Hi, you have a great collection! Congrats!

posted by kansasjoe at 12:17 pm (EST) on May 11, 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!

posted by Ceilidh-ann at 4:12 pm (EST) on Apr 16, 2008

Thank you!!! :D

posted by mychael_black at 11:35 am (EST) on Mar 23, 2008

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

posted by elisa.rolle at 6:12 pm (EST) on 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.

posted by mychael_black at 1:46 pm (EST) on Jan 24, 2008

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

posted by amadriade at 1:34 pm (EST) on Jan 20, 2008

Thanks for the "Friend-ing" on Amazon!

All the best,
Val
ObsidianBookshelf.com

posted by ObsidianBookshelf at 6:58 pm (EST) on Jan 17, 2008

Oh! Thank you! :D

posted by mychael_black at 9:23 am (EST) on Jan 8, 2008

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

posted by mychael_black at 7:25 am (EST) on 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

posted by markprobst at 1:31 pm (EST) on Jan 4, 2008

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

All the best,
Val
ObsidianBookshelf.com

posted by ObsidianBookshelf at 2:46 pm (EST) on 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

posted by patnelsonchilds at 6:26 pm (EST) on Nov 13, 2007

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

posted by mychael_black at 8:22 pm (EST) on Oct 14, 2007

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

posted by mychael_black at 8:16 pm (EST) on 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.

posted by blakefraina at 6:59 am (EST) on Oct 4, 2007

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

posted by mychael_black at 8:38 am (EST) on Sep 24, 2007

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

posted by mychael_black at 4:38 pm (EST) on Sep 23, 2007

tnx for the add!

posted by keidz at 10:31 pm (EST) on Sep 20, 2007

wow... you have an awesome collection!

posted by keidz at 10:44 pm (EST) on Sep 19, 2007

Oh, wow! Thank you, hun! :D

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

posted by mychael_black at 8:32 am (EST) on 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. ;)

posted by mychael_black at 5:23 pm (EST) on 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!

posted by blakefraina at 7:43 am (EST) on 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

posted by herebedragons at 8:49 pm (EST) on 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! :)

posted by herebedragons at 7:50 pm (EST) on Aug 14, 2007

Love your library!

posted by TinazReading at 3:58 am (EST) on 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 :-)

posted by amberwitch at 3:25 pm (EST) on 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?

posted by blakefraina at 9:17 am (EST) on 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.

posted by blakefraina at 3:36 pm (EST) on Jul 19, 2007

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

posted by mychael_black at 10:07 pm (EST) on Jul 12, 2007

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

posted by rynone at 1:53 pm (EST) on Jul 12, 2007

Howdy! :D

posted by mychael_black at 1:08 pm (EST) on Jul 12, 2007

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

posted by rynone at 9:28 am (EST) on 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.

posted by JulesJones at 10:46 am (EST) on 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

posted by jshillingford at 2:47 pm (EST) on Jun 20, 2007

Hi Jem. Happy to see you here! elisa

posted by elisa.rolle at 2:43 pm (EST) on Jun 20, 2007