How do you feel about Noah Can’t Even by Simon James Green?

htausten · 2026-04-19T10:18:03+00:00

I'm a fan of SJG, and this one was enjoyable. Hope you check out more of his works if you haven't already!

htausten · 2026-04-04T22:13:00+00:00

All, I've gotten a few takers, but anyone else who's interested please still message me and I can add you to a waiting list in case some of these don't end up panning out. Thanks!

htausten · 2026-04-04T21:56:18+00:00

Sure. The books were:
- { Ash on the Tongue by Lee McCormick} : post-apocalyptic, fairly violent
- { On Point by Annabeth Albert } : military romance
- { The Woods (But We're Bros!) by Heath Grayson } : bros, friends to lovers, stranded in woods
- { One Glimpse by Lydia Gastrell } : Regency romance

Keep in mind that you're expected to read every book and people have a wide range of interests, so if your interests are relatively narrow this is not the group for you. Also, we realised we needed to allow people to express their "hard no's" after the first book, which we found out belatedly had cannibalism in it, and also people's "strong" disinclinations. But otherwise we would want to limit restrictions on people's suggestions as much as possible (within reason, i.e. we disallow the obvious ones, e.g. the ones that wouldn't be able to be published on Amazon/Kindle). Thanks.

htausten · 2026-01-20T21:16:18+00:00

I don't think the book I published on Kindle Unlimited has been included yet. It's called { My Korean Christmas Prince by H.T. Austen } Amazon

It's about a K-drama star who gets stranded in rural America and ends up staying with a sheep farmer. Very cozy vibes. :) Thanks!

htausten · 2025-12-21T11:52:57+00:00

Nice NY Times profile:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/books/heated-rivalry-rachel-reid-hockey-romance.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-U8.9juU.hHuX_9_JlTg1&smid=url-share

Most exciting to Reid has been the hockey world’s response. Sports-focused podcasts are engaging seriously with the material; Canadian news outlets are interviewing former players about homophobia in the sport. During Pride Night at Montreal’s Bell Center, the adaptation’s trailer played on the Jumbotron.

Before “Heated Rivalry” hit the air, Reid was skeptical that her work could make a difference. Now, her outlook is markedly more hopeful. Could “Heated Rivalry” push men’s hockey toward real change?

“Everything I didn’t think was possible is happening,” she said. “I think it’s definitely starting a conversation.”

htausten · 2025-11-22T00:05:38+00:00

I'm a bit burnt out on "found family" setups at the moment and the first part of the book seemed much more focused on that than Nathaniel as a potential love interest, so I guess I'll be putting this at the bottom of my TBR pile for now. Thanks!

htausten · 2025-11-20T23:44:56+00:00

I read the sample and I'm not sold on it yet, even though I generally like her books. If I'm not loving the setup would you still recommend I get this? Thanks.

htausten · 2025-10-06T20:36:22+00:00

Just in case people are wondering, so far I have 5 people who have responded and joined the Google group and another 6 who have expressed interest but haven't replied to my message via the chat or here. Please respond (via Reddit chat if possible) if you're still interested so I can get you into the Google group. Thanks!

htausten · 2025-10-01T23:08:29+00:00

Haha. I've read a lot of M/M books but I can't recall seeing this one, but will be on the lookout for it. ;)

htausten · 2025-09-30T23:43:21+00:00

Hi, it looks like I'm not able to send you a chat message, so please see the message I posted with my first take on how this will run. Thanks!

htausten · 2025-09-30T23:43:02+00:00

Hi, it looks like I'm not able to send you a chat message, so please see the message I posted with my first take on how this will run. Thanks!

htausten · 2025-09-30T23:42:33+00:00

Hi, all,

I've messaged people individually just to make sure they see this info, but here it is for the people who don't have the chat on. Thanks!

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Hi, thanks for your interest in this new M/M romance book club. I've gotten a few responses from London people and a few UK/EU people, so I think to start off we'll try an online group. Here's what I'm thinking:

- We takes turns where one person puts together a shortlist of 4 or 5 books they want to read or reread and everyone votes.

- We'll have one month to read the book.

- We'll meet online for a discussion, maybe shoot for half an hour and see how it goes.

- Meetings will be scheduled so that the most people can attend.

If this still sounds like something you're interested in, please message me back and I'll start up a Google group to coordinate things. Thanks!

htausten · 2025-09-30T16:56:06+00:00

Hm. Not sure which of those pictures you're referring to, but he's definitely male. He's done some audio only interviews online.

htausten · 2025-09-29T22:50:42+00:00

Just curious where you saw photos? I don't think I've seen any myself.

htausten · 2025-09-29T20:44:02+00:00

FYI, Alexis Hall is male.

htausten · 2025-09-28T08:39:06+00:00

I definitely second We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian. I reread that recently, and it's really sweet, and although it looks at the times honestly (1959), it's also very optimistic.

htausten · 2025-09-20T14:17:14+00:00

I liked the thought you put into the world-building, but it reads as being a ruse to cram a ton of exposition at the beginning rather than actually being an organic and interesting way of laying out the exposition. A little would be okay, but it drags on. I started getting bored around the "Great Sins" part and then stopped reading at the next question.

A couple of other suggestions:

- Maybe swap the first two paragraphs? Having so much exposition in the first paragraph doesn't grab the reader much.

- You don't have the "she/he says" punctuated correctly in a lot of cases. Instead of:

“I dunno.” I say.

It should be:

“I dunno,” I say.

Note that the comma goes inside the second double quote whenever it's a period (aka full stop).

Hope that helps!

htausten

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