(This book, as well as nearly all the sequels, are up at Project Gutenberg, in case anyone else wants to experience the horror for themselves.)
No. And yes. It's always sudden.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Hil R. - Mar 13, 2009 2:58:54 pm PDT #3501 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Daisy Jane - Mar 13, 2009 2:59:56 pm PDT #3502 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Feh. At this point I think if he had whipped her she would have felt she deserved it because she should have been more articulate with the truth or maybe because she lied in the past.
I hate to blame the victim, but dude.
Hil R. - Mar 13, 2009 3:01:40 pm PDT #3503 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Three times so far, he's punished her unjustly, or came very close to it, and then within a day promised her that he would be less stern and frightening. And every time, she responds that she loves him.
Hil R. - Mar 13, 2009 3:03:47 pm PDT #3504 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Ew. A passage that begins with
Mr. Dinsmore sat there a long time with his little daughter on his knee, caressing her more tenderly than ever before;
ends with him finding a locket that she always wears tucked under her dress.
Daisy Jane - Mar 13, 2009 3:05:45 pm PDT #3505 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Does anyone who reads these, at least modern humans who read these, come out with anything other than "EEWWWW! GROSS! SICK! TWISTED! WRONG!"?
Hil R. - Mar 13, 2009 3:06:39 pm PDT #3506 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yes. These people: [link]
Ailleann - Mar 13, 2009 3:15:47 pm PDT #3507 of 30000
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Seriously, is this a book about God, or about BDSM?
Daisy Jane - Mar 13, 2009 3:18:45 pm PDT #3508 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I need to shower. I think I still have some of that link on me.
Hil R. - Mar 13, 2009 3:22:33 pm PDT #3509 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
He makes her memorize two chapters of the bible as punishment for being rude to her grandfather. (In the past chapter, he's made a sudden change to doting father. I'm waiting to see how long this lasts.) She says that memorizing the bible is no punishment, because she loves it so.
Daisy Jane - Mar 13, 2009 3:29:52 pm PDT #3510 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
In good parent news: Yay! Stephanie, Ellie and fam. Glad to read it!