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April 2015 Reading Log

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Lone Wolf (Bluewater Bay Book 4) by Aleksandr Voinov and L.A. Witt is a male/male romance. I’d read one book previously in this series, which focuses on the creative personalities surrounding a series of werewolf books and the television … Continue reading →

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February 2015 Reading Log

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Partner by Lia Silver, the sequel to Prisoner; I know this author, though mostly online. I got an advance copy and read it all in one evening, and my only complaint was that it was not longer (it didn’t … Continue reading →

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January 2015 Reading Log

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Bone Rider by J. Fally features a romance between a human and alien symbiotic sentient armor…well, actually the male human’s romance is with another male human, and there is a plot involving the U.S. Army and the Russian mafia, … Continue reading →

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Readercon 2015

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

I’ll be at Readercon in Burlington, MA next weekend. Guests of Honor: Nicola Griffith and Gary K. Wolfe. Memorial Guest of Honor: Joanna Russ. Friday, July 11, 11:00 AM. G Drift-Compatibile Fictional Characters. Amal El-Mohtar, Victoria Janssen, Nicole Kornher-Stace (leader), … Continue reading →

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December 2014 Reading Log

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

I was on vacation for part of December, so I got to read more than usual! Fiction: Love Waltzes In by Alana Albertson – Contemporary romance in which the description of life as a dancer on a celebrity ballroom dance … Continue reading →

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November 2014 Reading Log

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Still Life With Murder by P.B. Ryan – First in the Nell Sweeney series, it’s a historical mystery set in Gilded Age Boston. The heroine has a terrible past and so does the man accused of murder, whom it … Continue reading →

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September/October 2014 Reading Log

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

I didn’t read very much beyond nonfiction in progress in September. Fanfiction: London Orbital by merripestin (Sherlock) features Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Sally Donovan, and Greg Lestrade trapped together in a car all night, for a case. Snappy dialogue ensues. … Continue reading →

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August 2014 Reading Log

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: A Case of Possession by K.J. Charles is second in the A Charm of Magpies series, a historical paranormal with an ongoing male/male romance. I love the way the magic is done in this series, and as usual, I … Continue reading →

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July 2014 Reading Log

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: I finally started to read Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke this month, but ran out of steam, so it’s still not finished. I state that here so I will be ashamed and go back to it, … Continue reading →

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June 2014 Reading Log

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Victoria Janssen

A note here – I’ve mostly been listing nonfiction books in the month I started reading them, and combining my thoughts from throughout the time I was actually reading it. But I actually spent months reading some of these nonfiction … Continue reading →

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