After several weeks of blog implosion and fiddling, messing, re-uploading …yadda yadda ad nauseum
I’m back! It may take a while to get the blog round back into the swing of things, but it feels soooooo good to have my author blog back up and running again!
All or Nothing has been chosen as a Joyfully Reviewed Recommended Read!
“James Buchanan pens gritty realism and hot eroticism. Her stories have a hard edge and a lot of angst. Nicky and Brandon’s stories never get tired or run out of steam; they just get better and better.” ~Nannette
Full review here: http://www.joyfullyreviewed.com/recommended-reviews/june-2010-recommended-reads/all-or-nothing-by-james-buchanan
“What I adore abou
t your writing is the emotional honesty of your characters. You let them be REAL. You let them experience all the shit that something like this would bring up: hate and anger and despair. They’re not brave, they’re not stoic, they’re not strong and understanding. They’re furious and despairing and guilty, oh so guilty. Brandon, not the most stable of people to begin with (as a cop says later, he’s a bottler), just implodes with guilt and fear and hate and inactivity.[...]
My issues with the mystery would normally knock this grade down to a B at least, but the emotional honesty and intensity of this book is too good for anything other than a B+. That’s the power of this series as a whole, but of this book specifically. Thank you for that honesty.”
Reviewed by Sarah Frantz
http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2010/05/27/review-all-or-nothing-by-james-buchanan/
From the American Library Association’s GLBTRT Newsletter
Inland Empire is the second book in MLR Press‘s Taking the Odds series. Nevada Gaming Control Agent Nick O’Malley and Riverside, California, Police Detective Brandon Carr are back, this time on Carr’s home turf. Carr is closeted; only his straight partner Jeff Weaver knows he is gay, but his boyfriend Nick makes the secret impossible to keep.
Buchanan is a talented crime writer and creative at writing sex scenes, so readers who like a rich crime novel and lots of sex will like this book. But the crime and the sex are only backdrops for a much more serious story: the rocky relationship between an uptight, macho, tattooed, hunky cop and his slightly swishy, very cute boyfriend. Buchanan deals with these trials and tribulations very well, in a realistic fashion as Nick, a computer geek, becomes involved in a Riverside crime bust. By the end of the novel, these two lovers‘ relationship is much improved. They may even make it.
Libraries who cater to novel-reading gay men and their friends will want to consider this author and her 10 books, including this one.
Reviewed by: James D. Anderson, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University
Find this and other reviews here: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/glbtrt/news/newsletters/10spring.pdf
Voting for the LRC’s "Best of 2009" Awards begins on FEBRUARY 15th and ends on FEBRUARY 22nd.
Best Sci Fi/Futuristic Book:
The Edge of Desperation (Jason Edding and James Buchanan-MLR)
Best GBLT author 2009
James Buchanan
Best Mystery/Suspense 2009
Personal Demons (James Buchanan-MLR)
To vote:
Email dawn_roberto AT yahoo DOT com with "LRC’s "BEST OF 2009" Awards" in subject. If this is not in the subject it will not be counted. You are to vote from the nominee list on your pick. The list will be up in our loop files under "LRC Best of award nominees 2009".
All entries are to be in by 2/23/2010. Any entries received after that will NOT be counted and automatically deleted.
Personal Demons
Author: James Buchanan
Publisher: MLR Press
Purchase Link:http://www.amazon.com/Personal-Demons-James-Buchanan/dp/1608200620
Reveiw Link: http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2009/10/09/review-personal-demons-by-james-buchanan/
Grade B
All of that said, this book somehow had a very gentle, almost calming feel to it. I keep coming back to it as an escape from the craziness of my life because Chase’s voice in my head seemed to keep chaos at bay. Despite the strangeness of the religion (and it got pretty graphic) and Chase’s alcoholism and the lack of emotional description about the romance, the story had a quietness to it, a controlled yet somehow lavish spareness that I enjoyed. I really like your writing style, your facility with inter-jurisdictional police lingo, your descriptions, and the way you write men who seem so real, so completely fucked-up, and yet so functional. ~Sarah F.
Review Link: http://www.reviewsbyjessewave.com/?p=10831
4.75 stars
[f]or those of you who love mysteries and don’t mind a bit of spiritualism in the mix, this book will be ideal. I thoroughly enjoyed this well written and captivating book. I could go on and on about other areas such as the breathtaking action sequences; the beautiful, tender way that the relationship between Chase and Enrique develops over the story; and the way that the city of LA comes alive in the descriptions of the city, but you can find all that out for yourself when you read the book, which is highly recommended. ~Jenre
Review Link: http://ddrreviews.blogspot.com/2009/10/personal-demons-by-james-buchanan.html
4 Divas
Personal Demons is a book that will hold your attention and demand your concentration, but you will be rewarded handsomely for your time! This is my first James Buchanan book, and I am certain that it will not be my last. ~ Melissa
Review Link: http://www.rainbow-reviews.com/?p=2010
3.5 Stars
The third person perspective from Chase is engaging and enticing, drawing readers in almost immediately with his flawed personality. I was almost sorry it had to end and look forward to the author’s next offering. ~Kassa
I got a B outa Dear Author…that’s like getting five stars other places (or above 70% at Mrs. Giggles)
“[T]his book somehow had a very gentle, almost calming feel to it. I keep coming back to it as an escape from the craziness of my life because Chase’s voice in my head seemed to keep chaos at bay. Despite the strangeness of the religion (and it got pretty graphic) and Chase’s alcoholism and the lack of emotional description about the romance, the story had a quietness to it, a controlled yet somehow lavish spareness that I enjoyed. I really like your writing style, your facility with inter-jurisdictional police lingo, your descriptions, and the way you write men who seem so real, so completely fucked-up, and yet so functional.’
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