Claire Thompson's "Handyman" (ebook), #59

The summary of this story sounded like something I would love - a recent widower meets an openly gay man, they fall for each other and start exploring their new relationship together. Unfortunately, I should have known that this "exploring" will be of sexual nature only. I mean, I liked Jack, the handyman, with all his insecurities and desires to finally start living now that his wife of twenty six years died, but I just couldn't fall for Will. I mean, he promised Jack not to rush him, to respect his pace because he liked spending time with Jack, he found him purportedly fascinating - but all his thoughts turned and twisted around sex. I mean, he was so horny I feared that he would start humping someone's leg soon. I just couldn't see the "connection" he felt to Jack.

There were some really good parts in the book - like Jack telling his son Eric to "grow up" when Eric started spouting bigoted nonsense at him, I liked that Jack didn't let Eric pressure him into leaving Will. On the other hand, it seemed to me like the relationship Will and Jack had was purely sexual...

Books, oh, books!

Let's see what books are on their way to me at the moment...

"City of the Gods (SG-1, Book 4)" by Sonny Whitelaw (here!)
"Do No Harm (SG-1, Book 11)" by Karen Miller (here!)
"Star Trek: Movie Tie-In" by Alan Dean Foster (here!)
"Star Trek: Rihannsu (Omnibus)" by Diane Duane (here!)
"Taking Wing (Star Trek: Titan, Book 1)" by Michael A. Martin, Andy Mangels
"The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Vol. 1" by Nagaru Tanigawa
"Tsubasa Chronicles Vols. 5-8" by CLAMP (here!)

And some used books that I managed to get my hands on through a very kind friend:
"Exogenesis (SGA, Book 4)" by Sonny Whitelaw and Elizabeth Christensen
"Fate of the Phoenix" by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath
"Price of the Phoenix" by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath
"Star Trek: New Frontier (Omnibus)" by Peter David

I really need to stop buying so much stuff!

I started reading "Hunter's Prayer" by Lilith Saintcrow, 2nd in her Jill Kismet series, but I didn't feel like it, so I set it aside for the time being and picked up "Unfallen Dead" by Mark Del Franco, the 3rd book in his Connor Grey series.