Hmm. I will have to check it out. I suppose I should get a Goodreads account.
(And yes, the Shadow of the Wind was also awesome, and I really like that.)
Very convincing. Makes me completely want to put myself under government control. Please take me to where you can make me unconscious and naked.
Riley ,'Help'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Strix - Apr 23, 2012 8:49:03 am PDT #18505 of 28370
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Burrell - Apr 23, 2012 8:58:54 am PDT #18506 of 28370
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I sometimes get choked up reading Where the Wild Things Are, so that's my measuring stick.
Right there with you Amy.
Consuela - Apr 23, 2012 7:05:09 pm PDT #18507 of 28370
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So a friend of mine is looking for recommendations for things sort of like 50 Shades of Gray but better-written and without the fic element.
Basically, mom-friendly porn erotica porn. Het, BDSM-ish.
Any ideas?
Amy - Apr 23, 2012 7:08:40 pm PDT #18508 of 28370
Because books.
I'll post some tomorrow -- I have to look up a few names.
meara - Apr 23, 2012 8:11:39 pm PDT #18509 of 28370
Emma Holly had some good stuff (her older stuff--some erotica, and including the historical romances, but I haven't read her paranormals), but I didn't enjoy some of the more recent erotica as much (some of the sex scenes were still good, but the "plots" got more than a little ridiculous, and I like my erotica to be character-or-plot driven, and not just "hey, there's hot people! And they have sex! A lot! In different combos and different positions! Hello new person! Let's have SEXXORING!")
Steph L. - Apr 24, 2012 4:38:41 am PDT #18510 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
BDSM-ish.
Huh. I'm not so good on the "ish." (Everything I think of is less "ish" and more...intense.) Maybe Anais Nin? Although she's not BDSM-y.
Consuela - Apr 24, 2012 5:00:18 am PDT #18511 of 28370
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Basically my friend heard a professional colleague going on about 50 Shades and, as a long-time ficreader (and occasional writer), made the mistake of saying, "Oh, there's much better-written stuff than that out there!"
--and the colleague said, "Titles and authors, please!"
So, as my friend cannot reveal herself as a ficreader, she needs to come up with something to tell the woman.
Toddson - Apr 24, 2012 5:12:17 am PDT #18512 of 28370
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I'd second the Emma Holly recommendation - some of her earlier stuff. um ... Menage, Cooking Up a Storm, Velvet Fist (? not sure of that last title).
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 24, 2012 5:27:14 am PDT #18513 of 28370
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'm not familiar with any good novels on the theme, but if we're talking about improving on Stephenie Meyer-based fanfic with the serial numbers file off, maybe John Norman novels would suffice?
Amy - Apr 24, 2012 5:29:46 am PDT #18514 of 28370
Because books.
Pam Rosenthal is pretty good, but historical. Eden Bradley is supposed to be good, although I haven't read her. There's also M.J. Rose.
Oh, and Pam Rosenthal's books written as Molly Weatherfield are also good, and less romancey.