Name the last three books you have read...
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EuroChick
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Now I feel like reading the entire series again.
Oh wow!!! I feel like reading the whole series too. Thanks for sharing.
EuroChick
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NICE!!! Didn't know that either. I thought she was not doing that anymore.
I thought she wasn't either, so it was a more than pleasant surprise to see Prince Lestat in the new release section at the library.
EuroChick
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I thought she wasn't either, so it was a more than pleasant surprise to see Prince Lestat in the new release section at the library.
Oh yeah, definitely. It's great to hear she's back on track.
Bookworm616
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Out of MORBID curiosity, I read this:
It's a ridiculous book. You can totally tell it was written by someone who wrote Twilight fan fiction.
And the sex scenes...for the most part were boring.
Now, I've never ever done any kind of S&M kinky stuff, and I can tell you, that those sex scenes were DULL.
I have better sex scenes running through my head than I read in this book. And if women were turned on by these sex scenes, then I feel sorry for them. Their sex lives must be duller than dull.
Conclusion: don't waste your time, unless you want a good laugh or two at the writing, and read a book by a writer who clearly had a thesaurus sitting next to her. She mentions "medulla oblongata" three times and her "inner goddess" about a million times. Oh, and Christian Grey, is described as beautiful about a million times in the book, too.
I could write a better, steamier sex story than this lady.
It's a ridiculous book. You can totally tell it was written by someone who wrote Twilight fan fiction.
And the sex scenes...for the most part were boring.
Now, I've never ever done any kind of S&M kinky stuff, and I can tell you, that those sex scenes were DULL.
I have better sex scenes running through my head than I read in this book. And if women were turned on by these sex scenes, then I feel sorry for them. Their sex lives must be duller than dull.
Conclusion: don't waste your time, unless you want a good laugh or two at the writing, and read a book by a writer who clearly had a thesaurus sitting next to her. She mentions "medulla oblongata" three times and her "inner goddess" about a million times. Oh, and Christian Grey, is described as beautiful about a million times in the book, too.
I could write a better, steamier sex story than this lady.
Sir Nose
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I am happy for you Bookie (and admittedly, intrigued ) that your personal experience trumps that of the author. I reckon the fact that this book is considered scintillating by many speaks to the drabness of most American's sex lives. Thanks for the review!
Bookworm616
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Agreed about the part in bold.
It may just be that the author is not good enough to express herself in that way, but I really did find them rather boring.
Or maybe it was just that after all the hype, I was expecting to not be able to get through those scenes because they would be too graphic. LOL.
Who knows?
Also, I'd like to add that this book and the Twilight books have really put feminism back about 100 years. LOL.
I read all three of the authors books and I loved them...mind you these are no brainer romance novels...not to be compared with many books you find on the bestsellers list...the author is from the UK which is where all the quirky language comes from...the books are mild erotica but had they been anything more they would have never gone mainstream...the target audience is a woman in an unfulfilling romantic relationship...i don't think that should surprise anyone that there are many women out there that don't even know what an orgasm is much less anything more than a few pumps from her husband...
the movie is getting horrible reviews...however just like the book the box offices numbers say something completely different...the audience is made up of mostly women...and a few reluctant men taging along...the men think this is childs play but that is because they watch porn and then shoot their wad after 2 minutes with their wives...not a big enough eye roll for that nonsense:smt009
Bookworm616
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Oh yeah, I know that she's from the UK. She didn't even bother hiding her British-ness in her books (walking to the till, calling someone an arse).
My point was that, I've read steamier sex scenes in Stephen King books. If these women, for whom the books are geared, find the sex scenes in these books (I've only read the first one so far) hot and steamy, then I feel very sorry for them. They've lived way too sheltered of lives.
The author's descriptions just don't make the scenes steamy for me. Maybe, after all of the hype and reading all of the comments and Facebook statuses of my friends who read the books, I was expecting this kind of reaction:
MY EYES! MY EYES!!!
:smt043:smt043
I am very disappointed in the sex scenes so far. Very disappointed. This shouldn't even be called light erotica. I could rent a PG-13 movie and see steamier sex scenes. LOL.
I'm just not impressed.
I haven't read the book and don't plan to, but I did read an article a while back with a few excerpts...the title claimed them to be "the naughtiest bits" from the book. There was nothing naughty or erotic about any of it; it was hokey, uninspiring, and it came across as a weak attempt at parody. It doesn't seem to offer anything but a few chuckles, eye rolls, and boredom induced sleep. It's the type of book I'd toss aside after reading a few crappy lines and never pick up again.
I'm happy for the author and her success, and I'm glad for the fans who like her work. Even though she's not much of a writer, I'm not surprised at her success...look at how popular those corny harlequin romance novels are. This book is like the "erotic" version of that crap. lol
Bookworm616
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Good for her for turning her love of Twilight into a mega-huge blockbuster series.
I never read any of those romance novels. My two older sisters would read them like crazy. I stayed to my Stephen King books. LOL.
Maybe one of these days, I should pick up one of those books to see how they compare to 50 Shades.
Yeah, it's good that there's a niche for everyone. I never read the Twilight stuff either. I preferred my Stephen King books too. lol
I've never been much of a romance reader either, but if I was I wouldn't read the Harlequin books. I know a lot women love them, but I prefer quality reading material.
Bookworm616
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For the same reason I'm reading the 50 Shades of Grey books now, I read the Twilight books a couple of years ago - out of morbid curiosity.
I'm by no means a fast reader, but I read all 4 Twilight books (and they're all 500 pages and up) in two weeks. That's how easy they are to get through. Besides the fact that they have zero substance in them, they feature the exact same type of relationship (without the sex) as in the 50 Shades books: impossibly handsome, rich guy (who tries to save the girl from himself because he's not good for her, but he can't seem to stay away) who "falls" for a mousy girl who's really beautiful if she only cared (and who NEVER dated before this guy) and then proceeds to stalk her, control her, have jealous rages at men who want to get with her, and manipulate her and she is so taken by this guy who is doing all of these things to her, that when they break up, she's so devastated that her life falls apart and she can't function.
In the first Twilight book, Edward leaves Bella because "he's no good for her" and Bella is so devastated that she completely forgets to live. In fact, the book demonstrates this by having one page say "November" and that's it. Then the next page says "December" and that's it. And the next page says "January" and that's it. Then the next pages say "February" and that's it. Then the story starts up again.
Oh, and did I mention how completely melodramatic the main female characters are (as if you couldn't tell from that last paragraph).
And I'm now reading 50 Shades Darker and in the beginning, it starts with Christian and Anastasia being apart because they broke up at the end of book 1. She's completely devastated and hasn't eaten in days.
They broke up on a Friday night. That following Thursday, Christian coerces her to let him take her to a friend's photography show. She's "lost weight" because she hasn't eaten since that past Friday. He yells at her for not eating. They get back together that night. The next day (Friday) they're having sex again and they both say to each other how much they missed the sex.
Uh, you broke up a WEEK AGO.
It's so melodramatic. LOL.
Oh, and Christian tracks down the company that she started her internship with on that Monday (right after the break up) and by Friday he's already bought the company. LOL. It's so ridiculously funny. Like you can just up and buy companies that quickly.
These books ARE entertaining. LOL. :smt023
Couldn't find Tam's booklover's thread, so I'm posting this here. Love the nooks!
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/82261130669654229/?s=3&m=facebook
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Hahahaha...wow. With all the corniness and melodrama they do sound like they're good for some laughs, but most likely that I'll ever read them.
The 50 Shades cookbook parodies do sound interesting and entertaining to me though:
The introduction is great:
http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Shades-Chicken-Parody-Cookbook/dp/0385345224
Nice find, Ches! *pins it*
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