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Josh wrote: "We haven't figured out how to share his Nook and my Kindle yet. As for the physical books...He's got a backstairs porch turned into an office lined with bookshelves. I've got an upstairs porch glassed in and turned into a library lined with bookshelves. And then we have stacks of books in every room. And boxes of books in the garage...."What a great library/house!
and where do you live? LOL
I really had to search to find this article again, and sadly, couldn't find the original, but this should give you a decent enough idea. I really swooned when I first saw some of these constructions. I live in a small apartment, so this will never be a reality for me. Make sure to link through to the second page.Fantasy bookcases
mc wrote: "I really had to search to find this article again, and sadly, couldn't find the original, but this should give you a decent enough idea. I really swooned when I first saw some of these constructio..."I want those! :D
mc wrote: "I really had to search to find this article again, and sadly, couldn't find the original, but this should give you a decent enough idea. I really swooned when I first saw some of these constructio..."Those rocked. I'm sending that to my in-law architects and crossing my fingers.
mc wrote: "I really had to search to find this article again, and sadly, couldn't find the original, but this should give you a decent enough idea. I really swooned when I first saw some of these constructio..."Wow! Thank you; those were very interesting. The staircase bookshelves were prob my favorite.
Have any of y'all read the Darshian Tales by Ann Sommerville? It involves several books and they're all very nice, well written. The first, however, is cracker-jack. "Kei's Gift." What a terrific story and M/M romance. It's what I think you call spec or speculative fic; yeah? Try it; you'll like it.
Cleon wrote: "Spider's den is right. sigh... My credit card is wailing. The bigger the discount the more I spend. Anyway, I am reading 
. The language and writing style so ..."I agree. Soper is that good. I get what she has written as a matter of course. (I started Eye of Heaven but, when I realized it was a vampire story, I decided to hold off. I just wasn't in the mood for vampires. I wdn't object, though, to "taking a read off your putt." How was it?
Re: Soper. I said I always buy her work, but a note on that. She can make me crazy. To suggest that she doesn't cater to her readers is an understatement. She does what she wants to.
The wierdest example of that by far--get this: Have you read her mysteries w/Inspector Devlin? The first book, Cold-blooded Scoundrel, has him looking for the Ripper. There's a 2nd book also, Paragon of Animals, I think it's called. Both are well done (though the romantic interest, however sweet, was an uninteresting, sadly bland character) and the ending of the 2nd book was a stunner. Okay. I wait. No sequel.
Some months down the road the first book in a new mystery series by Soper arrives. "Willing Flesh." I buy it, of course; and I see by the cover it's also a period piece. Great, right?
Only, as I get into it and further into it, there becomes little and then no doubt as to what she has done. Soper used the same exact characters, gave them new names and wrote another first-in-a-series novel. The mystery, itself--thank goodness--is new, but what transpires w/ all of the key characters is so much the same the difference isn't worth mentioning.
I was outright shocked. Is it just me? Has anyone who contributes to Goodreads ever heard of an author blithely proceeding w/a do-over of one of her own published works?--two actually. And not a work from the dark ages of an old writer's youth. Not a next edition or a re-release w/improvements, but an okay-nevermind-that-first-go-this-time-I-really-mean-it-for-real.
Unbelievable. For most of this new book, I'm furious; no kidding. But I read it. And to be straight w/you, it was better. Freddie, the love interest (whose first name she didn't even bother to change), became a person one cares about and enjoys. Some of the irritations in "...Scoundrel" were not present.
I'll read the sequel, too; I'm such a sucker; I've already ordered it.
I think there's something wrong w/me.
Candice wrote: "Cleon wrote: "Spider's den is right. sigh... My credit card is wailing. The bigger the discount the more I spend. Anyway, I am reading . The language and wri..."Well, I've seen authors re-write and re-release a book, but never quite that way. Marion Zimmer Bradley rewrote a couple of her books in the Darkover series, but she was pretty upfront about it -- I generally knew when I was reading them that they were her second attempt at a book she hadn't been that happy with the first time.
So, no. I've never read and author who just recycled characters like that. OTOH, a lot het romance authors seem to be writing the same book over and over, LOL.
Anne wrote: "Candice wrote: "Cleon wrote: "Spider's den is right. sigh... My credit card is wailing. The bigger the discount the more I spend. Anyway, I am reading . The ..."Aaauugh! True. My best friend always used to have a romance novel in her hand, and I never understood how she could read the same story over and over.
Until I read my first yaoi manga. Wasn't sniffing over Barbara Cartland anymore. Then, I'm discovering Amazon's amazing store and m/m novels. Suddenly, I AM my best friend...which, frankly, I could do a lot worse; on her slowest day she's quicker than I am. So, come to think of it, I guess I'm in good company.
Candice wrote: "Cleon wrote: "Spider's den is right. sigh... My credit card is wailing. The bigger the discount the more I spend. Anyway, I am reading . The language and wri..."Umm.. wow. I'd be very pissed! Well, this is the last book I buy from her then. I don't need to read the same story over and over again. JC Owens books have some repetitive plot and similar characters too, but at least she worked to give the story different settings and some new plot twist.
Lauraadriana wrote: "Cleon wrote: Awww. I can relate. My mom threw away our manga collection when we moved, and me and my sister cried ourselves silly. Most of them are not published or available anymore. sigh... weeps..."I'd cried too!! *hugs*!
Cleon wrote: "Lauraadriana wrote: "Cleon wrote: Awww. I can relate. My mom threw away our manga collection when we moved, and me and my sister cried ourselves silly. Most of them are not published or available a..."
It was awful Cleon..I cried so much it's like my favorite book ever and I had lent that copy to so many friends and they had highlighted their favorite quotes and put in notes through the years, just thinking about it now I get sniffly. I was eight months pregnant when this happened so it's a miracle my poor SO walked out alive LOL
I have some good news!! I wrote Neil Placky to tell him how much we loved Liam and Aidan and he said that the third book is coming out in like a month or two:
Neil wrote:"Thanks so much! I love Liam and Aidan too and am always glad to hear that others do! The third book in the series, Teach Me Tonight, sends them on ass...moreThanks so much! I love Liam and Aidan too and am always glad to hear that others do! The third book in the series, Teach Me Tonight, sends them on assignment together to a summer study program in Bizerte, on the Mediterranean coast, to protect a student who has been threatened. Aidan rediscovers how much he loves teaching, and Liam's friend Joey shows up... leading to all kinds of complications! It's in the copy edit stage now so should be out in the next month or two.
Best SQUEE!!! I can only imagine the night classes *THUD*
It was awful Cleon..I cried so much it's like my favorite book ever and I had lent that copy to so many friends and they had highlighted their favorite quotes and put in notes through the years, just thinking about it now I get sniffly. I was eight months pregnant when this happened so it's a miracle my poor SO walked out alive LOL
I have some good news!! I wrote Neil Placky to tell him how much we loved Liam and Aidan and he said that the third book is coming out in like a month or two:
Neil wrote:"Thanks so much! I love Liam and Aidan too and am always glad to hear that others do! The third book in the series, Teach Me Tonight, sends them on ass...moreThanks so much! I love Liam and Aidan too and am always glad to hear that others do! The third book in the series, Teach Me Tonight, sends them on assignment together to a summer study program in Bizerte, on the Mediterranean coast, to protect a student who has been threatened. Aidan rediscovers how much he loves teaching, and Liam's friend Joey shows up... leading to all kinds of complications! It's in the copy edit stage now so should be out in the next month or two.
Best SQUEE!!! I can only imagine the night classes *THUD*
That's good news indeed :)
Cleon wrote: "Yay!! More Liam's HOTNESS! :D"
:oD Happy Dances!
:oD Happy Dances!
Cleon wrote: "Spider's den is right. sigh... My credit card is wailing. The bigger the discount the more I spend. Anyway, I am reading . The language and writing style so ..."20% done. It's a horror story, not romance, IMHO. Very well written though, although the vivid descriptions of the Black Plague can be very disturbing. Those who enjoy Anne Rice' books will love this book and I think her writing style and story can indeed be compared to Anne Rice, especially her later works, which I don't enjoy.
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Jordan S. wrote: "Those bookcases were awesome! Though the staircases were my fav by far, mostly because it was a more practical way to store a TON of books. "It was gorgeous. I couldn't help thinking if hubby could build it around our staircase :) (hubby is good at diy) :D
I'm glad I'm not the only one who found them awe-inspiring. I thought I might be relatively alone in that, since I don't live in a house, which usually has a lot more options (I'm thinking about library/porches. Porches! All I have is a carpeted hallway to the elevator and people have library/porches! Plural!)
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Blaine, you're super lucky!
I'm stuck with a rental condo unit that has no built in shelves and slanted floors that are too slanted for tall bookcases. So, I have to be careful what I put in, they can't be taller than me or they might fall over! GAH! And my crates, even though I have a ton of them, just don't have the space for all my books now. *sigh*
Maybe someday it will all change. A dreamer of books can always dream!
Jordan, my sister, I feel for you.I actually haven't bought a print book in at least six months. I stopped buying them in anticipation of buying some kind of device, whether smartphone, Kindle or otherwise, but have been dithering ever since.
However, I made a ridiculous number of purchases at Fictionwise yesterday, which means that I will have to be in front of my computer 14/7 to read them all.
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I was watching a home design show on small spaces a year or two ago when they profiled a little bungalow in California. The library had a window on one wall and was floor to ceiling bookshelves on the other three, including the door, which was hidden behind a swinging book case. It was a very small space, just big enough for a cozy reading chair, a little side table with a lamp, and enough floor space to keep it from feeling claustrophobic. I just about died of library envy on the spot.
I'd like to recommend this book to every one. Many commented that it's like porn and I can assure you, it is.Libraries
I invested a sum in it, but it was worth it.
Jordan S. wrote: "Those bookcases were awesome! Though the staircases were my fav by far, mostly because it was a more practical way to store a TON of books. The others just didn't hold enough books for me. lol. I w..."I know, most of them were short on storage and long on design. I still loved them. I like the one you can bang together in an hour from a sheet of plywood.
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Anne, definitely agree. I liked the designs, but they need to be long on storage too! Those were for the casual reader, and I don't do casual. It's like an affront to my nature! lol.
May I giggle a little that on a thread devoted to m/m, on a site that has no shortage of reviews of very sexual books, that this is what you two consider porn?
mc wrote: "May I giggle a little that on a thread devoted to m/m, on a site that has no shortage of reviews of very sexual books, that this is what you two consider porn?"Porn is all about the amount of pleasure you get out of it, and I'm all about the library porn.
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So glad you enjoyed it!
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You'd think a used book store! :-D
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Hmm. Well we all sort of continue to explore the same themes and character dynamics. And the same motifs will show up again and again -- that's true of the most important writers and of the every day ordinary pulp writer.
Is it the same dialog and the same scenes and that kind of thing?
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. The ..."I rewrote Fatal Shadows fairly significantly each time it was re-released. I kept adding stuff in. It's hard to resist when you have the opportunity of reselling the rights to a new publisher -- you have the chance to fix things and improve the book. I'm not sure there's a good reason for not doing so.
Although I have been buying mainly ebooks for the last year or so, I love "real" books. And though I don't have a designated library (or porch :(), I have some floor-to-ceiling bookcases, plus bookcases in the dining room, bookcases in the hall, bookcases in the study. Not to mention a crate or two of books in the cellar and in the attic.We had a visitor not long after we moved here and he said "why did you spoil your living room with all those books?" Spoil?? For me books are not only entertainment and information but also decoration.
Josh wrote: "Cleon wrote: "Candice wrote: "Cleon wrote: "Spider's den is right. sigh... My credit card is wailing. The bigger the discount the more I spend. Anyway, I am reading [bookcover:The Eye of Heaven|10..."It's entirely different thing to revise your previous work than to sell it under different titles.
I've finished
. Um... I really hated the ending though, just like I hated the ending to Anne Rice's Memnoch the Devil. Again, it is not romance, it is a vampire horror story, very much alike Anne Rice's vampire series, with all the vivid terrible pictures of the Black plagues, murders, madness, and Inquisitions. Definitely not a romance at all.
Becky wrote: "library envy"I might have a severe case of that, too, seeing all those beautiful shelves. ;-)
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Man, that guy's crazy. He must be a casual reader, or not one at all. Can't understand those people!
Liade wrote: "Although I have been buying mainly ebooks for the last year or so, I love "real" books. And though I don't have a designated library (or porch :(), I have some floor-to-ceiling bookcases, plus book..."Wow, so not my type of guy. When I was a young girl my dream home was a home where I could have a huge room served as a library!
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Lauraadriana wrote: "I have some good news!! I wrote Neil Placky to tell him how much we loved Liam and Aidan and he said that the third book is coming out in like a month or two:Neil wrote:"Thanks so much! I love Liam and Aidan too and am always glad to hear that others do! The third book in the series, Teach Me Tonight, sends them on assignment together to a summer study program in Bizerte, on the Mediterranean coast, to protect a student who has been threatened. Aidan rediscovers how much he loves teaching, and Liam's friend Joey shows up... leading to all kinds of complications! It's in the copy edit stage now so should be out in the next month or two.
Best SQUEE!!! I can only imagine the night classes *THUD* "
YES! This is good news. :) I haven't started the second story, and now might wait a couple of weeks to savor the anticipation some more.
I'm currently reading Andrea Speed's Alone With the Dead and Griffo's Unnatural.
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currently reading
Still trying to decide if i want to read
Bubbles (Dane) wrote: "currently reading Still trying to decide if i want to read
"I was a little squeamish just seeing The Little Shop of Horrors so I don't think I'd want to read about sex with carnivorous plants & cannibalism. Some things just can't be unread.
its like watching a bad movie knowing it will be bad... i don't expect it to be good just funny bad
Merith wrote: "Lauraadriana wrote: "I have some good news!! I wrote Neil Placky to tell him how much we loved Liam and Aidan and he said that the third book is coming out in like a month or two:
Neil wrote:"Than..."
So excited about this Merith! I love those two...we should read Teach me Tonight together when it comes out!
Neil wrote:"Than..."
So excited about this Merith! I love those two...we should read Teach me Tonight together when it comes out!
I'm glad that so many of you are liking Liam and Aidan in Three Wrong Turns in the Desert. Just finished the proofreader's comments for the third book, Teach Me Tonight, which is coming out from Loose Id on June 7. Aidan and Liam are hired to protect a teenager at a summer English study course on the north coast of Tunisia. Aidan remembers how much he likes teaching, and Liam's friend Joey shows up... and things get complicated.Thanks for reading!
Neil
Yvonne wrote: " Some things just can't be unread."LOL, so true!
I'm still reading Three Wrong Turns, but that's b/c I was also reading a het romance that grabbed me by the heart and wouldn't let go and I HAD to finish that one first. It was
. I think this is the first contemporary m/f romance I've read in YEARS that handled a teenage pregnancy perfectly (IMO), and the emotions of confronting said pregnancy years later when the teenaged child shows up to ask questions. I absolutely adored it.And now, back to the adventures of Liam and Aidan!
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Or maybe not. :-D Not sure I need to buy more books until I read the library I've already collected."
Ha! That's what I thought before I knew about a 60% discount at FW. I'm a spineless creature.