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New Rainbow Reviews are up this week! I had a bit of a low week as didn’t exactly like a lot of the stories I read this week.

 

Blood Brothers by Barbara Sheridan & Anne Cain 

Dragon & Fenyx 1: Called by Power by Auburnimp and Michael Barnette 

Hell Dogs Squadron 2: Angle of Attack by A.R. Moler 

Homesteads and Horseradish by Kiernan Kelly 
Hungry? by Helen Louise Caroll 

Venom’s Bond by Nica Berry 

 

Favorite of the week was definitely:

Photo Shoot by Addison Albright 

 

In other news I was asked by Wave over on Reviews by Jessewave to contribute dueling reviews on occasion. As I’m pretty busy reviewing as it is, all I could offer was an occasional contrasting (or agreeing) review so we’ll see how that goes.

Remember folks – it’s just my random opinion so you all can ignore it if you want :).

M/M Challenge update!

22/40 done! I’ve read more than that clearly but my list is full of older books that don’t all go to review so as I get through them they’ll go on the list. Always up for tweaking it though too, if anyone has good suggestions.

New Rainbow Reviews and Amazon Rank Fail

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 Amidst Amazon Rank Fail, Twitter Outcry Mania of #amazonfail, and #glitchmyass – another busy week with reviews and the new ones are out over on Rainbow Reviews. I had a mixture of longer and shorter stories with some of my M/M challenge stories thrown in and even a collection of poetry. What I know about poetry is sad so I feel for the authors.

M/M Challenge Stories:

Stealing Life by T.A. Chase

Child’s Prey 1: Orange Moon by Anne Cain & Barbara Sheridan

Child’s Prey 2: Winter Song by Anne Cain & Barbara Sheridan 

Personal Demons by Jay Lygon

The Elegant Corpse by A.M. Riley *

*best book of the week 

Playing The Field: Tee’d Off by J.M. Snyder

Sutcliffe Cove by Ariel Tachna and Madeleine Urban 

A Fostered Love by Cameron Dane

Phoberia by H.B. Kurtzwilde

 

Surprisingly good poetry:

Gaytude by Albert Russo & Adam Donaldson Powell

Short Stories:

An Evening With The Rush Hour Hero by J.M. Snyder

Restraint by Teresa Noelle Roberts

Favor by Alex Draven

 

M/M Challenge Update!

16/40 stories read. I’ve actually read/reviewed 32 m/m romance stories since I signed up but only 16 were on my official “list” – which I still reserve the right to change. One or two on my current list may change and be filled in with a new story. 

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The M/M Romance Challenge

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        The M/M Romance Challenge

Ok. The M/M challenge has been increased to 40 m/m books so at least I won’t complete the challenge in a few days. If I spread it out, this could take a few months. Each of these books I haven’t read yet (or just read this weekend). I’ll be posting reviews on each one, *pales* but here we go.

Using the M/M challenge guidelines and a bit of tweaking via others lists, here is my list. It’s subject to tweaking if anyone wants to throw out some great recommendations I missed as this is a first pass and I’m looking to read things that I normally wouldn’t. I left several spots open on the bottom that I do have books to fill in but was hoping for some ideas.

Special acknowledgements!

Thank you to 

[info]boylove_addict

  and the group over on The Phade for the new list.

 

Thank you to 

[info]elisa_rolle

  because I looked at your reviews to pick books that I was stumped on.

 

 

 

THE LIST!

Read an anthology.

1) Like Magnets We Attract Anthology edited by Jaye Valentine

Read a new release.
2) Rain on the Roof by Katrina Strauss

Read a new-to-you author.

3) La Playita by Gavin Atlas

Read the first book in a series.
4) Child’s Prey 1: Orange Moon by Anne Cain & Barbara Sheridan
 

Read a book outside your comfort level or from a genre you don’t normally read.

5) Comfort Me by Louis Flint Ceci

Read a book where the shapeshifter isn’t a werewolf.

6) Year of the Cat by Selah March

Read a gay magazine.
7) Icarus: Edition 1 

8) Historical – The Phoenix by Ruth Sims
9 ) Contemporary – Finn by Angel Martinez
10) Contemporary – Chasing Smoke by KA Mitchell
11) Paranormal – Rest of Our Lives by Dan Stone
12) Cowboys/Western – Homesteads and Horseradish by Kiernan Kelly
13) BDSM – Personal Demons by Jay Lygon
14) Men in Uniform – Hell Dogs Squadron 2: Angle of Attack by AM Moler
15) Yaoi – Snagged by Jet Mykles
16) Sports – Tigers and Devils by Sean Kennedy 
17) Sci-Fi – Hajiri’s Pet by Auburnimp & Michael Barnette 

At least one book by each author:

18) Tamara Allen – Whistling in the Dark
19) AM Riley – The Elegant Corpse
20) Rowan McBride – One Good Hand
21) Jessica Freely – Virgin
22) Jamie Scofield – Brushback
23) TA Chase – Stealing Life
24) James Buchanan – Hard Fall
25) Jordan Castillo Price – Among the Living
26) Elle Parker: Like Coffee and Doughnuts
27) Z.A. Maxfield – St. Nacho’s 2: Physical Therapy
28) Reno MacLeod and Jaye Valentine – Messiah I: The Three of Cups
29) Kevin Voglino – Times Square Kiss
30) Jet Mykles – Tech Support
31) Kirby Crow – Angels of the Deep
32) Caro Soles – Drag Queen in the Court of Death
33) G.S. Wiley – Troubles
34) Hemovore by Jordan Castillo Price
35) Isabelle Rowan– A Note in the Margin
36) Joely Skye – Monster
37) J.M. Snyder – War Torn
38) Without Sin by J. Tomas
39) Committed by Cassie Stevens
40) Phoberia by HB Kurtzwilde

The Official Challenge Review List!


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