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[Pam]

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "B J wrote: "Irritating isn't it, Pat. My first port of call for a particular book is the public library. If that service can't oblige I look at the ebook. If that's unreasonably expensive I look fo..."

That open library looks really good Patty. Do you know what the lock symbol with 'Daisy' next to it means as I see that on quite a few of the books I was viewing lists of.

[Patti (baconater)]

Kath wrote: "I've just finished M L Stedman's The Light Between Oceans which I found absolutley stunning. Amazingly it has a few one star reviews! Still, with its Best Seller status I'm not on m..."

Grabbed it.

[B J]

Jim wrote: "yes trailing the puissant pike is a craft in itself :-)"

I keep one by the front door to discourage Jehovah's Witnesses.

[Kath]

I hope you enjoy it, Patti. I knew from the start that I would.

[Lexie]

Struggling with When the Doves Disappeared. Can't understand why no one has slapped several of the characters.

[Kath]

Lexie wrote: "Struggling with When the Doves Disappeared. Can't understand why no one has slapped several of the characters."

I often feel like that, Lexie. I think I'm getting more irascible in my old age!

[Jim]

B J wrote: "Jim wrote: "yes trailing the puissant pike is a craft in itself :-)"

I keep one by the front door to discourage Jehovah's Witnesses."

asking them if they would like the full 18 ft is going to give them pause :-)

[Pam]

Read the follow-up to The Shattered Chain, Thendara House, and posted a review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1934827050.

[L.A.]

Just finished which I thoroughly enjoyed even though the edition I was reading had extremely tiny print!Just started

[Kathy]

I have just abandoned Antidote to Venom. I have previously read books by this author which I really enjoyed but this one didn't capture me at all. It's very slow and I didn't care about anyone in it. About to read 1984. I think it's about time I did.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Pam wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "
That open library looks really good Patty. Do you know what the lock symbol with 'Daisy' next to it means as I see that on quite a few of the books I was viewing lists of."

I think those audible editions are locked for sight-impaired readers.
"https://openlibrary.org/help/faq/acce...
What is DAISY?

The Digital Accessible Information SYstem (DAISY) format is a means of creating digital talking books for people who wish to hear--and to navigate--written material presented in an audible format. DAISY helps those with "print disabilities," including blindness, impaired vision, and dyslexia, to read electronic texts that have been converted into its format. The DAISY consortium was formed in 1996 by talking book libraries around the world to lead the transition from analog talking books into digital format.

Here's a quick introduction to DAISY from OpenXML, hosted on YouTube, which also mentions an awesome Save As option in Microsoft Word that saves OpenXML documents as DAISY files. (That might be something publishers could get behind...): "

[David]

Just started rereading Double Whammy which was the first Carl Hiaasen book I ever read. Consequently, I made a point of reading every other Hiaasen book I could get my hands on.

[David]

Oh yeah, almost forgot. I just finished Outlaw of Gor . I don't know if this counts as reading or a rereading. I know I read a wodge of Gor books many, many years ago, but I can't remember if this was one of them or not.

[Jim]

I did wonder whether the Gor books would make a come back in the wake of 50 shades :-)

[David]

Jim wrote: "I did wonder whether the Gor books would make a come back in the wake of 50 shades :-)"

I suppose you could see them as the point where Game of Thrones type fantasy & 50 Shadesesque erotica intersect to some degree.

I'd forgotten all about them until someone I know mentioned she was reading them.

It made me half-wonder if there is a fantasy/erotica crossover genre out there somewhere.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

fanterotica?

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "fanterotica?"

Isn't that funny business with a sparkling orange drink?

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I remember as a child, asking my mum if I could have some fizzy orange. She ended up giving me a long lecture on self control, saying that if I couldn't resist fizzy orange, I wouldn't be able to resist boys either. So in our family, fizzy orange now represents sex...

[David]

Fanica maybe?

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "I remember as a child, asking my mum if I could have some fizzy orange. She ended up giving me a long lecture on self control, saying that if I couldn't resist fizzy orange, I wouldn't be able to r..."

Of course. Well known link!

[Pam]

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Pam wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "
That open library looks really good Patty. Do you know what the lock symbol with 'Daisy' next to it means as I see that on quite a few of the books I was viewi..."

Thanks Patty.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Finished The Secret Garden, did enjoy it. 11% into Serial Killers Uncut and thinking it could be too much

[Lexie]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Finished The Secret Garden, did enjoy it. 11% into Serial Killers Uncut and thinking it could be too much"

Bit of a contrast!

[Lexie]

David wrote: "Jim wrote: "I did wonder whether the Gor books would make a come back in the wake of 50 shades :-)"

I suppose you could see them as the point where Game of Thrones type fantasy & 50 Shadesesque er..."

There's a virtually every genre / erotica crossover, I'm led to believe.

[David]

Lexie wrote: "There's a virtually every genre / erotica crossover, I'm led to believe."

Yep. I've heard about authors in various genres complaining about how their genres are getting overwhelmed with the... er... erotica versions of their type of stories.

[Kath]

Out today but I read it a few weeks back - Let the Dead Speak

http://ignitebooks.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Jim]

David wrote: "Lexie wrote: "There's a virtually every genre / erotica crossover, I'm led to believe."

Yep. I've heard about authors in various genres complaining about how their genres are getting overwhelmed w..."

I have this feeling that by having Benor and NOT doing the erotic crossover I somehow missed out

[Lexie]

Jim wrote: "David wrote: "Lexie wrote: "There's a virtually every genre / erotica crossover, I'm led to believe."

Yep. I've heard about authors in various genres complaining about how their genres are getting..."

On having several hundred drooling 5* reviews for every book, perhaps!

[Jim]

I'd be happy with several!

[Pam]

Read Thomas Burnett Swann's The Not-World and posted a review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1934898666.

[David]

Lexie wrote: "On having several hundred drooling 5* reviews for every book, perhaps!"

My current final draft is about a man who writes and self-publishes an erotic bestseller.

Obviously, as it is a story about a man writing about sex, it is a comedy.

[David]

Jim wrote: "I have this feeling that by having Benor and NOT doing the erotic crossover I somehow missed out "

Maybe you should rewrite them that way - of course you'd need to change Benor's name to protect his innocence.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Does Benor HAVE any innocence?

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Lexie wrote: "Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Finished The Secret Garden, did enjoy it. 11% into Serial Killers Uncut and thinking it could be too much"

Bit of a contrast!"

Yes! I like to read 2 classics a year but prefer childrens

[Pam]

A quick read - John Gordon's The Midwinter Watch - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1936857372.

[Michael]

I've said before that I'm a huge fan of the 40K universe, and in particular enjoying the Horus Heresy series - well this has to be the best book in the series so far! It's well written and conveys the bleakness of the world well, and more than that acts as a kind of template for what I enjoy about the setting so much.

The astartes continue as superhuman heroes, but against foes just as capable, if not more so. The story tells of a lone frigate trying to warn Terra of Horus' treachery. The action is desperate and while Nurgle is my least favourite of the Chaos pantheon, his influence is used to devastating effect. This is match with the evolution of the cult worshipping the Emperor as a divine being.

I also enjoyed the wider take on characters beyond the marines - the Sisters in particular are formidable and I'm looking forward to learning more about them. Overall this was a cracking read.

[Elizabeth]

Lexie wrote: "David wrote: "Jim wrote: "I did wonder whether the Gor books would make a come back in the wake of 50 shades :-)"

I suppose you could see them as the point where Game of Thrones type fantasy & 50 ..."

Never mind the erotica - why can I not get my head around cowboys and aliens??

[Lexie]

Elizabeth wrote: "Lexie wrote: "David wrote: "Jim wrote: "I did wonder whether the Gor books would make a come back in the wake of 50 shades :-)"

I suppose you could see them as the point where Game of Thrones type..."

Who's been smashing the genre-boundaries this time, then?!

[Pat ()]

Don't know about any of that but the Gor paperbacks had some wonderful covers.

[Tim]

Not sure I ever read the Gor books, although I was certainly aware of them. Just started a reread of the Amtrak Wars series. About halfway through book 1, Cloud Warrior I was a big fan of the series back in the late 80s, and so far it's still holding up.

[Pat ()]

Tim wrote: "Not sure I ever read the Gor books, although I was certainly aware of them. Just started a reread of the Amtrak Wars series. About halfway through book 1, Cloud Warrior[bookcover:Clou..."

I also read those. I enjoyed them too although I don't remember that much about them now. Perhaps I too should reread them.

[David]

Tim wrote: "Not sure I ever read the Gor books, although I was certainly aware of them. Just started a reread of the Amtrak Wars series. About halfway through book 1, Cloud Warrior[bookcover:Clou..."

I read those too sometime around then, maybe a bit later. I remember how good I thought they were. I'll have to see about having a reread sometime soon too.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Read what felt like the shortest book in the world today - there was one 2 or 3 pages per prisoner, one was practically unreadable as it was a scanned copy of a rap sheet, the longest second pages was the last one with 14 lines. Sadly have to give it 2* Last Statements and Case Files of Executed Death Row Inmates - Lubbock County- Texas

[Elizabeth]

Lexie wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "Lexie wrote: "David wrote: "Jim wrote: "I did wonder whether the Gor books would make a come back in the wake of 50 shades :-)"

I suppose you could see them as the point where Ga..."

Joan D Vinge for one:

[Patti (baconater)]

Started The Sculptress last night.

Thought I'd read it before but it's not ringing bells. Surprised I've got a Minette Walters I've not read! It's not new. 1995, I think.

It's not the greatest copy. I should probably complain to Amazon, but I grabbed it years ago.

[B J]

Finished A P McCoy's Taking the Fall. It seems that jockeys eat nothing but salad leaves, drink nothing but champagne, and somehow have the energy to be professional sportsmen with a rich and varied sex life. Started Val McDermid's Cross and Burn in her Tony Hill series.

[Natasha]

Just finished:
Tara Road by Maeve Binchy, which I really enjoyed.
High Performance Web Sites by Steve Souders (Build faster websites!).
Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece by Three Initiates, which was pretty interesting stuff.

Just started my second fiction book of 2017:
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson.

[Pam]

Pat (Scorpio) wrote: "Tim wrote: "Not sure I ever read the Gor books, although I was certainly aware of them. Just started a reread of the Amtrak Wars series. About halfway through book 1, Cloud Warrior[bo..."

The first few were fine, enjoyable adventures. But then it took a severe turn into rather unpleasant territory. I did read a few more thinking surely they'll turn back into the books I enjoyed but no - they got worse so I gave up.

[PattyMacDotComma]

Natasha (Diarist) wrote: "Just started my second fiction book of 2017: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson. "

Oh, Life After Life will keep you thinking, Natasha - I really enjoyed it.

[Lexie]

Just read two Mary Stewarts (rereading them after years for a blogpost), The Gabriel Hounds and Touch Not the Cat. Have to say I really enjoyed them still!