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[Whit]

I'm reading The Good Thief by James Buchanan.

[Kaje]

whitney wrote: "I'm reading The Good Thief by James Buchanan."

Love that book. Actually, that was the one that made me say, maybe I can submit my own work. Because although I don't aim to compete with James Buchanan, I could totally identify with her story and characters. So good.

[Bubbles Hunty]

This is random but for the first time, I saw Tab in the store here. I had to buy it

[Jeffrey]

Bella wrote: "Aeros wrote: "Just finishing up "Bareback"(#1) by Chris Owen... WOW!!! "

Yepp wow is the only word that can describe the book; it's one of my all time favorite; u should try the sequels too :D"

Sequel(s)... I was only aware of the one follow-up. Hmmmm.
A.

[Jeffrey]

Bubbles (Dane) wrote: "This is random but for the first time, I saw Tab in the store here. I had to buy it"

Hey Bubbles,
S'up?
A.

[Blaine]

whitney wrote: "I'm reading The Good Thief by James Buchanan."

I think that one was among my first purchases last year.

Kaje wrote: "Love that book. Actually, that was the one that made me say, maybe I can submit my own work. Because although I don't aim to compete with James Buchanan, I could totally identify with her story and characters. So good. "

That's cool :)
To have a turning point like that.

My turning point came after spending so much here and talking to a writer I know through NaNoWriMo. It made me decide to ditch the studies and start focussing solely on writing.
No regrets yet :)

[Anne]

Aeros wrote: "Bella wrote: "Aeros wrote: "Just finishing up "Bareback"(#1) by Chris Owen... WOW!!! "

Yepp wow is the only word that can describe the book; it's one of my all time favorite; u should try the sequ..."

There's the longish one, Natural Disaster, and two shorter ones,Light Touch and Running Away to Home.

[Charming]

Aeros wrote: "Just finishing up "Bareback"(#1) by Chris Owen... WOW!!! ...is all I can say.
Moving onto my second by Josh... "Snowball in Hell".
Thanks to both writers they're going on my fav's self."

You say favs shelf, but when I went to your bookshelf, no favs shelf. Everyone should add a favorites shelf (I don't have one either - but I should!)

[Jane]

Make sure you read the Chris Owen's Trilogy or 4 part..Submission(I think)...fabulous characters and a gripping story.

Far better than Bareback IMO>

[Jane]

Blaine D. wrote: "whitney wrote: "I'm reading The Good Thief by James Buchanan."

I think that one was among my first purchases last year.

Kaje wrote: "Love that book. Actually, that was the one that made me say, m..."

[Jane]

Blaine D. wrote: "whitney wrote: "I'm reading The Good Thief by James Buchanan."

I think that one was among my first purchases last year.

Kaje wrote: "Love that book. Actually, that was the one that made me say, m..."

[Jane]

I found The Thief very disappointing. It felt like the story never really got going. It was not one of his better books IMO.

[Blaine]

Jane wrote: "I found The Thief very disappointing. It felt like the story never really got going. It was not one of his better books IMO."

Oh, James has written better books, I concur. But there was just something compelling about the characters, as with all James' books, actually.

James is one of my favourite authors.

[Whit]

Jane wrote: "I found The Thief very disappointing. It felt like the story never really got going. It was not one of his better books IMO."

This is my first book by this author, so I can't make a comparison, but I loved it. I purchased his Taking the Odds series as well.

[Anne]

I liked The Good Theif quite a bit, but Personal Demons was better.

[Blaine]

whitney wrote: "I purchased his Taking the Odds series as well. "

Oh, that one is Brilliant!!

Anne wrote: "I liked The Good Theif quite a bit, but Personal Demons was better."

Personal Demons is Brilliant. (err ... sorry for repeating myself)
Actually ... that's the one I read twice, kept thinking 'I read a book like this already' until I reached page 100 or so (on my ereader) and read 'eyeball' and I realised the book about the same subject was this book *headdesk*

And that perfectly demonstrates how my memory works when reading books *sigh*

[Anne]

Blaine D. wrote: "Personal Demons is Brilliant. (err ... sorry for repeating myself)
Actually ... that's the one I read twice, kept thinking 'I read a book like this already' until I reached page 100 or so (on my ereader) and read 'eyeball' and I realised the book about the same subject was this book *headdesk*"

LOL. I read it twice because I knew I had and I knew I liked it a lot, but I couldn't quite remember it.

[Ayesh]

Jane wrote: "Make sure you read the Chris Owen's Trilogy or 4 part..Submission(I think)...fabulous characters and a gripping story.

Far better than Bareback IMO>"

U mean Deviations right? It's bdsm and stuff so ignored it :[

[Kaje]

Try 911; no BDSM and some of the hottest scenes around and the sweetest guys (although it does end up with m/m/m if that squicks you.)

[Tracy]

Kaje wrote: "Try 911; no BDSM and some of the hottest scenes around and the sweetest guys (although it does end up with m/m/m if that squicks you.)"

mmmm...I *really* love the guys from 911 -- one of my first forays into straight (as it were) M/M. By which I mean, one where the M/M *ahem* 'scuse me, M/M/M romance was the focus of the book, rather than a side-story.

[Ayesh]

Kaje wrote: "Try 911; no BDSM and some of the hottest scenes around and the sweetest guys (although it does end up with m/m/m if that squicks you.)"

I know ; don't like menage either; unfortunately I tried it and didn't know it's menage so u can guess what my expression was :{

[Kaje]

Okay then, Cheek-to-Cheek and the sequel. These are sweet, two guys, HFN followed by HEA, just nice love stories. Not a lot of angst, so I gave then 4 stars because I like the emotions cranked up to 11, but well worth reading.

[Tracy]

I feel like a sob-fest and I can't concentrate on anything, so I'm going back to my Old-Favorites and digging up Jane Yolen. I'm thinking Briar Rose.

[Ayesh]

Kaje wrote: "Okay then, Cheek-to-Cheek and the sequel. These are sweet, two guys, HFN followed by HEA, just nice love stories. Not a lot of angst, so I gave then 4 stars because I like the emotions cranked up..."

Finished already :D 3stars for me though
Can u suggest something similar to your life lessons series?

[Anne]

Tracy wrote: "I feel like a sob-fest and I can't concentrate on anything, so I'm going back to my Old-Favorites and digging up Jane Yolen. I'm thinking Briar Rose."

I love Jane Yolen!

Have you read Heatstroke? It's a sob fest, but with an HEA.

[Kaje]

Bella wrote: "Can u suggest something similar to your life lessons series?..."

Wow, that's flattering. If you want a sob-fest you could check out the hurt/comfort bookshelf and "best gay couple in health and sickness" under the Lists, lists thread on M/M romance if you're a group member.
Lots of Amy Lane (like The Locker Room and Promise Rock series if you somehow missed those.) Shades of Gray golly there's a lot out there.

[Ayesh]

Kaje wrote: "Bella wrote: "Can u suggest something similar to your life lessons series?..."

Wow, that's flattering. If you want a sob-fest you could check out the hurt/comfort bookshelf and "best gay couple i..."

Read all of those and Shades of Gray is one of my most favorites :D but thanks for the suggestions and nope no sob-fest please; my exam is starting and that's enough sob-fest for me :P

[Becky]

I'm finally reading Lover Avenged after letting it languish on my ereader for ages. I'm doing a fair bit of skimming. The slang in it is completely out of control. To the point where sometimes it's only context clues that tell me what the hell she's trying to say. Some of it is just over the top ridiculous. Like one of the Brothers referring to his gun as a "click-click-bang-bang". At least, I think it was his gun. It's the only thing I can think of that makes sense. I'm sorry, but there's no way that a 300 hundred year old bad-ass is going to call his gun a click-click-bang-bang. I wouldn't do that, and I'm a 36 year old wimp. And a girl. Give me a break.

[Anne]

Becky wrote: ""click-click-bang-bang". At least, I think it was his gun. It's the only thing I can think of that makes sense."

I can totally think of something else a guy might be referring to when he says click-click-bang-bang.

[Becky]

Anne wrote: "Becky wrote: ""click-click-bang-bang". At least, I think it was his gun. It's the only thing I can think of that makes sense."

I can totally think of something else a guy might be referring to whe..."

I can, too. But not while staring at a doorway, waiting for the bad guys to come through!

[Jane]

Anne wrote: "Blaine D. wrote: "Personal Demons is Brilliant. (err ... sorry for repeating myself)
Actually ... that's the one I read twice, kept thinking 'I read a book like this already' until I reached page 1..."

[Jane]

Gets pen and paper out..taking note to buy.."Personal Demons" Thank you!

[Kaje]

I like Personal Demons well, but it didn't grab me as much as some of the other stuff. Tastes vary I guess. (Definitely worth a read, just not one I reread as much as some of the others, including the Taking the Odds series.)

BTW Jane, you can type in the same box as the stuff that comes up in on "reply" and that way you're not making two separate posts. Just FYI.

[Anne]

Becky wrote: "Anne wrote: "Becky wrote: ""click-click-bang-bang". At least, I think it was his gun. It's the only thing I can think of that makes sense."

I can totally think of something else a guy might be ref..."

True, but you never know what does it for some people. Especially those guys. I gave up on them about the fifth book.

[Jane]

Kaje wrote: "I like Personal Demons well, but it didn't grab me as much as some of the other stuff. Tastes vary I guess. (Definitely worth a read, just not one I reread as much as some of the others, includin..."

Thanks! I'm still trying to find my way around.

[Jane]

Kaje wrote: "Bella wrote: "Can u suggest something similar to your life lessons series?..."

Wow, that's flattering. If you want a sob-fest you could check out the hurt/comfort bookshelf and "best gay couple i..."

I love those kinds of stories too! Or older/younger gay couple with their own set of problems.

[Becky]

I just stumbled across this list of lesser known m/m reads. There were only a couple on here that I've ever heard of, and I haven't read any of them yet. Since we were talking about this the other day I thought I'd share.

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/79...

[Tracy]

Anne wrote: "Tracy wrote: "I feel like a sob-fest and I can't concentrate on anything, so I'm going back to my Old-Favorites and digging up Jane Yolen. I'm thinking Briar Rose."

I love Jane Yolen..."

*skootches over to the ever-present wishlist-y goodness...*

[Antonella]

Becky wrote: "I just stumbled across this list of lesser known m/m reads. There were only a couple on here that I've ever heard of, and I haven't read any of them yet."

Thank you very much, Becky.

Some of these books are on my wishlist, some I've read, but most of them I've never heard of. Not that I need new stuff to read...

BTW The Rifter, Book 6 is out today!



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[Cleon Lee]

I maxed out my credit card. *groans* I think this is the universe telling me I should go on book buying diet.

[Tracy]

Cleon wrote: "I maxed out my credit card. *groans* I think this is the universe telling me I should go on book buying diet."

I'm seriously considering one of those prepaid Visa deals so I can only put on it every month as much as I'm budgeting myself for books/music/movies and once it's gone, maybe I'll be able to stop myself buying more till the next time...

[Kari]

Tracy wrote: "I'm seriously considering one of those prepaid Visa deals so I can only put on it every month as much as I'm budgeting myself for books/music/movies and once it's gone, maybe I'll be able to stop myself buying more till the next time..."

I opened an entirely new bank account, LOL. Serious! A new bank opened a branch just a mile or two away so I plunked money into an account there, got a debit card for it & have used that for online purchases since. It's wholly independent of our other bank accounts so if something goes wrong, I'm not risking our mortgage payment (which came in handy about half a yr ago -- had to freeze the acct & get a new debit card issued after fraudulent charges started showing up). I have to keep $100 in the acct to avoid a mthly fee, but otherwise, no weird service charges like you see with the prepaid cc's. I deposit $ into the acct and that's that. I haven't used my real cc in about two years? Highly recommend.

[Jane]

Antonella wrote: "Becky wrote: "I just stumbled across this list of lesser known m/m reads. There were only a couple on here that I've ever heard of, and I haven't read any of them yet."

Thank you very much, Becky..."

I also went to this list. I have read Ginn Hale's Wicked Gentlemen and it absolutly blew me away with the setting and the two main characters! I SO wanted more and now I see that FINALLY a sequel.I would give Wicked Gentlemen a 5*. It was a truly masterful story of gay love ..difficult..torturous and what I like!

[Kaje]

Kari wrote: "I opened an entirely new bank account, LOL. Serious! A new bank opened a branch just a mile or two away so I plunked money into an account there, got a debit card for it & have used that for online purchases since. It's wholly independent of our other bank accounts so if something goes wrong, I'm not risking our mortgage payment ..."

Wow, that makes a lot of sense. Except than I would have to admit how much I spend on books, rather than burying the cost in with gas and food and pretending we're just eating really well these days. Seriously, though, that's a great idea.

[Tracy]

I agree with Kaje; that's a great idea. The problem for me would be maintaining that $100 minimum...If the money was there, I'd want to use it. The alternative for me would be to buy gift certificates, but I prefer in general to buy direct from the publisher for digital books, which means I'd have to think too hard about where I wanted to spend my money that paycheck...

[Anne]

Tracy wrote: "Cleon wrote: "I maxed out my credit card. *groans* I think this is the universe telling me I should go on book buying diet."

I'm seriously considering one of those prepaid Visa deals so I can on..."

I buy gift cards for various places, then when it's gone I know I've spent my limit.

[Anne]

Kari wrote: "Tracy wrote: "I'm seriously considering one of those prepaid Visa deals so I can only put on it every month as much as I'm budgeting myself for books/music/movies and once it's gone, maybe I'll be ..."

That's a great idea (you have so many, Kari, where do you get them? I need to get me some)! And then my husband won't know what I spend money on.

But I can't open it at the bank around the corner, they've been robbed too many times.

[Anne]

Tracy wrote: "I agree with Kaje; that's a great idea. The problem for me would be maintaining that $100 minimum...If the money was there, I'd want to use it. The alternative for me would be to buy gift certifica..."

Can't you do a pre-pay thing on Pay Pal? Deposit X $ in your Pay Pal account, then once you've spent it, your budget's used up. I think most (all?) publishers take Pay Pal.

[Cleon Lee]

Anne wrote: "Kari wrote: "Tracy wrote: "I'm seriously considering one of those prepaid Visa deals so I can only put on it every month as much as I'm budgeting myself for books/music/movies and once it's gone, m..."

Yes, we remember the robbery story. LMAO!

[Candice]

I've been reading Amber Green's Turner stories and am really impressed. She's got her own voice; natural and funny and smart.

Can anyone give me an opinion on her other stuff, i.e., the Hunter series or the vampire series or any others. Thanks, folks.