I almost missed National Orgasm Day! Which was today! Thank God I visited the Ellora’s Cave site to check out what’s new in m/m hotness!, so I caught it by sixty-six minutes. (Yeah, 69 would’ve been better) So, enjoy!
I love that this pic from Daventry Blue (at least that’s what the file says) is titled “Bee Sting”. Snort.
I’m doing it right now. I mean, yeah, I need to get next week’s posts ready. God knows I’ve been inconsistent about getting them done on time – occasionally they’ve even been done but I haven’t managed to publish them – so it’s not like it’s a total waste of time, but still. It’s not on my to-do list until Sunday, and several other things *are*.
What things, you ask?
But instead of doing any of those, I’m doing this. Why? I think that the more urgent stuff stresses me out, even as I’m working on it. It’s *so* good to know you’re done and get that feeling of accomplishment, but the doing is being kinda rough on me for some reason. It reminds me of how my mom would have to stop at the intense parts of a book and take a break to clear her head and catch her breath. Or how, when I was a kid, I’d have to walk away from super emotional or scary parts of a movie to settle my mind before moving on.
Anyway, my mind is now about as clear and settled as a whirlpool full of mud, but I’ve gotta suck it up and get back to work.
Maybe after I set up next week’s ManCandy post…
Wrote this puppy back in June – clearly the whole procrastination thing didn’t get any better because with the exception of #2, I haven’t really accomplished any of them.
Okay, I’m actually at the NEXT part of Nuriel that needs my input, so that’s kinda progress. And I did actually finish ONE of the three solo’s I had started, so that’s BIG progress (now waiting on betas and crit’s). So, maybe it’s not as grim as it seems. I guess.
I think, though, this calls for extra eye candy!
This is another one that reminds me of Melting, thought there’s no harness and chains in the story. There is, however, a naked submissive on his belly. And, OMG, the ink on this dude!
Watched baseball with the Old Man yesterday. Mmmm…
So, this isn’t a new book, nor even one I read recently, but I was on Goodreads and realized it was on my “to-be-read” shelf, so I thought I’d move it to “read”, and the review just sorta grew from there. There are some vague spoilers – nothing plot-wise, but definitely some stuff content-wise, if that makes any sense. Anyway, here it is:
“Special Forces: Soldiers Part I -Director’s Cut” by Aleksandr_Voinov
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Beware vague spoilers – nothing specific, but some general info is provided.
I love the Special Forces stories – thousands of pages of angst and love against all odds; what’s not to love? At the same time, the later installments gave me some (even several) disappointed, or at least uncomfortable moments. Ironically, those moments were more about tenderness than pain, thus the fact they came in the later parts of the saga.
Vadim and Dan start so violently, with such hatred, that at first I wondered how Voinov could possibly make a couple of them. In fact, this was my first experience with Voinov’s writing, so I wasn’t particularly expecting it to be a “romance.” And it’s not – at least not by conventional standards. It’s brutal and grim and shows the uglier side of war, but it’s also a triumph of the human spirit, and the soul’s capacity to grow and to ultimately transcend its own flaws.
By the end of this first installment, Voinov has begun an amazing journey for both that makes their rock-solid commitment to each other completely believable. Dan, while still the happy-go-lucky, flirtatious stud, has tapped a dark and dangerous well of the soul. But it’s Vadim who truly evolves. He begins the story as a thug, but by the end he’s discovered layers of tenderness and compassion that surprise him even more than the reader. He makes me ache.
I’ll admit that Soldiers is my favorite of the trio, mostly because I’m a fan of the monogamy, and Dan’s relationship with Jean in the later books is far to intimate, loving and enduring – and Vadim’s discomfort with it is too consistent – for my comfort level. That said, those are personal preferences, and won’t bother many or even most readers at all. I mention that here because Soldiers ends with a “cliffhanger,” and once you’ve finished it you’ll NEED to move on to Mercenaries.
Read it. Think about it. Like you’ll have any choice. Then share what you think.
Yes, indeed. It’s “my” weekend with my beautiful Goddaughter, and the precious dear brought 5 or more of her closest friends with her. Very close, indeed, as they were CRAWLING AROUND HER FREAKIN’ SCALP!!!!
After two weeks, multiple applications of RID (on MY hair, she never even got her second application!), my home is once again invaded. She rushed into my bedroom an hour ago breathless and frantic and whimpering “I felt a bug!” So I did my best to stretch a third a bottle of RID over her yards of very thick hair, she spent the ten minutes marinating time picking dead bugs out, putting them on a piece of toilet paper, then sticking it in an envelope to show her mother. You know, the one who didn’t do her second application.
I actually DID order the Genisis stuff you recommended, Lori, it just hasn’t come yet. My friend in Houston ordered it, too, and LOVES it. Especially the pink stuff, as her child also has acres of hair that’s just about the same color as the eggs.
Oh. My. God.
It never ends!
(Yes, this is me venting. My alternative was driving to her mother’s house and dropping her on the doorstep on my way to the all night laundry for the comforters.)
So, we’re over 90 degrees by ten AM in the lovely, sweltering D. Mom’s got no air, so 45 minutes online and six phone calls later I’ve secured the ONLY $99 air conditioner left in the state of Michigan! Thank God for online purchasing!
I mean literally, not figuratively.
Fifteen minutes of rain and one clap of thunder on Monday led to 36 blissful (not!) hours with no power.
Yes, we had the generator, which was a Godsend, but because of power surges I had no computer.
No. Computer.
When the power finally came on late last night, the old man actually laughed at me because I was checking my email (over 200 unread – dayam!) before he even got the generator turned off.
You just don’t appreciate central air and yahoo until they’re gone.
Needed a “happy thought”
Wouldn’t mind a cuddle, either…
**I actually *did* write this post on Thursday, and thought I’d published it… Somehow, not so much! Eep!
I have a tradition with my Godson (who is, holy mother of God 20!) of going to see “comic book” movies at their midnight showing. What with the EDJ and his work/notwork/loaf schedule, not only did we miss the midnight show, but almost missed the run entirely for X-Men First Class.
That would have been tragic.
I would have missed Kevin Bacon.
I LOVE Kevin Bacon.
But worse, I would have missed the very subtly alluded to love affair between Charles and Erik.
A few short years ago, it probably wouldn’t have entered my mind that Erik and Charles were more than good friends. Those were the days PV&B – Pre-Vishous&Butch. Now, I wonder how it could have been anything else.
Note Erik’s wistful gaze. Clearly he’s yearning for something… someONE… he can’t have.
And, again, as Charles faces difficult choices, Erik only has eyes for his “friend.”
Of course, Charles *does* return the sentiments. He’s less tortured about it…
(I’ll mention here that I’ve developed a huge crush on James McAvoy, Charles Xavier. I want to have gay sex with him repeatedly. This is, of course, a problem primarily because I am *not* a gay man – at least in this lifetime – and even if I were, James McAvoy has no idea that I exist.)
It seems I’m not the only one who feels the sexual tension between Erik and Charles. Can’t say where I got this image (because I don’t remember – I looked at THOUSANDS of images because the boys are just that damned pretty), but I share the sentiment:
And that last image leads to my desire to write slash. Because I’d LOVE to write that, er, loving scene. It would make me *very* happy!
(I’ll note that the many cameos – Wolverine in particular – made a really good movie even better).
So, if you haven’t seen it yet, keep an eye on the dollar shows. It’s worth seeing – maybe even REseeing.
VJ Summers Writes SMUT! 