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Three Dollar Bill Reviews Update

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Not sure about anyone else but my summer is incredibly busy! Between moving, vacations, and simply things to do .. reading time has dramatically decreased. Plus I just picked up The Passage, which is 800 pages. I can’t wait to have sleepless nights and fear the scary vamps in the dark again but it also means that it’s about that time again…

We over at Three Dollar Bill Reviews are looking for a few new victims… err readers actually. We have a bunch of fun book requests that I wish I had time to read and review in a timely manner. So once again we’re putting out the call if anyone is interested in reviewing, please contact us. It’s a low level commitment – 1 or 2 reviews a month – and you can read anything from our review list, publishers we work with, or even your own backlog list.

So if anyone isn’t insanely busy or you just love piling on the books, please email us at threedollarbillreviews@gmail.com  

You’re just our kind of people.

Reviews to check out

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If you haven’t been over to Three Dollar Bill in a while there are a bunch of new reviews.

5 stars to The Summer Between by Andrew Binks

Also:
The Hummingbird Summer by GS Wiley
Safe As Houses by Alex Jeffers
Robotica by Kal Cobalt
Divas Las Vegas by Rob Rosen
Steal Away by Amber Green
Erotic Brits by Jacqueline Applebee
I Do Two! – Anthology

And More!

As always we’re looking for reviewers of any genre.

Roundup

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Hope everyone is having a great weekend. If you missed any of the reviews over on Three Dollar Bill, there are two from me. One is a beautiful, touching story about friendship and love. And one is a raunchy and delightful comic. They couldn’t be more different yet still great. There are a couple of lesbian titles also reviewed that got high marks. 

XOXO Hayden by Chris Corkum
Nightlife by Dale Lazarov and Bastian Jonsson

There’s also a discussion on whether readers/authors like to have their reviews spread out like we’re doing (one a day) or just several at a time. All opinions welcome! With TDB so new, we get to make changes as situations come up. Right now we’re able to produce more than one review a day yet don’t want to overwhelm anyone. So all opinions and thoughts are very helpful. 

Reviews all at once or spread out?

As always we’re looking for more reviews of any kind! Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, whatever letter of the alphabet soup you’re interested in reading and reviewing, we’re looking for you. If you’re interested please send an email to threedollarbillreviews@gmail.com

Reviews and news

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Interrupting mid-week to update on some reviews and news. 

Three Dollar Bill Reviews is still going strong. VERY STRONG. In fact, anyone out there interested in reading and reviewing some lesbian fiction? Poor Emily is sick again (she needs to be a bubble girl) and totally overwhelmed with lesbian fiction requests. You’d think these poor authors never got reviewed. As excited as that makes both of us, we have so many requests it’s hard to keep up in a timely fashion. 

So if anyone is out there that’s looking to read and review some lesbian short stories, give us a shout please! 

My reviews at TDB are lined up for almost a month to come but here are some of the latest and they run the gamut from 2 to 5 stars:

Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale
Bristlecone Peak (Legend of the Golden Feather) by Dave Brown
Bleeding Hearts by Josh Aterovis
Ocean Breeze, Little Squeeze by Jenna Byrnes
The Silent Hustler by Sean Meriwether

There’s also a post on star ratings and what they mean. 3 stars is not bad!

Coming up here on my LJ the remainder of the week will be a review of Downtime by Tamara Allen and Hero by Heidi Cullinan. You won’t want to miss those. 

We want you!

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As I’m buried under snow here, I thought I’d remind people that we’re looking for some reviewing help over on Three Dollar Bill Reviews. In the few weeks we’ve been open, we’ve been flooded with review requests. Both Emily and I are so ecstatic over the response but quickly realized that we could use some help. We don’t want authors to wait too long for reviews nor do we want to lose sight of those books we’ve always wanted to read/review.

So we’re looking for anyone interested in reading LGBT fiction. We’re pretty flexible on what someone would like to read but please be willing to read lesbian or gay fiction that is not only the latest erotic romance. We’ve gotten requests for a lot of great, off the beaten track books (so to speak). The post with more information is HERE!

I also have a review for a western book – Common Sons by Ronald Donaghe. As well as a "gay furry romance" about a tiger and a fox that fall in love in Out of Position by Kyell Gold. Definitely check that one out.

I’m in the process of x-posting my reviews to GoodReads, and Amazon if I remember. So sorry if anyone follows me and gets spammed. I’m trying not to do too much at once :D.

Common Sons by Ronald Donaghe

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Common Sons by Ronald Donaghe

Blurb:
Set in a small town in the middle of nowhere in the mid-1960s, Common Sons not only anticipates the coming gay revolution, but delineates its fields of battle in churches, schools and society, pitting fathers against sons, straight teens against gay teens, and self-hatred against self-respect.

From the opening scene (where a reckless bout of drinking at a dance ends in a very public kiss between two teenage boys), the citizens of the small town of Common, New Mexico, become aware of the homosexuality in their midst.

The two boys are unable to deal with their struggle in private as the story of their public kiss spreads through the small town. Some seek to destroy the relationship between the two boys, while others seek to destroy the two boys themselves. Common Sons is a moving tale of self-discovery, love and finding the courage to come out and come to grips with truth in the face of hatred and adversity.

Cross-posted to TDB..

What do you like in your blurb?

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Today it was my turn in the opinion piece over at Three Dollar Bill so I’m asking for a little reader participation. The topic of question is what do you like to see in your blurbs? How much information or what information? So if you have an opinion on the all important blurb – please pop on over and leave a comment.

Also this week we have four reviews up.
My reviews are Bashed by Rick Reed (which got some interesting comments) and Hero by Perry Moore. Both are good books and worth reading, though I adored Hero.

Emily did a review of a transgender sci-fi anthology that sounds fascinating and also a Noble Romance new release. Be sure to look at those.

So far we’ve gotten a great response and several review requests. I also have a bunch of recommendations and have started to use my points from paperbookswap to get some books. So look for some older titles in gay lit to show up soon.

As always, feedback of any kind is welcome and encouraged!
Have a good weekend!

Hero by Perry Moore

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Hero by Perry Moore

Blurb:
Thom Creed is used to being on his own. Even as a high school basketball star, he has to keep his distance because of his father. Hal Creed had once been one of the greatest and most beloved superheroes of The League–until the Wilson Towers incident. After that Thom’s mother disappeared and his proud father became an outcast.

The last thing in the world Thom would ever want is to disappoint his father. So Thom keeps two secrets from him: First is that he’s gay. The second is that he has the power to heal people. Initially, Thom had trouble controlling his powers. But with trial and error he improves, until he gets so good that he catches the attention of the League and is asked to join. Even though he knows it would kill his dad, Thom can’t resist. When he joins the League, he meets a motley crew of other heroes, including tough-talking Scarlett, who has the power of fire from growing up near a nuclear power plant; Typhoid Larry, who makes everyone sick by touching them, but is actually a really sweet guy; and wise Ruth, who has the power to see the future. Together these unlikely heroes become friends and begin to uncover a plot to kill the superheroes.

Along the way, Thom falls in love, and discovers the difficult truth about his parents’ past. This is a moving, funny, and wonderfully original novel that shows that things are not always what they seem, and love can be found in the unlikeliest of places.

Cross-posted to TDB

Bashed by Rick Reed

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Bashed by Rick Reed

Blurb:
Three haters. Two lovers. And a collision course with tragedy. That October night, Donald and Mark had no idea their lives and love were about to be shattered by fag bashers, intent on pain, and armed with ridicule, fists, and an aluminum baseball bat. Bashed charts the course of a journey that encompasses suspense, horror, and–ultimately–romance.

Cross-posted to TDB

A Strong & Sudden Thaw by RW Day

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A Strong & Sudden Thaw by RW Day

Blurb:
The Ice fell upon the world nearly a hundred years ago, and if civilization didn’t rightly collapse, it surely staggered and fell ill a while. In the small town of Moline, Virginia, folks struggle to survive, relying on hybrid seed sent by the faraway Dept. of Reintroduction and Agriculture and their own faith in God and hard work. But when a mated pair of dragons starts hunting the countryside, stealing sheep, and attacking children, the townsfolk quickly learn that they don’t have the weapons or the skills to fight off such predators.

David Anderson is a farmer’s son who has explored the world through books. When he meets the new healer in town, Callan Landers, he doesn’t quite know what to make of the strange warmth stealing over him. It’s not until he surprises Callan with another man—and both men are promptly arrested for sodomy—that David finally realizes the truth about his own feelings.

When David and Callan stumble over a secret in a nearby abandoned town, their personal problems fade before government politics and corruption that threaten lives. It seems the dragons aren’t the worst dangers facing Moline.

Cross-posted to TDB