In the Spotlight: Chris Owen

[elisa_rolle]

Comments

[sars]

I love that book SO much. Am generally not into threesomes and moresomes, and I struggled through the first part of the book because of that, but then it was just them and the heartbreak and then them again. I've got the sequel but not read it yet cause I don't want it to be over. Like you said, the book is LONG, but I still was left wanting more when it ended, which is always a sign of a good book.

[elisa_rolle]

We are similar, also I have Natural Disaster, but for a reason or another, never read it. I don't know, Bareback was perfect as it was, and I have a mental boundaries to read the sequel ;-) Elisa

[sars]

Yes I think that may be part of it. So many times I've read or seen sequels and they just don't hold up as well, and I'm kind of afraid it will lessen the impact of Bareback if it's not as good.

[elisa_rolle]

I believe that I never found a sequel that it was good as the first book. Probably the impact is lessened since we know the characters. Probably sooner or later I will read also Natural Disaster, it would be a shame to not read it if it is as good as Bareback. Elisa

[snowmore]

Bareback was an eye opener early in my reading of male/male stories. It also remains a favourite. It's a little bedraggled from random passage reading. :P

I also live in eastern Canada and wonder if I've passed by Ms. Owens at some point in my life. If ever I find out who she is and see her in person, I will hug her and thank her for such a good story.

I read Natural Disaster. It is good but is only a shadow of the great read that Bareback is.

[elisa_rolle]

All of my first Owen's books were eye opener ;-) I remember with pleasure also Gemini and 911 (twincest and threesome, two boundaries down!).

Canada is so big that it's almost impossible to meet someone by chance, and on the other side, the community are smaller (I think...) that if an author like Chris Owen live among them, it would be known, I believe.

Elisa

[snowmore]

I think I'm a little star-struck that a writer such as she lives in Eastern Canada. Sounds a little naive of me, but, still, I'm amazed. I try to tell friends that a lot of women write male/male stories, and one writer actually lives on the east coast like us. My friends look at me like I'm sprouting three heads. lol

[elisa_rolle]

Yes, Chris Owen seems to do good everything she writes. Elisa

[pandorasvase]

Uno dei miei libri preferiti indubbiamente. Ho perso il conto delle volte che l'ho riletto.

p.s. una curiosità, anche se non legata a questo particolare libro: non ho visto Mary Renault citata In the spotlight e mi chiedevo come mai.

[elisa_rolle]

Quando ho cominciato la "lista" ho messo dei paletti, sennò mi si apriva un mondo: i principali sono libri in stampa e usciti per la prima volta nel nuovo secolo (dal 1 gennaio in poi). Ho fatto alcune eccezioni per libri usciti alla fine del 1999 (come Comfort & Joy, di Grimsley), ma la Renault è davvero troppo indietro. Se includo lei, dovrei includere Maupin, White, Leavitt... la lista si allunga se solo ci penso. Elisa

[pandorasvase]

sì, una lunga lista... a volte penso ci vorrebbe più di una vita per poter leggere tutto!

Altra curiosità [perdonami ma in questi giorni mi sono messa a sistemare la libreria e risaltano fuori vecchi nomi :P] hai mai letto qualcosa di Mark A. Roeder?

[elisa_rolle]

> hai mai letto qualcosa di Mark A. Roeder?

No, anche se il suo nome entra ed esce tra i 50... attualmente si posiziona un po' sotto. Le copertine sono accattivanti, ma ce ne sono così tanti che vorrei comprare, che lui purtroppo passa sempre in secondo piano.

Elisa

[janedavitt]

It was the first full-length m/m novel I bought and it blew me away. The angst killed me and the sex scenes melted me into a puddle.

Love all of Chris' writing; so very good.

[elisa_rolle]

It seems a first for many people :-) It's not exaclty my first, but it's close. I could say that it was the first M/M novel to introduce me to certain aspect of the genre. Probably the first threesome/foursome. Elisa