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[Jordan]

Finished the second Wraeththu book last night and am pausing to read another P.A. Brown book. I love that she really did her research in police procedure because it makes it seem all that much more realistic to me. loving her L.A. Heat series!

[Candice]

Emanuela ~plastic duck~ wrote: "Candice wrote: "Emanuela ~plastic duck~ wrote: "I haven't touched a Stephen King's book in 6 years and I'm reading 11/22/63 and liking it."

IMHO, it's the best thing he's written in a long, long t..."

Sometimes time-travel stories have driven me crazy w/that, but I didn't note it in this one. I do know what you mean though. My biggest aggrivation is when a circle of events occurs--like the original Planet of the Apes movies? The astronaut goes forward to an ape-dominated Earth. Apes, as a direct result of his involvement, go back and enable a new generation of speaking apes via their speak-able child. Makes no sense! (I kind of love those movies anyway.)

[Candice]

BTW, Re Under the Dome. Just a matter of opinion. The bad guy is stock Stephen King. His flunkies, the same. The good guy was dreadfully undynamic; kind of a waste of space. The ultimate solution I found really trite--It reminded me of the ending to Needful Things which was ridiculously, senselessly easy; in both cases one is put through too much for too little pay off. I could go on; this one made me mad (to be honest, or maybe fair, I reacted very much the same way to Ye Olde Curiosity Shop.)

[Josh]

Anne wrote: "I am reading The Only Gold. Such a wonderful book, all her books are very well written and I believe well researched at least she makes those times and places come alive for me"

Who's that by again?

[Josh]

Karen wrote: "Well, that was long. Seems that a flawed magnum opus needles my mind as insistently as a masterpiece...
..."

I think that's very true, though. Even as far as influential works.

A bad book based on a great idea will often really stick with me -- maybe because I can't help thinking how I would have handled it?

Those are also the most disappointing books -- far worse than a bad book you had no real hope or expectation for.

[Josh]

Candice wrote: "Have a good REC for you! THE WISHING CUP by JM Gryffyn. (No vowels, must be Welsh.) Anyway, it was a thorough pleasure, an entirely satisfying romance. Takes place in the Valley of the Kings, in th..."

Oh! This sounds terrific!

[Josh]

Reggie wrote: "I just finished The Time of the Singing. It didn't work so well for me. The authority figure working out his/her sexuality with hormonally charged young adult, does NOT work for me.
If you like th..."

Yeah. Although I can certainly take it more in a historical context than a contemporary.

[Cleon Lee]

Josh wrote: "Anne wrote: "I am reading The Only Gold. Such a wonderful book, all her books are very well written and I believe well researched at least she makes those times and places come alive for me"

Who's..."

Tamara Allen. I LOVE . Such a sweet story about such adorable characters.

[Josh]

Candice wrote: "BTW, Re Under the Dome. Just a matter of opinion. The bad guy is stock Stephen King. His flunkies, the same. The good guy was dreadfully undynamic; kind of a waste of space. The ultimate solution ..."

So...just guessing here. You DIDN'T like it? :-D

[Antonella]

Cleon wrote: "Tamara Allen. I LOVE The Only Gold. Such a sweet story about such adorable characters."

Let's assure the public that it's not a sappy story ;-). Tamara Allen is also the author of Whistling in the Dark. Both books are excellent.

[Josh]

Antonella wrote: "Cleon wrote: "Tamara Allen. I LOVE The Only Gold. Such a sweet story about such adorable characters."

Let's assure the public that it's not a sappy story ;-). Tamara Allen is also the author of Wh..."

Tamara! Yes. So talented. Why do we hear so little from her? What's she working on now?

[Jordan]

Josh wrote: "Karen wrote: "Well, that was long. Seems that a flawed magnum opus needles my mind as insistently as a masterpiece...
..."

I think that's very true, though. Even as far as influential works.

A b..."

There is a book like that that I read once. It was horrible, but the concept was something I would write myself (which was why I bought it in the first place!) but even though I got rid of the book, it sticks with me because I keep thinking about how I would work it.

[Johanna]

I just finished Heart Trouble. It was such an endearing story — just as promised. :)

It left me wondering what kind of lives have these two men lived through to get to this exact point of Ford's heart trouble? (view spoiler)[What made Jacob to act so kind towards Ford? Why was Ford panicking about the things he did? (hide spoiler)] And furthermore — how in the world can only 21 pages tell a complete story of two lifetimes without putting it into words?! I only got a glimpse of these two men meeting for a couple of hours, but I feel like I have been shown a slide show of their lives from childhood to old age.

[Darkm]

Johanna wrote: "I just finished Heart Trouble. It was such an endearing story — just as promised. :)

It left me wondering what kind of lives have these two men lived through to get to this exact point of Ford's h..."

I really enjoyed it too Johanna :)
(view spoiler)[ The way I "interpreted" it, Ford was in a lot of pressure because he was trying to write his second book and to keep it as good or even better than the first, plus, he wasn't out to his family. Both those things put a lot of pressure on you. I wondered about jacob too, but maybe he has faced the same troubles when he was younger, and he recognized a kindred spirit? (hide spoiler)]

[Anne]

I read Anagama Fires yesterday. Quite an unusual story for a romance, I think, concentrating more on the making of pottery and firing of kilns than the actual people and their emotions. But of course, it was all about that after all :). Lovely written and kudos to the author for managing to keep me interested in something I didn't know anything about. But she really made me want to read and learn more. Strong writing, indeed.

[Anne]

Darkm wrote: "Johanna wrote: "I just finished Heart Trouble. It was such an endearing story — just as promised. :)

It left me wondering what kind of lives have these two men lived through to get to this exact p..."

I loved that little story, and it is definitely Josh! I noticed the sentence 'I thought he made a smiling sound" in the beginning. Isn't that wonderful?

[Reggie]

Anne wrote: "I read Anagama Fires yesterday. Quite an unusual story for a romance, I think, concentrating more on the making of pottery and firing of kilns than the actual people and their emotions. But of cour..."

The artwork surving the kiln was a very powerful metaphor for a relationship surviving all the stresses of life. One of the MCs was a difficult personality to love and especially to live with. I thought it was a very brave book for our genre.

[HJ]

Anne wrote: "Darkm wrote: "Johanna wrote: "I just finished Heart Trouble. It was such an endearing story — just as promised. :)

It left me wondering what kind of lives have these two men lived through to get t..."

Anne - the sentence "I thought he made a smiling sound" struck me, too. It's a lovely story. I'm so glad Josh released it!

[ED]

I finished the whole series of "Little Boy Lost" by J.P. Barnaby. Such and emotional roller coaster ride. I really like it. Enlightened. Before that I read the Natural Instincts Series by S.J. Frost.Natural Instincts. I am not really into Vampire stories, but that one is very good. Frost also wrote The Conquest Series, which is one of my favorites.

[Candice]

Josh wrote: "Candice wrote: "BTW, Re Under the Dome. Just a matter of opinion. The bad guy is stock Stephen King. His flunkies, the same. The good guy was dreadfully undynamic; kind of a waste of space. The ul..."

Other than all of that, it was great. (Hey, just because "Curiosity" is by Dickens doesn't mean it has to be wonderful. It made me nuts, anyway, and I hated the ending.) Re The Dome, I thought King spent all his effort on the speculative particulars of his great idea for a setup and was lazy about characterization, referring back to what for him are old standards, but minus the sort of satisfaction he could usually be counted on to provide at such a time as he feels we've suffered enough.

[Candice]

Has anyone read PLACING OUT by P A BROWN? She wrote the LA Heat series. I loved that; haven't loved everything else she's done. PLACING OUT, however, was just great. A good length, too (not a novel, but a novelette). The title refers to a practice of sending homeless kids to live with families in the midwest, farmers mostly. I guess too many of these children were not so much adopted as indentured. The adult mc that is shaped by that experience lives in 1933 LA.

When PA Brown is good, she's very good. Enjoy.

[ttg]

Just finished Wild Raspberries and its sequel Wintergreen by Jane Davitt. Both were quite good, and it was the first time I read Davitt. She has a nice smooth writing style, and I appreciated the slow bloom of the romance (as well as the fine balance of writing flawed but still sympathetic characters.)

[Darkm]

ED wrote: "I finished the whole series of "Little Boy Lost" by J.P. Barnaby. Such and emotional roller coaster ride. I really like it. Enlightened. Before that I read the Natural Instincts Series by S.J. Fros..."

I've bought all of them and still haven't found the heart to read them.
I fear they'll be too angsty for me.

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

I'm reading at the same time Maurice and Between Sinners and Saints.

Marie Sexton's book made me shed a tear or two or three already (view spoiler)[child abuse is a devastating issue (hide spoiler)].

About Maurice. I love Forster's writing, it's brilliant, but it's as if this story is too close but he still wants to keep some distance. I have the impression I'm wearing someone else's eye-glasses...

[Darkm]

Never read Maurice, and I probably should.
As for the other one, it was too religious for me, otherwise I think I would have loved it a lot more. :)

[Sun]

I loved FROG!!!!! So sweet!

[Dev]

Emanuela ~plastic duck~ wrote: "I'm reading at the same time Maurice and Between Sinners and Saints.

Marie Sexton's book made me shed a tear or two or three already [spoilers removed].

About Maurice. I love Forster's writing, i..."

I haven't read Maurice but I loved the movie

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

I'd love to watch it, all those gorgeous British accents...

[Josh]

Johanna wrote: "I just finished Heart Trouble. It was such an endearing story — just as promised. :)

It left me wondering what kind of lives have these two men lived through to get to this exact point of Ford's h..."

Thank you, Johanna. If that's the case, then I've done my job properly!

[Josh]

Candice wrote: "Has anyone read PLACING OUT by P A BROWN? She wrote the LA Heat series. I loved that; haven't loved everything else she's done. PLACING OUT, however, was just great. A good length, too (not a novel..."

I've only read her LA Heat series, but I enjoyed that a lot.

[Josh]

Emanuela ~plastic duck~ wrote: "I'm reading at the same time Maurice and Between Sinners and Saints.

Marie Sexton's book made me shed a tear or two or three already [spoilers removed].

About Maurice. I love Forster's writing, i..."

Now that's an interesting pairing!

[Josh]

Dev wrote: "I haven't read Maurice but I loved the movie
..."

Just a beautiful, delicate film.

[Josh]

ED wrote: "I finished the whole series of "Little Boy Lost" by J.P. Barnaby. Such and emotional roller coaster ride. I really like it. Enlightened. Before that I read the Natural Instincts Series by S.J. Fros..."

I haven't read Barnaby's fiction, but she's very likeable and pleasant to interact with online.

[Candice]

Emanuela ~plastic duck~ wrote: "I'm reading at the same time Maurice and Between Sinners and Saints.

Marie Sexton's book made me shed a tear or two or three already [spoilers removed].

About Maurice. I love Forster's writing, i..."

I really liked Maurice. What you said, though, about distance is so keen. I've never been so clear on that aspect of the book.

He wrote some short stories, some moving, some very erotic. They, I think, waited to be published until after his death. Anyway, I liked them very much.

[Karen]

I've mostly been reading All She Wrote and joining in our delicious BOM discussion, but also read the lovely Heart Trouble, then Josephine Myle's The Hot Floor. I was expecting that one to include more about glass blowing. (smile) It put me in mind of other threesomes, so I started re-reading exerts from L.A. Witt's Out Of Focus. Guess I'm in a mood.

[Darkm]

I've read and really loved Dex In Blue by Amy Lane.
Right now I'm trying to read Sounds of Love but somehow this can't capture my attention :/

[Johanna]

Karen wrote: "--then Josephine Myle's The Hot Floor. I was expecting that one to include more about glass blowing. (smile) It put me in mind of other threesomes, so I started re-reading exerts from L.A. Witt's Out Of Focus. Guess I'm in a mood."

I read The Hot Floor after you talked about it here in this topic. I liked it. I liked the fact it wasn't only about sex, but a lot about relationship. So, thank you for the recommendation, Karen! And while you are in the mood for threesomes... if you haven't read JCP's The Starving Years yet, you should really read that one! :)

[Becky]

I'm reading Song of Oestend and really enjoying it. I'm at 40%, and the heavy relationship stuff hasn't really started. But the world building is really good, and the POV character has had enough on his plate just fitting in to this foreign environment. So while it's not going quite like you'd expect a m/m novel to go, it's not lacking in story or interest. And when the two men do finally get together (it's pretty clear who the love interest will be), I'm hoping it will be even better for not being rushed.

[Antonella]

Johanna wrote: "if you haven't read JCP's The Starving Years yet, you should really read that one! :)"

Absolutely. JCP never finishes to amaze me for the brilliant ideas and the even more brilliant realization of them.

I've just read and it was equally awesome as her other books, but now I have to wait for the sequel...

[Candice]

ANY INFO, ANYBODY? Re: Lovely Beast by JoAnne Soper Cook. A m/m about Dracula and Van Helsing. I think it was slated to come out last November and never did. Does anyone have an update on this?

(I know. This is the author I slammed for having rewritten her own stories and renaming them, etc. So sue me; she's still a really good writer, and I look out for her stuff. Also, her "re-writes" were %100 better than the originals, so... Oh, well.)

[Karen]

Johanna wrote: "And while you are in the mood for threesomes... if you haven't read JCP's The Starving Years yet, you should really read that one! :)"

Oh yes, I read The Starving Years and loved it. And thanks, that puts me in mind of another possible re-read. Looking forward to JCP's short Jackpot when I have a bit of time while traveling this weekend.

[Plainbrownwrapper]

Candice wrote: "ANY INFO, ANYBODY? Re: Lovely Beast by JoAnne Soper Cook. A m/m about Dracula and Van Helsing. I think it was slated to come out last November and never did. Does anyone have an update on this?
..."

Funny you should mention her. I've never read any of her books, so I can't help you, but I just bought the first two of her Inspector Raft mystery series. They look interesting. And yes, I did read a review saying that they were a rewrite of something else!

[Anne]

Plainbrownwrapper wrote: "Candice wrote: "ANY INFO, ANYBODY? Re: Lovely Beast by JoAnne Soper Cook. A m/m about Dracula and Van Helsing. I think it was slated to come out last November and never did. Does anyone have an ..."

I have to admit I am a litte prejudiced against a writer who has given her self the pen-name Soper Cook. It doesn't help that "soper" is a very derogative name for gay in Norwegian slang. Which is somewhat unfair for me to use against her, I know.

You have to tell us what you think of her books so I might give her a chance.

[Aleksandr]

Candice - nothing official. We will give an update as soon as we can (as usual). :)

[ED]

I have read "To Catch a Fox" by Geoffrey Knight & Ethan Day. I tell you, if you like fast pacing action, this book is for you. I loved it.

[Josh]

Candice wrote: "ANY INFO, ANYBODY? Re: Lovely Beast by JoAnne Soper Cook. A m/m about Dracula and Van Helsing. I think it was slated to come out last November and never did. Does anyone have an update on this?
..."

Hey, I love it when readers are brave enough to admit they maybe possibly COULD HAVE BEEN perhaps mistaken. :-D

Sadly I've heard nothing of the book, though. Does she have a website? She's active on FB.

[Aleksandr]

Anne - I guess anybody's name can possibly mean something bad/negative in some language somewhere on the planet. I very much doubt that was the intention here. :)

Plainbrownwrapper - I think JoAnne is an incredibly gifted stylist. I love her stuff, because she's one of those writers I can relax with and not expect to be jolted like biting on tinfoil at a bad (or awful) turn of phrase.

[Johanna]

Am I the only one around here who hasn't read Special Forces? There is a spoiler free Group Read for First Timers about to start (next Monday) over here:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

[Liade]

Johanna wrote: "Am I the only one around here who hasn't read Special Forces? There is a spoiler free Group Read for First Timers about to start (next Monday) over here:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1..."

No, you are not the only one, I still have it on my TBR pile. I am hesitating at the moment because it's only PDF which I have gone off a bit because it forces me to read on the computer.

Aleks? Do you happen to have it as Word doc so I can convert it for Kindle??

[Aleksandr]

Liade - check in the group. I know people have conversions. :)