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[Josh]

Becky wrote: "Just started today on that first edition copy of The Thin Man I mentioned a few days ago, on loan from the library."

It's different from the film, isn't it? Alfred Packer, etc. ;-) And yet it is very like the film.

[Becky]

I haven't seen the film for years actually. I should go find it.

[Feral]

Jordan wrote: "Well, there is always the American radio show about Lake Woebegone. I think there's a book too. And these stories usually are pretty funny."

You're looking for The Prairie Home Companion http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/

[Jordan]

Feral wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Well, there is always the American radio show about Lake Woebegone. I think there's a book too. And these stories usually are pretty funny."

You're looking for The Prairie Home Comp..."

Yes! That. It's been YEARS since I listened to that. It used to be a family thing. We would all listen to it together when I was younger.

[Idamus]

*Sigh* I'm not reading anything at the moment, I have lost my reading-fu :-(

I've started 10 different books today, and 2 audios, and a few minutes later I quit

I WANNA REAAAAAAAD

[Calathea]

Idamus wrote: "*Sigh* I'm not reading anything at the moment, I have lost my reading-fu :-(

I've started 10 different books today, and 2 audios, and a few minutes later I quit

I WANNA REAAAAAAAD"

Maybe re-read an old favourite to get back in the mood?

[Idamus]

Calathea wrote: "Idamus wrote: "*Sigh* I'm not reading anything at the moment, I have lost my reading-fu :-(

I've started 10 different books today, and 2 audios, and a few minutes later I quit

I WANNA REAAAAAAAD..."

I've tried that too, it's just not working, it's very frustrating since I have the time, it's the Easter holiday

Thanks for the advice though

[Calathea]

Idamus wrote: "Calathea wrote: "Idamus wrote: "*Sigh* I'm not reading anything at the moment, I have lost my reading-fu :-(

I've started 10 different books today, and 2 audios, and a few minutes later I quit

I..."

A really bad case oh the reading slump then... a change of medium might be in order (audio book, manga?) or some days of abstinence. ;-)
Go and paint some easter eggs! ;-))

[Idamus]

Calathea wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Calathea wrote: "Idamus wrote: "*Sigh* I'm not reading anything at the moment, I have lost my reading-fu :-(

I've started 10 different books today, and 2 audios, and a few minutes l..."

There will be egg painting with the nephews tomorrow, and puppy petting later, we'll see if that helps :p

[Jordan]

Idamus wrote: "*Sigh* I'm not reading anything at the moment, I have lost my reading-fu :-(

I've started 10 different books today, and 2 audios, and a few minutes later I quit

I WANNA REAAAAAAAD"

This happens sometimes. But you'll get over it soon enough, hopefully!

[Idamus]

Jordan wrote: "Idamus wrote: "*Sigh* I'm not reading anything at the moment, I have lost my reading-fu :-(

I've started 10 different books today, and 2 audios, and a few minutes later I quit

I WANNA REAAAAAAAD..."

I hope so :-)

[Antonella]

Idamus wrote: "*Sigh* I'm not reading anything at the moment, I have lost my reading-fu :-("

LOL at ''reading-fu''. But I'm sorry to hear this.
Relax, it will come back sooner or later.

[Idamus]

Antonella wrote: "Idamus wrote: "*Sigh* I'm not reading anything at the moment, I have lost my reading-fu :-("

LOL at ''reading-fu''. But I'm sorry to hear this.
Relax, it will come back sooner or later."

I hope so, it hasn't been this bad in ages

[Idamus]

Na wrote: "Idamus wrote: "*Sigh* I'm not reading anything at the moment, I have lost my reading-fu :-("

I can't either. I've put every books on hold. Use your spare time by watching some tv shows meanwhile? ..."

I don't own a TV :-)
I did try some audiobooks, but they didn't stick either
Am now playing Wordfeud

[Idamus]

Na wrote: "Idamus wrote: "I don't own a TV :-)"

TV can be optional as long as you have a personal computer. (I don't have one either. I use chocolates as a bribe for my family and friends if I need a special..."

I can stream from our public service station, but only if they have streaming rights
Everything else has a fee, and I'm not willing to pay that

(DR has 5-6 channels, there's a bit for everyone)

[Jordan]

Not having a tv is an awesome thing. Though TV did help me with my writing back in the day (fanfic in highschool and grad school). I grew up with cable but had several friends who didn't have tv. These days I have digital rabbit ears and get just enough channels that I barely pay attention to anyway, to satisfy me. :-) I haven't actually watched TV since Sherlock and for months before that. Library DVDs do it for me the rest of the time. And LOTS more books. I love it!

[Murphy]

I just finished Stephen E. Stanley's new Cruising for Murder, the latest Jesse Ashworth. It was great. I love his books because it shows that us retired folks can have a really great time. I highly recommend all of his books. There are no sex scenes as such just innuendo. They are just fun books and I love them all.

[Antonella]

This sounds good. Here the link for the series. You won't find the last one, because someone added in GR as «Cruising for Murrder» ;-):
http://www.goodreads.com/series/74815...

[John]

Antonella wrote: "This sounds good. Here the link for the series. You won't find the last one, because someone added in GR as «Cruising for Murrder» ;-):
http://www.goodreads.com/series/74815..."

How could I have missed these? I lived in and around Bath, ME for about five years (really it was Phippsburg and Arrowsic, but everything required a trip to Bath). Given the speed of my roving, five years practically makes the place my home town.

Ugh. As if there weren't enough in my TBR pile as it is... Oh well!

[Sandra]

I find all manner of good reads by following this thread. It's seldom that anything measures up to Lanyon, but every now and then.... I am currently savoring the Henry Rios series. Also The Apothecary's Garden.

[John]

Johanna wrote: "Today one of them was woebegone. I can't believe a word that looks and sounds like that has such a sad meaning. To me, the word looks more... funny. ;-)"

What a wonderful word, woebegone. For all the precision that latinate loan words gave English, all the really visceral, emotive words (like woebegone) seem to come from pre-Norman (germanic) English. It literally meant "wrapped in woe" ("besieged by woe" or "surrounded by woe" would be decent interpretations). Woe, incidentally, comes from wǡ an Old English exclamation of lament. So there's a sense of being besieged by howling lamentations. Or a pack of wailing babies, one or the other.

That Garrison Keillor chose "Lake Woebegone" is not without irony, though. I seem to remember a Woebegone monologue from way back in Minnesota Public Radio days to the effect that the inhabitants believed the name to be a cheerful and carefree one (as if the name was an invocation: "Woe, Be Gone!") In fact, the real meaning was quite the opposite. It was entirely appropriate for the bachelor Norwegian farmers there, though.

[Josh]

Idamus wrote: "*Sigh* I'm not reading anything at the moment, I have lost my reading-fu :-(

I've started 10 different books today, and 2 audios, and a few minutes later I quit

I WANNA REAAAAAAAD"

Different genre? That usually does it for me.

[Josh]

Murphy wrote: "I just finished Stephen E. Stanley's new Cruising for Murder, the latest Jesse Ashworth. It was great. I love his books because it shows that us retired folks can have a really great time. I hig..."

Oh yes? I've bought a couple of those, but haven't done more than glance at them. My TBR list is getting ridiculous.

[Josh]

Sandra wrote: "I find all manner of good reads by following this thread. It's seldom that anything measures up to Lanyon, but every now and then.... I am currently savoring the Henry Rios series. Also [book:The..."

:-)

[Johanna]

John wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Today one of them was woebegone. I can't believe a word that looks and sounds like that has such a sad meaning. To me, the word looks more... funny. ;-)"

What a wonderful word, woe..."

Oh, wow, John. Thank you so much for your post. It was both illuminating and interesting!

[Murphy]

Stephen E. Stanley also has other series that I like also.

[Josh]

Murphy wrote: "Stephen E. Stanley also has other series that I like also."

I came across him when I was researching the article for the Thrilling Detective site. I had not heard of him until then, so it was startling to see he had quite a backlist.

At one time I had read and reviewed every single gay mystery in the English language. So the ebook explosion came as a real surprise. What is interesting to me is how many traditional gay mysteries are still primarily in print (how can this even be?!) and how many books are labeled "mystery" when in fact they are merely erotic romance with a little mysterious content.

[Murphy]

Well, his are mysteries. And there is not a lot of erotic content. As I said before, it is mainly innuendo not a description of sex. I really enjoy his books. They are fun and really are mysteries.

[Josh]

Murphy wrote: "Well, his are mysteries. And there is not a lot of erotic content. As I said before, it is mainly innuendo not a description of sex. I really enjoy his books. They are fun and really are myster..."

I'm looking forward to them!

[Karen]

Murphy wrote: "Well, his are mysteries. And there is not a lot of erotic content. As I said before, it is mainly innuendo not a description of sex. I really enjoy his books. They are fun and really are myster..."

Thanks, Murphy. Posts to this topic come to the rescue again! I've been floundering in a miasma of freebie/bargain books this week, books that are simultaneously mesmerizing and appalling. It's a kind of a weird junk food binge that I get into when I'm too antsy to focus on the quality books I've started. So I have this internal critique/monologue going on as I read, my m/m version of Mystery Science Theater. ; ) http://www.mst3k.com/

Anyway, I was reading the excerpt from A Midcoast Murder, got to the polyester reference and bought it. Happy Saturday!

[Jax]

Josh wrote: "I came across him when I was researching the article for the Thrilling Detective site. I had not heard of him until then,..."

I missed any previous mention of that site or your contribution there. Great list of current gay mysteries. There were many authors/series that were new to me.

[Valerie]

This topic is so bad for my TBR list and my bank account. :-)

I finished the Rifter series so I need to process that for a while, I think. And maybe reread some of it. I kind of rushed through the last 3 because I HAD to know the end!

Other recent reads include a couple of m/f romances that were actually pretty good: The Will and The Story Guy.

Next up is Better Than Chance which I'm hoping is a nice, sweet romance like the first in the series, Better Than Good.

[Jordan]

Valerie C wrote: "This topic is so bad for my TBR list and my bank account. :-)

I finished the Rifter series so I need to process that for a while, I think. And maybe reread some of it. I kind of rushed through the..."

Yeah, you'll definitely want time to process The Rifter. And then you'll want to read it again to let all the little details you somehow missed to sink in. And then you'll want to read it again... lol.

[Josh]

Jax wrote: "Josh wrote: "I came across him when I was researching the article for the Thrilling Detective site. I had not heard of him until then,..."

I missed any previous mention of that site or your contri..."

The site is focused strictly on private investigators (as defined by Private Eye Writers of America) so it's limited in scope as far as everything going on the gay mystery genre. But as far as everything going on in the private eye sub-genre of gay mysteries, I think I did a pretty comprehensive job.

[Murphy]

I thought you did a good job. I found some new authors to read.

[Carlita]

You did an excellent job. Copied and saved that list. :-)

[Johanna]

I (finally!) started reading The Brothers Bishop by Bart Yates yesterday evening. It's extremely gripping, both amusing and ominous at the same time. It's been sitting on my Kindle for a couple of years now — I remember at least K.Z. and Anne recommending it here on this thread 2-3 years ago and that I bought it based on their recommendations. I suspect that I'm in for a rough ride with this story, but I already want to THANK YOU two for the recommendation! Bart Yates' voice is quite fascinating. I like his dry wit. And I like the intelligent, clearly very skillful way the story starts to open up bit by bit. But, as I said, I'm only in the beginning (15%) — will report back later on. :-)

[Anne]

Johanna wrote: "I (finally!) started reading The Brothers Bishop by Bart Yates yesterday evening. It's extremely gripping, both amusing and ominous at the same time. It's been sitting on my Kindle fo..."

I know I recommended it, and you're definitely in for a ride! Enjoy

[Karen]

I finished Jeffrey Round's Lake on the Mountain: A Dan Sharp Mystery last night, well at around 1:00am. I love weekends! This was a book I put aside for awhile because it was a bit intense for me. I'd be interested in discussing similarities and differences between this story and Hansen's Brandstetter books. There's a taste of some Canadian version of Dave, one born two decades later, who's succumbed to his darker observations of the state of the world. Also, some of the florid descriptions make Hansen's seem tame. : )

[Vivian]

I am reading Lois Mcmaster Bujold's Vorkorsigan saga. There are no words... she is truly a powerhouse of sci-fi.

[Jordan]

Just finished The Little Death this afternoon. I'm planning on reading another Turbulence story today, and perhaps even a short by Charlie Cochran, whom I've yet to read!

And tomorrow I'll be diving into Patient Z! Whooo!

[Karen]

Vivian wrote: "I am reading Lois Mcmaster Bujold's Vorkorsigan saga. There are no words... she is truly a powerhouse of sci-fi."

I love these, but I never finished reading the series. It was during the pre-ebook time ; ) when it I was dependent on what was available at our libraries. Now I've begun collecting these as audiobooks, so I'm very much looking forward to summer walks.

[Vivian]

Karen wrote: "Vivian wrote: "I am reading Lois Mcmaster Bujold's Vorkorsigan saga. There are no words... she is truly a powerhouse of sci-fi."

I love these, but I never finished reading the series. It was duri..."

I only recently discovered her and I've never been a fan of sci-fi until now. I don't think she truly writes sci-fi... her genre is closer to a comedy of manners with some really hairy medical and technological issues thrown in the mix. You know, I almost cried when I found out she wrote Ethan of Athos way before my time and I was so sure I had the idea of a male only world using mock-uteros all on my own. *sigh*
Well, there are no new stories, only new ways to tell them... (I stole that from Toni Morrison).

[Anne]

Vivian wrote: "I am reading Lois Mcmaster Bujold's Vorkorsigan saga. There are no words... she is truly a powerhouse of sci-fi."

They are wonderful!

[Antonella]

Johanna wrote: "I (finally!) started reading The Brothers Bishop by Bart Yates yesterday evening. It's extremely gripping, both amusing and ominous at the same time. It's been sitting on my Kindle for a couple of years now..."

It's been sitting on my shelves for 4 years now (!). Strongly recommended also by Uli.

[KC]

Johanna wrote: "I (finally!) started reading The Brothers Bishop by Bart Yates yesterday evening. It's extremely gripping, both amusing and ominous at the same time. It's been sitting on my Kindle fo..."

Please tell us about it when you finish it. I remember looking at it when it came out but was never sure if i'd find it interesting enough throughout; the first pages had potential as i recall. :-)

[KC]

Read Guarding My Heart yesterday, very pleasant surprise, light, romantic, fun and funny too.

Also started The Man in the Queue. Very good so far.

[Lillian]

Today I'm starting this http://lillianfrancis.blogspot.co.uk/...

Let's see how many I can get finished by the week's end.

[Josh]

Carlita wrote: "You did an excellent job. Copied and saved that list. :-)"

I'm glad! I was delighted to find a number of new authors during my research.

[Josh]

KC wrote: "Read Guarding My Heart yesterday, very pleasant surprise, light, romantic, fun and funny too.

Also started The Man in the Queue. Very good so far."

I haven't read yet, but I'm looking forward to it. :-)