The BDSM Book Club Discussion Thread

Kierae said:
I need to "order" them from the city library - basically they told me that the interlibrary" loan could take as little as a week to get to several months - so it wasn't very encouraging. Mind you my library is in a historically established old house and before I cleaned out my personal library to 2 bookcases, I am fairly sure it could have competed with it on some levels. It is always interesting establishing yourself with the library gals - they are use to seeing me at least once a week and the fact that I read several books at the same time.

~kierae :rose:

Wow that isn't the best set up. I'd still put them on hold though.

I'm so bad and I have it pretty sweet in the library dept. I often have close to a hundred things (that's the local limit) checked out. Fortunately I can also use the kids cards.

LOL!

Fury :rose:
 
I'm going to read in our selection tonight. Who is with me??

*smiles*

Fury :rose:
 
neonflux said:
I am 1/3 of the way through chapter 1... :)

It's SO great to have company!

Cool toosie wear btw!

I've begun The Ruins of Morning but I'm only a page and a half in.

Fury :rose:
 
re: buying books you end up not liking..

This used to happen to me all the time. Not anymore. (this sounds like an info mercial!) I have been subscribed to this list, by Suzanne Beecher. http://www.surfnetkids.com/bookclubs.htm You can sub to the non fiction list and/or the fiction list, and every weekday she'll send you an exerpt from a book, starting with the first page, first chapter and moving thru til Fri, and by then you'll either like the book or hate it, and you'll know better about buying it. She does best sellers, and starts each post with a personal letter, and sometimes contests too. I really like it. Now, this is for pure vanilla books. Perhaps one of us with lots of time on our hands could start one for the ... um, banana split with rainbow sprinkles books??? (was that queer or what?!)
Just my 2 cents.
Wenchhh
 
wenchhh said:
This used to happen to me all the time. Not anymore. (this sounds like an info mercial!) I have been subscribed to this list, by Suzanne Beecher. http://www.surfnetkids.com/bookclubs.htm You can sub to the non fiction list and/or the fiction list, and every weekday she'll send you an exerpt from a book, starting with the first page, first chapter and moving thru til Fri, and by then you'll either like the book or hate it, and you'll know better about buying it. She does best sellers, and starts each post with a personal letter, and sometimes contests too. I really like it. Now, this is for pure vanilla books. Perhaps one of us with lots of time on our hands could start one for the ... um, banana split with rainbow sprinkles books??? (was that queer or what?!)
Just my 2 cents.
Wenchhh

That's a very cool thing!

Of course I almost never buy a book but I often pick up books I don't particularly like.

OTOH, if I read excerpts from the book and liked it, I'd want it RIGHT then!

LOL!

Are you reading along with us this month?
 
I can't figure out WHAT you're reading right now. Care to enlighten me? I'll pick it up tomorrow and jump right in.
Maybe if we mention the book, or some sexy exerpt from the book, on one of the main forums, that will help?
hugz
wenchhh
 
This month's is Dhalgren - I can't get a copy of it from the library. The token copy is checked out and has holds on it so by the time the book got back to the library and "swam" across the water, it would be next month sometime. So I am passing on this one. Am rereading the Tales of the City series by Armistead Maupin - in honor of Pride this month and preparing me for his newest installation which I am on the hold list for.


~kierae
 
wenchhh said:
I can't figure out WHAT you're reading right now. Care to enlighten me? I'll pick it up tomorrow and jump right in.
Maybe if we mention the book, or some sexy exerpt from the book, on one of the main forums, that will help?
hugz
wenchhh

Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany is our selection this month. It's about 800 pages btw.
 
Kierae said:
This month's is Dhalgren - I can't get a copy of it from the library. The token copy is checked out and has holds on it so by the time the book got back to the library and "swam" across the water, it would be next month sometime. So I am passing on this one. Am rereading the Tales of the City series by Armistead Maupin - in honor of Pride this month and preparing me for his newest installation which I am on the hold list for.


~kierae

That sounds interesting.

Sorry you couldn't get this one.

Hope you read with us next month!
 
Hi Fury,

I am about 1/3 the way through.

Think I must have misremembered much of it or confused it with a couple of other of his earlier works - less sex and S/m than I remember - there was no real talk of D/s at the time that he wrote Dhalgren - at least not in the beginning Leatherman's community, I don't think. Kind of amazing that we actually have that long of a history - more than 50 years actually - wow!

I still love the story, even if it is lacking a little in the sex department...

:rose: Neon
 
Yep, there is a good bit of sex and threesomes and such but not much or really any, BDSM. I'm pretty much done with the book. Can't wait to discuss it.

Fury :rose:
 
FurryFury said:
Yep, there is a good bit of sex and threesomes and such but not much or really any, BDSM. I'm pretty much done with the book. Can't wait to discuss it.

Fury :rose:
I'll be done when I come back from visiting my Mom and stepdad at the end of the month :D (back on July 4)
 
neonflux said:
I'll be done when I come back from visiting my Mom and stepdad at the end of the month :D (back on July 4)

Yanno there will be fireworks then right? LOL!

Have a great trip!

:kiss:
 
It's about that time of the month again!

1.) Kushiel's Scion by Jacqueline Carey

Return to Terre d'Ange with Kushiel's Scion, sequel to the Kushiel's Legacy trilogy. This book follows Phedre's adopted son, Imriel, son of the treacherous Melisande and third in line for the D'Angeline throne. Carey does an excellent job of developing Imriel into a complicated, troubled young man without in any way betraying the character he was in Kushiel's Avatar: haunted but with the proverbial heart of gold.

2.) Heir To The Shadows, by Anne Bishop, from The Black Jewels Trilogy which includes-- Heir to the shadows and Queen of the darkness.

In Heir to the Shadows, Jaenelle's vampiric, adoptive father, Saetan, and her foster-family of demons shelter her. To restore her memory and emotional balance, they move to Kaeleer, where Jaenelle befriends the kindred--animals with magical and communicative powers--and gathers a circle of young Queens. She also heals Lucivar, Daemon's half-brother, who offers a brother's love and a warrior's fealty. As she recovers strength and memory, Jaenelle resolves to restore Daemon and cleanse Terreille.

Bishop subverts readers' expectations; the "darkest" powers reside in virtuous characters, demons and vampires are kindly, and Jaenelle's adolescence is more comically normal than horrific. Her vibrant characters and descriptions will keep readers hooked, anxiously awaiting what promises to be a riveting conclusion. --Nona Vero

3.)The Challenge (Mass Market Paperback) by Susan Kearney

Book Description
She was shot protecting the president, and woke up naked, in the arms of a hunk....A hunk named Kahn, who told Secret Service agent Tessa Camen an outlandish story about traveling through time, saving the world, and a Challenge only she can accept. Kahn offers her proof she can't refute: Tessa has been brought forward through time to save Earth by winning an intergalactic challenge. Kahn only has a few weeks to train Tessa to use the psi-abilities he insists she has. He is confident in the success of a time-honored method that uses sexual frustration to bring out her powers, but Tessa is dubious. She's a martial arts expert and can fight her way through anything, but she's never had much luck with emotions.Luckily for Earth, Kahn can be very convincing....

4.) [B}Wild Women : Contemporary Short Stories By Women Celebrating Women.[/B] edited by Sue Thomas.

Contents The tiger's bride / Angela Carter -- Woman from America / Bessie Head -- The English disease / Nina Fitzpatrick -- The smile of a mountain witch / Ohba Minako -- Two words / Isabel Allende -- The debutante / Leonora Carrington -- Liking men / Margaret Atwood -- Simmering / Margaret Atwood -- In the garden / Darcey Steinke -- The odalisque, extinct / Diana Hartog -- Bloodmantle / Tanith Lee -- Sleeping Beauty, revised / Jill McCorkle -- All strapped in / Sue Thomas -- Orchids to you, dear / Fiona Cooper -- Really, doesn't crime pay? / Alice Walker -- Stone-eating girl / Meena Alexander -- The raw brunettes / Lorraine Schein -- I like to look / Kathy Page -- Planetesimal / Keri Hulme -- Perma red / Debra Earling -- The queen's chamber / A. N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice) -- Her thighs / Dorothy Allison -- Four bare legs in a bed / Helen Simpson -- How to save your own life / Erica Jong -- It's bad luck to die / Elizabeth McCracken -- MindMovie / Christine Slater -- A day at the peep show / Veronica Vera -- Roses / Evelyn Lau -- Julia and the bazooka / Anna Kavan -- Silver water / Amy Bloom -- In my next life / Pam Houston -- Many mothers / Beverley Daurio -- Suicide / Mariarosa Sclauzero -- Autobiography / Carol Emshw.

From Library Journal
Capitalizing on the appeal of Clarissa Pinkola Este's popular Women Who Run with the Wolves (LJ 6/15/92), editor Thomas has prepared this volume of short stories that "bring together modern examples of the warrior guises of Wild Woman." Thomas, a novelist and writing instructor whose own "All Strapped In" is included in the volume, divides the works into eight thematic sections-empowerment, sex, and righteous rage, among them-and provides informative introductory remarks to each section. The short stories come from a politically correct mix of contemporary women writers that include Isabel Allende, Margaret Atwood, Pam Houston, Alice Walker, and a number of emerging voices. It's not an essential purchase, but your Wild Women readers will want to check it out.
Debbie Bogenschutz, Cincinnati Technical Coll.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

5.) Topping From Below by Laura Reese.

From Publishers Weekly
The title of this devilishly pornographic?albeit literate?novel is taken from the argot of sadomasochism and refers to a rebellious dynamic in which the dominant partner (the "top") is subtly manipulated by the submissive partner (the "bottom"). After her young sister, Franny, is found murdered?bound, gagged and mutilated?Nora Tibbs, a journalist for the Sacramento Bee, discovers in Franny's computer a diary that details her brief affair with "M.," an arrogant music professor in his late 40s. Cruelly exploiting the overweight, love-starved woman, M. forced Franny to submit to a humiliating gamut of outre sexual practices. Convinced that M. is Franny's murderer, Nora sets out to prove his guilt by pretending to submit to his depraved aberrations. But, to her astonishment, she discovers a dark, pagan side of herself when M. enthralls her with intense, if perilous, sexual pleasure. Graphic descriptions of exotic sexual practices (bondage and discipline, sadomasochism, bestiality, etc.) accumulate, counterpointed by Nora's sweetly romantic relationship with a fellow reporter. The suspense, a bit attenuated by thin secondary characters, also is muted by artless foreshadowing, but the conclusion is satisfying in a savage sort of way and Nora's plunge "down, all the way down" under M.'s manipulations will keep most readers gripped even as they're aware that Reese's shameless pandering is manipulating them in turn. Comparison to Story of O is well earned. 100,000 first printing; Literary Guild and Doubleday Recommended for adult fiction collections.

6.) 'Scandal' by Amanda Quick

From Publishers Weekly
Under the Quick ( Surrender ) pseudonym, veteran romance novelist Jayne Ann Krentz (see review of Silver Linings below) offers a tale of Regency England that, while deftly handled with touches of humor, is more notable for its darker side: the hero and heroine rescue each other from past injuries while challenging each other for control within their relationship. Emily Faringdon, a 24-year-old spinster, adores a man she has never met: Simon Traherne, her favorite correspondent on her favorite subject, romantic poetry. When Simon attends a meeting of Emily's local literary society, he indeed seems to be "the man of her dreams," a handsome earl apparently willing to overlook the scandal in her past--a thwarted elopement. But Simon is interested in her mostly as an instrument for revenge: he blames Emily's father for his own father's ruin and suicide 23 years before. Since then, Simon has plotted to destroy the Faringdons. A romantic with a strong pragmatic streak,pk Emily persuades Simon that marrying her enhances his possibilities for gaining revenge and she pk then begins her own campaign to win his affection and free him from the past that has poisoned his life.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Book Description
From a stately country house in Hampshire to the dazzling drawing rooms of London Society, comes an exquisite tale of an elfin beauty, a vengeful lord, and a sweet love that is sheer poetry.

With her reputation forever tarnished by a youthful indiscretion, lovely Emily Faringdon is resigned to a life of spinsterhood, until she embarks on an unusual correspondence and finds herself falling head over heals in love. Sensitive, intelligent, and high-minded, her noble pen-pal seems to embody everything Emily has ever dreamed of in a man. But the mysterious Earl of Blade is not at all what he seems.

Driven by dark, smoldering passions and a tragic secret buried deep within his soul, Blade has all of London cowering at his feet, but not Emily... never Emily. For even as she surrenders to his seductive charms, she knows the real reason for his amorous wit. And she knows that she must reach the heart of his golden-eyed dragon before the avenging demons of their entwined pasts destroy the only love she has ever known...

7. Top of Her Game by Emma Holly

Style and sensuality. Power and passion...There's something about the Parisian boutique Meilleurs Amis that provokes all who enter to blur the line between business and pleasure. No one knows this better than Beatrix Clouet, the daughter of its infamous and not-so-dearly departed founder, and her best friend-and new management trainee-Lela Turner.

Now, as they try to get their professional and personal lives on track, these best friends will have to weigh the price of love and lust-while making their wildest fantasies come to life... --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

8.) One Dark Night by Jaid Black.

One of the hottest, most intense books I''ve ever read. The Hero was literally plucked from my imagination. I cannot stress enough how much I loved this hot, steamy, very sensually arousing book. The best I''ve read in a very very long time...I mean, damn. Seriously The Hero, Thomas, wow... big drooling wow...I want to read more of this author, ASAP! LOL

Finally! A Jaid Black book with a meaningful plot! I was actually engrossed in the mystery of this little who-done-it and not just in the sex scenes. Reading many of Jaid's other stories is a cross between the story line of a cheap porno and the sickeningly sweet endings of a childhood fairy tale. But not this book! Amazing! I hope she keeps it up!

9.) Gordon by Edith Templeton.

Originally written under a pseudonym, this thrilling novel of passion in post-World War II London was banned upon its publication in the late 1960s, and is only now being republished under the author’s real name. Edith Templeton creates an indelible character in the smartly dressed Louisa, a savvy young woman in the midst of a divorce who meets a charismatic man in a pub and within an hour has been sexually conquered by him on a garden bench. Thus begins her baffling but magnetic love affair with, and virtual enslavement to, Richard Gordon.

10.) Slave Trade (Mass Market Paperback) by Susan Wright

Human slaves can never defy their alien masters -- or can they?

Rose Rico never believed the rumors, that the government was secretly selling human beings to the Alphas in exchange for advanced alien technology. The idea that human sex slaves were a luxury item throughout the galaxy was just too ridiculous to take seriously -- until Rose found herself, along with hundreds of other human captives, bound for the far reaches of space, and compelled to cater to the depraved desires of her new alien masters.

As a rule, pleasure slaves don't live very long, especially the stubborn ones. But Rose refuses to give up. Someday, somehow, she'll win back her freedom -- or die trying!

The beginning of a provocative new saga of slavery and rebellion.

11) The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A. N. Roquelaure AKA Anne Rice

Not for the timid., January 15, 2007

I loved this book and can't wait to get started on the second of the trilogy, BUT I want to warn that it is definitely NOT for the timid, the easily offended or the closeminded. This is definitely not the Sleeping Beauty story of your childhood. It is extremely erotic and explores many areas of sexual fetishism that some people don't have the stomach to even THINK about.

On the other hand, it is very well written and the plot does keep the pages turning. It is a safe and private way to take a glimpse into the unknown...

Super Erotic, January 9, 2007
Reviewer: P. Blair (Texas) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
Everytime my wife reads selections from this book she becomes very sexy & frisky.

What a mess, October 21, 2006
Reviewer: Jamilla (USA) - See all my reviews
I am sure there are others who have already stated what I am about to write, however I felt it my duty as an educated reader to warn the populace about this book. I enjoy kinky writing just like the next closet freak, however this book was absolute drivel. It made little sense from beginning to end. The writing was beyond elementary. The "show but don't tell" rule of writing is thrown out the window. Everything the reader is supposed to learn is stated by one character or another in very dry and silly dialogue. I don't know how people got turned on while reading this. Its rediculous and not well thought out. Personally I am convinced that Anne Rice's Master made her write and publish this novel as a "punishment", because something so juvenile could not have been a true attempt at well written fiction.

Horriffingly Erotic....., October 20, 2006
Reviewer: K. Caprino "ixfallenanglix" (new york) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
In this book of slaves,and sexual abuse, you find yourself in the same boat with Beauty and the other slaves. You can't help but to be turned on by it. And at the same time, Beauty keeps her soul and falls in love. The only part that i found boring to read through was the parts where Tristan tells Beauty stories when they sneak away together. But I absolutley loved the book, and thefact that was disturbingly aroused by it.....

12.) Death Row The Trilogy by Jaid Black, includes The Fugitive, The Hunter and The Avenger. Should this book be THREE picks?

"One vision of the future"
It is now 2249 on Earth and women have become rare. There's a terrifying disorder that is affecting certain parts of the population. When one is infected, they become an inhuman monster without a conscience. They'll kill anyone around them, even loved ones.

After 15 years, death row inmate Kerick Riley has finally managed to escape. He's spent every second of his time in prison plotting his escape. He needs to get some answers to questions that have been haunting him all of these years.

Dr. Nellie Kan is a scientist who's working on a serum for the mysterious disorder. It's become her life's work since her mother contracted the disorder and died. One night while she's leaving work Kerick kidnaps her. He brings her back to the Outside and tries to make her his woman.

This is the first book in the Death Row trilogy. This story is a good start to the trilogy. I found this to be a quick read and I finished it in one sitting.

Sexual Content: NC-17, masturbation, and public sex.

Reviewed by Emily Anne
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted January 1, 2003
The United Americas of Earth: 2249 A.D.

On the eve of his execution, Death Row inmate Kerick Riley overpowers the guard and escapes the violent penal colony that has been his prison for over fifteen years. On the run to find the answers he seeks, the grim-faced, grey-eyed Kerick has two things on his mind: revenge and woman...

Scientist Nellie Kan has spent the last several years researching a frightening disorder that has developed in certain populations of humans. On the verge of developing a serum, Dr. Kan is kidnapped by an escaped Death Row inmate and claimed as his personal sexual property. Is her captor the key to the answer she seeks, or a lunatic who will destroy them both?

Publisher's Note: DEATH ROW is a three-part erotic suspense serial consisting of the following titles: The Fugitive, The Hunter, and The Avenger.

Sexual Content: Rated NC-17. Genre: Futuristic.

13.) Warrior's Woman by Johanna Lindsey.

Book Description
In the year 2139, fearless Tedra De Arr sets out to rescue her beleaguered planet Kystran from the savage rule of the evil Crad Ce Moerr. Experienced in combat but not in love, the beautiful, untouched Amazon flies with Martha, her wise-cracking, free-thinking computer, to a world where warriors reigns supreme--and into the arms of the one man she can never hope to vanquish: the bronzed barbarian Challen Ly-San-Ter. A magnificent creature of raw yet disciplined desires, the muscle-bound primitive succeeds where no puny Kystran male had before--igniting a raging fire within Tedra that must be extinguished before she can even think of saving her enslaved world. . .

14. Submission: A Novel by Marthe Blau

Description

You'll want to scream, but you'll be gagged. You'll want to cry, but you'll be blindfolded. You'll want to run away, but you'll be tied up. You'll have no way of begging me, I'll do what I want with you.

Now American readers can be riveted by the controversial novel that, according to The Sunday Times (London), "sent tremours through the French establishment." Sexual obsession, domination, and extreme desire drive the story of Elodie, a young married Parisian lawyer who finds herself swept up in a cycle of sadomasochistic lust.

A handsome stranger she meets in court issues her a series of instructions that she feels compelled to follow. He introduces her to sex clubs hidden in dark alleys, toys that enhance physical pleasure as well as pain, and couples whose appetites are as voracious as his. What at first seems out of character for Élodie quickly begins to shape her self-identity. As the violence of their encounters escalates, these acts become a dangerous addiction she can't break. But how far can she go and how much of her life will she risk in the process?

Based on the author's own experience, this sophisticated and captivating novel exudes the sensuality that only the French know how to deliver.

15. Slaves of the Empire by Aaron Travis.
Steven Saylor in disguise, his hot porn still includes marvelous details of Rome at its dirtiest, wealthiest, and most kinky.

16. Two Moons: Worthy of a Master Book One (Paperback) by Chelsea Shepard

On Earth, MeganÂ’s sex life was never satisfying. But when she allows herself to be abducted by visitors from a planet where sadomasochism is regarded as a healthy social activity, she wonders if she got more than she bargained for.

MeganÂ’s adjustment to the erotically liberated Khyrians becomes even more difficult when she falls for one of the starshipÂ’s pilots, a professional Master with a troubled past. Struggling with fears and doubts, but spurred by her overwhelming passion, Megan will do whatever it takes to earn his love.

Two Moons: Worthy of a Master is a dazzling delight for fans of romantic bondage. With deftly rendered characters, captivating scenarios and surprising twists, Chelsea Shepard charts the course of a woman challenged by her deepest desires, a journey that will take her literally out of this world!


17. Carrie's Story: An Erotic S/M Novel (Paperback) by Molly Weatherfield

At the outset, I should say that once you have read Carrie's Story you will probably want to read the sequel "Safe Word". This book is outstanding as an exploration of BDSM. Told from the submissive's viewpoint (ie as a first person narrative) it affords us a marvellous insight into the mind of someone who would place themselves at the mercy of another person, fully understanding of the pain and suffering that might result. But of course it also provides the answering motivation, the intensity of experience, the absolution from decision, the pleasure obtained from subordinating one's own desires to those of another.

It is the self-critical (what other reviewers have termed sassy) self-awareness of the central character that carries throughout this novel that makes it so special. This is delivered in a light-hearted, but brutally honest manner.

No question it is highly erotic. But there are many other novels that achieve that. This one transcends the mere erotic and captivates the reader. The author generates a tension that draws the reader on and enfolds you in the story. I have not found that in an erotic novel since reading The Story Of O - and I can give Carrie's Story no better praise than that comparison.

18. The Marketplace (The Marketplace Series, 1) by Laura Antoniou

The Marketplace series by Laura Antoniou is erotic literature of the highest quality and it will encapture your mind and heart as well as turn you on. This reissue is very welcomed and the new short story at the end covers a gap between this and the second book of the series, "The Slave" very well -- this short story alone is worth the cost of the book for any Marketplace fan. You'll meet all the important and reoccuring characters from Antoniou's series; you'll develop strong opinions about each too that may surprise some of you. This isn't soft and romantic BDSM though so if you can't handle DS without limits, serious punishment, and even sexual use to the extreme, you'll want to skip this series. It appeals across the board to all seuxal orientaions within the BDSM category -- in fact it plays around with the orientations in wonderfully engaging ways. I highly recommend this book.

19. Breaking the Girl by Kim Corum
See what all the fuss is about. "I wasn't a slave. I was a willing participant." "His name was Frank. Just Frank. His last name really doesn't matter. It was Smith or Jones or Gallagher or... Hell. Just pick one. They're really all the same. I didn't know that much about him." "Maybe Frank classified me as a whore." "I stopped talking, begging, pleading. Plotting. I wasn't going to win him over. It was his way or no way. And I knew that. So it was his way." "I just wasn't that kind of tie me up, tie me down, beat me, switch me, hold me tight, love me forever' kind of girl. Frank was that kind of guy. Which made me that kind of girl." "And when it was over, we fell away from each other gasping for air." ".he brought the money-in fifties and hundreds-to me, delivering it in a bank bag. Delivering it to me with a big smile on his face, as if he were happy to deliver it, glad he could accommodate me. Who was the real slave here?" Breaking the Girl-a story of white hot sex and submission.

20.The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A. N. Roquelaure

In the traditional folk tale "Sleeping Beauty," the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a Prince. Anne Rice's retelling of the Beauty story probes the unspoken implications of this lush, suggestive tale by exploring its undeniable connection to sexual desire.

21. The Love Slave[/B} by Bertrice Small

From the classic Skye O'Malley series to Love, Remember Me, Bertrice Small's enchanting, exotic, and erotic tales have won her a multitude of fans. Her latest passionate adventure tells the tale of a fiery Celtic beauty and an Arabian master of erotic arts.

From the Publisher
It is no act of love that Regan experiences the night she takes her sister's place in the marriage bed, a counterfeit bride to sate the lust of her twin's new husband. Come morning, her sister, carrying another man's child, resumes her place and Regan is spirited away to a nunnery.
But a more exotic fate awaits the fiery Celtic beauty: Regan is sold to a slave trader. It will be her destiny to come under the tutelage of Karim al Malina, master of the erotic arts, who will mold Regan — now renamed Zaynab, the beautiful one — into a Love Slave fit for a Moorish king, though the pair break the first rule of teacher and pupil . . . they fall in love.
But Zaynab is not Karim's to keep. She is given to the Caliph of Cordoba, who vows to love her . . . and pleasure her as no younger man can. Yet Regan still longs for her one true love, Karim al Malina, and vows that, somehow, their fates must be reunited . . .

Online Stories:

22.) Tales From Subspace by NIGHTQUEEN1963. http://english.literotica.com/stori...ry.php?id=84817

23.) Night Prowler by Paddymellon http://www.bdsmlibrary.com/stories/...php?storyid=334

In addition I have another book thread for reads that do not have to do with BDSM. It's called reading books for pleasure and it is here:

https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=410377

Any book you consider to have been pleasurable, and somewhat BDSM please share!

Selection of July 2007's Novel will be announced Saturday June 30. There is still time to make nominations!

Discussion of June 2007's selection can begin at midnight your time May 30~


Fury :rose:
 
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Nice list we have accumulated! I have just finished Scion so can easily discuss that one when it comes time. I would love to re read the Sleeping Beauty or Marketplace Series since it has been years. Think I have Carrie's Story here too (read it years ago).

Look forward to see what is next on the list.

~kierae :rose:
 
FurryFury said:
Yanno there will be fireworks then right? LOL!

Have a great trip!

:kiss:
Trust me, there will be fireworks every evening of the trip - going with ~D *chuckle* Oh, did you see my post about "Snug Harbor" on the Vision and Sound Gauntlet thread? Saw Astral Project - a new group for both of us. Thank you SO much for the recommendation. :rose: Neon
 
FurryFury said:
4.) [B}Wild Women : Contemporary Short Stories By Women Celebrating Women.[/B] edited by Sue Thomas.

Contents The tiger's bride / Angela Carter -- Woman from America / Bessie Head -- The English disease / Nina Fitzpatrick -- The smile of a mountain witch / Ohba Minako -- Two words / Isabel Allende -- The debutante / Leonora Carrington -- Liking men / Margaret Atwood -- Simmering / Margaret Atwood -- In the garden / Darcey Steinke -- The odalisque, extinct / Diana Hartog -- Bloodmantle / Tanith Lee -- Sleeping Beauty, revised / Jill McCorkle -- All strapped in / Sue Thomas -- Orchids to you, dear / Fiona Cooper -- Really, doesn't crime pay? / Alice Walker -- Stone-eating girl / Meena Alexander -- The raw brunettes / Lorraine Schein -- I like to look / Kathy Page -- Planetesimal / Keri Hulme -- Perma red / Debra Earling -- The queen's chamber / A. N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice) -- Her thighs / Dorothy Allison -- Four bare legs in a bed / Helen Simpson -- How to save your own life / Erica Jong -- It's bad luck to die / Elizabeth McCracken -- MindMovie / Christine Slater -- A day at the peep show / Veronica Vera -- Roses / Evelyn Lau -- Julia and the bazooka / Anna Kavan -- Silver water / Amy Bloom -- In my next life / Pam Houston -- Many mothers / Beverley Daurio -- Suicide / Mariarosa Sclauzero -- Autobiography / Carol Emshw.

From Library Journal
Capitalizing on the appeal of Clarissa Pinkola Este's popular Women Who Run with the Wolves (LJ 6/15/92), editor Thomas has prepared this volume of short stories that "bring together modern examples of the warrior guises of Wild Woman." Thomas, a novelist and writing instructor whose own "All Strapped In" is included in the volume, divides the works into eight thematic sections-empowerment, sex, and righteous rage, among them-and provides informative introductory remarks to each section. The short stories come from a politically correct mix of contemporary women writers that include Isabel Allende, Margaret Atwood, Pam Houston, Alice Walker, and a number of emerging voices. It's not an essential purchase, but your Wild Women readers will want to check it out.
Debbie Bogenschutz, Cincinnati Technical Coll.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

20.The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A. N. Roquelaure

In the traditional folk tale "Sleeping Beauty," the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a Prince. Anne Rice's retelling of the Beauty story probes the unspoken implications of this lush, suggestive tale by exploring its undeniable connection to sexual desire.

Fury :rose:
My two choices above, in order of preference. But open to anything... :) Neon
 
neonflux said:
Trust me, there will be fireworks every evening of the trip - going with ~D *chuckle* Oh, did you see my post about "Snug Harbor" on the Vision and Sound Gauntlet thread? Saw Astral Project - a new group for both of us. Thank you SO much for the recommendation. :rose: Neon

I'm so glad. I had missed that post. Since I don't have my sound on hardly ever I've not done much looking around on it though it seems cool!

I don't know that group but Snug has the best sound system in any club I've ever been in.
 
Kierae said:
Nice list we have accumulated! I have just finished Scion so can easily discuss that one when it comes time. I would love to re read the Sleeping Beauty or Marketplace Series since it has been years. Think I have Carrie's Story here too (read it years ago).

Look forward to see what is next on the list.

~kierae :rose:

Thanks for telling me what you are into! I love feedback!
 
neonflux said:
My two choices above, in order of preference. But open to anything... :) Neon


Thanks for your post!

Looks like Sleeping Beauty is winning so far . . .
 
FurryFury said:
I'm so glad. I had missed that post. Since I don't have my sound on hardly ever I've not done much looking around on it though it seems cool!

I don't know that group but Snug has the best sound system in any club I've ever been in.
They are similar to Modern Jazz Quartet, whom both of us love. Made up of 4 musicians who teach at the conservatory in New Orleans. They tour only occasionally. What was so very great about being there the night that we were there is that all of the pieces they performed were new - they were going into the studio the next night to record them.

Anyway, thank you again. We both fell in love with the city and intend to go back, so are looking forward to going there again. :) Neon
 
neonflux said:
They are similar to Modern Jazz Quartet, whom both of us love. Made up of 4 musicians who teach at the conservatory in New Orleans. They tour only occasionally. What was so very great about being there the night that we were there is that all of the pieces they performed were new - they were going into the studio the next night to record them.

Anyway, thank you again. We both fell in love with the city and intend to go back, so are looking forward to going there again. :) Neon

If you have the option of staying where you want to next time let me know. I know some really cool places to stay!

I love sharing about New Orleans or just about anything else I love!

I'm glad y'all had a good time.

Next time try to see Charmaine Neville if you can. She tends to perform on Mondays. She is my fav!
 
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