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[Karen]

I just finished Sara Alva's Silent yesterday. Very, very highly recommended. This is a YA book that transcends categories. Check out some of the reviews (mine is among the least eloquent). It's an amazing story of very dark times, but one with the most truly shining messages of hope for us all that I've read.

[Anne]

Karen wrote: "I just finished Sara Alva's Silent yesterday. Very, very highly recommended. This is a YA book that transcends categories. Check out some of the reviews (mine is among the least elo..."

I second the recommendation, Karen.

[Idamus]

I'm currently reading https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
It's very creepy, but so far it's good (39% on my Kindle)

[Anne]

I finished Shiny! yesterday. I almost didn't buy it because of the silly cover, but it is a cute little book. Less angsty than many of her stories, but still very Amy Lane. Which for me is a good thing :)

[HJ]

I've just finished a book by another new-to-me author, Indra Vaughn, The House on Hancock Hill, which was very good. I was drawn to it by its lovely cover: , which meant I read the review and then tried a sample.

Can anyone recommend another by her?

[Susinok]

Anne wrote: "I finished Shiny! yesterday. I almost didn't buy it because of the silly cover, but it is a cute little book. Less angsty than many of her stories, but still very Amy Lane. Which fo..."

I enjoyed that one a lot, too. That cover artist is not my favorite.

[Jordan]

Silent looks fantastic! Thanks for the rec!

[Antonella]

Anne wrote: "Karen wrote: "I just finished Sara Alva's Silent yesterday. Very, very highly recommended. This is a YA book that transcends categories. Check out some of the reviews (mine is among..."

I'm not supposed to update my wish list during Lent, but I can make an exception... ;-)

[Susan]

Karen wrote: "I just finished Sara Alva's Silent yesterday. Very, very highly recommended. This is a YA book that transcends categories."

I agree, Karen. The book before this one, Social Skills, first brought her to my attention. Both stories are excellent but quite different from each other.

[Karen]

Susan wrote: "Karen wrote: "I just finished Sara Alva's Silent yesterday. Very, very highly recommended. This is a YA book that transcends categories."

I agree, Karen. The book before this one, ..."

Her LHNB freebie, Pura Vida, is available at http://www.mmromancegroup.com/63863. Another very different, but sweet story. I just bought Social Skills. : )

[Jordan]

I'm surprised I haven't heard of her before. I need to see if the library can purchase her work. Honestly, these two sound better than a lot of the small press LGBTQ teen books we have.

[KC]

Started yesterday Ben Monopoli's Homo Action Love Story! A tall tale - so awesome! This will probably be followed by ZAM's The Long Way Home and Harper's Half Moon Chambers.

[Anne]

KC wrote: "Started yesterday Ben Monopoli's Homo Action Love Story! A tall tale - so awesome! This will probably be followed by ZAM's The Long Way Home and Harper's [book:Half M..."

Three very good books, but so different. Monopoli's book is definitely a tall tale :)

You have a lot to look forward to!

[Valerie]

Karen wrote: "Susan wrote: "Karen wrote: "I just finished Sara Alva's Silent yesterday. Very, very highly recommended. This is a YA book that transcends categories."

I agree, Karen. The book bef..."

I have Silent on my TBR soon pile. I enjoyed Pura Vida and Social Skills. SS is set at UVA which is where I went to college. It gets extra cool points since I'm sure the author is a fellow Wahoo. :-)

[HJ]

I'll be interested to hear what you think of Homo Action Love Story! A tall tale, KC. I adore Ben Monopoli's first two books, The Cranberry Hush and The Painting of Porcupine City.

I loved Half Moon Chambers, and re-read Driftwood over the weekend. I'm halfway through a re-read of The Salisbury Key. Harper Fox is so good!!

[Johanna]

KC wrote: "Started yesterday Ben Monopoli's Homo Action Love Story! A tall tale - so awesome!"

I have this one on my iPad, but I haven't read it yet. Now when you are reading it, I want to read it as soon as possible. :-) I actually thought about it this weekend, but then I started reading Jordan Castillo Price's Forget Me Not. I've really missed Elijah! It's so cool to see the world thought his eyes!

[Susinok]

KC wrote: "Started yesterday Ben Monopoli's Homo Action Love Story! A tall tale - so awesome! This will probably be followed by ZAM's The Long Way Home and Harper's [book:Half M..."

I have Homo Action Lovestory! I had to buy it just because of the title, heh. I'm glad you liked it. I have not seen any of my friends read it yet.

[Susinok]

Hj wrote: "I loved Half Moon Chambers, and re-read Driftwood over the weekend. I'm halfway through a re-read of The Salisbury Key. Harper Fox is so good!! ..."

Driftwood has been calling me to re-read it. I have been resisting since I have so much else to read, but I'm going to cave soon, I can feel it.

[KC]

Hj wrote: "I'll be interested to hear what you think of Homo Action Love Story! A tall tale, KC. I adore Ben Monopoli's first two books, The Cranberry Hush an..."

Harper is wonderful! :-)

[Johanna]

Hj wrote: "I adore Ben Monopoli's first two books, The Cranberry Hush and The Painting of Porcupine City."

I couldn't agree more.

[KC]

Johanna wrote: "KC wrote: "Started yesterday Ben Monopoli's Homo Action Love Story! A tall tale - so awesome!"

I have this one on my iPad, but I haven't read it yet. Now when you are reading it, I..."

:-)

I haven't read yet the Mnevermind books, so maybe this weekend. So nice when there a bunch of books that i know will be really good :-)

[Johanna]

Hj wrote: "I loved Half Moon Chambers, and re-read Driftwood over the weekend. I'm halfway through a re-read of The Salisbury Key. Harper Fox is so good!!"

I LOVE LOVE LOVE both the Half Moon Chambers and The Salisbury Key! I LOVE LOVE LOVE them.

And funny thing about Half Moon Chambers — it feels a lot more than a book to me. It also feels like a painting. And I rarely see a book that way.

ETA: I mean, sometimes it's easy to imagine a book as a movie, but... anyway, I'm not sure if I'm making any sense... even to myself.

[Anne]

Hj wrote: "I'll be interested to hear what you think of Homo Action Love Story! A tall tale, KC. I adore Ben Monopoli's first two books, The Cranberry Hush an..."

I think the tall tale was just that, and a fun read. When that is said, I liked both the Cranberry Hush and Porcupine City better, but that has more to do with my overall taste in books and not Monopoli's writing.

[KC]

Susinok wrote: "KC wrote: "Started yesterday Ben Monopoli's Homo Action Love Story! A tall tale - so awesome! This will probably be followed by ZAM's The Long Way Home and Harper's [..."

Yes, cool fun title :-) I love his writing. This one is a bit on the lighter side of things, but still, squeezes the heart and makes you laugh and it has adventures too. I hope you enjoy it!

[KC]

Johanna wrote: "Hj wrote: "I loved Half Moon Chambers, and re-read Driftwood over the weekend. I'm halfway through a re-read of The Salisbury Key. Harper Fox is so good!!"

I LOVE LOVE LOVE both the [book:Half Moo..."

I kept missing Half Moon Chambers and yesterday i found out why, apparently i got the epub from Smashwords - no idea how that happened because i read on kindle, so of course it was not there... so i converted it. Really looking forward to it! :-)

[KC]

Anne wrote: "Hj wrote: "I'll be interested to hear what you think of Homo Action Love Story! A tall tale, KC. I adore Ben Monopoli's first two books, [book:The Cranberry Hush|1..."

I liked The Cranberry Hush best, probably because the characters were nicer somehow and everything less...extraordinarily intense than in The Painting, but I'm really glad he wrote something that's more fun too. He's such a good writer.

[Anne]

KC wrote: "Anne wrote: "Hj wrote: "I'll be interested to hear what you think of Homo Action Love Story! A tall tale, KC. I adore Ben Monopoli's first two books, [book:The Cra..."

I agree, so for me The Cranberry Hush is the best one, then the Painting of Porcupine City, and then the action hero tale. And I really look forward to what next, he is such a good writer and writes very different books. So who knows what his next thing could be :)

[Loretta]

I got an email from Amazon telling me I have a credit on my account from an anti-trust settlement with some publishers. Now I can go purchase some of the books you have been recommending. What a great start to the day :)

[Idamus]

Loretta wrote: "I got an email from Amazon telling me I have a credit on my account from an anti-trust settlement with some publishers. Now I can go purchase some of the books you have been recommending. What a gr..."

Amazon uses credits too?

[Loretta]

Not a credit like a credit at Audible, but a set dollar amount like when you apply a gift card to your account.

[Idamus]

Loretta wrote: "Not a credit like a credit at Audible, but a set dollar amount like when you apply a gift card to your account."

Oh, OK :-)

[Valerie]

Loretta wrote: "I got an email from Amazon telling me I have a credit on my account from an anti-trust settlement with some publishers. Now I can go purchase some of the books you have been recommending. What a gr..."

I got a whopping $3.65 credit! ;-)

I should have one coming from B&N, too.

[Susinok]

My credit was $211. But I buy/bought a LOT of books when I first got my Kindle. I've calmed down... A little bit... Since then.

Well, probably not.

[Jordan]

Question for those who read Manga and can read Italian.

I somehow, accidentally ordered a used copy of Mushishi volume 1 in Italian. Don't know how this happened since it was an international order and I don't read the language. But would anyone like this copy?

It's probably only been read once. It's in fantastic condition.

I don't really know what else to do with it.

[Valerie]

The first e-reader was a Nook, but I didn't buy many books back then. I borrowed most of them from the library. This was before my m/m addiction - now I buy more than I'll ever be able to read. :-D

[Susinok]

When I first bought my Kindle, I also started to read romance on a regular basis for the first time. I went sort of nuts going over many romances (all mainstream) that I had not read before. Most were from Penguin or other big 5/6 publishers. I remember when the price fixing happened and that the back list books from these authors all went up from 3-4.99ish to 7.99.

So I was reading heavily from the big six at the time.

I still read heavily, just from indy or small publishers and from Smashwords and ARE.

[Ame]

I know most of you have already read it but I just finished reading Glitterland and it was amazing. I really, really like this authors prose. Very lyrical sometimes almost like a poem. One of the best books I've read in awhile.

[Ije the Devourer of Books]

Glitterland is one of my favourites. Glad you enjoyed it :)

[Idamus]

I was quite happy to find book 3 in Liz Strange's David Lloyd series the other day, so currently reading this

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Great series, if you like mysteries, go read these :D

[Antonella]

Jordan wrote: "Question for those who read Manga and can read Italian."

I'm sorry, I don't read Manga. I could post it in the Italian thread though, although it is a bit dead at the moment...

[Jordan]

Antonella wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Question for those who read Manga and can read Italian."

I'm sorry, I don't read Manga. I could post it in the Italian thread though, although it is a bit dead at the moment..."

I suppose that would work, if no one else here has interest. Thanks!

[Karen]

Susinok wrote: "When I first bought my Kindle, I also started to read romance on a regular basis for the first time. I went sort of nuts going over many romances (all mainstream) that I had not read before. Most w..."

I got $63.53! Interesting because I didn't realize I'd bought so many "big publisher" works.

[Josh]

Susinok wrote: "My credit was $211. But I buy/bought a LOT of books when I first got my Kindle. I've calmed down... A little bit... Since then.

Well, probably not."

Good Lord! That is a huge credit!

[Jordan]

I just started reading Nothing Serious last night. The story is light and adorable. Very cute couple. However, the author has a tendency to explain in large paragraphs things I don't need to know. Thankfully, it's usually a whole paragraph I can skip over and not little things here and there that bug me. So, I can sort of over look this and still enjoy the cute story. It just needs some cutting, not necessarily any rewriting. So, maybe it would make a really good short story rather than the novella it currently is. lol.

But yes, I am enjoying the story over all.

[Susinok]

Josh wrote: "Good Lord! That is a huge credit!"

I'm trying not to do the math to see how much I spent on books in that time period, hehe. Though really, it's not like we starved or anything. Reading is my main hobby.

[Jordan]

I'm also reading Incarceron, which is a YA novel, first in a series. It's interesting, though I'm a bit confused about this prison that seems to be alive. People live there, they can drive vehicles, steal from each other, kill, have sex, whatever. And there seems to be two groups that live there. But one group sets up an ambush for the other, and when they kidnap someone, she acts like she doesn't know what's going on or where they're taking her. I don't get it.

I also wish the blurb was more forthcoming about the actual characters. We learn very early on that one of the prisoners is a supposedly murdered prince. Not that it's said outright, but it's pretty obvious. Like, smack you in the face obvious. I think it would have been better if we'd known going in that that's who he is. HE doesn't know who he is, and that's fine. But it bugs me when I'M sort of tricked along with the main character. Maybe it's just me that feels that way, I dunno.

Otherwise, it's pretty interesting.

[Ije the Devourer of Books]

I am finishing off Natural Predators by Neil Plakcy. I was trying to delay reading this until I travel to Hawaii but I wont be able to travel until next year so I decided to read it now. I have challenged myself this year to read a few of the series I have been hoarding so I am reading the Sweet Spot: The Petit Mort Stories and the Lost Shifter series by Stephani Hecht.

[Jordan]

Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "I am finishing off Natural Predators by Neil Plakcy. I was trying to delay reading this until I travel to Hawaii but I wont be able to travel until next year so I de..."

Oooohh, I have this one! Natural Predators. I need to read it. Love the Mahu series.

[Karen]

Jordan wrote: "I'm also reading Incarceron, which is a YA novel, first in a series. It's interesting, though I'm a bit confused about this prison that seems to be alive. People live there, they can ..."

I read this too. I meant to read the follow-up but never got to it. It was probably one of the books I bought to decide whether or not it was suitable for my classroom. Eleven-year-olds are fond of dark fantasy and dystopias. It's been awhile, but I remember it making some weird sense at the time. Or so I believed. ; }

[Jordan]

This Rainbow Book Fair is Dangerous! Just bought 7 Riptide books, including Glitterland, Sweet Young Thang by Anne Tennino, several of Aleks' works with LA Witt including Hostile Ground which officially comes out next month. Woot!

Also got a chance to meet Tere Michaels and to regret not knowing she was coming. I would have brought a book for her to sign if I had.