I admit I’m not in the habit of checking the loan thread on the main board but I visit here pretty regularly. I missed a couple requests that I could have fulfilled. One of those is no longer available now that Loose ID has closed so that’s a wasted loan. I don’t think there’s more than a couple dozen of us MM readers here so it should be manageable if there was a loan thread on this board.
I admit I’m not in the habit of checking the loan thread on the main board but I visit here pretty regularly. I missed a couple requests that I could have fulfilled. One of those is no longer available now that Loose ID has closed so that’s a wasted loan. I don’t think there’s more than a couple dozen of us MM readers here so it should be manageable if there was a loan thread on this board.
I’m fine with whichever way the decision falls:)
I've been thinking the same thing but since requests rarely show up in the regular thread, I had not done it. I'll create a new thread for it here in the m/m section.
I've been thinking the same thing but since requests rarely show up in the regular thread, I had not done it. I'll create a new thread for it here in the m/m section.
Question: Since I added an m/m loan thread, do you think m/m/f book requests and loans should go there or in the main loan thread?
I’d say both. I doubt there’s much more than a handful or two of posters who’d even notice so I don’t think it’d be a big deal. Just remember to delete both if/when it gets fulfilled.
Apologies in advance for *another* Lanyon rant.... You can skip it...really. I’m just venting.
Arghhhh!! In Other Words...Murder (Holmes & Moriarity #4) has now been pushed back to June 30th. I’ve lost count of how many dates this has had. The Mermaid Murders: The Art of Murder I was originally a planned trilogy. Then 4 books and now I guess it’ll be 5 books. So maybe 2 or 3 years and it’ll be done? Point Blank: Five Dangerous Ground Novellas. The last DG novella is already a year behind schedule and is due out this year. She’s already behind this year so I’m thinking it won’t be out until next year. The Ghost had an Early Check-Out A dozen missed dates for this? I’ve given up. Not to mention the “series” she has lingering in her backlist....some waiting years for a sequel.
I’m sick of her excuses. I’m not saying she’s lying but I wouldn’t be surprised either. I realize that for the most part she is self-published and needs to handle any promotional stuff too. Why, why, why, why post a date if you can’t deliver? Why not wait until it’s in the final edits and *then* schedule a release? Without exaggeration, she has missed at least 20 dates (spread out over 4/5 books) over the last 18 months or so. Hasn’t she learned her lesson?!?
I'm coming to the conclusion that I might be the only person who doesn't like Kim Fielding. I read a few of her short stories and now Astounding!, and with the exception of Clockwork Heart I found them all entirely meh. She obviously writes well and the characterizations are pretty good (I'm usually all for character driven plots) but the stories never quite work for me. I still have Brute on my To Read list, and her blurbs usually sound very interesting, but maybe I should just accept that we don't mesh.
I'm coming to the conclusion that I might be the only person who doesn't like Kim Fielding. I read a few of her short stories and now Astounding!, and with the exception of Clockwork Heart I found them all entirely meh. She obviously writes well and the characterizations are pretty good (I'm usually all for character driven plots) but the stories never quite work for me. I still have Brute on my To Read list, and her blurbs usually sound very interesting, but maybe I should just accept that we don't mesh.
Rattlesnake is the only book I have read by her. I loved it, but several of her books don't hold much appeal for me based on the blurbs. I have a couple in my tbr pile that I keep passing over for "later."
She’s inconsistent and I really soured on her after her latest (The Little Library). I liked Rattlesnake, Brute was pretty good and she’s had a couple others I enjoyed. Still, she kinda misses the mark for a real, in-depth, emotional read—she’ll almost get there and then back off.
There’s quite a few authors that have broad appeal (recs, good ratings, bestselling, etc...) that are on my Nope list.
I'm coming to the conclusion that I might be the only person who doesn't like Kim Fielding.
I've enjoyed most of the works by Kim Fielding that I've read. That said, I'm grateful for the abundance of books by many authors, so that we have choices.