Thanks! Enjoyed your blog also, had a look the other week.

skrevet af sharrow kl. 2:57 am (EST) den Jul 13, 2008

Gosh, thanks, Jem - glad you like the look of Thorn in the Flesh. At the moment, readers either seem to love it or hate it, and my heroine - there's no middle ground.

And I'm afraid it's not available on Amazon.com (who don't look kindly on small UK publishers) but it is available second-hand from Amazon.co.uk and as new from the publishers, Goldenford (www.goldenford.co.uk) who send all over the world.

Hope that helps, and thanks so much for the interest!

A
xxx

skrevet af AnneBrooke kl. 3:31 pm (EST) den Jul 7, 2008

Thanks for the accept, Jem - As Meat Loves Salt is a great read for sure!

A
xxx

skrevet af AnneBrooke kl. 2:10 pm (EST) den Jul 7, 2008

Loved your review of A Foreign Love Affair.

skrevet af sharrow kl. 10:32 pm (EST) den Jul 5, 2008

Thanks for friending me. :)

And yes, I´m waiting to buy the Finder series, too. But maybe I´ll be able to lay my hands on a German version, soon, as Amazon Germany lists volume one and two for a September/November release, to be published by Tokyopop. They´ve already published Yamane´s Crimson Spell 2 last month in a German Version. But there really should be a publisher for an English version, too, even though I understand why Yamane parted ways with her old publisher.

skrevet af shoganrea kl. 12:41 am (EST) den Jun 18, 2008

Hi J,
just wanted to tell you that I really liked your review for Yamane´s A Foreign Love Affair, upon which I stumbled today. I read the manga itself yesterday and loved it, too. And you have a great library.
Christian

skrevet af shoganrea kl. 7:23 am (EST) den Jun 13, 2008

Hi J

I'll be sure to read your review of Clawed. I think I was perhaps a little charitable with my four stars, but I felt such authors need all the help they can get! I know you feel the same way, but be interested to know how you handle unsolicaited review copies which want to be good? ~ G

skrevet af Bembo kl. 2:34 am (EST) den May 29, 2008

Hi Jem

I have not read "Nine Lives Too Many", and while it no doubt provides the setting for "Clawed Back . . ." I don't think it the latter loses anything for not having read "Nine Lives . . .".
In fact the sequel provides more than enough information as to what previously transpired so that there are no gaps so to speak.

I'd be interested to know what you think of "Clawed Back . . ." ~ G

skrevet af Bembo kl. 4:17 pm (EST) den May 27, 2008

Hello!
I hope you don't mind me adding you as a friend. You have a great library and I totally agreed with your review for Cry To Heaven (also my favourite Anne Rice book, although i've only read 2 of them so can't properly comment!) Love the Anita picture too!

skrevet af Ceilidh-ann kl. 4:12 pm (EST) den Apr 16, 2008

Thank you!!! :D

skrevet af mychael_black kl. 11:35 am (EST) den Mar 23, 2008

Ciao Jem. Unnatural Worth is good, but my favourite by Mya is Obedience Training. Elisa

skrevet af elisa.rolle kl. 6:12 pm (EST) den Feb 1, 2008

Island of the Blue Dolphins...

Oh, wow. I can't believe I'd forgotten about this book. Read it MANY times when I was younger. Need to go buy it again now.

skrevet af mychael_black kl. 1:46 pm (EST) den Jan 24, 2008

Thank you so much for adding me as a friend! Now I'll go browse your library to my heart content :)

skrevet af amadriade kl. 1:34 pm (EST) den Jan 20, 2008

Thanks for the "Friend-ing" on Amazon!

All the best,
Val
ObsidianBookshelf.com

skrevet af ObsidianBookshelf kl. 6:58 pm (EST) den Jan 17, 2008

Oh! Thank you! :D

skrevet af mychael_black kl. 9:23 am (EST) den Jan 8, 2008

Thank you for the Dark Needs review, hun! :D

skrevet af mychael_black kl. 7:25 am (EST) den Jan 8, 2008

Hi Jem,
Thanks for buying my book. The cool thing about Library Thing is I can keep tabs on who's got my book! LOL. I hope you enjoy it.
Mark

skrevet af markprobst kl. 1:31 pm (EST) den Jan 4, 2008

Thanks very much for the add, and have a happy New Year!

All the best,
Val
ObsidianBookshelf.com

skrevet af ObsidianBookshelf kl. 2:46 pm (EST) den Dec 31, 2007

Hi Jem! Thanks so much for the awesome review of "Orphan's Quest". I look forward to your opinion of "Scion's Blood" too. I'm still waiting for it to become available on Amazon. Hopefully it will pop up soon.
Take care! -Patrick

skrevet af patnelsonchilds kl. 6:26 pm (EST) den Nov 13, 2007

*grins* I honestly think there will be another one, with Tage and Jason as the main focus. ;)

skrevet af mychael_black kl. 8:22 pm (EST) den Oct 14, 2007

I'm...speechless. Thank you so much for the Dominion review, hun! WOW!

skrevet af mychael_black kl. 8:16 pm (EST) den Oct 14, 2007

Ohmigod, I'm completely floored by your wonderful, thoughtful review. Thank you so much for reading [and appreciating] my book. I think you "got" one of the key things about the structure that everyone else, so far, has missed. I wanted readers to get to know Jimmy in the way one gets to know people in life. If you meet someone as an adult, you learn about their background only as time passes or if you sort of dig for it. Anyhow, thanks again. Very insightful review.

skrevet af blakefraina kl. 6:59 am (EST) den Oct 4, 2007

*smiles and blushes a little* Thank you. :) We're workin'! LOL

skrevet af mychael_black kl. 8:38 am (EST) den Sep 24, 2007

Thank you for the awesome review of Duke's, hun! :D

skrevet af mychael_black kl. 4:38 pm (EST) den Sep 23, 2007

tnx for the add!

skrevet af keidz kl. 10:31 pm (EST) den Sep 20, 2007

wow... you have an awesome collection!

skrevet af keidz kl. 10:44 pm (EST) den Sep 19, 2007

Oh, wow! Thank you, hun! :D

Yep, I've started smoothing out the sequel already. ;)

skrevet af mychael_black kl. 8:32 am (EST) den Sep 12, 2007

Well...tell ya a little something... Kitten 1 & 2 are coming out in a single-volume print edition soon after Kitten 2 releases. ;)

skrevet af mychael_black kl. 5:23 pm (EST) den Sep 10, 2007

You're welcome about the book. I only ask one thing, let me know (honestly) what you think of it. I'm always interested to see how it comes across. I've had just about as many negative responses as positive ones and they've all been welcomed with great interest. Take care. Enjoy the con!

skrevet af blakefraina kl. 7:43 am (EST) den Aug 29, 2007

You asked about the style of "Confessions" . . . to be honest, I don't remember. It's been several years since I read it. I don't remember a lot of jumping around, but then I don't remember that about "Wicked," either, so I think it's just something that I don't notice (probably because it doesn't bother me unless there is so much of it I have trouble following the story). What I loved about "Confessions" is the way he created a really plausible explanation for all the elements in the original fairy tale, while twisting it entirely on its head. I hope that if you do give it a try, you won't hate it! :D I'd love to hear what you think about it, one way or the other.

Heh. Reading more than I buy would be a challenge. :D I've gotten better, though. Lately, I've been trying to keep the library in business. Mostly because I've run out of room on all my bookshelves, so I'm trying really hard not to buy anything new. :D

skrevet af herebedragons kl. 8:49 pm (EST) den Aug 14, 2007

Hi! I just read your review on "Wicked," and thought I'd make a quick comment here. I agree completely with your review - I did not enjoy that book at all, in spite (or perhaps because?) of being a HUGE fan of the original Oz books when I was a child. You said, though, that you wouldn't read another book my Maguire, and I wanted to humbly suggest that you might reconsider that. Before I read "Wicked," I read "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister" by that author, and I thought it was a WONDERFUL book. If you do tend to like alternative versions of fairy tales, you might give "Confessions" a try. It was much much much better than "Wicked." (I also read "Lost," but thought that one was a loser, too. So far, "Confessions" is the only book my Maguire that I've enjoyed). Cheers! :)

skrevet af herebedragons kl. 7:50 pm (EST) den Aug 14, 2007

Love your library!

skrevet af TinazReading kl. 3:58 am (EST) den Aug 9, 2007

I was looking at your books tagged M/M, and reading your reviews. I've been looking for original slash fiction for a while, and your library is the best source I've found. I was wondering what does the tag OOP stand for? I can see it can't be Object Oriented Programming :-)

skrevet af amberwitch kl. 3:25 pm (EST) den Aug 1, 2007

I only like the m/m sex if it's well written. I guess I enjoy it if it's part of a good novel or a legitimate short story. Not just a piece written for the sake of depicting hot sex (I think they call them "one-handed reads.").

I own quite a bit of gay erotica (that I bought as one huge lot on eBay) and most of it is almost laughably bad.

My favourite sex scene, I think, is from As Meat Loves Salt. You know, when Jacob makes Ferris say his name. There's something about the whole power and control thing that really turns me on. What about you? Any novels with great m/m sex you care to recommend?

skrevet af blakefraina kl. 9:17 am (EST) den Jul 23, 2007

Hey there. I found you through Bembo. We both have an interest in m/m romance, so I friended you on LJ. Good luck with the job interview! I'm off to check out your collection of M/M books.

skrevet af blakefraina kl. 3:36 pm (EST) den Jul 19, 2007

LT is addictive. Thanks for the comments on my books! :D I'm glad you liked them. :)

skrevet af mychael_black kl. 10:07 pm (EST) den Jul 12, 2007

King Pengu doesn't own any books. He's very fond of borrowing mine and he's a library person.

skrevet af rynone kl. 1:53 pm (EST) den Jul 12, 2007

Howdy! :D

skrevet af mychael_black kl. 1:08 pm (EST) den Jul 12, 2007

Your are a very bad influence on people! Okay...maybe not sooo bad. :-p

skrevet af rynone kl. 9:28 am (EST) den Jun 26, 2007

Hi Jem. It's up to the publisher whether they bring out the other Syndicate books in paperback. They're being very cautious about the print programme, so I don't see it happening soon; particularly as Alex has writer's block, so we still haven't written volume 4. But if you're interested in seeing any of the Loose Id titles in print (not just mine), it's worth writing to them to let them know.

skrevet af JulesJones kl. 10:46 am (EST) den Jun 25, 2007

I didn't know you could comment in here! Cool, thanks! I was happy to see your reviews of PL Nunn. I'm working on adding my library, and also any revies I wrote. Smiles, J

skrevet af jshillingford kl. 2:47 pm (EST) den Jun 20, 2007

Hi Jem. Happy to see you here! elisa

skrevet af elisa.rolle kl. 2:43 pm (EST) den Jun 20, 2007