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 Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 11:43 am
YES SOMEONE ELSE MENTIONED BRITE!!
But no. If you love vampires, and you love boys love, then pick up Lost Souls. Unfortunately, it's not her best novel, and it's incredibly cheesy, it's still a good read, and it's still one of my favorites.
Then there's Drawing Blood, which deals with a haunted house theme behind a romantic and sexual relationship that develops between Trevor and Zack, the main characters.
AND THEN, there's Exquisite Corpse, which is pretty graphic, and has parts that make even me gag. D= But I love it. If you're going to read this, you should first go to poppyzbrite.com and read the short story De-flowering the Orient, which started this novel.
She also published Wormwood, which was previously called Swam Phoetus. And then she organized the short story anthologies Love in Vein and Love in Vein II. I've read II, and from what i can see it's a very good read.
Now, besides Brite, let me take a look at my shelf..
All I can find is Maurice, Half-Life, The Scapegoat, and Fight Club.
Maurice was written around 1914, in England. The writing is flowery, and hard to follow, but there's definitely a sound plot, and a sad and sweet story. I'd recommend it to anyone who reads a lot, because you'll definitely be confused if you don't have a large vocabulary and a good mind to understand.
Half-Life is pretty much a quick read. The story is pretty cute, with a sort of "love at first sight" theme and a happy ending. I really liked this book, although I felt it was lacking in character development.
I'm reading The Scapegoat now. So far, I really like it and can't wait to finish it.
Fight Club isn't actually homoerotic or anything, but the way the author describes the characters and their interactions, the way he describes fight club is erotic in itself and I'd recommend the BOOK to anyone who's seen the movie, and to anyone who hasn't.
And then of course there's the basic books to read like the Rainbow Boys series and So Hard to Say. I must say I feel as though the Rainbow Boys series lost momentum around the second book and the third one just fell flat. I couldn't even finish it that's how much I didn't like it.
OH YES, and there's also Leave Myself Behind.
And pretty much any book by Francesca Lia-Block is worth a look at for her flowery writing style and content, which usually is male/male or at least hints at it.
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 10:33 pm
Blech. Someone mentioned Storm Constantine earlier.
Here's my opinion: Don't bother reading 'Crown of Silence'.
It is quite possibly one of the worst books I've read this semester. The characters were dull and seemed alike. The sex scenes were so poorly written that I actually had to read them more than once to realize what was actually going on. The author did far too much telling and not enough showing. There was no plot. There were several vague plot-like things that sort of ran together to become this equally vague ending. It pretty much just shoved the characters---and the reader---into vague situations for apparently no reason at all. I couldn't relate to the characters at all, because they all seemed flat, colorless, and inhuman.
Any book that has the main character assraped within the first five pages is never good.
Honestly, I've produced better things while sitting on crapper.
On the bright side, Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner Series was the best that I've read. :3 I'm still fascinated with the books.
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 1:27 pm
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Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:04 am
I don't know if anyone posted this one yet.
A Promise of Romance
by Kyoko Akitsu
illustrated by Tooku Miyagi
Summary: Edward, an English nobleman, is every bit the handsome prince - except he doesn't have a damsel in distress. After finding out his late father's will stipulates that Edward must be married by the time he reaches age 26 or risk losing control of the family estate and fortune, Edward's relatives have been trying to arrange a marriage for him. Rebelling against his family's wishes, Edward sets off to find himself a wife of his own choosing. But instead, he finds Satsuki - a young Japanese exchange student attending theatre classes at the local college. Of course there's a catch: Satsuki is a boy! On a friend's suggestion, Edward and Satsuki enter a contract. Satsuki will cross-dress and agree to a sham marriage with Edward. In exchange, Edward will pay Satsuki for his acting services, shutting his snooty relatives up and allowing him to keep control of the family fortune. Everybody's happy, right? Except for one small thing - what happens when the pair actually fall in love?
Rating: YA
I , personally, think that it's cute and worth the read for young adults. XD HOORAY, FOR YAOI!!
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Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:30 am
If you go to Amazon and type in the Tin Star, and then look at other books like that one, there are so many books and a lot of them sound interesting. Someone read them with me. >.<
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