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January 28, 2011 Chris 29 Comments

Contests

Cecile’s giving away an ebook copy of Strange Familiar by Cassidy Hunter. Contest closes January 29.

Tracy’s giving away a copy of books 10 and 11 in the Virgin River series by Robyn Carr. Contest closes 11:49 PST, January 31.

Larissa’s giving away a signed copy of Catch Me If You Can (Romano & Albright, Book 1) by L.B. Gregg. Contest closes February 4.

Blodeudd’s giving away two copies of Yours for the Taking by Robyn Kaye. Contest closes Feb 3. Patti’s also giving away two copies of Yours for the Taking and her contest closes February 4. (US & Canada)

Juniper Moon Farm is holding a fundraiser to help a Vermont organic vegetable farmer who basically lost his entire business to a barn fire. There are many, many fibery prizes to help encourage people to donate! Donations will be accepted until February 6. (Thanks, Seanna!)

Bookity

New releases and more: Tor.com (YA paranormal; UF/PNR; fantasy; scifi), Katiebabs (books she’s looking forward to), and Literary Escapism (UF/PNR).

Via Dear Author, a post from Ursula LeGuin mocking the new morality clause HarperCollins has added to its author contracts. Definitely read the comments on the post!

Neil Gaiman on seeing words he wrote in an unexpected place.

Eric Arvin shares some writing wisdom.

Ten websites Paperback Writer would love to see on the internet.

Paperback Writer would also like a checklist for returning ideas to her muse.

Ebookity

Trying to get pdfs to fit on your ereader’s screen better? Briss might help.

Ebooks are now outselling paper books at Amazon.

Tired of your Kindle? Microcosm Publishing will trade you paper books and magazines for it.

Publishers need to decide whether they’re selling ebooks (providing full ownership rights for the purchase price) or providing a rental (at rental prices). Another, longer opinion piece on the same topic. Dear Author weighs in, too.

The first all-indie ebookstore in Australia is called SPUNC. *ahem*

Make, Think, Do, Learn

Writing helps you learn better than typing does.

If you need help visualizing how big the internet is…

How to modify your google searches to give you better results.

Do you need a mouse that works on your couch?

Eighty percent of US divorce lawyers say that social media is now mentioned by their clients as one of the reasons the marriage failed.

Use an old gift card as a headphone cable wrapper.

ModernCat’s odor elimination survival guide could come in handy.

How to determine the cost of clutter.

Check out The Kitchn’s tips for removing baked-on food from pots and pans.

Make some spicy dark hot chocolate to drink!

McGyver would be proud of you for modifying a hand-crank flashlight with a usb port so you can manually charge your tech gear.

Try a 15-minute no-equipment workout developed in 1904! Or you could use Craigslist to put together a home gym.

Cool

Jase and Juni started a blog called Happiness Is Shy! (NSFW)

Last week, The Kitchn blog focused on gluten-free foods and concerns. Recommended! (Thanks, Jodi!)

Tape art – way better than you expect.

ThinkGeek has a Molecular Cuisine Starter Kit.

A 1:35200 scale toy train set is very, very small.

Maybe a child you know needs a homemade TARDIS.

Geek jewelry links from EPBOT.

Extemely geeky tote bag.

Turn a soda can into an embossed box.

These yarn words are pretty nifty.

I have a very similar fabric keychain that I love.

Kristi’s got crafty, photography, and food linkity.

Print free US Patent Valentine’s cards.

Amazingly, this fun short action film (Lazy Teenage Superheroes) was made for $300.

Gorgeous animated short film about a little girl on a carousel.

Huh

You can’t even take a three-inch toy gun through airport security…

Using bombs for snow removal instead of shoveling – not recommended.

I hope that this isn’t really what Lady Gaga’s forthcoming fragrance will smell like.

Now you can buy frozen pizza and frozen cookies in a single handy package.

The L cup bra size just debuted.

T-shirt fail.

Air pollution monitoring t-shirt…

MeatWater. Just say no.

LOL

I’m a fast listener, too. (Thanks, CursingMama!)

Bronwyn Green on dropping off her son at a birthday party with an apology… and more.

Fun video mashup of the Minnesota-Wisconsin December 2010 blizzard, including a cute song.

Toni Andrews on how to excavate a buried car “using only a small hand shovel and your own wits”.

Guillotine by Gillette.

Infographic humor.

The Oatmeal’s State of the Web, Winter 2010 edition.

Bottled water addicts should skip this link.

Not kitty treats!

Kitty law #1?

I’ll pass on the skwerls, but the rest sounds good to me.

I’m sure many kitty boys have this same question.

Yeah, I can picture Chaos saying that.

Teh Cute

Kitten pile! Baby flying squirrel! Kitten! Baby polar bear! Red panda! Wee hedgehog! Bunny! Panda! Fennec fox! Baby skunk! Kitten and bunnies! Red panda! Lynx kittens!

Reading Update
The Tourist by Clare London. ebook. Excellent paranormal m/m romance told from the perspective of a tourist, a spirit who can head hop, albeit with limited control. Usually he just stays for the sex and then moves on… but something’s different for him this time. This totally sucked me in and I couldn’t go to bed until I finished it. To be released 2/28.
Another Enchanted April by Eric Arvin. ebook. Excellent and cleverly written m/m romance about three friends on vacation in a seaside town, staying at an Italianate villa with intoxicatingly lovely gardens. Each of them will be profoundly changed… but not necessarily in the ways they expected. (And I may have gotten sniffly whilst reading this. I can neither confirm nor deny.)
A Strong Hand by Catt Ford. ebook. Very good kinky m/m romance about a famous photographer of erotica who’s shooting a catalog of high-end sex toys when he begins to realize he’s attracted to his assistant after his assistant models for the shoot.
Ruby Slippers by Alexi Silversmith. ebook. Very good m/m romance about a police detective who thinks that men shouldn’t wear makeup or do anything feminine, so when he finds out what his boyfriend does for a living, things get ugly. I enjoyed the chance to see James and Ethan from What They Say About Love as secondary characters.
Boystown: Three Nick Nowak Mysteries by Marshall Thornton. ebook. Very good collection of three m/m mysteries featuring Chicago PI Nick Nowak. Set in 1980 before AIDS devastated the gay community, these gritty stories reminded me of Sara Paretsky’s V.I. Warshawski mysteries, only with a lot more sex. 🙂
Boystown 2: Three Nick Nowak Mysteries by Marshall Thornton. ebook. Another very good collection of three mysteries featuring Chicago PI Nick Nowak. I really, really hope that the author is busily working on Boystown 3, because the final story ended on a surprising (but sadly realistic) dark note.
Out on the Net by Rick R. Reed. ebook short. Very good short m/m romance about a guy who finally accepts that he’s gay 20 minutes before he’s supposed to get married to a woman. The story is told via his blog as he tries to figure out being gay and meeting guys in his small town.
Bloodlines by Jessica Lee. ebook. Very good (and smokin’ hot) paranormal m/m romance about a wolf shapeshifter, supposed to be the next alpha of his pack, who’s kicked out of his pack when his father discovers he’s gay.
Red Hot by Kate Roman. ebook short. Very good short m/m romance about a straight guy who breaks up with his girlfriend because he can’t stop thinking about his male roommate.
Brush with Desire by Chrissy Munder. ebook short. Very good steamy m/m short that starts with an exhausted IT guy drooling over a hot man in a suit he sees in the grocery store and ends with a smoking hot (and humorous!) encounter between them.
Hearts and Flowers by Chrissy Munder. ebook short. Good short m/m romance about an accountant, a found puppy, classified ads, and quite a bit more. While I enjoyed the story, I felt there was just too much going on for the story’s length.
Driven to Distraction by Anah Crow & Dianne Fox. ebook. Good m/m romance about a professor who inherited his grandfather’s collection of classic cars. When he damages one of the cars, he has the chance to get to know his mechanic much, much better…
Possession (Devlin Island, Book 1) by S.W. Vaughn. ebook. Good paranormal m/m romance about an unfortunate vacationer who runs aground on Devlin Island with the worst possible timing, then meets a crabby male witch trying to figure out if there’s a demon loose on the island.
Where He Belongs by D.C. Juris. ebook short. Good kinky short m/m/m romance about a sub who left his two masters and now has to try to convince them to take him back.
Sandpipers’ Secrets (Sandpipers, Book 1) by Jade Archer. ebook. Good m/m/m romance about a guy who desperately needs a job to keep he and his brother off the streets and so is happy to get a kitchen job at Sandpipers, despite the attraction he feels to the couple who own the restaurant.
Xavier’s Way by Diana DeRicci. ebook. Good m/m romance about a guy who realizes that his now ex-fiance was siphoning money out of his business. But what are these strange feelings he has for the handsome auditor he’s hired to gather evidence of his ex’s wrongdoing?
A Measure of Discipline by Diane Adams. ebook short. Ok m/m short about a guy who’s leaving his university number crunching job and needs to train two student workers to take his place. I haven’t read the two previous stories and, alas, this was just confusing as a standalone.
Best Man by Shelley Munro. ebook short. Ok short m/m romance about two closeted rugby players and teammates, neither of whom knows the other is gay, who’ve been lusting after each other.
Work of Art by Rob Knight. ebook short. Ok short m/m romance about a neurotic artist and a guy who manages musicians. This was basically just a little slice of their life together and I couldn’t really see a point to it.
Tryst by Stone Richards. ebook. Meh m/m romance about a PI who gets sent to London to investigate a prominent businessman for a company considering a deal with the man. The whole thing was so implausible…

“Ok, you’re right, your phone doesn’t have a flash…” -Chaos

“…But the big kitty and I think you need to stop taking pictures of us anyway, flash or not.” -Mayhem

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A flood of linkity!

September 24, 2010 Chris 35 Comments

Congrats to Jane, who won Not Anymore by Em Woods! Not Anymore will be released by Total-E-Bound on September 27.

Contests

LesleyW wonders what turns you off in a protagonist. Comment by September 25 for your chance to win a copy of Finders Keepers by Linnea Sinclair.

Mandi’s giving away a copy of Christina Phillips’s ancient historical romance, Forbidden. Contest is open through September 25.

Don’t miss out on several chances to win Carolyn Crane’s forthcoming urban fantasy, Double Cross!

Shawn Lane’s giving away a copy of her forthcoming m/m romance, The Beach House. Comment by October 1 for your chance to win.

Bookity

New releases: Lily (m/m romance), Katiebabs (various books whose covers she likes), and Literary Escapism (UF/PNR, news, contests, etc).

The Supreme Court ruling on legislation forbidding the sale of violent video games to children has wide implications for the future of media, including books.

Brick-and-mortar bookstores are trying to figure out how to bring people in.

Can you name seven Disney movies based on R-rated stories? (Thanks, Jase!)

Some cover fail from Dear Author. Of course, Good Show Sir has daily cover fail with snarky commentary…

Excellent book linkity and commentary from ReadReactReview.

Zombie PSAs from publisher Penguin.

The book trailer for Night of the Living Trekkies is amazing!

Ebookity

You can read Stephani Hecht’s free Choose Your Own M/M Romance Story over at Kris’s place.

Download an ebook containing creative content inspired by a “painting depicting Wil Wheaton in a clown-face sweater riding a unicorn pegasus kitten attacking an ogre John Scalzi.” Although you can download for free, if you donate/pay, you’ll be helping fight lupus.

Just getting started with ebooks? Check out the first part of TeleRead’s primer.

The 30 best free ebook websites, via TeleRead.

Ebook price wars are beginning in the UK.

Beware of ebook scams.

The publisher of Smashwords shares seven secrets of ebook publishing failure.

An American Editor discusses differences between eInk and LCD screens for reading ebooks. (I prefer eInk.)

Looks like increasing scifi and romance ebook sales might be leading to decreased print sales in those genres. A survey found that one in eight American are using ebook readers and that these people buy more books. Ebook sales seem to be increasing a lot. But really, no one seems sure exactly what any of these numbers might mean. 🙂

The Etch-A-Sketch iPad case would be cooler if the knobs actually did something.

Very cool quilted rolling iPad quilt that you can make (and that has potential for ereaders).

Lovely essay about the difference between the electronic and the physical.

Learn, Make, Do, Think

This infographic of texting statistics boggles my mind. For the record, I don’t text.

The internet might actually make people happier.

Lifehacker provides tips on detecting photoshopped images.

If your computer’s running hot and noisy, cleaning it might help.

Prey seems like a useful tool for tracking and possibly recovering your laptop or Android phone if they’re stolen.

I didn’t realize that some crows have mastered tool use.

Ever wondered what happens when food cooks?

Strangely, rebranding high fructose corn syrup as “corn sugar” doesn’t make it any less evil.

The FDA has ruled that genetically modified salmon won’t need be labeled as genetically modified.

A shockingly simple explanation of Blockbuster Video’s bankruptcy.

You might want to read this infographic before you buy another gift card.

Before there was computer imagery, scientists built models and some of those models were very cool.

I must confess to finding human-powered gadgets very cool – if all tvs and video games were powered by exercise bikes, would America have an obesity epidemic?

What do you think the best way to incorporate odor-eating charcoal briquettes into one’s decor would be?

Make ice cream at home without an ice cream maker.

Check out Kristi’s recipe for knitter friendly anti-eczema bars.

Craft’s got a pattern for knit and felt toy sailboats and another for your very own unraveling calendar (best for those without children, cats, or ferrets).

Linkity Peeps

Procrastination Station from EPBOT…

Kristi has craft, food, photography, and miscellaneous links.

NSFW miscellanea from Lily.

NSFW WTFery from Katiebabs.

Cool

Clever advertising campaign for the Calgary Farmer’s Market. (Thanks, SVZ!)

Cute game, although it may cause cubicle workers to weep uncontrollably… (Thanks, Jase!)

I might need one of these for my espresso maker, which I often forget to turn off.

Manta ray as film maker.

Mario push pin mosaic.

You must know someone who would like an NCC-1701 pizza cutter!

Blueprints for building your own full-sized Dalek…

Sir Terry Pratchett forged his own sword… and meteorites were involved.

Origami kitties!

Sweet Tetris cross stitch!

A knitted bridge cozy!

Thirty miles of yarn, math, and airbrushes can make art!

Huh

Unicorn vs… Dolph Lundgren?! (Thanks, Jase!)

The men of… mortuaries? (Thanks, Katiebabs!)

KFC’s paying college women to advertise the Double Down on their butts?!?

O noes! Your kitty could get robbed unless you have this product!

Spray-on clothing…

Clown ministry?!

T-shirts with cute poo on them?

Spiderwebs that are stronger than Kevlar?!

Semen can be used as invisible ink?!

The largest iPad dock available is a… bed?

Aw, come on, you have a spare $100,000 around to buy a Stargate, right?

A pizza topped with… pizzas?

LOL

Interactive zombie movie! (via Luisa Prieto)

Sesame Street spoofs True Blood.

The bad ex service… make sure you hover your cursor over the comic for additional text!

Statistics can kill… make sure you hover your cursor over the comic for additional text!

“Jane Austen’s Baby Shower [Cake] Chronicles.“

Cthulhu meets the Old Spice commercials…

How to protect your stuff.

How the facepalm gesture came to be in Star Trek: The Next Generation…

My kitties did not enjoy this black cat meow mix video. At all. Chaos was so sure that I was hiding another kitty in my laptop that he got mad and started to act out. (Thanks? Lisa!)

Your cat wants you to stay single.

Obviously someone’s been spying on Mayhem while she’s in the litter box.

Cats do not care about your deadlines.

How to pet a cat.

And you thought it would be cookies that tempted you to the darkside…

The softer side of Basement Cat.

Teh Cute

OK Go’s latest video involves performing dogs.

Fetching kitty! (Both Chaos and Mayhem are fetching kitties – in both senses of the words.)

Wee weasel! Wombat! Skeery panda! Floofy kittens! Cygnet! Kitten! Floofy kitten! Kitties! Ear tufts! Wee whatsit! Sleepy kitten! Kitties! Yawny ferret! Red pandas ! Baby elephant! Serious otter! Tv-watching kitty! Kitten! Naughty kittens!

Reading Update
Seriously, was this my week to read about mysterious guys or what?! You’ll see. 🙂
Ruthless Pursuit (Lost Shifters, Book 6) by Stephani Hecht. ebook. Good paranormal m/m romance continuing the story of the search to find the Lost (Feline) Shifters, who were abducted when they were young and raised by humans. This installment is about trying to capture the criminally inclined Andrew.
Man and Wolf by Kate Roman. ebook. Decent paranormal m/m romance about a vet who meets and immediately connects with a mysterious guy who brings in his poisoned dog. I enjoyed this one, although an entire storyline of menace never really played out to be anything. Plus the sex-to-story ratio was a bit skewed.
Touch of a Wolf by Jez Morrow. ebook. Very good paranormal m/m romance about a grad student who just caught his boyfriend cheating and moved out. He has an uncharacteristic sexual encounter in an alley with a mysterious guy he runs into on the street – who later shows up on his fire escape – and his life is changed, possibly forever.
Wicked Cool by Val Kovalin. ebook short. Very good short m/m romance about a guy with a junk removal business who becomes very intrigued by a mysterious property manager he meets while on a job. Can he deal with the unknown, or will all the secrets drive them apart?
His Gift by Clare London. ebook short. Very good short m/m romance about a guy who wakes up injured in a rainy ditch, with no memory of how he got there. He manages to make it to an old house, where he meets a handsome, mysterious man and his life takes on a dream-like quality.
Bound by Blood (Soul Mates, Book 1) by Jourdan Lane. ebook. Very good paranormal m/m romance about a bartender with a vampire phobia who slowly realizes that not only is the hot guy he’s been ogling a vampire, he’s the Master vampire of the city… (I can definitely tell that Lane was influenced by Anne Rice’s early Vampire Chronicles and LKH’s early Anita Blake books. It works.)
Ethan’s Choice (Kindred Spirits, Book 1) by Jude Mason & Jenna Byrnes. ebook. Decent paranormal m/m romance about an analytical guy who’s considering buying the seaside inn he’s vacationing at. But why are the current owners selling it after only six months? And could the hunky handyman possibly be gay?
Almost Home by Nicole Gordon. ebook short. Intriguing short m/m story about two guys who’ve been friends for years, while one has been going through some rough things that just ended with his father’s death. Sadly, this book simply stops, with no resolution of any sort. However, I did leave a question for Nicole Gordon on her blog and she’s working on a sequel.
What They Say About Love by Alexi Silversmith. ebook short. Very good short m/m romance about a guy who breaks up with his girlfriend instead of proposing to her as he’d intended. He decides to go out and pick up a guy to explore a side of himself he’s kept under wraps since college…
The First Real Thing by Cat Grant. ebook. Good m/m romance about a male escort who picks up the wrong guy in a bar and finds himself in an actual relationship… with a guy who doesn’t know what he does for a living.
Not Anymore by Em Woods. ebook short. Good m/m romance about a guy who’s on vacation in Hawaii with his sister and her boyfriend when his attraction to a guy who approaches him on the beach outs him to his family. Things get really complicated when his nasty ex shows up and then the identity of the guy from the beach is revealed. Despite a few niggles, this was an enjoyable read and I’ll definitely look for future books from Em Woods.
Vince by J.M. Snyder. ebook. Pretty good young adult m/m story about two guys who’ve been best friends since they were little… until, when they’re 14, one confesses he’s in love with the other and gets laughter in return.
Just the Right Notes by Sean Michael. ebook. Good kinky m/m romance about an architect and a composer who periodically escape to their cabin for a weekend of D/s play. Will that be enough to keep them grounded when their lives go into crisis?
Prisoner of the State by Alex Morgan. ebook short. So-so short kinky m/m about a police chief who abducts a guy he pulled over for speeding and keeps the guy in his basement as a sex slave. This would’ve been better if it had been fleshed out more – it read more like a story outline at points.

“This sock, it has a flavor! It tastes… woolly.” -Mayhem

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Ackity!

May 28, 2010 Chris 38 Comments

Contests

Leave a comment for LesleyW with some urban fantasy related ideas to muse about for your chance to win a copy of Atlantis Rising by Alyssa Day. Winner announced on May 29.

Largehearted Boy’s giving away a $100 Threadless gift certificate and a Sleigh Bells’ cd – leave a comment with your favorite song of 2010 by midnight CDT, May 28, for your chance to win.

Blodeuedd’s giving away two copies of Lydia Dare’s recent Regency werewolf romance, Tall, Dark and Wolfish. Contest closes May 29.

S7anna’s having her very first contest. She’s giving away three different packs of romances and swag (bookmarks, etc). Leave a comment by May 30 for your chance to win.

Jamie Craig’s giving away an ebook copy of Shawn Lane’s recent m/m romance, Only His Heart (Only #3). Leave a comment by 9 pm PDT, May 30, to enter.

Luisa Prieto’s celebrating the ebook release of her m/m fantasy romance, Dark Designs, by giving away both an ebook and a print copy of Dark Designs to someone who comments by May 31.

Leontine’s curious about what sort of smut you have on your bookshelves. Leave a comment letting her know (by June 3) for your chance to win a bookcase!

All Things Urban Fantasy had 128 urban fantasy-related contests listed this week.

Bookity

New releases, book news, etc: Lily (m/m romance), Jackie at Literary Escapism (UF/PNR), Renee (all sorts of romance), and Katiebabs (by cover appeal).

Josh Lanyon writes about taking risks as a writer.

A cool art car-free book mashup in Argentina.

Linkity from Wendy the Super Librarian, ReadReactReview, and Sydney (hey, theÂ bookcase makes it bookity, right?!).

Kassa wonders whether readers are bothered by things that can make books seem dated, such as mentioning specific social media.

Val wonders how the spoiler-avoidant reader uses review sites. (Um, I might have been part of the inspiration for that post.)

When authors rate their own books on sites such as GoodReads and LibraryThing, are they skewing the ratings?

Jessewave wonders whether m/m romance readers are too demanding.

Please just stop with the zombies. ‘k thx bai.

I don’t ever usually watch book trailers, but I’m glad I watched this one by Tessa Dare. Best. Book. Trailer. Ever. (Thanks, Donna F!)

Hee hee – Christopher Robin, Pooh, and Tigger: the later years.

Cougar training manual (???) from 1969…

Crafty uses for old book covers.

Ebookity

News snippets from TeleRead and Dear Author.

Keira of Love Romance Passion offers some suggestions for organizing your ebooks.

The eBook Reader Blog previews the Pandigital color ereader.

Several publishing executives spoke out about ebook piracy – I think that the quote from Penguin’s deputy chief executive is spot on.

Publishing execs are also confused and contradictory about ebook piracy.

Looking for an inexpensive way to make your own book holder for an ebook reader, iPad, etc?

Learn, Make, Do, Think

Lovely. Sunscreen may help cancer develop. Make sure you check out where your sunscreen rates via the Environmental Working Group’s searchable database.

Minneapolis was rated the third fittest city in the US by the American College of Sports Medicine! (Thanks for the link, Trek!)

TeddyPig’s been featuring letters to the President on repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and they’re amazing, alternately eloquent and heartbreaking.

Lifehacker posted a guide to the new Facebook privacy controls. They also posted a guide to setting things back to whatÂ you probably expected when you signed up.

You might want to think about Google data privacy, too. And Lifehacker had some more general online privacy ideas.

Lifehacker explains how to reset your sleep cycle.

Consumerist on “why paying more for brand name drugs is folly”.

Have any of you actually used a grapefruit and salt to clean your bathtub?!

Curious about what the eight worst meals in America are this year? Or perhaps you’d like to visualize the sugar content of popular beverages? (That one was horrifying, actually.)

Apparently USA Today had a 16-page insert about celiac disease earlier this month! Would’ve loved to have seen it.

Yikes

These terribly sexist ads from the middle part of last century might cause head explosion. Follow that link at your own peril! (Thanks(????), Jase!)

Telemarketers vs. axe murderers…

LOL

Geek humor: If Mailer Daemon was a real person. Boolean wedding cake.

Can’t you just hear the Gilligan’s Island theme playing?

Beware Vampire Cat!

Don’t ignore your kitteh to talk on the phone or play on the interwebz…

I’m sure many of you have already seen Lost reenacted by cats.

Poor Floyd.

Anyone else wonder if this was right after a trip to the vet?

Beware! Are you already caught up in a sneaky hate spiral?!?

Awww

The most perfectly sweet yin-yang kitties ever! (Thanks, Jase!)

If you need something to help you remember which key is for what, the KittyKeys key covers are an adorable option.

Sassy kitten.

Floofy kitten!

Don’t these kittens look like a wedding party?

Kittens in a basket.

Kittens!

Comparison pictures of how different kittens look when they’re young vs. when they’re a bit older.

Kitten as wee pillow.

Reading Update
The Blue Moon Cafe by Rick R. Reed. ebook. Very good paranormal m/m chiller about a guy who becomes involved with a mysterious restaurant owner who never seems to be available at certain times of the month. At the same time, Seattle’s gay community is reeling from a series of brutal murders…
Witness by L.A. Gilbert. ebook. Sweet m/m romance about a cop who meets a bike messenger while on a routine call, then runs into him again when he backs over the guy’s bike. This book would’ve benefited from a bit more conflict (or perhaps conflict not effortlessly resolved) and fewer point-of-view shifts, particularly near the beginning of the book.
Idaho Pride by Sarah Black. ebook. Very good m/m romance about a sports writer who ends up in an altercation between some hockey players and staff members of the Idaho Pride newspaper – an altercation that changes the lives of many of the guys involved.
Betweentimes by Jordan Castillo Price. ebook short. Cute short m/m romance about a businessman who is surprised (but pleased) when his cute bohemian neighbor invites him out for dinner at the tacky local Mexican place.
Special Delivery by Heidi Cullinan. ebook. Very good m/m romance about Sam, a nursing student who hits the road with trucker Mitch and learns a helluva lot about himself in the process. Those of you who know I’m not a fan of books with menagey bits are probably surprised to see that I read and liked this one, huh? This book worked for me because it didn’t neglect the emotional to focus strictly on the physical. While I had to stop reading several times because I was a bit overwrought about Sam’s emotional safety, I kept returning to the book and am very glad that I read it.
An Uncommon Whore by Belinda McBride. ebook. Very good m/m scifi romance about Pasha, a whore whose master, unable to cover a bet, loses him for 24 hours to a rough and fascinating man. Pasha can’t remember the man, who seems to know more about him than he knows about himself. I’m glad Jase warned me that this stopped abruptly, so I was prepared. *commences impatiently waiting for sequel*
Winner Takes All by Jenny Urban & Elizabeth Silver. ebook. Very good m/m romance about two competitive friends and business rivals (one gay, one straight) who fool around when they’re drunk… and then a business crisis escalates things a bit.
Black: Black Leather by Vic Winter. ebook short. Steamy short m/m romance about a band that’s touring for the first time since the previous lead singer overdosed. The lead guitar player isn’t looking forward to being in charge of keeping the new lead singer in line.
8 Seconds on the Mountain (Mountain #4) by P.D. Singer. ebook short. Oh oh – is Kurt trying to get himself and Jake beaten up at the rodeo?!
And Is Never Shaken by Alexi Silversmith. ebook. Good May-December m/m romance about a professor who keeps running into a book restorer. Will the secrets from the professor’s past be insurmountable?
Only His Heart (Only #3) by Shawn Lane. ebook. Very good m/m romance about a nurse, new to the hospital, who can’t resist the handsome doctor that the rest of the staff calls the Ice Queen.
Forces of Nature by Lily Grace. ebook short. Cute short m/m romance about a physicist who’s had a huge crush on his actor best friend since college, but has always been afraid to do anything about it until they get caught in a thunderstorm together.
Time Zone Impaired by Andy Slayde & Ali Wilde. ebook short. Good short m/m romance about a guy who stops at a restaurant after a flight from Australia, not realizing it’s Valentine’s Day until his cute waiter tells him. This had that unfortunate open-ended feel that makes me suspect it is the first in a series of shorts about this couple. I hate that – I’d much rather buy a longer completed story than read a serial.
Where the Moon Touches by Kiernan Kelly. ebook short. Good short m/m paranormal romance about a werewolf who’s being forced to marry a female and plans to go on sex binge with as many guys as he can during his last 30 days of freedom. His plan gets short-circuited almost immediately. (This also had that “part of a serial” feel.)
Left of Center by Zathyn Priest. ebook. Somewhat bizarre m/m romance about a non-Goth veterinarian who shamelessly lies on an online site for Goths so he can pick up guys – and then the player gets played.
Skipping Stones by D.J. Manly. ebook. I started out liking this book about a young artist who retreats from Paris after the end of an affair and seeks shelter with his best friend, who’s part owner of a gay friendly resort in Florida. Alas, by the end of the book, I wanted to slap the three main characters.
Picture Me Perfect (Sammy Dane, Book 2) by Stormy Glenn. ebook. So-so m/m romance about a photographer who moves in with a cop to hide from his abusive drug dealer ex-boyfriend. Typical Stormy Glenn. What else can I say, other than please get a better editor? (Or maybe any editor…)
Screwed by Amanda Young. ebook short. So-so short m/m romance about a teacher who was fired after racy pictures of he and another guy showed up online.