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[Jeffrey]

Josh wrote: "Aeros wrote: "Josh wrote: "Aeros wrote: "Just finished my first by Josh Lanyon "Fair Game"... I really enjoyed the angst and the mystery. My next is to re-read J.R. Wards' "Lover Mine" to reacquai..."

Thanks Josh...

[Becky]

Aeros wrote: "Becky wrote: "Aeros wrote: "Any recommendations on my next Josh Lanyon book? Anybody, Anybody???"

Which ones have you read so far?"

"Fair Game" was very my first Josh Lanyon book... Just finished..."

Wait a minute. You haven't read the Adrien English series yet? Oh, dear. I can't disagree with anyone else's recommendations, because they're all good. But Adrien is phenomenal, something no Lanyon fan should miss. The first book is Fatal Shadows, but if you read ebooks you can get a better deal by buying the first two books in one volume as Adrien English Mysteries: Fatal Shadows and A Dangerous Thing.

[Tracy]

Oh dear LORD is my face red. When Katie MacAlister says not to google the name Julian Rios with safe-search off, she really really means it. Thank GOD I was able to close the browser window when my kids decided to come snuggle on the sofa next to me; there's no way I wanted to have to try to explain that to a 6YO and a 7YO!!! (You know you want to, now! Make sure you get a good view of the sun tattoo!)

[Jeffrey]

Becky wrote: "Aeros wrote: "Becky wrote: "Aeros wrote: "Any recommendations on my next Josh Lanyon book? Anybody, Anybody???"

Which ones have you read so far?"

"Fair Game" was very my first Josh Lanyon book......"

Thanks for the heads-up. I've just ordered them. Great deal... Kudos to Josh for making them available as e- books & economical.
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[Cheryl]

ns wrote: "My July reading list. Tough month, still mentally derailed and recovering from last month's reading. I didn't do any reading outside of m/m other than a pair of books (fantasy, sci-fi), and a lot o..."

What does BF stand for?

[ns]

Josh wrote: "mc wrote: "ns, I love your end of month reading list, almost, almost as much as your detailed reviews."

I tried to hit the "like" button for that. I second it!"

I'm glad, mc, Josh! It's much less work for me, I'm a lazy sod... :)

[ns]

Cheryl wrote: "ns wrote: "My July reading list. Tough month, still mentally derailed and recovering from last month's reading. I didn't do any reading outside of m/m other than a pair of books (fantasy, sci-fi), ..."

Sorry, Cheryl, it stands for Barely Finished. I updated my post to have a more visible key...

[Cheryl]

Oops, sorry I missed the explanation right at the very beginning of the post! Duh! It's been a long day..

[ns]

Cheryl wrote: "Oops, sorry I missed the explanation right at the very beginning of the post! Duh! It's been a long day.."

You and everybody else, too, don't feel bad. It's been a *loooong* month. I forgot to put it in when I wrote it, I had been meaning to!

[mc]

Have your travels eased up, ns? I hope so.

(By the way, I was surprised that a Megan Derr book was a BF.)

[ns]

mc wrote: "Have your travels eased up, ns? I hope so.

(By the way, I was surprised that a Megan Derr book was a BF.)"

Travels, yes, but apparently life can suck when not on the road as well, as I'm gradually being conditioned to accept.

Yes, it's extraordinary the multiple personality disorder Megan Derr and a few other of my favorite authors (well, whose works I liked) have been demonstrating of late.

Derr's writing in the book I'm reading now (some stories are old, actually) was rather poor. Bad writing, and foul language that littered the book, very dissonant with the fairy-talish theme/environment. I am rather disappointed.

And don't get me started on those grammatical errors and typos. Usually I'll allow for a few pimples that mar the work, but this is verging on a blight of chicken pox, grrrr...

[Becky]

mc wrote: "Have your travels eased up, ns? I hope so.

(By the way, I was surprised that a Megan Derr book was a BF.)"

So many people gush about Megan Derr. I've only had a chance to read one of her books, and I found it pretty pedestrian. I'm not ready to judge her by one meh book, but I'm not exactly racing to grab another.

[Tracy]

ns wrote: "mc wrote: "Have your travels eased up, ns? I hope so.

(By the way, I was surprised that a Megan Derr book was a BF.)"

Travels, yes, but apparently life can suck when not on the road as well, as ..."

I have a horrible anal tendency to obsess over typos and grammatical errors in anything I buy. Certain small, mostly-digital presses seem to have NO editors at all, and some of their authors apparently have no one in their personal circles who can spell or edit...there's one author I love to read, because she has really great world-building skills, and does a wonderful job of bringing her characters to life, but I cringe every time I have to pay for her work. It seems like there are Just SO Many issues -- almost all homophone use. In almost every book, at least one character starts to "ball" on somebody's shoulder (and that's the least of it). Drives me bonkers.

[Blaine]

ns wrote: "Have done a superfast blast through the HJD collection in the past few days, and it's really all merging into one. Kaje's story stood out, quite moving. Quite happy with the local authors I've read so far, I'm happy to say :). Anne, special thanks for having an Indian American protagonist! Nice job, guys!"

Thanks ns :)
I was really glad not to find a BF or DNF next to my story

[Josh]

Antonella wrote: "Josh wrote: "No, no. My weakness has always been over-committing. :-D"

You already know you've got all my support in your ''un-committing''! ;-)"

I know. I sometimes hear your voice in my head right before I hit that reply button. ;-D

[Josh]

Thanks for the heads-up. I've just ordered them. Great deal... Kudos to Josh for making them available as e- books & economical.

That was the move that saved my writing career, to be honest. Certainly saved the AE series because that was going under for the third and final time when the option of electronic publishing finally dawned.

[Josh]

Cheryl wrote: "What does BF stand for?

..."

Best Friend?

[Josh]

Lou wrote: "I recently read my Caught by A.B. Gayle. Very good read."

Good! Glad to see AB's work getting some attention.

[Josh]

I'm glad, mc, Josh! It's much less work for me, I'm a lazy sod... :)

Oh yeah. I bet. I bet everyone you know thinks you're lazy as dirt. ;-P

[Anne]

Josh wrote: "Lou wrote: "I recently read my Caught by A.B. Gayle. Very good read."

Good! Glad to see AB's work getting some attention."

I liked Caught quite a bit, but it was such insta-love. She did a great job with it, though. I almost didn't even notice the whole relationship took place in such a short time-frame.

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

Like in real life, I must be in the mood for insta-love :)

I'll move Caught up in my tbr list.

[Ayesh]

Emanuela ~hopeless~ wrote: "Like in real life, I must be in the mood for insta-love :)."

Really O_O?? I don't really believe in insta-love-whether it's in books or real life :[

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

Bella wrote: "Emanuela ~hopeless~ wrote: "Like in real life, I must be in the mood for insta-love :)."

Really O_O?? I don't really believe in insta-love-whether it's in books or real life :["

Maybe you're right. Maybe it's insta-lust I was thinking about, lol

[Ayesh]

Emanuela ~hopeless~ wrote: "Maybe you're right. Maybe it's insta-lust I was thinking about, lol..."

hahaha XD; here I was thinking of naming u
Emanuela ~hopelessly romantic~ but too bad :P

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

:P

[Cleon Lee]

My to-read books this month are all friends' release. I need to finish 2 stories if I want to submit to 2 calls. I am getting an ulcer. I don't know how you novel writers can do this, really.

Josh, if I really really think you're great before, now I think you're super super great, like superhuman (superwriter great).

[Tracy]

Bella wrote: "Emanuela ~hopeless~ wrote: "Like in real life, I must be in the mood for insta-love :)."

Really O_O?? I don't really believe in insta-love-whether it's in books or real life :["

I used to not believe...

I can't really say that anymore. I met my husband 11 years and 10 months ago. We have three kids and various pets, and have made it through 2 cross-country moves and 2 Iraq deployments. And he's absolutely NOT my type at all. :D

[Kari]

When I met my dh...We were pretty much conjoined at the hip from that moment on. So yeah, I believe it insta-love. ;-)

[Blaine]

I met hubby during a shared bar duty at our local korball club (I say our, but he had only moved to my city half a year earlier) and fell ... hard.

We started talking and he felt the same way ... so I broke up with my boyfriend (19) and gained a 29yr old boyfriend who I married a little over a year later.
The 24th of this month we'll be celebrating our 21st wedding anniversary. :D

Of course, a family member thought the age-gap (9 years) and the 'quick' move into marrying would never last and didn't come to our wedding for that reason ... people can be stupid sometimes.

So ... err ... I guess love at first sight exists (I so hate the word insta-love, sounds far less romantic, and I'm a sucker for romance)

[Charming]

Kari wrote: "When I met my dh...We were pretty much conjoined at the hip from that moment on. So yeah, I believe it insta-love. ;-)"

In my experience too it happens pretty fast. But it takes time to know it's for real.

[Ayesh]

Wow so sweet :D I'm happy for you all

[Tracy]

Blaine D. wrote: "I met hubby during a shared bar duty at our local korball club (I say our, but he had only moved to my city half a year earlier) and fell ... hard.

We started talking and he felt the same way ... ..."

9 years is hardly an age gap!! There's 11 years between myself and my DH. I was 20 when we met; our oldest just turned 11 about 6 weeks ago. Oh, and the DH is 11 years younger than my mom. (Not that 11 years is all that much of an age gap, either...some of us just are more mature than others -- and that 11 year gap puts me & the DH on about the same level. *snicker*

[Ayesh]

Sorry to ask but what's DH?? Dear Husband?

[Yvonne]

Becky wrote: "mc wrote: "Have your travels eased up, ns? I hope so.

(By the way, I was surprised that a Megan Derr book was a BF.)"

So many people gush about Megan Derr. I've only had a chance to read one of..."

This is how I feel as well. The couple of books I've read are written as if two friends are sitting there talking together. With all the gushing, I was expecting a more sophisticated writing style.

[Blaine]

Tracy wrote: "9 years is hardly an age gap!! There's 11 years between myself and my DH. I was 20 when we met; our oldest just turned 11 about 6 weeks ago. Oh, and the DH is 11 years younger than my mom. (Not that 11 years is all that much of an age gap, either...some of us just are more mature than others -- and that 11 year gap puts me & the DH on about the same level. *snicker* "

I know it's hardly an age-gap ... but for some people it's apparently a big issue.

I always thought it was funny how mine and his family differed half a generation, like zipping in traffic, we just fit nicely in a row :)

What I like the most is that one special year every 11 years when we're interchangeable (you know, when I was 23 and he was 32, etc) ... *shakes head* Nah, not childish at all :)

Also, it has made me less fearful of becoming older, because by the time I'll hit fifty, he'll be almost 60 ;)

[Tracy]

Bella wrote: "Sorry to ask but what's DH?? Dear Husband?"

Dear Husband, Darling Husband....Dipshit Husband if he really deserves it...And in the case of my friend who finally left the abusive a$$hole she was married to, DickHead. It's a multipurpose acronym. :D

[Ayesh]

Tracy wrote: "Bella wrote: "Sorry to ask but what's DH?? Dear Husband?"

Dear Husband, Darling Husband....Dipshit Husband if he really deserves it...And in the case of my friend who finally left the abusive a$..."

LOL well said; and congrats to your friend to finally have the courage to stand up on her own; abusive husbands should be directly sentenced to death by the law; nothing else; such animals

[Ayesh]

Blaine D. wrote: "Also, it has made me less fearful of becoming older, because by the time I'll hit fifty, he'll be almost 60 ;)"

Hahaha well said ; it's good to think positive :D

[Blaine]

Tracy wrote: "Dear Husband, Darling Husband....Dipshit Husband if he really deserves it...And in the case of my friend who finally left the abusive a$$hole she was married to, DickHead. It's a multipurpose acronym. :D "

very versatile :)

I normally just call him hubby :)

Though when I'm signing letters from us all, I normally write my name and 'my men'
since all our kids/foster kids are boys

[Yvonne]

Tracy wrote: "Bella wrote: "Sorry to ask but what's DH?? Dear Husband?"

Dear Husband, Darling Husband....Dipshit Husband if he really deserves it...And in the case of my friend who finally left the abusive a$..."

When I see this I always think designated hitter (years of watching baseball) so I'm glad someone asked this. I'm not up on what all these initials mean.

[Josh]

It's not that insta-love can't happen, it's that it's harder to make an interesting story out of it. Many things happen in real life that do not make for interesting fiction.

But of course there will be many variables and it's difficult to say when love actually dawns in any relationship. Maybe all love is instalove but it just takes us time to realize it?

[Tracy]

I don't know if all love is insta-love (OK, I'm with Blaine, don't like that word. It's clunky. urgh) but I do think that different people are more guarded with different emotions. Some people are slower to take offense, some are slower to warm up to new potential friends, some just lurk longer on forums...slow to love, slow to hate, whatever. Our guts make the decisions for us, it just can take us a while to trust that with our heads and hearts, and it depends a lot on prior experience and determination. I sure wasn't looking for love of any variety, but I was in a new place and told myself I'd accept any non-creepy offers for a month...

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

Tracy, do you know me? lol! I am really slow to everything. When I feel there's the possibility I could feel strongly for something (or someone), I take a step back first. It keeps me safer and/or saner :)

[Ayesh]

Emanuela ~hopeless~ wrote: "Tracy, do you know me? lol! I am really slow to everything. When I feel there's the possibility I could feel strongly for something (or someone), I take a step back first. It keeps me safer and/or ..."

I agree with u :D

[Tracy]

Emanuela ~hopeless~ wrote: "Tracy, do you know me? lol! I am really slow to everything. When I feel there's the possibility I could feel strongly for something (or someone), I take a step back first. It keeps me safer and/or ..."

I have some things I'm really slow about, and to be honest, I've had to fight my own inclinations about emotional stuff. But most of the time, I'm really glad I did, because I have made some amazing friends by throwing all caution to the wind and just putting myself out there. But, yeah, it's scary. I think it's almost scarier to de-lurk online, though, because it's so much easier for someone to misread something. There are social cues in body language and voice that we just can't get online, and my biggest fear is that someone I admire will see and misinterpret an offhand comment online and be horribly offended!

[Anne]

Blaine D. wrote: "I met hubby during a shared bar duty at our local korball club (I say our, but he had only moved to my city half a year earlier) and fell ... hard.

We started talking and he felt the same way ... ..."

I remember when I met my husband (at a church fire, actually) I looked at him and it was like I recognized him. He just fit.

[Ayesh]

Anne wrote: "I remember when I met my husband (at a church fire, actually) I looked at him and it was like I recognized him. He just fit. "

Wow church fire O_O was he a fireman? did he save u from the fire ?? I love this type of love stories * giddy *

[Kari]

Anne wrote: "I looked at him and it was like I recognized him. He just fit."

Exactly.

[Kaje]

Cleon wrote: "My to-read books this month are all friends' release. I need to finish 2 stories if I want to submit to 2 calls. I am getting an ulcer. I don't know how you novel writers can do this, really.

Jos..."

Don't get an ulcer! Friends won't care if their books wait until you have more time, and if two calls is stressing you, pick the one that you love your story more for. There are always new anthologies coming along. You don't have to do it all. This is supposed to be fun most of all.

[Anne]

Bella wrote: "Anne wrote: "I remember when I met my husband (at a church fire, actually) I looked at him and it was like I recognized him. He just fit. "

Wow church fire O_O was he a fireman? did he save u from..."

LOL -- actually, I was the firefighter and he was on the ambulance. I was a wild land firefighter, so I was really just there to rubberneck. So was he, actually.