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Becky wrote: "Anne wrote: "I finally read something new (as in, haven't read it before) for the first time in weeks. I read Between Friends by our very own Lou Harper. Really liked it, I'm a to..."I know, I loved the voice. And Lou did a good job of making sure we had a good idea what Jules was feeling.
L.C. wrote: "Anne wrote: "Have you read "Just One of Those Days" by Priest? It's a free pdf, so if anyone wants it I can email it out. ..."Yes! That was the first thing I read of his and that's when I fell in..."
It was great. I had a couple of little issues, but I'm so happy I read it. I was really scared to read anything new (some kind of neurosis? IDK), but I liked The Slayer's Apprentice and One of Those Days a lot.
L.C. wrote: "Anne wrote: "L.C. wrote: "Anne wrote: "Have you read "Just One of Those Days" by Priest? It's a free pdf, so if anyone wants it I can email it out. ..."Yes! That was the first thing I read of h..."
Just bought it, and my plan is to read it tonight. I feel all squealy inside at the thought. :)
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Hell is a fairly recent construct. But I think you're right. I think a great deal of religious activity is founded on fear.
I've always found the idea of God inspiring and comforting, but I haven't believed in God-as- fashioned-in-man's-image since I was a little kid. Whatever God is, I figure he/she/it is far beyond anything I could comprehend with my little human brain. And whatever God is, God is far beyond national, cultural, racial, gender boundaries and biases. If there *is* a God (and I do believe there is) he is the God of every planet in every every world -- and of every being that ever existed or ever will exist. So the idea that he might have something like...a political affiliation is just wacky.
Anyway, thank you guys for the continued recs. It's very helpful.
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Congratulations, Lou!
Anne wrote: "I finally read something new (as in, haven't read it before) for the first time in weeks. I read Between Friends by our very own Lou Harper. Really liked it, I'm a total sucker fo..."Lou, I've got it on my pile of things to read, too, except it's looking like I'll only get to it next week. This week is appearing another wash for me...
Looking forward to it!
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Thanks, Josh. Congrats to you on Yellow Sands! It's on my iPad, I just need to find the time to read it. :("
I know that feeling only too well. It's one of the sad realities of a busy writing career. You usually have less time to do the very thing that persuaded you to become a writer in the first place!
I am reading Rifters part 4 by Ginn Hale :-D ... right now! well i am having a breather RIGHT now, it is good!!
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Josh wrote: "I haven't had a chance to read yet. I'm so excited for this book, but to be honest, I get horribly intimidated about my feeble fantasy efforts when I read Ginn. She's brilliant. That's pretty much ..."Rest of us? US? You include yourself with us, mere mortals? LOL.
I know this defies the purpose of my subscription, but I'm waiting to read the rifter when it's almost there. Yep, I'm a chicken ;)
lol! I deserve it :-P
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Heck yeah!
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I understand that. If I had any discipline, I'd do the same.
I don't.
I've only been able to resist because I can't afford the $29.95 for the subscription right now. (I've got it in Amazon gift certificates, but not real money!) But I'm jumping on it as soon as I can afford the cost of admission. I also want to check out Wicked Gentlemen. I've wanted to read it for years, but until recently I hadn't been able to find it in ebook.
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I am right there with you. :)
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She's lucky we all love her so much. If we didn't, that kind of envy would not be the stuff of happiness. :-D
Book Req? My daughter needs to pick 2 pieces of fiction for AP European History to read a and report on over the summer. They cannot be Charles Dickens and they must be historical fiction set in Europe.
What are your favorites? Thanks!
Not sure what 'AP' means? It doesn't have to be m/m, right?One of my favourits is The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis, first book in the Marcus Didius Falco series. It's set in Rome and Britain.
Another is Island of Ghosts by Gillian Bradshaw. It's Britain again but the POV is from a Sarmatien soldier.
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True that. But she's really nice and really generous, so it's easy to like her, you know?
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How about Georgette Heyer? Or Sherlock Holmes? (Of course the novels aren't as good as the short stories for ACDoyle.
Failing that, how about something really short like Picture of Dorian Gray?
And there's always Man in the Iron Mask or Count of Monte Cristo or even... dare I say it... Scarlet Pimpernel or even----------
Sharpe's Eagle!(The best of the various Sharpes.)
My advice is to advise a book that has been made into a movie so your daughter can have the pleasure of watching the movie and then scoffing it for deviating from the original novel.
That's one of the fundamental pleasures of reading, after all. :P
Josh wrote: "How old is your daughter again?"17-just a baby...:)
Calathea wrote: "Not sure what 'AP' means? It doesn't have to be m/m, right?One of my favourits is The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis, first book in the Marcus Didius Falco series. It's set in Rome and..."
God, no. It means advance placement-college credits in high school. Tho she would surely love to be studying m/m...I'm sure.
Nicole wrote: "Josh wrote: "She's lucky we all love her so much. If we didn't, that kind of envy would not be the stuff of happiness. :-D"True that. But she's really nice and really generous, so it's easy to li..."
Thanks Nicole!
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Emanuela ~Zstyx~ wrote: "I know this defies the purpose of my subscription, but I'm waiting to read the rifter when it's almost there. Yep, I'm a chicken ;)"You know, I still haven't read 3, but have loved the first two. Only, there is so much potential for angst and sadness, I just have to be in the right frame of mind to read... and I'll probably wait until close to the end, just so I don't have to wait weeks to find out if the sadness continues or if it gets better.
Calathea wrote: "Not sure what 'AP' means? It doesn't have to be m/m, right?One of my favourits is The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis, first book in the Marcus Didius Falco series. It's set in Rome and..."
These look good too. I think they belong on my own to-read list. ...
Have to get back to Come Unto These Yellow Sands!
Lori K wrote: "Calathea wrote: "Not sure what 'AP' means? It doesn't have to be m/m, right?One of my favourits is The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis, first book in the Marcus Didius Falco series. It'..."
Of M/M historical settings in Europe, how about something by EM Forster? He has several fantastic stories that deal with societal and politic aspects of the day. I would suggest Maurice (movie with Hugh Grant) or A Room with a View (with a slough of actors/actresses).
Lori K wrote: "Book Req? My daughter needs to pick 2 pieces of fiction for AP European History to read a and report on over the summer. They cannot be Charles Dickens and they must be historical fiction set i..."
It might be fun to read The Scarlet Pimpernel and then The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, which takes the character of the Scarlet Pimpernel and his league expands on them. (Pink Carnation is romancey, though, and I don't remember if there's explict sex in it. Don't know if you monitor her reading in that way or not.) It's a shame she can't use Charles Dickens, because A Tale of Two Cities would be a good match with those, too.
How creative is she allowed to get with her choices? It might be interesting to match up something fantasy that uses real history as a backdrop, like His Majesty's Dragon, with something that takes a more realistic approach to the time period. I can't think of anything to pair it with off the top of my head, but HMD is set during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Tale is my favorite too. The book needs to be fairly true to the time. It is a history class, not a lit class. I've never read Scarlet Pimpernel. Is it very dry?
Josh wrote: "Is anyone familiar with the work of S.L. Danielson?"I am not.
Josh wrote: "Is anyone familiar with the work of S.L. Danielson?"me neither, care to share?
I remember after reading Moll Flanders being quite shocked that it was on my high school recommended reading list. It's historical (written in the 18th century, i think) and set in both American colonies and in England, so I'm not sure if that would count. Moll leads the life of a modern day soap opera heroine, including a guardian who turns out to be her real mother, an affair with secret half brother, multiple marriages and seductions, ending up in jail, begging her way to freedom, and inheriting a fortune.
Josh, I'm really enjoying
. O'm only about 20% in but I think it's one of your best. The style is very, soothing. I think that's a good word.
Add-I mean, it's very easy to read, it flows so smoothly. Do you know what I am trying to say?
Lori K wrote: "Tale is my favorite too. The book needs to be fairly true to the time. It is a history class, not a lit class. I've never read Scarlet Pimpernel. Is it very dry?"
I haven't read it in ages, but it was assigned reading when I was 14 or so, and I remember loving it at the time. Daring rescues and a doomed romance that ends up being not-so-doomed after all. And it's been made into a movie or mini-series a couple of times.
Historical sex romp. Yep, I don't think Portsmouth High School is ready for that! The teacher might like it though. A for arousal?
Becky wrote: "Daring rescues and a doomed romance that ends up being not-so-doomed after all. And it's been made into a movie or mini-series a couple of times. "And satirize by Bugs Bunny! :D
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. O'm only about 20% in but I think it's one of your best. The style is very, soothing. I think that's a good word.
Add..."
I think so. I tried to give it a kind of dreamy quality because Swift is so removed from the normal channels. Is that what you're getting from it?
Lori K wrote: "Book Req? My daughter needs to pick 2 pieces of fiction for AP European History to read a and report on over the summer. They cannot be Charles Dickens and they must be historical fiction set i..."
Austen! Pride and Prejudice. I also loved Dante's Divine Comedy, but the Inferno was the best.
Nicole wrote: "Josh wrote: "She's lucky we all love her so much. If we didn't, that kind of envy would not be the stuff of happiness. :-D"True that. But she's really nice and really generous, so it's easy to li..."
Oh, the Man in the Iron Mask, that's a good one. Or the Three Musketeers.
I also give a vote for Scarlet Pimpernel and The Count of Monte Cristo or The Three Musketeers. Also, what about Les Miserables?Who here recommended that I read In the Company of Shadows? I have a bone to pick with you(se) - I have been virtually bonded to my computer, only to get to the third book...and find that it isn't finished yet, so I am now indentured to something that won't give me an ending soon!
Really. Someone owes me some kind of HEA to get my mind out of this universe. Back to re-reading Dangerous Ground, methinks.
And a final question: Ginn Hale's books are so highly recommended by you all - are they only in paperback?
mc wrote: "And a final question: Ginn Hale's books are so highly recommended by you all - are they only in paperback?"Not at all. All my Ginn Hale are in ebook form, and other than the Rifter series, purchased at the usual places. :)
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Hey, I hope that you purchased all the G.Hale books from weightlessbooks.com, because that's the only authorized seller of Blind Eye Books ebooks at the moment. Otherwise, please let me know who jacked our stuff to bootleg. :)
Ah, thank you, Merith - for some reason, I hadn't found her books in eformat when I was searching, and I've been trying to keep my paper book buying to a minimum because I have an enormous fear of becoming one-half of the Collyer Brothers.
mc wrote: "Who here recommended that I read In the Company of Shadows? I hav..."LOL. Sorry.;) In fact I stopped after the first volume after I realised it was WIP. Chapter 3 isn't finished and there is still a chapter 4 to go!!
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I snapped up Between Friends after reading this post, and I liked it a lot, too. I'm a big fan of friends-to-lovers, so it was right up my alley. And the voice was really unusual and interesting.