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Mz Pip

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20. They certainly have struck a chord
Mon Aug 13, 2012, 12:17 PM
Aug 2012

with people. #1,2,&3 on the best seller list for weeks. maybe they appeal to the "rescuer" in some women. I read, or rather skimmed, the first two. Got them from the library; I certainly wasn't going to pay money for them. The writing is annoyingly bad and the characters are about as unrealistic as they come. THey are very cliched. She's an ordinary young woman who blushes, trips and says, "Holy cow" a lot. He's gorgeous, filthy rich, owns his own company, does good deeds globally, pilots helicopters, plays piano flawlessly and has a really big dick and dark sexual needs. They meet, sparks fly and 3 books of highly discriptive kinky sex unfold.

I checked them out because I heard they were banned somewhere and I always like to support banned books. Then I was just plain curious as to what all the fuss was about. Still don't get their popularity, but there is something there that has made them best sellers and I suppose someone will someday do a PhD dissertation on why.

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50 Shades of Grey [View all] xmas74 Jul 2012 OP
I have not read it, but the people who I know Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #1
I didn't even make it that far. xmas74 Jul 2012 #2
Well, there you go. Mystery solved. nt Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #3
It was originally written as Twilight fan fiction. Goblinmonger Jul 2012 #4
That's probably why I couldn't get all that far. xmas74 Jul 2012 #5
My husband tried to read it but couldn't get far Chemisse Jul 2012 #6
Same here. xmas74 Jul 2012 #7
I read all three books... one_voice Aug 2012 #8
No tomatoes xmas74 Aug 2012 #9
Sorry... one_voice Aug 2012 #10
Loved the tv show- xmas74 Aug 2012 #11
have you read the feehan carpathian series or kenyon atlantis series.... seabeyond Sep 2012 #24
Oh I love talking about authors I read... one_voice Sep 2012 #26
I'm ashamed to admit I read it... ohheckyeah Aug 2012 #12
That was the feeling I got from the first few chapters. xmas74 Aug 2012 #13
It was an insult to ohheckyeah Aug 2012 #14
There had better be massive amounts of money involved- xmas74 Aug 2012 #15
A Ho-Hum book...and Anne Rice did it a zillion times better. Glad to see my local B&N putting her mtnester Aug 2012 #16
Even my local Walmart had her Beauty books out on the racks the other day. xmas74 Aug 2012 #17
That is a surprise! mtnester Aug 2012 #18
My daughter was looking around the other day in the YA section, xmas74 Aug 2012 #19
They certainly have struck a chord Mz Pip Aug 2012 #20
I know I'm late to the party, but please allow me to opine: That book is the worst piece of drivel Stardust Aug 2012 #21
I couldn't get anywhere with the book. xmas74 Aug 2012 #22
Junk writing! mimi85 Aug 2012 #23
It seems like the book has turned into a big joke about trashy sex writing. Lex Sep 2012 #25
after shades of grey JoySmith Sep 2012 #27
It's so hot. It's really hot. It's a hot book. Kablooie Nov 2012 #28
I was thinking about reading it due to all the hoopla, mantis49 Dec 2012 #29
Don't purchase it. xmas74 Dec 2012 #30
Don't waste your money Mz Pip Dec 2012 #31
I started it last night. Got as far as page 30. mainer Dec 2012 #32
any cheap bodice ripper xmas74 Dec 2012 #33
How to write Napoleon838 Dec 2012 #34
This may be something Mz Pip Dec 2012 #35
Of course, I never saw it.. fadedrose Dec 2012 #36
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