Q&A with Josh Lanyon discussion
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Josh wrote: "Highly recommended. 
"Is it based on the first book in the series or can it be read independently?
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"Is it based on the first book in the series or can it be read independently?"
I was wondering the same thing...
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"That DOES look good. Perhaps it might make a really good BOM book someday?
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I went in to school in the later afternoon and taught math lessons, which was oddly comforting, as was the book. I'm reading Beguiled tonight.
Oh, Karen...I'm so sorry to hear about your beloved dog. We went through a similar situation a few years ago and it's so hard to lose them.
Karen wrote: "I stayed up most of the night, started and finished Provoked, while I kept vigil over our last old dog. She passed sometime after 4:00am, peacefully in her sleep. Her sister/litter-..."I loved those books. And so sorry about your dog. I've lost several over the years (cats, too) and each one is an individual loss, still grieved over at odd times.
Karen wrote: "I stayed up most of the night, started and finished Provoked, while I kept vigil over our last old dog. She passed sometime after 4:00am, peacefully in her sleep. Her sister/litter-..."Karen, so sorry to hear about your poor old dog, especially after losing the other dog and cats in such a small period of time. It's so painful. I'm glad you found some distraction in reading Provoked. Thinking of you and your husband.
Johanna wrote: "KC wrote: "Josh wrote: "Highly recommended. "Is it based on the first book in the series or can it be read independently?"
I was wondering the sam..."
Lol, me too. I don't like coming into a series partway through.
Karen wrote: "I stayed up most of the night, started and finished Provoked, while I kept vigil over our last old dog. She passed sometime after 4:00am, peacefully in her sleep. Her sister/litter-..."So sorry to hear about your dog, Karen.
Karen wrote: "I stayed up most of the night, started and finished Provoked, while I kept vigil over our last old dog. She passed sometime after 4:00am, peacefully in her sleep."Deaths are upsetting. Sorry to hear this.
Do you mean that now you have only one cat?
Karen wrote: "I stayed up most of the night, started and finished Provoked, while I kept vigil over our last old dog. She passed sometime after 4:00am, peacefully in her sleep. Her sister/litter-..."So sorry to hear that, Karen. Sending you hugs.
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"Is it based on the first book in the series or can it be read independently?"
It can be read separately. I haven't read the first book.
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That's sad. And yet it sounds comforting too. The ordinary and inevitable sadness of life.
Karen wrote: "I stayed up most of the night, started and finished Provoked, while I kept vigil over our last old dog. She passed sometime after 4:00am, peacefully in her sleep. Her sister/litter-..."I am thinking of you, Karen and send warm thoughts and hugs your way. That is sad news. It is hard to lose a friend.
Karen wrote: "I stayed up most of the night, started and finished Provoked, while I kept vigil over our last old dog. She passed sometime after 4:00am, peacefully in her sleep. Her sister/litter-..."So sorry about your dog, Karen.
Karen wrote: "I stayed up most of the night, started and finished Provoked, while I kept vigil over our last old dog. She passed sometime after 4:00am, peacefully in her sleep. Her sister/litter-..."So sorry to hear that, it's always sad to lose a beloved pet
*Hugs*
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Yes, Antonella, we now have one cat (Mina - named by our younger daughter, after the Dracula heroine). Plus an aquarium, pond critters, trespassing guinea hens and peacocks, and a resident roadrunner. : )
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Yes, Antonella, we now have one cat (Mina - name..."
I find Joanna such a refreshingly mature and sophisticated voice. I love her work.
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Yes! And I don't want to make it sound like it wasn't sad. It's so difficult to lose a longtime companion. But there is something so comforting to me in the idea of Karen keeping her quiet, wise vigil through the night.
Josh wrote: "Anne wrote: "Karen wrote: "I stayed up most of the night, started and finished Provoked, while I kept vigil over our last old dog. She passed sometime after 4:00am, peacefully in he..."That is very true.
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I've started The Elegant Corpse. Read the first chapter. Not sure if I like it yet or not.
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Thank you, Josh and Anne.
And I agree about Joanna Chambers. It was the perfect book for me to read at that time, perhaps because it is written in a way that their story seems possible in an implausible and dangerous time. There's something very heartening about that, a continuity of love through time.
So sorry to hear about your dog Karen. They become part of the family don’t they.
Yesterday i felt the need for something sweet and fluffy and Amy Lane's Shiny! seemed to be just the thing - everyone seems to really enjoy it - so i got over the cover and decided to give it a try. Maybe i'm taking this too seriously, but i couldn't relate to the setting/premise at all. The story starts with the MCs, who've been together for a year, at one of the MC's mother's wedding to her long time girl friend. The MC is very close to his mother, yet it seems that her wife meets the boyfriend at the wedding for the first time? And then they start telling the story of how they met, which is another thing that jarred. I know some people share intimate details about their sex lives with their parents but i find myself cringing just thinking about it. I do want to know how these guys got to the point where they're now, but i just find it difficult to get into the story because of the above...maybe it'll improve...
KC wrote: "Yesterday i felt the need for something sweet and fluffy and Amy Lane's Shiny! seemed to be just the thing - everyone seems to really enjoy it - so i got over the cover and decided ..."I couldn't get into it either. I had the sample on my Kindle and wasn't able to even finish that! I, too, did not care for the premise. When I realized how it was structured I was very disappointed. I guess I prefer my storytelling to be a bit more straightforward.
KC wrote: "Yesterday i felt the need for something sweet and fluffy and Amy Lane's Shiny! seemed to be just the thing - everyone seems to really enjoy it - so i got over the cover and decided ..."The mother wasn't the one getting married, it was his aunt. Though the storytelling framework was odd, I did like the story otherwise.
Susinok wrote: "The mother wasn't the one getting married, it was his aunt. Though the storytelling framework was odd, I did like the story otherwise. "I admit i was pretty tired when reading it, but this part was just confusing - i thought this aunt was the one who was always there for his mother and used to take them on adventures...
Anyways. It's not really crucial to the story, at least for as far as i got, and this is another thing.
I think i'd have enjoyed the story more if it was just the MCs "remembering" it.
I have Shiny! in my to read pile so all the comments are interesting. I am going to delay reading it until I need something light.At the moment i am reading Shaking the Sugar Tree by Nick Wilgus and Boy Crucified by Jerome Wilde. This is the same author writing under different names. He also writes under Sulayman X. . Boy Crucified is a mystery with a police detective who used to be a Catholic priest but is now buddhist. This is the first time i am reading anything by this author and so far I am really enjoying both books.
Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "I have Shiny! in my to read pile so all the comments are interesting. I am going to delay reading it until I need something light.At the moment i am reading ''Shaking the Sugar Tree''..."
I loved it. It was quite different from other stories I've read. Lots of plus points that made me forgive the fact that it was a tiny bit preachy in some places.
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Love does survive in very arid climes. I think it useful to remember that. :-)
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Not to say that it couldn't happen on another planet!!!
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At the moment i am reading [book:Shaking the Suga..."
Why so many names when it's the same genre?
Josh wrote: "Why so many names when it's the same genre?"At least two of his names are ''justified'' because he only lately decided to use his real name (Wilgus).
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I'm so sorry to hear this, Karen. Hugs and warm thoughts coming your way. Our animal friends are so precious.
Josh wrote: "Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "I have Shiny! in my to read pile so all the comments are interesting. I am going to delay reading it until I need something light.At the moment i..."
I was wondering that myself. Three different pen names. Maybe it reflects his own life journey. He was a Fransican priest and then converted to Islam but he isnt practising Islam now.
Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "I have Shiny! in my to read pile so all the comments are interesting. I am going to delay reading it until I need something light.At the moment i am reading Shaking the Suga..." </i>
I just started [book:Shaking the Sugar Tree this morning. So far it's fascinating. I like the author's voice. However, you are hit over the head with politics. I agree with the author, but still.
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At least two of his names are ''justified'' because he only lately decided to use his real name (Wilgus)."
So interesting.
I've just finished Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk. It was great! It's been lurking on my Kindle since the end of last year and I know there are two more books out in the series already, so I had one of those "Why did I take so long to read this?" moments. :D But it is nice when you really like a book that there are already more in the series waiting for me.
Becky wrote: "I've just finished Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk. It was great! It's been lurking on my Kindle since the end of last year and I know there are two more books out in..."Yes, these are quite delightful.
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Sean, is irritating. Over half way through the book and he's still irritating. Even he's not sure what he wants, but he's so annoying in that he can't say anything, about what he wants, what's going on with him. His first time he doesn't even tell Roger he's never had anal sex before. Only after does Roger figure it out. And he keeps following Roger around, and talking to the people Roger talks to after he's left them. That, alone, would have me smacking him in the face and shutting the door on his nose.
But that's just me. I'm hoping Roger can tame him a little. Especially his little habits like fingernail biting.
We'll see how the end goes tonight. :-)
Hi again, everybody! I've pretty much been avoiding Goodreads altogether (sometimes it feels like an unhealthy place for me to be), but I wanted to let you all know that Tamara Allen is about to release a new book: Blue Skies. I'm thrilled! And my favorite gay lit author, Bart Yates, has a new novel out under the pen name Noah Bly. Readers seem blown away by it so far: The Third Hill North of Town.
Mind you, neither of these is m/m romance, but I figure a good book is a good book, regardless of genre. I'm excited about both of them!
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Hey K.Z.! How have you been? What are you up to? When can we get our hands on Mongrel #3?
Many questions, I know, but I've really missed you. :-)
K.Z. wrote: "Hi again, everybody! I've pretty much been avoiding Goodreads altogether (sometimes it feels like an unhealthy place for me to be), but I wanted to let you all know that [author:Tamara Allen|276535..."Thank you for these recommendations, two very good authors. And welcome back, you've been missed!
Now I'm reading Welcome Home, Captain Harding by Elliott J Mackle. Love this series. Can't wait to see where this one goes.
Johanna wrote: "K.Z. wrote: "Hi again, everybody! I've pretty much been avoiding Goodreads altogether (sometimes it feels like an unhealthy place for me to be), but I wanted to let you all know that [author:Tamara..."Hello, dear Johanna and Anne! It's nice to be missed. ;-) All you Fanyons have been in my thoughts, but, as I said above, Goodreads just brings me down sometimes.
Machine (Mongrel #3) should be out at the end of April. I also have a contemporary, Resurrection Man, coming in August, and I'm currently about 20K words into a YA story, Ben Raphael's All-star Virgins.
I'll be checking back. :}
K.Z. wrote: "Hi again, everybody! I've pretty much been avoiding Goodreads altogether (sometimes it feels like an unhealthy place for me to be), but I wanted to let you all know that [author:Tamara Allen|276535..."Welcome back KZ and yay on the book by Tamara Allen!
K.Z. wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Machine (Mongrel #3) should be out at the end of April. I also have a contemporary, Resurrection Man, coming in August, and I'm currently about 20K words into a YA story, Ben Raphael's All-star Virgins...."I'll look forward to all three of these.
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"Pain is exhausting and Sean had just had the equivalent of a Boston Marathon of Pain."
I bet this author is kicking herself for writing it after what happened last year.
The camera crews are already out interviewing people about it in prep for this year's marathon. *sigh*
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The heroine reminds me of the ones that Kit makes fun of in All She Wrote. Snarky, sexy kick-butt heroine. Though you have to wonder how someone so dysfunctional can, well, function... ;)
That aside, the book is a fun romp through space.