BOOK #56

This is Book #1 of the 'sizzling smut series' or so I call it. Again, I can read about anything but I had to read this book really really slowly because I didn't want to miss one minute of the craziest, most detailed sex scenes I have ever read. And the author is some little old lady from the northeast.

Bless you, Bertrice Small, for making reading in bed a whole lot more fun again!!

BOOK #55

Well once I got hooked on this sizzling smut, I had to finish them out. This is Book #2. I thought the first one (which in reality was the latest one) was hot but jaysuz - this was something else. Like I said in my previous post, no one writes sex scenes in quite such lascivious detail as Bertrice Small. God bless her.

Hurry and get this one too. I'm dying to talk about these with someone!

BOOK #54

I bought this book about 18 months ago. Just as it was beginning its rise to infamy. And there it sat. Waiting to be read. To be honest, I was more attracted to the book for its cool cover than for what was inside. Clearly.

I put it into my book club's reading list since it's a bit offbeat, even though it rode the crest of zombie popularity. And I surprised myself as to how much I really enjoyed it. There really were no central characters unless the war itself was the main character. I enjoyed reading about the history of the war through all the international viewpoints. I don't think I've ever read a book written in a true movie documentary style so I think that's why I dug it. It's not a book to be put down and picked up - you lose its authenticity that way. It took me a while to figure that out. So finally, I sat one day and read the whole damn thing. Much better in one gulp.

It'll definitely make a better movie than book.

BOOK #53

When I was reading Rosanne's autobiography, I discovered this book written shortly before hers. It actually was supposed to be a complement to the now-defunct documentary about the making of her award winning CD "The List". The film ran out of money but the book got finished.

Luckily, this author, had worked with Rosanne before so he knew how to steer through the tricky topic waters with her. I enjoyed this book as it really included deep conversations about her recording career, how much she hates touring, dealing with all the deaths in her family and of course, the Cash family legacy. I found her to be open and honest which is not the reputation that precedes her.

If you like Rosanne Cash then I suggest you not only read this book but her own book "Composed: A Memoir" as well. You won't be disappointed.

BOOK #52

Oh, the power of really well written erotica! Back in the day, Bertrice Small was the Queen of Historical Romance Fiction but I lost track of her as she got older and didn't seem to write as much. This is Book #4 of this sizzling smut series. So apparently, I'm going backwards.

While on vacation in Florida, I found this book at a B&N and was intrigued by the plot (what? a cable channel just for women that allows you to insert you into your own fantasies and participate???). For this type of book, I ate this up. So much so that I have now ordered the rest of the series. She's a nice respite between book club books.

Apparently, I am sad and lonely and horny.

BOOK #51

Someone loaned me this book and I've been staring at it forever. My curiosity got the best of me so I sat down to read it. I loved it. It occurred to me that being nice has kind of gotten passe. Even in my own life. And it's actually written from the owners of a great ad agency in NY so I found it doubly interesting.

I've kept the book as I will need to read it from time to time to deposit niceness back in my life as I'm pretty bad at remembering to be just.nice.