This is my first attempt at a straight forward peice of fiction in almost a year now, and wow. I have no idea how to feel about this book. It is about a woman who thinks she is happy in her marriage until she thinks her husband has had an affair. She then finds a new part of herself by exploring her deepest fantasies with a few different people. It's not super graphic, but it can get hot. It's blunt and completely honest. The author writes it like a journal but makes it feel as if it is yourself experiancing all of these things. I want someone else to read it and see how they feel about it!! I think I liked it, but I'm not sure if I want to. It's complex and super hard to explain!
Showing posts with label fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fiction. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The Bride Stripped Bare
This is my first attempt at a straight forward peice of fiction in almost a year now, and wow. I have no idea how to feel about this book. It is about a woman who thinks she is happy in her marriage until she thinks her husband has had an affair. She then finds a new part of herself by exploring her deepest fantasies with a few different people. It's not super graphic, but it can get hot. It's blunt and completely honest. The author writes it like a journal but makes it feel as if it is yourself experiancing all of these things. I want someone else to read it and see how they feel about it!! I think I liked it, but I'm not sure if I want to. It's complex and super hard to explain!
Sunday, March 23, 2008
White Lies
Hi all!
Well, I ventured out of my comfort level thanks to the new rule that we had to try a different genre each month. February was a mystery and (although I am just now finishing the book half way through March) I must say, I REALLY enjoyed White Lies by Anna Salter. Maybe it is my psychology/social work background that made it more intriguing or maybe I just really love mysteries at heart and didn't know it till now!
The main character, Dr. Micheal Stone (actually a fiesty female) is asked to evaluate a doctor who may be performing lewd sexual acts on patients while they are under anasthesia or in comas. At the same time, she is helping a colleague to deal with a pateint who just realized her father sexually abused her throughout childhood. These keep her busy, until someone tries to kill her...then the plot thickens - obviously. But I liked how it was pretty fast moving from the get-go and not so predictable that I figured it out way before the ending. On the down side (and those that know me well know this is a very big down side) there was only one very small sex scene. I guess with all of that perpetrator stuff going on, it would have been hard to put appropriate and NORMAL sex scenes in there! But, for once, I didn't really mind!
(Gosh, I hope me not caring if there is sex in books does not become a pattern!)
Julie
Well, I ventured out of my comfort level thanks to the new rule that we had to try a different genre each month. February was a mystery and (although I am just now finishing the book half way through March) I must say, I REALLY enjoyed White Lies by Anna Salter. Maybe it is my psychology/social work background that made it more intriguing or maybe I just really love mysteries at heart and didn't know it till now!
The main character, Dr. Micheal Stone (actually a fiesty female) is asked to evaluate a doctor who may be performing lewd sexual acts on patients while they are under anasthesia or in comas. At the same time, she is helping a colleague to deal with a pateint who just realized her father sexually abused her throughout childhood. These keep her busy, until someone tries to kill her...then the plot thickens - obviously. But I liked how it was pretty fast moving from the get-go and not so predictable that I figured it out way before the ending. On the down side (and those that know me well know this is a very big down side) there was only one very small sex scene. I guess with all of that perpetrator stuff going on, it would have been hard to put appropriate and NORMAL sex scenes in there! But, for once, I didn't really mind!
(Gosh, I hope me not caring if there is sex in books does not become a pattern!)
Julie
Sunday, March 16, 2008
I Love You, Beth Cooper
I finished another one. It's not a romance or anything, just a book Brandon wanted me to read. It is I Love You, Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle. It was like reading a teen movie. I'm surprised it hasn't already been made into one.
The whole story takes place in one day, graduation day. Denis, the main character, is a smart, nerdy valedictorian and during his graduation speech he announces that he loves Beth Cooper, the popular cheerleader. He also says a few things to piss off other students. Hilarity ensues. Kind of.
For most of the book I felt sorry for the guy. Each chapter has a drawing of what Denis looks like (see the cover) as everything happens to him. He looks worse and worse as the book progresses. A lot of the situations made me realize how wonderful it is not to be a teenager and how much of a dork I am cause I knew what the characters were referenceing. It was a good book and really easy to get through. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys teen movies like The Breakfast Club or Weird Science.