and now for something completely different....

[erastes]

Two books in the post this morning! *squee*

The Phoenix - Ruth Sims

And a second hand copy of "The Price of Temptation" by M J Pearson (the one with the elephantitis balls on the cover)
Oh what to read first!!!

Comments

[angrboda]

I trust you seen this one too?

(Sorry about the duplicate, I forgot I was logged into my RPG journal. I deleted the other one.)

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Yes - I've seen that one. I'll see what I think of TPOT before I plunge in with her next, though. I'm half way through - it's ok. Pretty anachronistic at times, though.

Thanks though, hun!

xxx

[rmanley.livejournal.com]

I loved The Phoenix. It's written in a style that completely different from my long-winded, rambly kind, but it's beautiful.

And it's gay Victorian stuff! Woohoo!

(Why aren't there more gay Victorian novels? I've been rereading Teleny in my desolation, but my brain can handle only so much purple prose, and I don't think I can stand one more reference to priapus)

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Because you haven't published any - that's why! Get on with it!

I do apologise for not having read GF yet, and I have no excuse except lack of time. Many many apologies...

You still love me though, right?

[rmanley.livejournal.com]

Girlie, I'm a page short of finishing the draft! *squees* But I'm so buggered by cold medication that I've been taking so many breaks (this being one of them) the whole time.

And no worries about reading GF. Once I'm done with the draft, I still need to restructure the damn thing (I'm consolidating the different sections) on top of editing for historical accuracy and so on. I'm leery of sending you the draft until it's in better shape than this. Ack.

Yeah, yeah, I still love you. Enough to subject you to a butchered scene from my novel, 'nowaramean? XD

[raphinou.livejournal.com]

i've read both books and i've enjoyed both.

and yes, those balls were a bit too large....

one thing about the phoenix, though: i found that sims didn't demonstrate well enough why the people in her novel did certain thing. one that sticks in my mind is how kit's friends disliked nick. but, i never read anything that would explain that. apart from that, though, everything else was enjoyable.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Certainly not a book I could ever take out of the house!!

I'm looking forward to them both.

xxx

[kenazfiction.livejournal.com]

I thought "Price" was much better than her 2nd book, "Discrete Young Gentlemen." I was easily able to overlook her occasional anachronisms because I enjoyed her characters so much-- especially her secondary characters. I didn't have quite the same love for her characters in the new one.

The Phoenix left me indifferent. Some of the "shocking! twists!" were painfully obvious from miles away... the characters seemed a bit flat and their motives were at times utterly inexplicable. It was ok, but I sold my copy as soon as I was done with it.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I'll avoid DYG then. I read Price in two sittings last night and although enjoyable in a Heyer way it .. well chewing gum for the brain, I suppose I'd call it. Decent enough, review later!

[liebesdammerung.livejournal.com]

Why, the one with the balls of course! :D

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Read and will be reviewd later!

*G*

Phoenix

[jshillingford.livejournal.com]

I hope you really enjoy it! I've read some of the novel she's currently writing, and I think it will be even better than the Phoenix.

Re: Phoenix

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I shall be starting it tomorrow, hopefully... i've had a mixture of opinions from dull to wonderful, so I'm looking forward to making my mind up about it.

xxx

Re: Phoenix

[jshillingford.livejournal.com]

Well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I guess it applies to reading as well. I can't wait to see what you think, especially as a historical fiction fan.

[mroctober.livejournal.com]

Ruth is a very sweet woman. I bought one of her stories for Charmed Lives and would use her again in any queer book I edited.