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julesjonesI'll do some more detailed notes on most of these later, but just to remind myself...
June:
W J Burley - Wycliffe and the Dead Flautist
Found this distinctly tedious, but it may have been me rather than the book, especially as I was reading it in bits and pieces over a couple of weeks, rather than in a couple of sessions. Will re-read before writing a review.
August:
Charles Stross - Singularity Sky
Wonderful space opera, very funny and a nice romance sub-plot to boot. Must pimp to the romance mailing lists.
Charles Stross -- Iron Sunrise
Sequel to above, more wonderful space opera, less knockabout funny and less overt romance, but just as good. Charlie, I wanna see the promised third in the series...
Jonathan Gash -- Every Last Cent
I'm very fond of the Lovejoy books, but this one was a disappointment. There's rambling, and then there's incoherent. I don't regret spending time reading it, but I'm glad I borrowed it from the library rather than spending money on a copy of my own. It's not one new readers should start with. Fortunately it appears that the early books in the series are being re-released.
D J Manly -- In the eye of the beholder
ARC from my publisher for blurbing (it's not out yet). I saw a pre-line-editing version, but I enjoyed the story in spite of my Inner Editor bitching about the typos. Contemporary m/m, so not entirely my thing (I'm an sf fan rather than a romance fan, although I'm always willing to read good m/m romance regardless of genre), but it held my interest to the end. Nice erotic romance, and one that the slash fans might want to check out. It struck me afterwards that if Mills and Boon published explicit m/m in their category lines, this is what it would look like. And if Mills and Boon published romance like this, maybe I'd read Mills and Boon.
W J Burley -- Guilt-edged alibi
Another Wycliffe, and I found this one much more enjoyable than the last one. Library book, but I'll add it to the list of books where I want to get my own copy.
June:
W J Burley - Wycliffe and the Dead Flautist
Found this distinctly tedious, but it may have been me rather than the book, especially as I was reading it in bits and pieces over a couple of weeks, rather than in a couple of sessions. Will re-read before writing a review.
August:
Charles Stross - Singularity Sky
Wonderful space opera, very funny and a nice romance sub-plot to boot. Must pimp to the romance mailing lists.
Charles Stross -- Iron Sunrise
Sequel to above, more wonderful space opera, less knockabout funny and less overt romance, but just as good. Charlie, I wanna see the promised third in the series...
Jonathan Gash -- Every Last Cent
I'm very fond of the Lovejoy books, but this one was a disappointment. There's rambling, and then there's incoherent. I don't regret spending time reading it, but I'm glad I borrowed it from the library rather than spending money on a copy of my own. It's not one new readers should start with. Fortunately it appears that the early books in the series are being re-released.
D J Manly -- In the eye of the beholder
ARC from my publisher for blurbing (it's not out yet). I saw a pre-line-editing version, but I enjoyed the story in spite of my Inner Editor bitching about the typos. Contemporary m/m, so not entirely my thing (I'm an sf fan rather than a romance fan, although I'm always willing to read good m/m romance regardless of genre), but it held my interest to the end. Nice erotic romance, and one that the slash fans might want to check out. It struck me afterwards that if Mills and Boon published explicit m/m in their category lines, this is what it would look like. And if Mills and Boon published romance like this, maybe I'd read Mills and Boon.
W J Burley -- Guilt-edged alibi
Another Wycliffe, and I found this one much more enjoyable than the last one. Library book, but I'll add it to the list of books where I want to get my own copy.