Audible within the last month or two. They kind of seem to have slipped in under the radar. I'm midway through the first (The Little Death) and really enjoying it - the writing is such a pleasure to listen to, and I like the narrator quite a lot. (I've never read them.)

For some reason I find tense, stress-inducing mysteries easier to listen to than to read; not sure why that is...

[Ije the Devourer of Books]

Averin wrote: "I've been working my way through Michael Nava's Henry Rios series. I am stuck on The Burning Plain. I'm not a crier over books but I was drenching the pages after th..."

I have the Nava series but i have only completed the first book. Funnily enough even though it sounds tense i am now really looking forward to it for next year :)

[Antonella]

Hi, possible Rio's fans!

I've proposed to read the Henry Rio's Mysteries as next challenge after we finished Joseph Hansen's challenge.

I'm another one who has had the paperbacks around for ages and never started reading them...

[Averin]

Justacat wrote: "Averin wrote: "I've been working my way through Michael Nava's Henry Rios series. I am stuck on The Burning Plain. I'm not a crier over books but I was drenching the..."

I just took an 'Intro to LGBTQ Studies class where we read Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes to address AIDS. I think Nava's books are much more evocative of era.

There's a promo video on YouTube for his e-books, if you like.

[Ije the Devourer of Books]

That sounds like a really good idea Antonella. I haven't done any group reading with this group before. I keep missing the starts because i am too busy reading something else, but I would really appreciate reading the Nava books with other people and i have enough to keep busy with until then.

[Jordan]

Antonella wrote: "Hi, possible Rio's fans!

I've proposed to read the Henry Rio's Mysteries as next challenge after we finished Joseph Hansen's challenge.

I'm another one who has had the paperbacks around for ages..."

And I like this plan! Otherwise, it could take me ages to get through them myself. And the faster I get through them, the sooner another stack of books leaves my coffee table... uh, not that I have the shelf space for them anymore... lol.

[Calathea]

In the last two days I read Tinsel Fish and (finally!) Kick Start. Both are great, but you guys know that already...

[Antonella]

Calathea wrote: "In the last two days I read Tinsel Fish and (finally!) Kick Start. Both are great, but you guys know that already... "

Are you feeling better? I hope so!

[HJ]

Antonella wrote: "Calathea wrote: "In the last two days I read Tinsel Fish and (finally!) Kick Start. Both are great, but you guys know that already... "

Are you feeling better? I hope so!..."

So do I!

[Calathea]

Yes, definitely better, thank you. I'm still coughing a lot (as I've been warned) and feel weak-ish. Unfortunately, my mother managed to catch it from me so now we're a bit of a "hospital station" for Christmas...

[Jordan]

I just started Futility or the Wreck of the Titan yesterday. So far so good. I'm a little shocked that the captain was so cool and calm about plowing through another ship without stopping to help survivors. But, then, he's in a hurry to cross the ocean and fog stops no man, apparently.

I also started reading The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World and am loving it so far. A lot of stuff in there makes so much sense! It's almost creepy. I took the introvert quiz and I'm apparently on the extreme side of introvert. Big surprise. lol.

[Becky]

I'm currently doing a reread of the Psycop series. Love Vic and Jacob!

[Antonella]

Becky wrote: "I'm currently doing a reread of the Psycop series. Love Vic and Jacob!"

LOL! Me too, on paper. I thought it is too long to do it on ''normal'' days.

[Jordan]

Awww, I will perhaps do a Psycop reread this spring. With my Special Forces:Soldiers reread coming up next week along with the Rifter reread and the Brandstetter challenge going on, I just wouldn't be able to read Psycop along with, I don't think.

But, seeing as I finished Futility this afternoon, I'm going to see if I can squeeze in the second Foundation book in before the end of the year. I'd planned on finishing the entire trilogy by the end of 2013, but that's obviously not going to happen. Reading the second book might be doable though.

[Susinok]

Jordan wrote: "But, seeing as I finished Futility this afternoon, I'm going to see if I can squeeze in the second Foundation book in before the end of the year. I'd planned on finishing the entire trilogy by the end of 2013, but that's obviously not going to happen. Reading the second book might be doable though. ..."

How do you like the Foundation series? I STILL have not read it yet. I'm clearly hoarding. It's the last unread Asimov science fiction book. I have read ALL of the others (years and years ago). Same with Heinlein. Book of Job and Friday are the two remaining books I'm hoarding from him.

[Jordan]

I really enjoyed the first book last summer. Gave it four stars and bought a nice hardcover as an Xmas gift, actually. I didn't expect I would like it. It's not spaceships fighting each other. It's not really a space opera but has a little of everything and is more political than anything else so far. And I hate politics. With a passion. But this I could get through, no problem. Perhaps because it's more interesting (because it's different) than what goes on here on Earth.

[Becky]

I'm onto the 5th Psycop book now on my reread. The first 4 I got through 1 per day!! Gotta love the holidays and all that reading time and long journeys and stuff. The later ones are longer though and I'm back at work on Monday. Boo!

[Calathea]

Reading my way through the Christmas codas old and new. They're so lovely. It's a real treat to have them all together in one place.

[Jordan]

Becky, that's pretty awesome that you've read one book per day of that great series. I love days off for precisely that reason, time spent with books. What could be better?

[Jordan]

Am almost finished with Foundation and Empire. I have to say, my favorite character so far if the poor abused, scared clown, Magnifico. He's such a sweetheart, it's awful what was done to him.

[Becky]

I started Turbulence this evening, and I'm really enjoying it. Every once in a while the style of speech gets too much like Firefly, which pulls me a bit out of the story. (The story is based on a prompt from one of the M/M group story collections, and the POV character is explicitly based on Jayne.) But other than that it's very good.

[Jordan]

I just remembered last night that I haven't read Turbulence yet. I have the whole series, I just haven't read them yet.

[Mtsnow13]

Almost finished with Raven and the Wolf. Interesting world building!

[ttg]

For anyone interested, I have a 2013 m/m romance reading wrap-up post over at the Boys in Our Books blog: http://boysinourbooks.com/2013/12/30/...

Things included are favorite book of the year (The Magpie Lord), most underhyped (The Foxhole Court and also, Rose Christo's books), auto-buy authors (Josh, of course), and 2014 reads on the radar (including Ginn Hale's new Lord of the White Hell sequel. Can't wait!!!)

I couldn't explain a lot in the format they needed, like one of my fave reads of the year is a X-Men AU fanfic that read like an original romance novel. I thought it was really stellar (but I'm a fanfic fan.) :)

[ttg]

Mtsnow13 wrote: "Almost finished with Raven and the Wolf. Interesting world building!"

I'm really interested in hearing your thoughts on this one. I've been thinking about it, so looking forward to what you think. :D

[Susinok]

It's been on my TBR list for a while. I started the fifth book in the Have Body, Will Guard series by Neil Plakcy.

Under the Waterfall

[Becky]

I'm up to GhosTV now in my Psycop reread. I think this one is my favourite of the series.

[Jordan]

Damn! I'm behind on my Plakcy reading! I've read the first three of Have Body Will Guard. Will now have to add the next two to my wish list. And I still have at least one more Mahu book to read unless another has come out since that one. Oiy.

That said, I just finished Foundation and Empire. Good read. The ending was unexpected since I wasn't reading into anything the way I apparently should have!

January starts a crazy month for me. Since I'm going to the UK Meet, I created a bookshelf of titles I haven't read yet by authors who will be there. I've got about 30 books on that shelf! So I'm going to start that little challenge as well as keeping up with what we're reading here.

Might sound odd, but I'm also looking forward to rereading Soldiers. I'm going to start that the day after tomorrow after I finish the next Rifter book. OMG. Soooooooo excited!

I'll shut up now. Just know I'm busy reading from now until forever. :-D

[Mtsnow13]

ttg wrote: "Mtsnow13 wrote: "Almost finished with Raven and the Wolf. Interesting world building!"

I'm really interested in hearing your thoughts on this one. I've been thinking about it, so l..."

@ttg, just finished Raven and the Wolf and all I can say is it was a sweet comfort read for me. A solid 4 stars in my mind. Did write a little bit of my thoughts in my review, if you want to see, but if you like fantasy, and 'naive young man' versus the 'seasoned warrior', but more on the sweet than seasoned..think you'll like it ;)

[Anne]

ttg wrote: "For anyone interested, I have a 2013 m/m romance reading wrap-up post over at the Boys in Our Books blog: http://boysinourbooks.com/2013/12/30/...

Things included are favor..."

You more or less listed all of my favourites too :). A great list of very good books and authors.

[Ije the Devourer of Books]

I just finished Dash and Dingo: In Search of the Tasmanian Tiger by Catt Ford & Sean Kennedy and of course I really enjoyed it. I am going to read some manga next. is the manga version of the first book in the Brac Pack shifter series by Lynn Hagen. Then on to the newest releases from Amy Lane and Mary Calmes. A nice start to my 2014 reading.

[ttg]

Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "I just finished Dash and Dingo: In Search of the Tasmanian Tiger by Catt Ford & Sean Kennedy and of course I really enjoyed it. I am going to read some manga next. [..."

Oh, I loved Dash and Dingo! What a great historical adventure. :D (I heard they may be working on a sequel, but no timeline on that.)

[ttg]

Anne wrote: "You more or less listed all of my favourites too :). A great list of very good books and authors.."

Thanks for reading, Anne! :) Yeah, there was some good reads this year (and a bunch for next year that I am so excited about.)

I think Ginn Hale's next book is coming out in two books a month a part from each other, and I'm trying to figure out what to do. Buy them, but wait until both are out to read? Decisions, decisions.

How did people read the Rifter or Lord of the White Hell? As they came out? Or all together? (My preference is the latter. I hate being left hanging....)

[Mtsnow13]

I just finished Strength of the Wolf a day late for one of my Dec. challenges..I bit off more than I could handle! But now I get to decide between Christmas Kitsch and Fish and Ghosts...so hard. I am thinking will have to do the holiday one first before I get completely out of the Christmas spirit...don't have to go back to work until Monday, so have a little bit longer... (but dang, I REALLY want to dig into Rhys's new release)

For multitasking in the car and house projects, I'm starting Armed and Dangerous: Four Dangerous Ground Novellas, Volume 1.

And ttg, I'm with you. I prefer my series complete or at least 3 books in. I'm not known for my patience!

[Ije the Devourer of Books]

ttg wrote: "Anne wrote: "You more or less listed all of my favourites too :). A great list of very good books and authors.."

Thanks for reading, Anne! :) Yeah, there was some good reads this year (and a bunch..."

I haven't started Rifter or the Lord of White Hell books, but i have them loaded on my ipad and ready to read. I think i like to have a series with a few books already published before i start reading, but it does depend on the kind of books. For exciting adventures like Ginn Hales stories I would like to have a few published before i start to read. I dont think i could cope with the waiting but for my short and sweet shifter stories I can pretty much wait for the next book with ease.

[Ije the Devourer of Books]

ttg wrote: "For anyone interested, I have a 2013 m/m romance reading wrap-up post over at the Boys in Our Books blog: http://boysinourbooks.com/2013/12/30/...

Things included are favor..."

A great list. You have listed some of my favourites too and some of the books i am looking forward to for 2014 :)

[Jordan]

I didn't know about the White Hell books until they were both out. The Rifter and other books similar, I sometimes just don't have the time to read until they're all out. I'm always behind in what comes out. There are books almost a year old now from some of my auto buy authors that I just haven't gotten to. So for me, that's just how it goes.

That's true for movies I want to go see. Inevitably I end up forgetting and not getting to the theater. The DVD is how I see most movies. At least it's cheaper that way. :-)

[Anne]

Jordan wrote: "I didn't know about the White Hell books until they were both out. The Rifter and other books similar, I sometimes just don't have the time to read until they're all out. I'm always behind in what ..."

This is more or less my "modus operandi" as well :)

[Jordan]

Glad I'm not the only one! :-)

[KC]

Calathea wrote: "Reading my way through the Christmas codas old and new. They're so lovely. It's a real treat to have them all together in one place. "

They are! And it is! I like having them all in one place too (like with the short stories) and i hope they'll be in print at some point. That would be lovely, wouldn't it :-)

[Becky]

Mtsnow13 wrote: "I just finished Strength of the Wolf a day late for one of my Dec. challenges..I bit off more than I could handle! But now I get to decide between Christmas Kitsch a..."

I really liked Christmas Kitsch. Not familiar with the other option.

At the moment I'm working my way through an anthology called Willful Impropriety: 13 Tales of Society, Scandal and Romance. It's Victorian set, theoretically YA (although its YAness seems to be based solely on a lack of sex- the characters are basically the same age and going through the same things that most historical romance characters would be), some with magic or steampunk elements. Of the five stories I've read so far, one plays with gender, one is f/f, and one is interracial. And of the two that feature white, m/f pairings, one has an... extremely unusual resolution. It's nice to find a collection with so much variety.

[Jordan]

Willful Impropriety looks really interesting! I'll have to look into that.

[Alison]

Jordan wrote: "I didn't know about the White Hell books until they were both out. The Rifter and other books similar, I sometimes just don't have the time to read until they're all out. I'm always behind in what ..."

No, you're not the only one! :) I'm the same. I'm always a bit behind. I'm excited for the next White Hell book. It was Ginn Hale's wonderful books that got me reading Josh's wonderful books.