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Phoebe Robinson recommended On Writing in Books (curated)

 
On Writing
On Writing
Stephen King | 2012 | Biography
9.2 (23 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"I don’t really read Stephen King—I just can’t read scary things because it stays with me too long—but I truly liked his memoir of the craft of writing. It’s the most accurate depiction of what writing is like and it’s not necessarily glamorous the way we’ve seen it on “Sex and the City,” where you sit down and bang out an article in 30 minutes. He’s good at mining his personal life and letting that inspire his creativity. That’s the ideal way to go about writing, to be informed by your life and use it in a way that can entertain other people."

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Sweet Filthy Boy (Wild Seasons, #1) in Books

Jan 6, 2021  
SF
Sweet Filthy Boy (Wild Seasons, #1)
Christina Lauren | 2014
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Contains spoilers, click to show
I finally finished it!

That makes it sound bad, but it wasn't, it was actually pretty good--it just took me 11 days to read. I just have to be in a particular mood to read erotica.

3 star for the erotica/sex scenes/dirty talk/play acting
5 star for the romance/trips around Paris/sexual tension

Eventual 4 star rating

It still has the usual hot and heavy Christina Lauren style to it but I didn't enjoy this as much as Beautiful Bastard. Maybe it was the wedding. I wasn't expecting that to happen and it threw me for a loop completely.
  
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Kristina (502 KP) rated Tricks (Tricks, #1) in Books

Dec 7, 2020  
Tricks (Tricks, #1)
Tricks (Tricks, #1)
Ellen Hopkins | 2009 | Young Adult (YA)
6
9.2 (5 Ratings)
Book Rating
I don't think I've ever read a book with so many different perspectives, so that alone was definitely new to me. Each story was heart-wrenching. Reading how easy it was for these teenagers to fall into the dark pit of sex and drugs the way they did scares me, makes me scared for our children (MY child). There is evil in every corner of the world and Tricks shows not only how much evil there is, but how easily a person can be persuaded to turn toward the depraved acts these children were forced into. My heart bled for all the characters that were affected.
  
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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated In Flight (Up in the Air, #1) in Books

Jan 11, 2021  
In Flight (Up in the Air, #1)
In Flight (Up in the Air, #1)
R.K. Lilley | 2012
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
DNF@18%

As mentioned in my previous updates, I didn't realise when I downloaded this back in 2012/13 that it was BDSM, or I wouldn't have bothered. It's not something I particularly enjoy reading about unless it's heavy on the romance at the same time and Mr Cavendish had already told her multiple times by the 18% mark that he wasn't interested in a relationship, which isn't good in my view. I figure he's likely to change his mind a little further in but I'm already struggling to like him so, you know...and then sex scenes? Nah. Wasn't going how I expected so I give up.