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[Sagajo]

My favourites are Mongrel, Wicked Gentleman, Let There Be Light and Dire Strait. The Merecenary could have been awesome but I missed a bit of chemistry between the MC's. The cover is one of the best I have seen though.

[Dev]

Sagajo wrote: "Cleon wrote: "Just curious, but why? "

Sorry for not sooner earlier but the whole prostitution angle is just a mess to me. I don't understand why someone would want to make a romantic story from t..."

This is interesting to me because in my current story the love interest is a prostitute for part of the story. What I'm finding is that it makes me less interested in writing out the sex scenes (none of which are with anyone other than the MC) because I'm uncomfortable sexualizing the LI any more than he's already been.

[Sagajo]

Dev wrote: "Sagajo wrote: "This is interesting to me because in my current story the love interest is a prostitute for part of the story. What I'm finding is that it makes me less interested in writing out the sex scenes (none of which are with anyone other than the MC) because I'm uncomfortable sexualizing the LI any more than he's already been."

Yeah, I basically stay clear of stories with prostitutes because it is so uncomfortable for me to read about these sexual situations that are not based on choice/want. I just don't find it sexy/romantic or intruiging, I just find it sad. And as a story in itself that is ok, but not as a romantic thing (for me).

[Lady*M]

I finished Andrea Speed's Freefall and I just couldn't wait for the editing to read more about Roan. So, I moved to her site and I don't know when I'll be back to the real world. XD

[Becky]

Lady*M wrote: "I finished Andrea Speed's Freefall and I just couldn't wait for the editing to read more about Roan. So, I moved to her site and I don't know when I'll be back to the real world. XD"

I've heard so many good things about Andrea Speed's books. I really need to bump her up the queue.

[Candice]

Sagajo wrote: "Cleon wrote: "Just curious, but why? "

Sorry for not answering sooner but the whole prostitution angle is just a mess to me. I don't understand why someone would want to make a romantic story from..."

Yeah, if I may put in my two cent, same here. Prostitutes as love interests put me off. I did read this book, didn't care much for it either.

[Candice]

For those of you who've read Steel Remains and/or The Cold Commands: I read the reviews of each. What I wasn't clear on was how this series rates as m/m story-telling. Would you recommend them as such?

[Kaje]

Just started Counterpunch

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

I'm reading Larton Chronicles and Hot Head (the reasons why I don't read paperbacks in certain occasions would require details I'm not ready to divulge).

[Johanna]

Emanuela ~plastic duck~ wrote: "I'm reading Larton Chronicles and Hot Head (the reasons why I don't read paperbacks in certain occasions would require details I'm not ready to divulge)."

LOL. I usually have three books I'm in the middle of: one ebook, one paper version and an audiobook. Nowadays I prefer ebooks, so most of the books I read are those. But sometimes paperbacks and audiobooks can't be beaten... ;)

[Dev]

Johanna wrote: "Emanuela ~plastic duck~ wrote: "I'm reading Larton Chronicles and Hot Head (the reasons why I don't read paperbacks in certain occasions would require details I'm not..."

I like having all three formats going at the same time, too. Audiobooks are great for exercise and housework and my kindle isn't bath friendly. It's hard for me to go more than an hour without my drug of choice (story) so I use a lot of delivery methods.

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

Audiobooks are too expensive yet for the speed I go through books, so I settle for Kindle's text-to-speech function when I have to. I know it's dull and robotic, but it's perfect for my imperfect understanding of spoken English :-)

[Jordan]

Audio books put me to sleep. Seriously. So I only listen to them when I can't sleep at night. Works like a charm. lol.

I'm currently reading The Last Herald Mage by Mercedes Lackey. Not exactly M/M but pretty damn close for a fantasy book that came out in 1989. I'm in the first book of the trilogy, and it's sickly sweet and then horribly sad, but I'm still loving it. I hope the other two books still carry a lot of M/M in them!

The Last Herald-Mage

[[deleted user]]

I'm reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, which isn't m/m but I needed a break!

[Kaje]

Jordan wrote: "Audio books put me to sleep. Seriously. So I only listen to them when I can't sleep at night. Works like a charm. lol.

I'm currently reading The Last Herald Mage by Mercedes Lackey. Not exactly..."

Read these and loved them when they came out; it's been a lot of years but they were one of the few M/M books I found back then, and they just felt good to read.

[Dev]

Kate Mc. wrote: "I'm reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, which isn't m/m but I needed a break!"

I love Chabon! He actually does have an odd gay novel written way back when (Mysteries of Pittsburg). K&C is wonderful. Are you loving it?

[Sir]

I love audiobooks they get me through hrs of work.

[[deleted user]]

Dev wrote: "Kate Mc. wrote: "I'm reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, which isn't m/m but I needed a break!"

I love Chabon! He actually does have an odd gay novel written way back ..."

I'm really ambivalent at this point. I loved the start with the Golem in Prague and the two young guys trying to establish their own line of comics. Just wonderful. Chabon can definitely write amazing prose. BUT he seems to get kind of self indulgently involved in playing with ideas and metaphors, so my interest is sagging in the middle of this as the characters take a back seat. The story has gotten kind of thin.

[Dev]

Kate Mc. wrote: "Dev wrote: "Kate Mc. wrote: "I'm reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, which isn't m/m but I needed a break!"

I love Chabon! He actually does have an odd gay novel writt..."

I agree that Chabon is self indulgent but I still love the way he writes. Don't worry - the story will pick up again.

[Cheryl]

Kate Mc. wrote: "I'm reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, which isn't m/m but I needed a break!"

When I read it I had no idea what a golem was and was very afraid that it was a dead body (it must be my Catholic upbringing that thinks dead people make great religious artifacts). That's what I get for reading paper books that don't have a built in dictionary function to give me the definition of any word I touch!

The story does wander a bit, but overall I liked it and actually wanted to read it again to get a second impression, but I lent it out and never got it back, so now I'm hoping to run across it in a used bookstore.

[Candice]

Jorrie wrote: "I read The Steel Remains. It's dark fantasy. Actually darker than I usually read, but I found it compelling.

There's no romance, and I don't think of them as m/m. (Though I'm not sure what The Col..."

Thank you, Jorrie, that really helped.

[Kaje]

Josh, if you are looking for gay steampunk then another thing you might check out is http://lordsofaether.com/ ; a gay steampunk serial just started by ZAM, Charlie Cochrane, Lex Valentine, Stephanie Hecht and others. First installment just posted so I don't know how it will be longterm, but worth a look.

[Antonella]

Thank you, Kaje! This looks interesting!

[Jordan]

Oh good, Kaje, someone else who's read them! Can you tell me if the second two books are just as M/M as the first one is? I just ordered these for our teen collection, and I'm really hoping I can put them in our LGBTQ section. I'm almost done with Magic's Pawn and I'm LOVING it.

I soooo wish someone had put this book in my hands when I was a kid. If they had, I wonder how much sooner I would have started to write M/M?

Gay steampunk sounds awesome! It's too bad I've got so many other books on my plate right now... but I'll have to check it out!

[Kaje]

Jordan wrote: "Oh good, Kaje, someone else who's read them! Can you tell me if the second two books are just as M/M as the first one is? I just ordered these for our teen collection, and I'm really hoping I can p..."

Yes, you can shelve them appropriately as LGBTQ; Look for Swordspoint too, if you don't have that one.

[Jordan]

YAY!!!! That makes me soooooo happy! Oooh, and another book, sweetness! Thanks Kaje!

[Sagajo]

Swordpoint is awesome. And then there is nightrunner.

[Kaje]

Sagajo wrote: "Sword point is awesome. And then there is nightrunner."

Yeah, another great fantasy series that is YA appropriate. Luck in the Shadows is the first book.

[Blaine]

I read Swordspoint a while ago. Loved it.
And Mercedes Lackey's Herald Mage series is on my wishlist :)

Read Luck in the Shadows as well :)

So many great books out there! (and so little time)

Am reading 'the Larton Chronicles' right now

[Anne]

Jorrie wrote: "I read The Steel Remains. It's dark fantasy. Actually darker than I usually read, but I found it compelling.

There's no romance, and I don't think of them as m/m. (Though I'm not sure what The Col..."

I was the one who mentioned the books and they probably don't belong here at all, although there is a gay protagonist. I was just a little bit too enthusiastic about them, got carried away and sort of missed the point of the conversation. Sorry..

[Josh]

Anne wrote: "Jorrie wrote: "I read The Steel Remains. It's dark fantasy. Actually darker than I usually read, but I found it compelling.

There's no romance, and I don't think of them as m/m. (Though I'm not su..."

Is there a point to our conversations? ;-P

[Jordan]

lol, occasionally I come on here and mention everything I'm reading that's NOT M/M romance, so it's all good. It's just that usually those books don't get talked about a lot.

But the more M/M YA you've got, I'll take! More fantasy stuff is great. I had no idea there was so much M/M in fantasy from so long ago.

[[deleted user]]

Jordan wrote: "lol, occasionally I come on here and mention everything I'm reading that's NOT M/M romance, so it's all good. It's just that usually those books don't get talked about a lot.

But the more M/M Y..."

If you're looking for ya fantasy, Knight Errant was pretty good. I haven't read the sequel.

[Jordan]

Thanks Kate! That looks drool worthy to me! lol.

[Anne]

Josh wrote: "Anne wrote: "Jorrie wrote: "I read The Steel Remains. It's dark fantasy. Actually darker than I usually read, but I found it compelling.

There's no romance, and I don't think of them as m/m. (Th..."

Jordan wrote: "lol, occasionally I come on here and mention everything I'm reading that's NOT M/M romance, so it's all good. It's just that usually those books don't get talked about a lot.

But the more M/M Y..."

It was actually my buying Fantasy with M/M in them that led me to M/M romance thanks to Amazon's way of recommending stuff they think are similar to what I have bought before. One day they recommended Psy-Cop and from there I somehow wandered into the Adrian English series, and there you are (or here I am). And even more off the point of the conversation (if there is one) and talking about M/M books from long ago, have any of your read anything by Samuel R. Delaney? He started writing sci-fi in the 60's and 70's, many with gay characters, very strange but lovely books. I do love the weird stuff, really :)My favorite, also because of the beautiful title is [Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand|85861]

There is a romance in there as well, M/M of course.

Okay, I will shut up now

[Anne]

By the way (Couldn't shut up after all) I love that we get all those little Christmas stories now, little sweet things to go with the rest of the preparations for the Holidays, the lights and candles, the strange traditional food we eat, the old and faded but well loved decorations. I just read Simple Giftssuch as sweet little story, put me in the right Christmassy frame of mind.

[Becky]

Astrid Amara writes Hanukkah stories, if you want something seasonal but not necessarily Christmas. Love Ahead: Expect Delays was good, and I have Holiday Outing and Carol of the Bellskis in the TBR for this month.

[Anne]

Becky wrote: "Astrid Amara writes Hanukkah stories, if you want something seasonal but not necessarily Christmas. Love Ahead: Expect Delays was good, and I have Holiday Outing and ..."

Thanks for the tip, they look like the right kind :)

[Dev]

M/M Hanukkah stories???? Be still my beating heart.

[Jordan]

Anne, I love that title too... haven't read it, but just reading the summary gave me an idea for a plot. Gah! another plot bunny! lol.

[Sagajo]

Kate Mc. wrote: "If you're looking for ya fantasy, Knight Errant was pretty good. I haven't read the sequel.
"

I liked the sequel too, it has a sort of youthful adventurous feel that I enjoyed.

[Blaine]

Becky wrote: "Astrid Amara writes Hanukkah stories, if you want something seasonal but not necessarily Christmas. Love Ahead: Expect Delays was good, and I have Holiday Outing and ..."

I read those a while back. Very enjoyable :)

[Josh]

Anne wrote: "By the way (Couldn't shut up after all) I love that we get all those little Christmas stories now, little sweet things to go with the rest of the preparations for the Holidays, the lights and candl..."

I love holiday stories. I love to write them. I love to read them.

I know jaded is the new cool, but I love the holidays. Not just the glittering tinsel holidays, but the real heart behind them that does exist for many people -- many people do make an effort at this time of year to remember what's important. In many ways it is a kinder, gentler time of year -- in between the pepper spray and ramming cars for parking spaces.

It's the best of times and the worst of times.

And I trust LB to tell a wonderful Christmas story.

[Josh]

Dev wrote: "M/M Hanukkah stories???? Be still my beating heart."

You can't beat Astrid or Harper Fox for that festive blend of Chanukah and romance. ;-)

[[deleted user]]

I just finished Amy Lane's new holiday book The Winter Courtship Rituals of Fur-Bearing Critters and it was just wonderful. A near-perfect short story that is completely character driven, no drama or angst, just two people slowly, sweetly falling in love. And knitting. Lots of knitting, which ordinarily I don't get, but in this case I was all over it. :)

[Dev]

Josh wrote: "Dev wrote: "M/M Hanukkah stories???? Be still my beating heart."

You can't beat Astrid or Harper Fox for that festive blend of Chanukah and romance. ;-)"

I love all things Harper but haven't read Astrid - guess that's on my to do list for the season.

You've got to love a holiday that has as many nights of lights as there are ways to spell it in English.

[Cleon Lee]

Cris S. wrote: "I just finished Amy Lane's new holiday book The Winter Courtship Rituals of Fur-Bearing Critters and it was just wonderful. A near-perfect short story that is completely character ..."

Sounds wonderful! And no angst is perfect. ;)

[Johanna]

Anne wrote: "By the way (Couldn't shut up after all) I love that we get all those little Christmas stories now, little sweet things to go with the rest of the preparations for the Holidays, the lights and candl..."

I sooooo have a soft spot for those Holiday short stories! I'm a 100 % Christmas person and I'm not ashamed to admit it... although it might scare some people to know that I've been listening to Christmas carols for few weeks now... of my own accord. *grin*

[Johanna]

Lou wrote: "I confess, I'm a total grinch, but my holiday story came out sweet and nostalgic. Go figure. I blame my subconscious."

LOL. :)

[Jordan]

lol, glad I'm not the only grinch... but I'd call myself more half-grinch than total grinch. I do like the holidays but I don't go all out. And if I didn't have family that insisted on seeing me I'd just as soon stay home and get some writing done. lol. But that's not to say that I don't enjoy xmas with the family, I do. But it's not a necessary thing for me. If that makes sense.