January's books & dvds and looking for reccs

[cornerofmadness]

It's Black History Month and this month Charles Dickens would have been 200 years old. I'm looking to read at least one book to honor both events. I am looking for an African-American author mostly of mysteries (or if you know any writing in fantasy/horror/sf let me know). I'll probably end up reading another Easy Rawlins story since I know my library carries Walter Mosley. I have an article with some female authors I've not heard of though I can't say the library would have them.

As for Dickens, I'm not sure yet what I'll read (probably again whatever the library has) I just know it won't be Bleak House again. I've read most of them as a kid. Have to think.

Books (you know the drill talk to me about them!)

Books: Phoenix Rising steampunk


Books: Murder on the Cliffs historical mystery

Manga: Dance in the Vampire Bund vampire manga

Manga: Black Butler #7 historical/supernatural

Books: Cross Bones m/m erotica (my story in this anthology is Ghost of Jupiter)

Manga: Hero Tales #5 action manga, end of series (illoed by Arakawa)

Manga: Blue Exorcist #2 supernatural

Manga:Soul Eater #7 supernatural/action

Books: Dark World Tru Haunting (the dude from Ghost Adventures)

Books: Death in the City of Light: The serial killer in Nazi-Occupied Paris true crime

Books: The Thirteenth Child m/m erotica urban fantasy


DVDS (look I got my money's worth out of Netflix)

Thor superhero

Iron Man 2 ditto

Green Lantern ibid

Cowboys and Aliens SF/action

Ghost Hound volume 2 disc 1 anime supernatural/psychological thriller

Comments

[geeky-ramblings.livejournal.com]

I am always trying to find some good m/m books. So far they have some annoying tropes but some of them are good. So recommendations would be nice :)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

in spite of publishing in the genre, I read so very little of for that very reason.

This one was a good UF but the sex sucked. And if you go to goodreads you'll see I'm not the only one thinking so. This is from my publisher and if they're letting scenes with that kind of language (he called his dick a tube steak. and the dude had balls bigger than a bull. I was laughing SO hard) that worries me a bit.

I've read a few things by Cornelia Grey that I liked and M J Aedin (who's on my flist here)

you could try http://paper.li/epubagent/m-m-authors-12 but it is just a promotion by an erotica agent so i don't guarantee these are embarrassing trope free.

HA!

[geeky-ramblings.livejournal.com]

Yeah I have read some many bad descriptions of sex they really read as bad fanfiction. I read a couple of goods ones as I said. They had a good plot but then the characters would get annoying.

I will definitely check those out. I did read this anthology that slashed fairy tales, I found that to be cute but then again those stories didn't really have sex in them.

Oh I saw giving him his meat once LOL!

Re: HA!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yes yes they can. I'm reading one now called Ink, vampires in Australia but too soon to say if it's good. the descriptions are lovely.

Honestly Cross Bones bored me. There are about 4 stories I honestly liked (barring my own). Other anthologies I'm in Necking, A Brush of Wings and soon to be Two Tickets to Paradise are mixed bags.

I could probably send you the pdf of any of those fore review

Re: HA!

[geeky-ramblings.livejournal.com]

That would be cool!

Re: HA!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

PM me your email and I'll try to get to it soon

Re: HA!

[geeky-ramblings.livejournal.com]

okay

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

I was going to recommend a series that deals with black history, but I realized the author is a white woman. . .anyway the Smokey Dalton books by Kris Nelscott are still interesting. The first one is "A Dangerous Road" and deals with events surrounding the King assassination.

I did find this list of mysteries with black detectives (http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/reading/blackdetectives.html) but I don't know how many are by authors of color. Unfortunately I'm not that up on the current mystery writer scene!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks though. That's a help. I do like mysteries so I'll probably look for at least some of these

[halighfataliter.livejournal.com]

I started Dickens' Tales of Two Cities last week - thank God there seems to be no orphan in this one!

Also, you can easily find The Old Curiosity Shop on the Internet. I had started reading it when I first came to London - the house that (supposedly) inspired it is two minutes away from my university... I never actually finished it... though I might change that for Charles' 200th birthday ;-)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I can't read on line.

the library has the old curiosity shop. It sounded too depressing for words. i tried to find something else (but most of his work is too depressing for words)

good luck finishing it