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For the Love of the Corps (Veterans) by Bobby Michaels
As usually I have finished in a session the latest book by Bobby Michaels. How he manages to write about hot and dirty sex and still gives a feeling of romanticism in the story I don't know. But when I closed a book by him I'm satisfied like I was when I was reading my first romance and when the sex was still a discovery (more than twenty years ago... I'm OLD).
Mike is a only son of a single mother. He has never had the chance to have a real sense of brotherhood during school and when he enters the Corps he bakes in the feel to have finally a "family". He loves the Corps and loves to be a Marine, but he has to admit that he even loves Scott, his boot camp buddy. Mike is a big man, very selfconsciousness of his strenght and proud of it, instead Scott is shorter and leaner. When they confess their reciprocate feelings, is easy for Mike to take the upper hand in the relationship. It's not a thing about being bottom or top (even if Mike could frankly admit he prefers to top) it's more a thing of how they rely one to the other. Even if Scott is more experienced and in the beginnins he is who teaches to Mike the joy of gay sex, it's Mike who is the engine of the relationship.
They spend five years in the Corps and they are happy, stolen moments during their assignments to be together. But then Scott is killed in mission, and Mike is wounded. His big body manages to recover, but his souls is teared apart: he only wants to die and be forever with his lover. But duty calls, and he finds himself again in the Corps: good, he thinks, a way to go again in mission and kill himself without no one suspect.
His new officer, thought, has other ideas: Paul is a outed gay (not in the Corps, obviously, but with his family and friends) and the first day he meets Mike, he decides he will have this man. Paul is on the opposite of Scott, bigger, bigger then Mike, and with a leader attitudine given him by his well-born and wealthy family. He is not accustomed to being refused and Mike finds himself swept away by this man. For Paul is so different from Scott, Mike can love again: the new relationship he has with Paul is completely different from before, he knows he can let the hand to another person.
As always my problem (but it's not a "bad" problem which prevents me from reagind the book, instead I eagerly bought it and read it as soon as possibile) with Bobby Michaels' novel is to "really" believe in the sex scenes: they are extreme, exagerate and very, very explicit. Graphic and physical. But maybe the "problem" is that I'm a woman and I think with a "woman" head.
The book deals with a lot of issue: gay Marine, the war first in Afghanistan then in Iraq, the disagree among the officers for some political decisions taken by Washington, gay marriage, even a little hint to the gay adoptation... And overall you feel the love that Babby Michaels has for the Marine (a "pure" love, don't think bad... well, maybe not so pure...). The book is for entertainment, and it reaches its scope, but I can hardly definy it a "light" entertainment.
http://www.loose-id.net/prod-Veterans__For_Love_of_the_Corps-586.aspx
Amazon: Veterans 2: Nothing to Lose
Reading List:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading+list&view=elisa.rolle
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Yes, P.L. Nunn has a yaoi style,
you have to see her site, it's very interesting
http://bishonenworks.com/
to paste a picture in a comment you have to write this code
-img src="http://address-of-the-picture" /-
and place < ... > instead of - ... -
Elisa
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Last night I tried to paste pics, but I'm so useless...
1.Pics you pasted above have have link from "loose-id" ?
2.Can I link pics from my blog's gallery ?
It seems very simple, but I couldn't.:(
BTW, do you know what means "bishonen"?
Maximilian
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Of course you can
this is the code
-img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/maxfromathens/pic/00007ty9/s640x480" /-
and if you put <...> instead of -...- you will have this result
And from Wikipedia
"Bishōnen (美少年, Bishōnen? also transliterated bishounen (help·info)), is a Japanese term literally meaning "beautiful youth." It describes an aesthetic widely shared in Asia—a young man whose beauty (and sexual appeal) transcends the boundary of sex. Recently, it has shown strongest manifestation in Japanese pop culture, but it has roots in ancient Japanese literature, the homosocial and homoerotic ideals of the medieval Chinese imperial court and intellectuals, and Indian aesthetic concepts carried over from Hinduism, imported with Buddhism to China.
Today, bishōnen are very popular among girls in Japan. Reasons for this social phenomenon may include the unique male and female social relationships found within the genre. Some have theorized that bishōnen provides a non-traditional outlet for gender relations. Moreover, it breaks down stereotypes surrounding effeminate male characters. These are often depicted with very strong martial arts abilities, sports talent, high intelligence, or comedic flair, traits that are usually assigned to the hero/protagonist. Typically, bishōnen are depicted with either outright homosexual content or some level of sexual ambiguity in their relationships and sexual identity, though in increasing instances in anime and manga, such as Fruits Basket or Trinity Blood, bishōnen are completely heterosexual ."
is it correct?
Elisa
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I tried the same but I couldn't. Maybe livejournal hates me...
This word makes me get gooseflesh because some Yaoi girls were stalking me. Anyway, Wikipedia explains very well.
Thank you again.
P.S. I prefer the covers less nudity. But I accept that there are really good ones.
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So you are a like a bishonen (beautiful youth)? Hmmm... and you have some girls who stalk you? Hmmm... You have a lot of segrets Maximilian!
Change of arguments: Do you like my new section, Main Tags? I'm re-reading all my reviews to put them under the correct tags. It's funny!!!
Elisa
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Elisa
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Problem of my ribs is more serious than I thought at first, so I have to stay still, but it's very boring.
So I just bought "Treating Ty". It's very short!
I wandted to by "Walking Wounded" from "All Romance Ebooks", though I can't use the cards. They have problem with CVV(?)number. Greeks aren't well informed about it. Anyway, they're not my cards. The owner of cards said to me yesterday, "Buy everything you want." Really? Ok, on Saturday I'll go to buy something expencive. No, I'm joking.
Good work, Elisa.
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But if you have a friend who have no problem with you using his card, use it!!!
Elisa
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Have you ever done that before? I don't want to hear him saying "You bought those things with my money!"
I have heard many suchlike cases(usually women), so I'm afraid a bit.
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No, really no. I have always had my credit card... Well, but on the bill it appears only the name Loose Id, I think, not what you bought. If your friend is not into epubs, he can't know what it is.
In Greece you don't have the revolving credit card? I have a card, I recharge it with only 50/60 euro everytime, and then use it to buy online. It's very useful.
Elisa
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I know what you means with "tremendous", it's another of that word, like "terrific" that in Italian means something and in English something others.
Elisa