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[Kristie]

Yvonne wrote: "I almost picked Branded but I saw a review that said there were more sex scenes of the main character with his mistress than with the two guys in the story"


Yuck, hetero sex scenes will stop me from reading a book 99% of the time. The other 1% of the time I have to skip over them quickly to keep going.

[Becky]

Oh, lawsy. I just voted in the poll. That was HARD. People need to quit nominating so many books I'm interested in all at once!

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

Yvonne wrote: "I almost picked Branded but I saw a review that said there were more sex scenes of the main character with his mistress than with the two guys in the story"

I had the same problem with The Forbidden Room. I feel I am superficial too, but I'm reading m/m because I'm not reading m/f. Strangely, when I find a bit of m/m in a het book, I'm happy, I wouldn't care even if it were the hero, lol.

[Charming]

Emanuela ~plastic duck~ wrote: "I'd click on Wicked Gentlemen even if it were on a "this is the end of the world" button, but seeing AM Riley made me ponder for a second :)"

LOL, that was my exact reaction. I settled on WG, but was intrigued by Elegant Corpse.

[Jordan]

Oh drat. There's m/f sex in Branded? I had no idea. Sorry guys. I happened to be standing next to Clare when I bought my copy and I didn't quite think of that, nor could I easily ask her and put it down cause of that.

I just checked out some of the others, and yeah, this will be a tough call. Wicked Gentlemen and The Elegant Corpse both look good! Dang...

[Kari]

Kaje wrote: "I'd second that, and it's a pity when author's personalities intrude on their work enough to affect readers like this. Ann Somerville has been (startlingly) nice about my work, and I like hers, but she does write quite abrasively in her reviews and online comments and has a resulting reputation as someone to avoid. But don't let that stop you from reading her work if it interests you. It just would be hard to discuss in this forum."

While I'm very glad she didn't rape you in a review, Kaje, I personally encourage people to vote their dollars. If someone acts like a jackass? They don't get a bloody cent from me. Period.

[Jordan]

That was a tough poll for sure. I think I should have just closed my eyes and clicked. I could have gone with just about any of them. I wonder if we'll have to have a second vote.

[Sagajo]

Jordan wrote: "Oh drat. There's m/f sex in Branded? I had no idea. Sorry guys. I happened to be standing next to Clare when I bought my copy and I didn't quite think of that, nor could I easily ask her and put it..."

You guys should have gone with Freeman, it is awesome! :P

[Tamela]

Maybe we should just use the poll to decide on the next several months reads. Highest score this month, 2nd place for Nov, 3rd for Dec, etc. Then we don't miss any of them. Tough choice picking just one.

[Cheryl]

Tamela wrote: "Maybe we should just use the poll to decide on the next several months reads. Highest score this month, 2nd place for Nov, 3rd for Dec, etc. Then we don't miss any of them. Tough choice picking ..."

But I love seeing what everyone comes up with each month for a nominee! I've added a lot of books to my TBR list from here, and I'd hate to loose out on more suggestions. We can always re-nominate a book if it didn't win. Hemovore was nominated at least one other time before being chosen.

[Jordan]

Tamela, I like that idea! But, Cheryl, I do see your point too. Oiy, what is a person to do? lol. I guess we'll just have to wait and see how the poll turns out.

[Josh]

Well, we've got Larton already booked for December.

Plus, I like leaving it open because you never know what amazing, tantalyzing title might be released any month now.

[Jordan]

Too true Josh, too true. lol. I can't wait to read Larton.

[Tamela]

Josh wrote: "Well, we've got Larton already booked for December.

Plus, I like leaving it open because you never know what amazing, tantalyzing title might be released any month now."

LOL, but I'm getting farther and farther behind because there is ALWAYS an amazing, tantalizing title being released... or two or three or even more. I just know it's more than my budget can afford until my lottery numbers hit :) I already have almost 250 books on my to read list, and it grows every time I stop in here. Choices... choices... read or eat :)

Glad to hear about the Larton Chronicles . I just received my copy yesterday, so I'm set for December!!!

[Josh]

So it looks like the October read will be Wicked Gentlemen.

And what a great choice that is. And a good excuse to buy a new copy.

[Cleon Lee]

Josh wrote: "So it looks like the October read will be Wicked Gentlemen.

And what a great choice that is. And a good excuse to buy a new copy."

Awesome! YAY!

[Cheryl]

Cleon, I'm so glad you responded with a "yay"! I was worried since you had said you were having trouble reading it because of some of the subject matter.

[Cleon Lee]

Cheryl wrote: "Cleon, I'm so glad you responded with a "yay"! I was worried since you had said you were having trouble reading it because of some of the subject matter."

I am, but I want to continue, and having it as BOM will motivate me. And discussing it will be cathartic. lol. That's why I suggested it.

[Jordan]

Ooohh, I just ordered that for the library, just because it was on the poll. But, I probably won't see it for a few months. Guess I'm off to Amazon to buy myself a copy!

[Jordan]

So I think it's time we recommended books for next month's read? That would be November, which is right around the corner, oh my!

My nomination is going to be Split by Mel Bossa. I actually got this at a book fair back in... April? I think. But I just haven't gotten around to reading it and it does look good.

I was going to nominate The Man From C.A.M.P. by Victor J. Banis but that's not really a romance from what I understand. I just have a feeling it'll be hard to get through. I did start it once, and then put it down. And there are no helpful reviews on this site for it. Ah well.

So for all that, I'm going with Split by Mel Bossa for next month's read. What does anyone else suggest?

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I think I'll nominate End of the Trail which looks good and has been on my TBR for months, but I apparently need an excuse to actually read it.

[Jordan]

Ooohhh, Kate that does sound good!

[Josh]

Jordan wrote: "So I think it's time we recommended books for next month's read? That would be November, which is right around the corner, oh my!

My nomination is going to be Split by Mel Bossa. I actually got t..."

I think Man from C.A.M.P. will indeed prove too camp for most readers.

[Josh]

Kate Mc. wrote: "I think I'll nominate End of the Trail which looks good and has been on my TBR for months, but I apparently need an excuse to actually read it."

That does sound pretty good.

[Sagajo]

Josh wrote: "Kate Mc. wrote: "I think I'll nominate End of the Trail which looks good and has been on my TBR for months, but I apparently need an excuse to actually read it."

That does sound p..."

I love end of trail.

[Jordan]

There's a really great review for Split here on Goodreads that totally sold me on the book. Just sayin'.

[SueM]

Darn, Split and End of the Trail both look good...

[Jordan]

I know, don't they?

[Jordan]

So it looks like we're voting between these two books for next month's read unless someone else wants to nominate something?

[Jordan]

Or maybe we should just read whichever we feel like, since there's only two books nominated anyway. lol, or is everyone trying to write a novel next month? I know I'll be busy, but I still have to read seven books before January to make my goal, so I'll be reading like crazy while I write like crazy.

[Cheryl]

I like Jordan's idea. Let's make this a two book month and just read them both!

[Jordan]

Oooh, that does sound interesting Lou!

[Tamela]

Two books are better than one. I agree with reading both books.

[Jenn]

Hi, I'm not new to the JL group, but I am new to the group read. I just bought Split last night and it looks great, but End of Trails looks awesome too. I would happily read either!

[Jordan]

Hi Jenn! I'm definitely looking forward to reading Split. Since I already own that one, I might skip the other for now... but it is calling my name...

[Jenn]

Hi, Jordan! :) Im looking forward to both since I had actually never heard of either before Sagajo recommended them. I haven't read a western or historical in forever so that might be nice, but a contemporary childhood love could be just as great!

[Josh]

http://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/34...

I don't think anyone's voted on either of them yet.

[Johanna]

There is at least one vote now... ;)

[Jordan]

At least two now! Yay. I can't wait.

[Antonella]

Both books look good, but I'm slightly I'm in favor of ''End of the Trail'' because I have wanted want for ages to buy also from Manifold Press ;-). So I could buy both.

[Josh]

So it looks like End of Trail won that poll, but given the low response overall, I'm not sure most of you even knew the poll was up. ;-)

So let's do this. Why don't we make End of Trail the official read, and anyone who has time can read the second book -- the title of which I'm totally blanking on -- as well?

[Johanna]

Sounds good to me (...and the other one is Split). :)

[Emanuela ~plastic duck~]

*whistling* I forgot *dancing away*

[Cleon Lee]

Have fun guys! I need to:
- finish Nano (consist of 2 stories)
- finish setting up my website.
- read 7 books for Rainbow Award judging (compltely my fault for delaying it).

In addition to normal routine.

I hyperventilate just thinking about it.

[Mtsnow13]

I agree to the 'both' option, as well as the one that 'Johanna' references.. By the way, is there someone who is in charge of sending out a message/update when polling/voting is ready? I only found out about this poll by chance... I get regular monthly updates from another member group that lets me know when a Poll is ready to be voted on. I'm surprised to see traffic slowing down on this group. Thanks!

[Josh]

Mtsnow13 wrote: "I agree to the 'both' option, as well as the one that 'Johanna' references.. By the way, is there someone who is in charge of sending out a message/update when polling/voting is ready? I only found..."

This is all just very informal and very casual -- the idea behind the Book of the Month was I had bought a lot of books and never had time to read them. So this was actually an effort to force me to relax and read more for fun.

Of course it's morphed a bit since then -- not least because I never had time to list all the books I had purchased anyway.

If it's just one other person reading along, I'll still enjoy hearing that person's thoughts!

[Josh]

Johanna wrote: "Sounds good to me (...and the other one is Split). :)"

Right! I kept thinking SLIDE. But I knew that was wrong.

[Josh]

Cleon wrote: "Have fun guys! I need to:
- finish Nano (consist of 2 stories)
- finish setting up my website.
- read 7 books for Rainbow Award judging (compltely my fault for delaying it).

In addition to normal..."

If there was one thing I wish you all would have learned from my experiences, it would be not to over-extend yourselves.

[Antonella]

Veni, vidi, vici ;-). That is, in this case: I bought ''End of Trail'', I've read it and I liked it!

It is a shame that it has so few ratings (and readers, I suppose).

ETA: I liked it a lot!

[Sagajo]

Me too Antonella!