Posted June 21, 2012 Have any of you other perverts read the 50 shades of grey books? Not my normal genre but with them ranked 1,2,3 on the bestseller list, i figured i should see what all the fuss was about. I hear them called mommy porn, i can see why, they were fun to read. If anybody knows about more books like these let me know, they were hot! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 21, 2012 Far far better IMO... http://www.amazon.com/Sleeping-Beauty-Novels-Claiming-Punishment/dp/0452156610 Anything that Ann wrote under the name A. N. Roquelaure, is gonna be awesomely HOT and steamy for male and female readers. Once you read just one, you will want to read all of her early novels. I think they are way better than her vampire stuff. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 21, 2012 Far far better IMO... http://www.amazon.com/Sleeping-Beauty-Novels-Claiming-Punishment/dp/0452156610 Anything that Ann wrote under the name A. N. Roquelaure, is gonna be awesomely HOT and steamy for male and female readers. Once you read just one, you will want to read all of her early novels. I think they are way better than her vampire stuff. Agreed! Her Sleeping Beauty series was spectacular. I also appreciated her novel, Cry to Heaven, about 18th century Italian opera. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 21, 2012 I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I am beyond tired of mainstream media portraying kinksters as freaks, weirdos, abusers, weaklings and all other manner of overly flawed humans. The trilogy was written as fan fiction for Twilight readers. According to Wikipedia: Fifty Shades of Grey was originally developed from a Twilight fanfiction entitled Master of the Universe under the penname "Snowqueens Icedragon". The fanfiction then focused on Stephenie Meyer's characters of Edward Cullen and Bella Swan. James removed the piece after receiving comments due to the sexual nature of the books, but later decided to rewrite Master of the Universe as an original piece with her own characters. Better for her never to have written than to portray BDSM so poorly. Click link for the whole story on these crappy tomes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty_Shades_of_Grey 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 21, 2012 You can do better Lewd!! This books are awful and are a totally mockery of the BDSM lifestyle. As Rani Lane said they started as Twilight fan fiction, so if I really wanted to punish myself I would just reread Twilight. Velvet suggestion was great, I just recently finished the Sleeping Beauty series and it was great. You have better taste than this Lewd!! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 21, 2012 Yeah I read one also....I enjoyed it, but then again I wasn't taking it too seriously. I personally couldn't make it through the Twilight series, even trying for the corny aspect of it all. And yeah, I will read the other two books...I didn't see the characters as being flawed, maybe that's just me, or maybe I have yet to read the other books. I think I read the Sleeping Beauty series in highschool...I didn't realize how old it was till I thought about it just now. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 21, 2012 You can do better Lewd!! This books are awful and are a totally mockery of the BDSM lifestyle. As Rani Lane said they started as Twilight fan fiction, so if I really wanted to punish myself I would just reread Twilight. Velvet suggestion was great, I just recently finished the Sleeping Beauty series and it was great. You have better taste than this Lewd!! I haven't read them, but that's a pretty harsh criticism of the books, the author and Lewd. Everyone has different levels of kink that they're comfortable with, so even if 50 Shades is the literary equivalent of some people enjoy it and who are we to knock 'em? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 21, 2012 You can do better Lewd!! This books are awful and are a totally mockery of the BDSM lifestyle. As Rani Lane said they started as Twilight fan fiction, so if I really wanted to punish myself I would just reread Twilight. Velvet suggestion was great, I just recently finished the Sleeping Beauty series and it was great. You have better taste than this Lewd!! You give me way too much credit. I really like the series. I liked the twilight series too. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 22, 2012 I havent read 50 shades of grey but the Sleeping Beauty series is really good. I havent read the last one yet tho, but the first two are hot. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 22, 2012 Have any of you other perverts read the 50 shades of grey books? Not my normal genre but with them ranked 1,2,3 on the bestseller list, i figured i should see what all the fuss was about. I hear them called mommy porn, i can see why, they were fun to read. If anybody knows about more books like these let me know, they were hot! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imsm9TyI6t0 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 22, 2012 I haven't read them, but that's a pretty harsh criticism of the books, the author and Lewd. Everyone has different levels of kink that they're comfortable with, so even if 50 Shades is the literary equivalent of some people enjoy it and who are we to knock 'em? Having read hundreds of books myself and books being a popular topic between Lewd and myself, I can say most assuredly that he really could have done better. I read a few chapters and it was terrible and as someone who chooses the "lifestyle" for their personal life, I found it very offensive. The author is clearly lacking in knowledge of power exchange relationships and what it is to be a submissive woman. Everyone has their own kinks, true, but I definitely don't like mine being misrepresented to the masses. I am most certainly a book snob and not ashamed of it. Just because something is popular and on the best seller list does not mean it's a worthy read. This author has some serious learning to do and should thank everyone for reading her poorly written smut, while there are other far worthier authors out there that are struggling. If calling a turd a turd makes me pretentious then I guess I really can't argue that. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 22, 2012 Obviously I have not read the "50 Shades of Grey" fantasy novel, but my girlfriend just finished it. Of course she told me about it: foreign, young, hot, millionaire, business guy, into all kinds of kinky sex shit, and, she changes him. I'm sorry, but I just laughed and rolled my eyes. I will say the gf did get a lot more horny and frisky, so thanks to the writer for that. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 22, 2012 I read a few chapters and it was terrible and as someone who chooses the "lifestyle" for their personal life, I found it very offensive. way to pass judgement after "a few chapters". that's like walking out of a movie after 10 minutes. you do realize this is not marketed as a "how-to" for BDSM. it is erotic fiction, nothing more. books don't become #1, #2, #3 on the bestseller list for no reason. a lot of people obviously enjoy the series, and "lifestyle" accuracy is clearly not a factor. how an author's fictional story of kink can "offend" you is difficult to understand. Obviously I have not read the "50 Shades of Grey" fantasy novel, but my girlfriend just finished it. I will say the gf did get a lot more horny and frisky, so thanks to the writer for that. same here. and after all, isn't the true measure of a book how horny it makes a woman? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 22, 2012 I have not read 50 shades of Grey but I want to. As for the Sleeping beauty series, I did not like the first one at all. It is a twisted tale of most extreme bondage and S&M and not my thing at all, and I was a pro Dom in San Francisco. Then again I think Anne Rice is a bit whacked in the head and none of her books appeal to me, so what do I know. I read the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K Hamilton and her sex scenes are written for wetness. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 22, 2012 ... how an author's fictional story of kink can "offend" you is difficult to understand. ... This part's easy. The same way that I get offended when military scenes are inaccurate & hyped. Or how the righteous folks portray our hobby (see yyzyyz's posts). 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 22, 2012 way to pass judgement after "a few chapters". that's like walking out of a movie after 10 minutes. you do realize this is not marketed as a "how-to" for BDSM. it is erotic fiction, nothing more. books don't become #1, #2, #3 on the bestseller list for no reason. a lot of people obviously enjoy the series, and "lifestyle" accuracy is clearly not a factor. how an author's fictional story of kink can "offend" you is difficult to understand. same here. and after all, isn't the true measure of a book how horny it makes a woman? Well then give me five reasons aside from all the sex that allows these books to remain on the best seller list?? I realize that it's not marketed as a how to, but it would not have hurt the author to do just a tiny bit of research to add a sense of realism? What a lot of people fail to understand is that D/s isn't just for fun or a silly kink its more like an orientation, so to see someone who knows so little about it use it in a book is frustrating. It would be like a straight man writing a story about a gay man and just filling it with stereotypes because it was all he knew. Does that make sense to you? What I am really confused by is why I am not allowed my opinion to think its crap and to be offended by it. A few chapters was all that was really necessary, to see that it was a poorly written book. The author is British but the book set in Washington State, I noticed a few Britishisms that most Americans would never understand. It was horribly repetitive, in four or five chapters she must have bit her lip four or five THOUSAND times. Every sex scene was the same, there are repetitive phrases all over the book. At every turn there is the mark of the bad writer. If you want to defend your wank fodder fine, if it gets your wives and girlfriends good to go great. Just call it wank fodder and don't hide behind "oh but its a great book". It's not, just go check out some reader reviews. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 22, 2012 I have not read 50 shades of Grey but I want to. As for the Sleeping beauty series, I did not like the first one at all. It is a twisted tale of most extreme bondage and S&M and not my thing at all, and I was a pro Dom in San Francisco. Then again I think Anne Rice is a bit whacked in the head and none of her books appeal to me, so what do I know. I read the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K Hamilton and her sex scenes are written for wetness. Thanks for the heads up on the book series melissa, i'll check them out. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 22, 2012 I do not doubt it might be good to some people, and it is fantasy, just not my cup of tea. It's like when you see a trailer for a movie, or read the inside summary of a book. Some people are interested in seeing/reading it, other people are not. I could care less if it was #1, #2, or #3 on the best sellers. So was "Madascar" and "A Million Little Pieces". I have no inclination on seeing one or reading the other. It was just my opinion, but I am glad you and my girlfriend liked it. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 23, 2012 Yes 100% agree with Velvet that is an amazing series. There is a book I've still got that is no longer in print call Cinderella by anonymous that is a dominatrices base erotica as well. I'm not one that is into is in my life how ever makes for some good reading 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 24, 2012 Sorry, but this is like comparing Children's Highlights to Hustler. Pink, tied, scolded, tired, and worn out are words found in both publications---but with polar opposite meanings. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 24, 2012 I haven't read the book "50 Shades Of Grey" nor "The Sleeping Beauty" series, but I want to...just stuck in another series right now. I will admit it, I am a huge fun of the "Twilight Series" and it is because I am old fashioned. I love how Stephenie wrote a beautiful love triangle, and made two teenagers that are hot for each other wait for sex. If my kids are going to read anything, I would let them read these cause it shows them that sex is something that is beautiful, private, sacred, and treasured. I also like the fact that the vampires almost act normal except for just a few tweaks. I am anxiously awaiting the 2nd "breaking Dawn....you have NO IDEA! Now, Laurell K. Hamilton is good...have read every single one of hers. My only problem with her is she will write chapter after chapter of just one sex scene. I swear that she writes every thought, every move, and every guy she screws in minute detail. I tend to skim over cause the sex scenes can get pretty boring to me. Hey, what can I say? I prefer to do things myself! I am a huge book collector and love to read...thanks for suggesting a new one. *smooches* Gisele Fuller 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 24, 2012 sex is something that is beautiful, private, sacred, and treasured. Good luck with that. Give them Game of Thrones instead. Strikes me as being a more realistic depiction of what sex is all about. That said, I think Twilight is incredibly stupid and saccharine. The books are close to unreadable. Stephenie Mayer has a tinear for prose. The action moves forward at the pace of a snail, and the pages are filled with rambling thoughts about dinner, cars, and Bella's dad. I'm a huge fan of Vampire fiction. Bram Stoker's Dracula was one of my favorites growing up. Over the past years, or so, that entire genre has been stupified and teenagerfied. What used to be a tale of danger, horror, and violence has been turned into coming of age stories for teenage girls. The whole genre went pink! Even True Blood has gone down this road. It used to have an interesting premise: an attempt by vampires to coexist with humans, all that in a "gothic" Southern setting. Now, it's turned into "The Bachelorette", with both of the main vampires vying for the attention of a dowdy looking waitress. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 24, 2012 I guess I am a "glutton for sweetness" cause I like some of those sappy, silly books. You are right about sex, hell, my own is far from sacred...I swear everyone wants to know all about mine! HA! While I like those books, my favorite author is Patrick Rothfuss. He is really good and great at detail while keeping you captivated. Sex in his book are pretty humorous with relations to the games the sexes like to play to show their attraction to each other. I am also seriously collecting and reading all of Clive Cussler, Tom Clancy, Terry Brooks, Mary Higgins Clark, Ann Rice, Ann Rule, John Grisham, Nicholas Sparks, Katherine Neville... I could go on and on....love books and their styles. I just started reading "Games Of Thrones" series so I can watch the series. It is pretty good so far. I am like you, hate the reality crap, and wish they would quit catering to teenagers. Ugh! *smooches* Gisele Fuller 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 24, 2012 I am only ten chapters into the first game of thrones book. I'm having a hard time getting into it. Talk about moving at a snails pace. Since 2big isnt the first person ive heard say the books are good, im gonna read a bit more before i give up on it. I hope the story gets interesting pretty soon. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 24, 2012 I am only ten chapters into the first game of thrones book. I'm having a hard time getting into it. Talk about moving at a snails pace. Since 2big isnt the first person ive heard say the books are good, im gonna read a bit more before i give up on it. I hope the story gets interesting pretty soon. They only get better. They do drag and they will always drag a little bit but that's thanks to the forever changing shift in perspective. Keep going it will redeem itself. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 24, 2012 I am only ten chapters into the first game of thrones book. I'm having a hard time getting into it. Talk about moving at a snails pace. Since 2big isnt the first person ive heard say the books are good, im gonna read a bit more before i give up on it. I hope the story gets interesting pretty soon. Yes the story starts out slow because it's building background for the later action of the entire series. Despite the number of characters that get killed off later on the number of story lines only continue to grow as additional characters are introduced. It was the last chapter of the first book that had me running out to buy the rest of the series; Daenerys being my favorite character with Arya being a close second. I don't think that Martin as an author had any clue as to how he was going to end the story which is why the planned number of books has increased and why it took so long for the last one to come out. If you're a fan of fantasy fiction, and I don't really consider myself one, the Game Of Thrones/A Song Of Ice and Fire series should be on your must read list. ...Happy Hobbying... ...Crazy Horse... 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 25, 2012 The Game of Thrones books are no great shakes in the literary department either. I'm in the middle of Book 4, and what these books need is a good editor to trim them down and streamline the narrative into something coherent. I can see what the author is doing: essentially telling the same story from different perspectives, but there are quite a few story lines that simply aren't all that interesting. The fact of the matter is that all these books are like cheeseburgers: they entertain and fill you up, but not really comparable to a real literary diet that's nutritious. Again: anyone interested in Vampires, read Bram Stoker's Dracula, then compare this masterpiece to the crap that you find on the bookshelves today: Twilight, True Blood, etc. Twilight, Hunger Games, etc....really, who gives a shit what some teenagers do to each other. Adults should read adult books. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 25, 2012 Twilight, Hunger Games, etc....really, who gives a shit what some teenagers do to each other. Adults should read adult books. I beg to differ. The Hunger Games should not be in the same category. The books were amazingly well written, captivating, eye-opening and should definitely not be categorized with Twilight. Also, they were definitely not written for children. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 25, 2012 The protagonist of the Hunger Games is a teenager, it's juvenile literature written for juveniles. Leaving aside the fact, that it contains not a single interesting or novel idea. ("coming of age" novels, like Catcher in the Rye, for example, are a diff. matter altogether). 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 25, 2012 The protagonist of the Hunger Games is a teenager, it's juvenile literature written for juveniles. Leaving aside the fact, that it contains not a single interesting or novel idea. ("coming of age" novels, like Catcher in the Rye, for example, are a diff. matter altogether). Have you read it? In To Kill a Mockingbird Scout was only 10 years old. That doesn't make that book for children, so why does Katniss being a teenager make The Hunger Games for juveniles? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
