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Balancing on the Edge of the World (Salt Modern Fiction) by Elizabeth Baines

Bonobos by Chris Preddle

A Girl Could Stand up by Leslie Marshall

The Post-birthday World by Lionel Shriver

As Meat Loves Salt (Harvest Original) by Maria McCann

Pink Champagne and Apple Juice by Anne Brooke

The White Road and Other Stories (Salt Modern Fiction) by Tania Hershman

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CollectionsYour library (170)

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Tagsshort stories (17), poetry (16), contemporary (15), crime (13), crime novel (10), gay crime (9), historical fiction (6), contemporary fiction (5), historical novel (5), autobiography (5) — see all tags

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GroupsCrime, Thriller & Mystery, Queer and Trans Lit, SlashThing, Writer-readers

Favorite authorsPatricia Duncker, Joseph Hansen, Joanne Harris, Maria McCann, Barry McCrea, Blake Morrison, Haruki Murakami, Mary Renault, Ruth Rendell (Shared favorites)

About meAnne Brooke has been writing for seventeen years and is the author of six novels, numerous short stories and poems. She was shortlisted for the Harry Bowling Novel Award in 2006, longlisted for the Betty Bolingbroke-Kent Novel Award in 2005, and shortlisted for the Royal Literary Fund Awards in 2004 and the Asham Award for Women Writers in 2003. In addition, she has twice been the winner of the DSJT Charitable Trust Open Poetry Award.

Her GLBT romantic thriller, The Bones of Summer, is available from Dreamspinner Press. Her gay crime novel, Maloney's Law, is published by PD Publishing and available from Amazon in the UK and US. Another gay crime novel, A Dangerous Man, is available from Flame Books, whilst her romantic comedy novel, Pink Champagne and Apple Juice, and her crime novel, Thorn in the Flesh, are both available from Goldenford Publishers. Thorn in the Flesh is also available as an eBook at Amazon and Mobipocket.

She has a secret passion for Terry Wogan and birdwatching. More information can be found at http://www.annebrooke.com or at http://www.myspace.com/annebrooke. She also keeps a terrifyingly honest journal at http://annebrooke.blogspot.com.

About my libraryI enjoy dark modern novels and punchy poetry. I particularly like gay-themed work, eg Maria McCann, Barry McCrea and Patricia Duncker.

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A Stranger's Table by Anne Brooke

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Salt and Gold (Forty Meditations on Exodus and St Luke) by Anne Brooke

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Dreaming of Still Water (Salt Modern Poets) by Cliff Ashcroft

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When Will There be Good News? by Kate Atkinson

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Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town by Mary Beard

Hi Anne,

Thanks for leaving me a note. I have to confess that I am having trouble to finish As Meat Loves Salt. I am not really into heavy stuff. It felt like I am studying for Eng Lit exam. :( But I am still determined (although weakly) to complete my reading. Somehow, I am more into coming out stories for teen, because I like to read about their struggles. I had tried to picture the lead character in the book, and somehow I got lost. I thought he was in UK, and then I thought he was in USA. I think somewhere in the book, I thought he was a black, and then I thought otherwise later. Sigh.. LOL.

posted by starlight70 at 3:20 am (EST) on Jul 31, 2009

Hi, Anne!

Happy to friend a fellow author! (Not a bad sort of job, is it?)

Rob xx

posted by shearrob at 6:43 pm (EST) on Apr 2, 2009

Thanks for friending me :)
(Sorry for the delay)

~Isan

posted by Isan at 3:51 pm (EST) on Aug 15, 2008

Hello Anne,

What a great offer....I would love a copy of A DANGEROUS MAN. How do I go about this?

Sincerely,
Robert

posted by RPM10 at 4:09 pm (EST) on Aug 6, 2008

I just purchased your "Maloney's Law" and will look forward to reading it. Many of your other titles seemed to be unavailable (at least through Amazon) ....

~Robert

posted by RPM10 at 4:05 pm (EST) on Jul 30, 2008

I absolutely loved As Meat Loves Salt. You have an interesting library. I'm going to have fun browsing it.

posted by ladymacbeth1 at 9:49 am (EST) on Jul 13, 2008

I loved it too! AS MEAT was one of the more inspiring pieces of writing I came across last year- haunting too, and one of those books that stays with you and you think a lot about the complexity of the characters.

posted by RPM10 at 5:21 pm (EST) on Jul 12, 2008

Hey there.

Thanks for the invite. I'm so glad I've found someone else who enjoyed The First Verse. I've encountered quite a few people who weren't particularly impressed by it. I suppose it's so NOT the typical gay novel, that it confuses men who are looking for that. And Maria McCann's book...what can I say? When is she going to write something else, for heaven's sake? As Meat Loves Salt is probably one of my top ten books of all time!

Well, enough. I'm intrigued by your books; particularly the romantic comedies. I'll have to give them a peek. Take care.

~B.

posted by blakefraina at 7:06 am (EST) on Jul 10, 2008

Anne, is "Thorn in the Flesh" ever going to be available on Amazon.com (US)? I loked for it, but it comes up as an unavailable import, print on demand. I'd love to add it to my listmania but try not to put on books that readers can't buy...

posted by jshillingford at 2:54 pm (EST) on Jul 7, 2008

I haven't gotten to "As Meat Loves Salt," but thanks fo rthe recommendation. I did buy it because it sounded good, but I buy 3-4 books a week so there's never enough time for them all! Waiting for my next vacation or holiday!

posted by jshillingford at 2:51 pm (EST) on Jul 7, 2008

Hey Anne!

What do you think of my new photo? I know I'm not tall, but I was trying for at least dark & handsome. ;-)

posted by patnelsonchilds at 12:28 pm (EST) on Jul 7, 2008

Thanks, Anne.
"As Meat Loves Salt" is on my "to be read" list. There are so many to keep up with. So with yet another recommendation for it, I'll have to get to it!

Mark

posted by markprobst at 8:37 pm (EST) on Jul 6, 2008

Yes definitely Case Histories is fantastic too! (hope you mean the Kate Atkinson series with Jackson Brody!)... there is a new book out as well which I need to read.

posted by cerievans1 at 11:44 am (EST) on Jul 5, 2008

Ah yes. I remember now. We had such a beautiful baby son. How is little Garbanzo? All grown up, I should expect. They years roll by so swiftly now.

posted by patnelsonchilds at 7:18 am (EST) on Jul 5, 2008

Anne, we seem to find one another everywhere. I am now convinced that, in another life, we had some kind of torrid adulterous love affair, and were then brutally murdered by our two cuckholded spouses (who later sought comfort in one anothers' arms - that is - until they found themselves facing the electric chair, at which time each insisted that they had only helped the other to dispose of our bodies after he (or she) had finished strangling us with a length of butcher's twine. Perhaps that explains the shortness of breath I get every time I pass a butchershop window. Here I was blaming the skyrocketing price of my favorite Porterhouse Steaks.

Anyway, nice to see you again. Circumstances have conspired to lead us down different paths during this lifetime, but I am certain we shall make the best of friends, having already walked in the shoes of starcrossed lovers.

Be Well,
Pat Nelson Childs
http://www.chroniclesoffirma.com

posted by patnelsonchilds at 7:05 am (EST) on Jul 5, 2008

Hi

Many thanks for the friend invite - I feel quite privileged.

I must check out your library and some of your own writings too - they sound interesting.

Benjamin "Bembo"

posted by Bembo at 2:17 am (EST) on Jul 5, 2008

How crazy, both of us finding it by chance, what with the whole 'random verse' thing. Quite brilliant actually.

:)

posted by being_blunt at 6:00 pm (EST) on Jul 4, 2008

Hi Anne. Thanks for the invite...cool ANOTHER author to read!!

-liz

posted by latetocomics at 12:22 pm (EST) on Jul 4, 2008

Thanks! I haven't successfully found a Brandstetter novel yet, but I'm working on it. I was told by a friend that they were my kind of book, so I'm looking forward to them.

posted by solanges at 10:39 am (EST) on Jul 4, 2008

Thanks for your message.

Last year I read Aciman's gay-themed book and enjoyed it immensely. The prose was beautifully done, almost up to Waugh's in Brideshead.

Right now I'm reading Sorrow of an American By Siri Hustvedt, (Paul Auster's wife) which is enjoyable.

I see that you like psych crime so I must reccommend the obvious: Simenon/Maigret.

Sorry, but the mundane is about to encroach on my 4th: i.e. helping my ex spread some mulch over the flower beds. We actually get along ok and live in adjoining apartment buildings in a suburb of Detroit.

Enjoy the holiday and let me hear from you.

posted by Dpsm60 at 9:19 am (EST) on Jul 4, 2008

Thank you for friending me ^_^.

I love As Meat Loves Salt. My reaction to it was confusing ... I was devastated and uplifted at the same time. Usually I dissect books this time I think the book dissected me...strange...Powerful stuff. I hope she would write another book too.

posted by Zehavit_Lamasu at 6:22 am (EST) on Jul 4, 2008

Hi Anne,

nice to meet you, too! :)

Christian

posted by shoganrea at 4:45 am (EST) on Jul 4, 2008

Hi there - Nice to meet you.

Yeah, I really liked The First Verse. It was by sheer chance I ended up reading it and what a treat it turned out to be.

:)

posted by being_blunt at 3:21 am (EST) on Jul 4, 2008

Hello Anne :)

Your books look good, especially A Dangerous Man & the upcoming Maloney's Law. I'm planning to go on a buying spree once PD Publishing releases ebooks, so I'll have to keep ML in mind.

Just curious though: how did you find me? Lol... Our libraries have no books in common, though the subject matter's pretty similar!

posted by Ryes at 5:56 pm (EST) on Jul 3, 2008

Hello Anne, to sign up for Early Reviewers you just go here:

http://www.librarything.com/er/signup

posted by scottpack at 3:48 am (EST) on Feb 4, 2008

Hello Anne. Fancy seeing you here. I've still got loads of books to add. Just another thing to do. LOL.

posted by SharonMariaBidwell at 5:01 am (EST) on Dec 22, 2007

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