Q&A with Josh Lanyon discussion
What Are you Reading, Watching, Listening To?
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I recently listened to Mystery Magnet by Gregory Ashe and loved..."
Oh, these look good! Thank you!
I did just reread Somebody Killed His Editor. I haven’t yet reread the rest of the series. But I’m looking for things I can also review for my library’s Queer Lit Review blog. I’m actually going to finally read Quill Me Now so I have something to review for August. I’d meant to read/review it ages ago, but I need a quick book, and that one fits the bill right now.
I’ll look into the others as possibilities if my library can get them, or I’ll just read them for myself. ☺️
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I just finished Doom Magnet (The Last Picks Book 3). Such a fun series — and yes, Gregory Ashe can write cozies! All the cozy elements are there, and there's also a very slow burn romance pending... or not? Ashe's darker series often feature very rocky roads to romance, so I'm hesitant to assume what he may have in store for us. :)
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Both of these are lovely — highly recommended!
Karen wrote: "Melissa wrote: "... I recently listened to Mystery Magnet by Gregory Ashe and loved..."I just finished Doom Magnet (The Last Picks Book 3). Such..."
Sweet! I hope to get back to this series soon. Yes, he does indeed have some darker stories but I've enjoyed them too.
Jordan wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Jordan wrote: "What MM Romance books are you all excited about these days? I need some good recs!"I recently listened to Mystery Magnet by [author:Gregory Ashe|11..."
Ooo, Quill Me Know is a good book. I read it as part of the frist book set. I haven't continued the series but definitely plan to. Ahh, so many series, so little time, and cost, haha.
The Duke at Hazard by K.J. Charles is out today (as ebook, later the print edition):https://books2read.com/u/3nqJzB
I haven't started this series yet but i think it looks good will go on my want to read list!
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I’m now reading, finally, Briarley by Astor Glen Grey. Just started it last night.
Jordan wrote: "Quill Me Now was sooo good!I’m now reading, finally, Briarley by Astor Glen Grey. Just started it last night."
I've not heard of this book. I do love Beauty and the Beast, and this book sounds like it has an interesting premise. I look forward to your thoughts on it.
Jordan wrote: "Quill Me Now was sooo good!I’m now reading, finally, Briarley by Astor Glen Grey. Just started it last night."
I liked Briarley, even though I'm not fond of retellings of fairytales.
I didn't know thata) Keanu Reeves started to write in 2021 the comic book series BRZRKR. The protagonist is an immortal warrior, known as Berzerker and looking like Reeves
b) he then collaborated with China Miéville to write the novel The Book of Elsewhere, set in an alternate universe to the main BRZRKR universe.
Here Miéville and Reeves talk quite enthusiastically about their collaboration:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/art...
Fun fact: according to a conspiracy theory, Reeves is "secretly immortal". The theory dates from before BRZRKR though.
Antonella wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Quill Me Now was sooo good!I’m now reading, finally, Briarley by Astor Glen Grey. Just started it last night."
I liked Briarley, even though I'm not fond of retell..."
I'm not really fond of retellings either and have usually been left disappointed or they were just okay reads. My heart will always belong to the Disney animated Beauty and the Beast from the 90s. Sigh. I watched it not that long ago. ❤️😊
Antonella wrote: "I didn't know thata) Keanu Reeves started to write in 2021 the comic book series BRZRKR. The protagonist is an immortal warrior, known as Berzerker and looking li..."
Interesting!! I did not know about this. They sound so good I am going to check my library. Thanks for sharing!
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a) Keanu Reeves started to write in 2021 the comic book series BRZRKR. The protagonist is an immortal warrior, known as Berzerker and looking li..."
I've heard of that comic, but I didn't know anything about it. Fascinating!
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I’m now reading, finally, Briarley by Astor Glen Grey. Just started it last night."
I've not heard of this book. I do love Beauty and the Beast, and thi..."
I will let you know! My coworker really liked it.
I like some retellings, but not all of them.
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I really liked the spy romance Astor wrote but this one is just not working for me.
I finished reading book 1 of ''Price of a Thousand Blessings'' by Ginn Hale: 38 chapters in 38 weeks, plus coloured illustrations made by Ginn. Very satisfying read, now she will assemble an ebook.You can still start to read and get hooked here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/price-o...
You don't even have to be a member.
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NICE! I can't wait to read that!
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Now I have to read The Death of Vivek Oji for my book discussion which is happening on Thursday!
And maybe after that I'll get back to Witch King.
I'm currently reading the original Jurassic Park, and it's nothing like the movie. I am enjoying it a lot though!!I'm re-watching Young Sheldon. Season 7 isn't on streaming!!! I've seen it so I know what happens but I still want to see it again. I don't know that I'll watch Georgie & Mandy; Georgie REALLY annoys me.
Jordan wrote: "Now I have to read The Death of Vivek Oji for my book discussion..."The Death of Vivek Oji is on my wishlist. Let me know what you think,
Jordan wrote: "Finished Briarley last night and it just wasn't for me. I did write a review of it this morning. Now I have to read The Death of Vivek Oji for my book discussion which is happenin..."
Sorry about Briarley. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts. As a silly coincidence my mother and I was were talking about random things and got to the subject of the first movie(s) we remember seeing in a theator. I can only clearly remember standing in line to see Beauty and the Beast, but of course I had been to a movie theater before that. And now I want to watch Beauty and the Beast. 😆😆
Melissa wrote: "I'm currently reading the original Jurassic Park, and it's nothing like the movie. I am enjoying it a lot though!!I'm re-watching Young Sheldon. Season 7 isn't on streaming!!! I've seen it so I k..."
I SO agree about Georgie being annoying. I will probably give it a try though, because I kept pooh-poohing Big Bang Theory until partway through season 3, because I just happened to check in on a couple of the worst early episodes. I still can see where the laughs were a bit more mean-spirited those first couple years, which I didn't care for. Now I see they were trying to show the characters (Penny mainly) evolve into nicer and/or less weird people.
Howard annoyed me the entire way through Big Bang, and Bernadette wasn't much better. But the overall show is my favorite sitcom. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the Georgie and Mandy show.
Marge wrote: "Melissa wrote: "I'm currently reading the original Jurassic Park, and it's nothing like the movie. I am enjoying it a lot though!!I'm re-watching Young Sheldon. Season 7 isn't on streaming!!! I'v..."
At least I'm not alone about Georgie, thank you. I've watched the Big Bang several times, and I get annoyed by Raj and Howard sometimes, but not so much that it turned me off the show. Georgie on the other hand, I've started fast forwarding his scenes. I don't knkw that i can take more of him. We'll see.
I cry at the end of Big Bang, it's such a touching moment by Sheldon.
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The Death of Vivek Oji is on my wishlist. Let me know what you think,"
I'm really enjoying it so far! It tends to go back and forth in time and we know Vivek dies at some point, but exactly when, where, how, and why, we don't know yet!
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Now I have to read The Death of Vivek Oji for my book discussion wh..."
Oh, I remember seeing Bambi, I think!
Jordan wrote: "Oh, I remember seeing Bambi, I think!"That's cool! I wish i could remember more from when i was a kid. My brother remembers things from when he was 3!!! I remember very little, just snatches of time here and there from when i was young. It gets better when i hit 3rd grade.
Jordan wrote: "I'm really enjoying it so far! It tends to go back and forth in time and we know Vivek dies at some point, but exactly when, where, how, and why, we don't know yet!"Thank you for letting me know.
«We know Vivek dies at some point»: that's the reason I haven't bought the book yet ;-).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_...
https://www.criterion.com/films/177-b...
Available on YouTube (with ads) in French with English subtitles— The film starts at ~9:05.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA9R1...
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Cocteau — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpheus...
Camus — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_O...
I just finished reading Jurassic Park. It was great! Very different from the movie. VERY!I am watching So Help Me Todd. I watched the 1st season when it came out but never watched the 2nd so I started it over. Such a cute show.
Karen wrote: "Jean Marais (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ma...) was Cocteau's lover. My favorite Cocteau/Marais film is Orphée. Although my favorite version of the Orpheus myth is Marcel Camus's Black Orph..."Thank you, so interesting!
And I didn't know about Cocteau and Marais, I knew then separately.
I saw the first one of the three trans films my independent cinema is showing this month: Close to You by Dominic Savage, with Elliott Page playing a trans man, for the first time since he came out.I was perplexed at a secondary story in it with an old flame, and at some scenes a bit ''stiff'', but then I met a friend of mine (and his mother ) very moved by the film because he has a trans sister, so I thought that it is anyway an important film.
Here an interview to actor and director: https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/...
I'm also going to see:
- Kobieta Z … (Woman of) by the Polish auteur Małgorzata Szumowska
Here a review: https://variety.com/2023/film/festiva...
- Crossing by Levan Akin (born in Sweden to Georgian parents, auteur of the wonderful And then we danced..., about a Georgian ballet dancer inching out of the closet)
Here an interview with the director: https://www.theguardian.com/film/arti...
Antonella wrote: "I saw the first one of the three trans films my independent cinema is showing this month: Close to You by Dominic Savage, with Elliott Page playing a trans man, for the first time since he came out..."That's great! It's too bad more independent films don't have wide spread access/streaming.
Melissa wrote: "That's great! It's too bad more independent films don't have wide spread access/streaming."I feel very privileged to get to see so many excellent films, and in the original language too. It wouldn't be the case in Italy,.
I am currently reading (irony there) an AMAZING book about a mother who, when her son was 5-6, taught her son to read because the school was NOT. I have had my eyes opened here. I Didn't Believe Him: My son told me his school wasn't teaching him how to read. I told him to trust his teacher. This is the story of what happened next..
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Oh, that's interesting!
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Starting Fevered Star, which is book two in a trilogy, but I may not stick with it. I'm not feeling it so much, though the first book was well written and interesting enough. I'll at least read a bit more before I give up.
Just picked up Assassins Anonymous from the library and I'm super excited to read it. It looks like it should be a lot of fun, which is also why I'm debating finishing Fevered Star. This one has a wait list on it and few copies.
Jordan wrote: "Starting Fevered Star, which is book two in a trilogy, but I may not stick with it. I'm not feeling it so much, though the first book was well written and interesting enough. I'll at least read a bit more before I give up."I've just read book 3 Mirrored Heavens, and I was disappointed. The thing is that the first book was so incredible than one tends to ask the same level also from the rest of the trilogy...
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I read chapter 6, I think, of Fevered Star last night and determined it still wasn’t grabbing me, so I’ve set it down. In favor of Thrown to the Wolves! I hadn’t realized I own all the books in this series and it appears to be finished. Since I’ve read the first two, I’m going to make an effort to read the rest and review them for my blog in December instead of Finishing the other trilogy, which had been my plan for the December review.
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I checked this out due to your post, read the sample, and bought it last night... then stayed up way later than I intended and finished it today. It was especially interesting as I'm a parent and a retired elementary school teacher who managed to avoid or work around the worst of the "reading wars." My two daughters (now in their mid-late 30s) learned reading fundamentals in pre-school, at home, and (our youngest) in Montessori kindergarten.
I returned to school in my mid-50s and completed a masters in education with NM state licensure. I was lucky to meet a Montessori teacher in one of my first semester classes, and became her educational assistant and student teacher while completing my course work. I continued as a teacher in this public (charter) Montessori school for the next 11 years. I taught the 1st/2nd/3rd grade classroom for only two years, then worked with 4th and 5th graders.
I'm happy to say that despite being a public school chartered to the state (required to follow common core requirements and give student assessments), we were able to retain a Montessori curriculum that includes lovely and effective materials for teaching phonics in reading and core mathematical concepts. Still, looking back I always wonder what more might have been done for struggling readers in my 9-11 year-old classes. We were always juggling a lot with different grade levels and 30+ students. I did mange to fill my classroom with books.
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Jordan wrote: "Reading Assassins Anonymous and really enjoying it a lot! Not queer lit, but still good."With a twelve-step group for reformed killers? It sounds interesting ;-)
Karen wrote: "Melissa wrote: "I am currently reading (irony there) an AMAZING book about a mother who, when her son was 5-6, taught her son to read because the school was NOT. I have had my eyes opened here. [bo..."Karen, I meant to reply much earlier and got distracted. Hopefully when you said you stayed up way later than you intended reading this that means you were equally as captured by the story as I was. Not just the story about mother and son, but all the history behind how reading was taught, how that curriculum came to exist, I found it fascinating and utterly disturbing.
Congratulations on your teaching career and betting your masters. Both wonderful achievements. I think we can all appreciate the feeling of "what could I have done differently" and hindsight is a bitch. I was not/ am not a teacher and I don’t have the training to know how to educate others - it's a special gift you have so I hope you can take pride and comfort that you were able to help a lot of children.
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With a twelve-step group for reformed killers? It sounds interesting ;-)"
It is! It's a fun, fast read. And at 50% I found out the MC is bisexual. No idea if anything will come of that. He's currently on the run with a pretty woman and his cat, though he's not mentioning her as a love interest very much, so we'll see how it goes.
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And I may be VERY LATE to the game, but I'm finally, FINALLY starting Half Pass by Astrid Amara next! I've owned this book for so many years it's nuts. lol.
Over all, I'm looking forward to reading some of the MM books that have been on my Kindle for an age and a day. lol
I'm also looking to read Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America next month when I have time.
My book group this month is reading Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919, which is interesting local history, but gosh it's a thick book, so I'm hoping it's not too dry and boring.
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