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Just finished Counterpoint. So beautiful and realistically heartbreaking to read at times. I am still stunned at the beauty of this story.
Just finished 2 very different books by a new author to me M.J. Pearson. Discreet Young Gentleman and The Price of Temptation. I was drawn in by the amazing and funny cover art only to be won over by the writing style and fabulous stories and characters. She writes m/m historical romances but they are very much in the tradition of regency romance a la Georgette Heyer and Julie Garwood. 
MandyM wrote: "Just finished 2 very different books by a new author to me M.J. Pearson. Discreet Young Gentleman and The Price of Temptation. I was drawn in by the ama..."My gods! The covers, especially the 2nd one!! My first thought was, don't get that THING near me! LOL
I would read them if they're available in ebooks though.
MandyM wrote: "Just finished 2 very different books by a new author to me M.J. Pearson. Discreet Young Gentleman and The Price of Temptation. I was drawn in by the ama..."Those sound good, Mandy. I'll check them out.
I just started Come Unto These Yellow Sands and A Bit of Rough. I, for some reason, always read more than one book at a time.
Antonella wrote: "Hi!I've just finished
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11813...
and started to think about why I read. I've added the following to my Profile, which obviously is even more right for Josh's boo..."
Antinella,
That one is on my "books that I really want to read but always forget to look for when I'm at the bookstore" list. I really enjoyed "Old School" by the same author, which is set in a boys prep school and one of the plot lines throughout the book is an ongoing writing contest at the school. It's very engaging, and something about the writing style is undeniably masculine, which is fitting given the setting. I've also read his memoir of Vietnam, In Pharoah's Army.
Antonella wrote: "If my head is running commentaries like: ''This is not believable! What a cliché! A repetition! Aargh, another typo! Any more gratuitous sex and I'll gag!'', then I know I'm not reading the right book for me."So damn true.
Cheryl wrote: "I really enjoyed "Old School" by the same author, which is set in a boys prep school and one of the plot lines throughout the book is an ongoing writing contest at the school. It's very engaging, and something about the writing style is undeniably masculine, which is fitting given the setting. I've also read his memoir of Vietnam, In Pharoah's Army. "You might also like his "This Boy's Life" which I thought was brilliant, but it was much darker.
It was made into a movie (with Leonardo Di Caprio in another brilliant performance, hell, everybody in that movie was brilliant).
Haven't read any of Tobias Wolffe's other works.
Hi, Cheryl!Thank you for commenting. I've read about the book you want to read and it looks interesting. Just not the kind of thing I'm reading at the moment.
In fact there is a misunderstanding: the Goodreads link for Tobias Wolff's book differs only in the last three numbers from the link for the book by Sarah Black I really read. Goodreads shows apparently only the first part of the link, now I've tried to edit my comment above. I hope it works now.
Ciao
Antonella
Antonella wrote: "Hi, Cheryl!Thank you for commenting. I've read about the book you want to read and it looks interesting. Just not the kind of thing I'm reading at the moment.
In fact there is a misunderstanding..."
Aha! I was wondering at the quick jump from Tobias Wolff to Sarah Black.
I've seen "This Boy's Life", which is actually what made me want ot read some of Wolff's writing. I also read
Lucky, Alice Sebold's memoir, and in it she speaks of having Wolff as a writing professor in college.
Okay, ladies and gents, let me try this again. Did anyone see Reign of Fire, with Christian Bale and Gerard Butler? Butler was in a supporting role, but a good one; and I don't see how you can watch the film without wondering, are they romantic partners. It certainly helps that it was a pretty good movie anyway, but I really enjoyed that possibility being allowed for. Anybody?
MandyM wrote: "Just finished 2 very different books by a new author to me M.J. Pearson. Discreet Young Gentleman and The Price of Temptation. I was drawn in by the ama..."The covers were very crudely sexual--At the time, I thought that wd suit me just fine.--and the books inside were nothing of the sort. They were terrific. If she writes something m/m, I read it.
I started Camwolf this afternoon, and so far I'm pleasantly surprised. The werewolf parts are integral to the story, not just window dressing. And the POV is unusual. At just over the half way mark we've had the alpha member of the couple and the submissive's best friend-- who is a girl. Also a couple of very short passages from the bad guy's POV.
Becky wrote: "I started Camwolf this afternoon, and so far I'm pleasantly surprised. The werewolf parts are integral to the story, not just window dressing. And the POV is unusual. At just ove..."I was surprised and pleased with Camwolf as well. It wasn't the typical wolf-shifter story.
I just started Nicole Kimberling's The Red Thread of Forever Love, while waiting for the first batch of Hot July Days short stories to be released from Goodreads M/M Romance group.In the NON M/M genre, I am in the middle of Kevin Hearne's Hounded, and ZOMG, that one is SO GOOD!
@ Cleon and Anne. Re M.J. Pearson books. Yeah those codpieces are hilarious! I have the kindle versions which have different, very tame covers. I am able to loan both of these books if either of you are interested.:)
MandyM wrote: "@ Cleon and Anne. Re M.J. Pearson books. I have the kindle versions which have different, very tame covers. I am able to loan both of these books if either of you are interested.:)"I live in Indonesia. So, the cost of sending the books might be higher than the cost of the books instead. ;) I have to content with print books from my local bookstore, but they do have GLBT titles, which is very AWESOME, :)
Thanks for the offer though!
Cleon they're not paperbacks, they're ebooks. Some ebooks you buy from Amazon can be lent once to another person. All you need is the kindle software on your computer to read them. But if you change your mind just send me a pm.:)
MandyM wrote: "Cleon they're not paperbacks, they're ebooks. Some ebooks you buy from Amazon can be lent once to another person. All you need is the kindle software on your computer to read them. But if you chang..."OH!! I want! LOL. I thought they're paperbacks since the GR edition are paperback! I don't have Kindle software yet, but I will install it. :) I will let you know when it's done. Thanks so much!
*smoochhhh*
By the way, the Hot Summer Days challenge stories are posted on M/M Romance Group. Today's stories include LC Chase' very sweet and cute story Open Tackle. The other 2 stories are very HOT too.
Go there and read ! :)
Cleon wrote: "By the way, the Hot Summer Days challenge stories are posted on M/M Romance Group."Thank you for telling it, I've seen it.
It's terrible! ;-) I mean, where can I find the time to read all of that on top of all the other books already waiting for me??
Today is devoted to the new Lady Julia book, The Dark Enquiry. But if there's time after that, I'm all over the Hot Summer Days!
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I did think the movie hinted that there was a long standing and unspecified relationship between them. Nebulous, but there was something there.
MandyM wrote: "@ Cleon and Anne. Re M.J. Pearson books. Yeah those codpieces are hilarious! I have the kindle versions which have different, very tame covers. I am able to loan both of these books if either of yo..."But I like the codpiece covers. ;)
Honestly, it will be so long before I get to reading them it's pointless for me to borrow them, but I appreciate the offer. It's also just nice to know there's someone else in Regency I'd like to read.
Cleon wrote: "By the way, the Hot Summer Days challenge stories are posted on M/M Romance Group. Today's stories include LC Chase' very sweet and cute story Open Tackle. The other 2 stories are very HOT too.
..."
Yay! LC's story is sweet -- in a sexy kinda way. ;) Go read, people!
Antonella wrote: "It's terrible! ;-) I mean, where can I find the time to read all of that on top of all the other books already waiting for me?? "I know, it's hard, but we believe in you, Antonella. You can do this!
I think we also need LC's crop for readers... :p
Cleon wrote: "I think we also need LC's crop for readers... :p"I'm sure some people would be all over that...
Elliot Mills versus Chuck Davidson in the summer's hottest cyber showdown! Vote for Josh and Elliot now.Summer's Hottest Hero Contest - Vote Now! - All Romance Ebooks
Anne wrote: "I know, it's hard, but we believe in you, Antonella"LOL!
And I voted for Elliott (Pair 13, just for your information). But how is it possible that the other fellah has 135 or so and Josh's Elliott only 105 votes?
Antonella wrote: "Anne wrote: "I know, it's hard, but we believe in you, Antonella"LOL!
And I voted for Elliott (Pair 13, just for your information). But how is it possible that the other fellah has 135 or so and..."
Josh has been pretty steadily 30 votes behind all day. Looks like TC got an early start, and they've been evenly matched ever since. I think we're going to have to widen the net....
I posted a reminder on the JL Fan Page on fb, where Patty had already posted it, and I posted it also on Josh fb page.BTW when I asked myself how is it possible that Josh has 30 votes less, what I really meant is that IMO there is no comparison between the two authors (no offense meant).
Ciao
A
Antonella wrote: "I posted a reminder on the JL Fan Page on fb, where Patty had already posted it, and I posted it also on Josh fb page.BTW when I asked myself how is it possible that Josh has 30 votes less, what ..."
I agree, they're very different. I think it's kind of weird to have the voting between them, but since it's (I think) the only M/M category...
I was bad, I voted under my pen name and my regular name.
Cleon wrote: "MandyM wrote: "@ Cleon and Anne. Re M.J. Pearson books. I have the kindle versions which have different, very tame covers. I am able to loan both of these books if either of you are interested.:)"..."
Shut up! I am so jealous. Oh, to be able to browse through a bookstore for m/m stories. Over here in the states you don't browse so much as treasure hunt like Indiana Jones and we hardly ever find the Arc of the Covenant.
Candice wrote: "Cleon wrote: "MandyM wrote: "@ Cleon and Anne. Re M.J. Pearson books. I have the kindle versions which have different, very tame covers. I am able to loan both of these books if either of you are i..."I know! Isn't it hilarious that Cleon can live in this very conservative country and find print M/M, but in the US we have to go to a specialty store or harass a bunch of sales people?
Anne wrote: "Candice wrote: "Cleon wrote: "MandyM wrote: "@ Cleon and Anne. Re M.J. Pearson books. I have the kindle versions which have different, very tame covers. I am able to loan both of these books if eit..."LMAO! So true! Kinokuniya ROCKS! Although the price is ridiculous. On the other hand, you guys have Amazon with free shipping deals and all that.
Cleon wrote: "Anne wrote: "Candice wrote: "Cleon wrote: "MandyM wrote: "@ Cleon and Anne. Re M.J. Pearson books. I have the kindle versions which have different, very tame covers. I am able to loan both of these..."Oh, I forgot it's Japanese. We have a small branch of Kinokuniya here in our Japanese grocery, and they have some yaoi. I thought that was cool
Cleon wrote: "LMAO! So true! Kinokuniya ROCKS! Although the price is ridiculous. On the other hand, you guys have Amazon with free shipping deals and all that.My friend is HIGHLY responsible for that. But she told me that she couldn't provide MM books as freely anymore because some of the covers tend to raise red flags at the custom (as in two guys, bare chested, kissing, etc). You can actually request some titles to Kino stores, but you need to check whether the cover is safe enough, so that the custom will not notice it.
Ami wrote: "Cleon wrote: "LMAO! So true! Kinokuniya ROCKS! Although the price is ridiculous. On the other hand, you guys have Amazon with free shipping deals and all that.My friend is HIGHLY responsible fo..."
You have the COOLEST friends, Ami. We need to get together at Kino sometimes. :) But at Kino, I prefer to buy more mainstream GLBT books like Alex Sanchez, Alan Holinghurst, etc since I can get the M/M romance stories as ebooks. And the M/M romance book's price is outrageous!
@ Anne: when I wrote there is no comparison between Josh and TA Chase I didn't mean they are different, I meant one (guess who! ;-) is much better than the other. I've read a few books by TA Chase, because I had liked ''Bitter Creek Redemption'', although in retrospect it had the same flaws that came out in the other books I read from her. I just didn't notice before.
She can write, and this a big compliment and it is not obvious nowadays.
Still I wouldn't reread for ex. ''No Going Home'' or ''Home of His Own'', in fact I wouldn't even buy them: just another sweet story, no shades of gray (bad=100% bad, good=100% good), all these cowboys suddenly gay, no real conflict.
I want stories that grip you so much that you don't even think about putting down the book before you finish it (or you do it only out of sheer necessity), a book you know you'll reread maybe more than once.
Have a nice weekend!
A
Antonella wrote: "@ Anne: when I wrote there is no comparison between Josh and TA Chase I didn't mean they are different, I meant one (guess who! ;-) is much better than the other. I've read a few books by TA Chas..."
I have to agree with Antonella, the first book I read from T.A. Chase was No Going Home and it was ok, but I sold it afterwards, since its nothing I'd like to reread. The last one from her was lend to me by a friend and really there was this intant attraction and little conflict, so I gave it back without finishing it.
Josh's character have the special something you remember, so really I don't know why T.A. Chase is winning, her charakter is less remarkable than Elliot.
@ Antonella and Fehu - LOL, don't worry, I knew exactly what you meant. ;) I liked Bitter Creek Redemption, too, but yeah, I think TA Chase's books aren't as good as Josh's.
I haven't read much TA Chase. What I have read has been an enjoyable diversion, but they don't have the depth that Josh's stories do.
I won't put much stock in ARE's rating or votes. Their highest rated books or most popular books often baffle the hell out of me.
Cleon wrote: "I won't put much stock in ARE's rating or votes. Their highest rated books or most popular books often baffle the hell out of me."I know Cleon, when they published the favorite author of 2010 I was just wondering who nominated them:)
As I've just written on Josh Fan Page on fb to someone complaining about the unfairness of the voting in progress (better reviews should correspond to more votes ;-), I suppose that lots of people like to read sweet little stories, good for an afternoon on the beach...And something I've noticed just now: TA Chase is a ''she'' as far as the profile on Goodreads is concerned, but a ''he'' in the profile to be found in her/his books: ??.
Antonella wrote: "@ Anne: when I wrote there is no comparison between Josh and TA Chase I didn't mean they are different, I meant one (guess who! ;-) is much better than the other. I've read a few books by TA Chas..."
No kidding. TA Chase' stories and characters are, for me, very forgettable. What are they thinking? Like elected office; right? They go, "Yeah, I recognize that name. I'll vote for that one." Scary, isn't it?
And if Chase is a guy, I'll eat my Kindle.
Fehu wrote: "when they published the favorite author of 2010 I was just wondering who nominated them:)."I'm curious now. Who did they rate as the best author of 2010?
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I've just read ''Tuareg''
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...
and started to think about why I read. I've added the following to my Profile, which obviously is even more right for Josh's books:
// I've just finished a story from an author I love, Sarah Black, and I started to think what I'm looking for and found there and in the books of other excellent authors (see my favorites).
Reading should be a kind of Zen experience: you are so taken in the now, that is the story, that nothing else exists. And you don't want that it ends.
If my head is running commentaries like: ''This is not believable! What a cliché! A repetition! Aargh, another typo! Any more gratuitous sex and I'll gag!'', then I know I'm not reading the right book for me.m //
Ciao
Antonella