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Michael Stipe recommended Dhalgren in Books (curated)

 
Dhalgren
Dhalgren
Samuel R. Delaney | 2010 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
(0 Ratings)
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"“Where I learned in eighth grade, I think, that in the future you could have unbridled sci-fi sex with every man and woman within reach, without guilt, fear or weirdness, and have great end-of-times adventures. Just like my dreams! Fantastically futuristic!"

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Mr. Sinful (Heartfelt #1)
Mr. Sinful (Heartfelt #1)
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
3.5 stars

Although it was a romance, it was a bit too heavy on the sex for me and I started skipping bits. That being said, I loved drunk Rusty, and all the blog comments--those were some die-hard romantics and amazing women.
  
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ArecRain (8 KP) rated Bad Girl in Books

Jan 18, 2018  
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Bad Girl
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6.0 (1 Ratings)
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I ended up having a love/hate relationship with this book. Bad Girl is a short novel about a young woman who watches her neighbors through a telescope she hides on her balcony. One day, she is caught and the rest is history.

What I liked about this story? The sex scenes were pretty well written and, in the beginning, inventive. After awhile, I actually became bored with them because that was the majority of the text. I understand that it’s an erotica novel, but there was hardly any pauses or breaks between each sex scene.

What I didn’t like about this novel? It seemed pretty unrealistic. The main character, Sandy, excuses her “late-night hobby” by saying she is just looking out for her neighbors. While that may be a good excuse, everybody can see right through it, including Zeke. When Zeke calls her out on her hobby, she reacts pretty much the way I suspect any woman would: she obeys. This created some delicious scenes. However, Zeke finds out about her hobby because he accidently sees her moving her telescope back into her house. What I find comical is that he threatens her for spying on her neighbors when he pretty much stalks Sandy after initially seeing her. Not only does he do a background check, he literally stalks her when she leaves her house to go to work or hang out with her friends. He takes mental notes of certain attributes which come in handy later after the two actually meet.

That brings us to Sandy and Zeke meeting. At first, Zeke was only planning on scaring her out of her hobby and she only obeyed so she wouldn’t be exposed. That escalated into amazing phone sex. Apparently, this phone sex was so awesome that the two couldn’t stay away and had to meet so they could have incredible real sex. This part of the story progressed so quickly, I felt that Reynold’s rushed it just to get to the sex scenes.

I also felt she rushed the emotional part of their relationship. Zeke, who is keeping an eye on one of Sandy’s neighbors for his job, is immediately defensive and protective of Sandy when said neighbor, who happens to be a mobster, shows interest in her. I can understand wanting to protect someone from harm, but it felt as if Zeke was more emotional involved instead of just being a good Samaritan.

All in all, what little plotline there was, made the pauses in between sex scenes interesting enough. The sex scenes were creative and tasty, but actually became tedious after awhile. Not necessarily a novel to take serious, but entertaining enough.
  
The Greatest Showman (2017)
The Greatest Showman (2017)
2017 | Drama, Musical
Family friendly (0 more)
My entire family loved this movie. It was great to hear cussing, see blood, guts, and gore. A sweet romance that didnt lead to sex within the first day meeting eachother. It was also amazing to see Zac Efron in this type of role again.
  
Highland Fling
Highland Fling
Katie Fforde | 2010 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, Romance
10
10.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Easy to read (1 more)
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Brilliant
I have read a few of Katie Fforde books this is one of my favourite. Light hearted romance with bit of sex and lust. Easy to read, I read it in two days. Very feel good book with a happy ending
  
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Lust by Moonbeam (Moonbeam, #1)
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
His book was good but honestly some of the wordings I got ls on and some parts were odd to me but overall I enjoyed it. The sex scenes were good and the chemistry between the two even with the different languages was good. I enjoyed it
  
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Superhighway (Superhighway, #1)
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I found this book to be absolutely thrilling. Alex's endeavors to do good were well portrayed. I also got some Matrix feelings from the Science Fiction element. However, I feel like the drug abuse and sex was a bit over done. This book was still very good.