The BDSM Book Club Discussion Thread

[ShyVixen]

The December 2008 BDSM book of the month is:

All U Can Eat by Emma Holly.

Discussion of the November 2008 BDSM book of the month, Top of Her Game, by Emma Holly can begin at Midnight, your time, TONIGHT!

That is only Emma Holly book I don't own I could have sworn I had it...

 

[FurryFury]

That is only Emma Holly book I don't own I could have sworn I had it...

Oops!

My library had it.

Does yours?

 

[FurryFury]

So what do y'all think was she really a switch? I'm confused.

 

[FurryFury]

I agree that there isn't just one man, woman or person for each of us. There are many that we could potentially be compatible and happy with, or miserable depending on the choices we all make. That part of the story was a bit too fairy tale for me.

I don't get the fear thing either. I do think a lot of us tend to fear and loathe certain things in ourselves. I know at one time I was afraid I would delve too deeply into sensuality and it would literally exhaust me.

I remember a time I wondered, why don't the fairy tales appeal to me? Why can't I get off thinking about fields of flowers? Why does thinking being treated like an object or raped get me off? Why can't I be normal. Now I'm happy and comfortable with my desires and fantasies.

The fear thing in this book baffled me. Perhaps we should write the author and ask her WTF that was about in her mind? LOL.

I often want to ask writers things about their philosophies when writing the books and in general.

 

[ShyVixen]

Maybe not a switch. To be honest, I often wonder what goes through Emma Holly's mind - maybe she initially wanted her character to be a switch by the end but was forced by the erotica/romantica market to make it a more 'fairytale' ending with the one man for one woman twist. Or maybe she can't bring herself to write anything else - I mean Menage was a pretty well written book about a poly relationship but at the end she has the happy ending with a M/F relationship - again, maybe that is a market thing. Selling a mainstream M/M/F is very hard.

Just picking up a few points in what Furry said...

I agree that there isn't just one man, woman or person for each of us. There are many that we could potentially be compatible and happy with, or miserable depending on the choices we all make. That part of the story was a bit too fairy tale for me.

I have agree too - there are different people who are compatible with us at different stages in our lives. As people we grow, we learn, we adapt - it would be very fairy tale like to believe one person can complete your every need, 24/7, for the rest of your life. However that said, I still like that idea in some respects. Or maybe I am a hopeless romantic. I think Top of Her Game is supposed to be a modern fairytale.

I remember a time I wondered, why don't the fairy tales appeal to me? Why can't I get off thinking about fields of flowers? Why does thinking being treated like an object or raped get me off? Why can't I be normal. Now I'm happy and comfortable with my desires and fantasies.

I enjoy fairytales, always have, always will. I enjoy romance and flowers and all that jazz - but I've had that and it didn't make me happy. I still struggle at times with what gets me off isn't 'mainstream'. Don't get my wrong, I still enjoy the fairytale elements - but it's the rough edges that I desire. Again, maybe it's because of mainstream conditioning there are times I'm not wholly comfortable with my need to experience pain. What Emma Holly's books though is offer women an alternative version of what romance could be - even if they do have a happy 'conventional' ending.

 

[FurryFury]

Those are so great points ShyVixen!

And hey! We are actually discussing a book! I LOVE this!

*HUGS to you and WickedDoll for hanging and discussing with me*

 

[ShyVixen]

Those are so great points ShyVixen!

And hey! We are actually discussing a book! I LOVE this!

*HUGS to you and WickedDoll for hanging and discussing with me*

You are most welcome I love discussing books.

Still can't get ahold of the next group read though

 

[FurryFury]

Oh no. I hate that.

I'm so sorry.

Next time make sure you can get X book before we make it the read of the month. Just let me know.

You are most welcome I love discussing books.

Still can't get ahold of the next group read though

 

[ShyVixen]

well, we Brits can't have it Emma Holly books in the library - too shocking lol I'm looking into getting it in e-book format though so there is still hope.

 

[FurryFury]

Oh I hope you can!

well, we Brits can't have it Emma Holly books in the library - too shocking lol I'm looking into getting it in e-book format though so there is still hope.

 

[ShyVixen]

I got it in e-book format

 

[FurryFury]

All right!

That's great!

I got it in e-book format

 

[FurryFury]

Books are my drug of choice! It's great to have company!

 

[FurryFury]

OMG! I had to force myself to read the first chapter but now it's like a box of cookies opened or a bag of chips opened and I can't stop.

Okay, I had to stop to drive my son but y'all know what I mean.

 

[ShyVixen]

OMG! I had to force myself to read the first chapter but now it's like a box of cookies opened or a bag of chips opened and I can't stop.

Okay, I had to stop to drive my son but y'all know what I mean.

I'm up to chapter four and I know what you mean, the first chapter was like molases to wade through! lol I have skipped ahead a little, skimmed through too and there is some *ahem* interesting sex and dare I say...a plot!!!

 

[FurryFury]

It's fun! Particularly since my other book is producing some nightmares in me. From now on sex book before bed.

Guess what? I had a sex dream last night! Yesssss!

 

[ShyVixen]

It's fun! Particularly since my other book is producing some nightmares in me. From now on sex book before bed.

Guess what? I had a sex dream last night! Yesssss!

*note to self* Only read a sex book before sleep...I've been reading Scarpetta and my dreams haven't been good ones.

 

[FurryFury]

Scarpetta is great but yep, she doesn't make for good dreams for me either.

 

[FurryFury]

Thanks for letting me know that I have to get past the first chapter cause I was thinking that this was going to be some slow reading
And the end of the month isn't that far away.

Glad to be of help!

As always the sex is the thing in her books.

It does get better.

 

[ShyVixen]

Is it strange that I really look forward to take part in the group reads each month?

 

[FurryFury]

Is it strange that I really look forward to take part in the group reads each month?

No way is that strange!

LOL

 

[FurryFury]

I finished this months book last night.

Happy Holidays to all!

BTW, if anyone has a nomination for next months book of the month post em!

FF

 

[bitchee62]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Years


Tangled Webs (Black Jewels, Book 6) by Anne Bishop
Dragon Wytch (Sisters of the Moon, Book 4) by Yasmine Galenorn
Mistral's Kiss (Meredith Gentry, Book 5) by Laurell K. Hamilton

And my personal favorite
Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, Book 1) (Mass Market Paperback)
by Jeaniene Frost
R

 

[ShyVixen]

Hmmm, let me see -

something a bit different:

Heartsick by Chelsea Cain.

Although it's a murder mystery thriller, it had a lot of smackings of BDSM, not in a sexual way but the relationship between the male and female characters which I found fascinating.

Menage by Emma Holly.

Anything by Lora Leigh.

 

[FurryFury]

There are some yummy looking books there!

Thanks for the nominations!

So let me thinking on thread for a bit:

I can't get Menage from my library and we've read two Emma Holly books in a row so I'd wait until I get some book gift certificates for x'mas and another month to pick that one.

Heartsick looks interesting and I can get it.

Tangled Webs (Black Jewels, Book 6) by Anne Bishop. I've not really liked this series so far. I've only read two so I'd want to get through the rest before I read six. I will say I did like two better than one. So maybe I will eventually like the books.

Dragon Wytch (Sisters of the Moon, Book 4) by Yasmine Galenorn, again I'd want to read 1-3 of these first.

Mistral's Kiss (Meredith Gentry, Book 5) by Laurell K. Hamilton, now I have read this entire series so I'm up for this one!

Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, Book 1) (Mass Market Paperback)
by Jeaniene Frost. This book looks good to me! I'd like to read it too!

Now here are our regular nominations as well:

OMG! I finished this month's book last night! It was pretty hot and perfect for my night out with my husband in a hotel room. LOL.

Now I realize it's time to pick NEXT month's book! Please let me know what you want to read!

Here are the nominations so far:

1.) Kushiel's Justice by Jacqueline Carey

Bestseller Carey's fifth book in her Kushiel's Legacy series, volume two of her Imriel fantasy trilogy (after 2006's Kushiel's Scion), is a moody tale of violence and divided loyalties. Phèdre nó Delaunay, the sexually adventurous heroine of the first trilogy, has become a placid foster mother to Prince Imriel, son of the unseen traitor Melisande Shahrizai.

Carey's infamous explicit sex scenes now portray Imriel's illicit and often violent affair with Sidonie, daughter of Queen Ysandre. Their romance is frustrated by Imriel's obligation to marry Dorelei, an Alban princess, and beget future rulers of Alba. When Dorelei and her unborn son are betrayed and Imriel is badly wounded, he finds himself torn between his vow to avenge his wife and child and his desire to seek solace in Sidonie's arms. His inner conflicts are ameliorated by religious faith, a change from previous books that may please some readers and dismay others. Imriel serves well as protagonist, however, and events are clearly building to what promises to be a spectacular climax in the sixth volume.

2.) Queen of the Darkness , by Anne Bishop.

"Queen of the Darkness" is the third and last book in Anne Bishop's extraordinary "Black Jewels Trilogy." This is a strong novel which truly enhances the material in the first two books and provides a most fitting conclusion to this epic series. I would strongly advise reading the books in order, beginning with "Daughter of the Blood" and then "Heir to the Shadows" to best appreciate the intricate story, characters and unique world that Ms. Bishop has created. I only wish the author had written a quartet!

3.) Shocking Pink edited by Erica Spindler

Andie Bennett and her two friends, Raven and Julie, lives were changed during the summer they were fifteen. What started out as a lark between three teenage girls soon turned into something deadly.

For Andie, seeing the shocking sexual acts performed by two faceless people was horrifying. She had never realized that there were people in the world who got satsifaction from the sick sexual acts she has witnessed. Raven was facsinated by the control that 'Mr. X' had over 'Mrs. X'.

All her life she has strove for control over her life and the people in it. Julie has always believed her father, the Reverend that she was the spawn of the Devil and is heartbroken to find herself aroused by the acts that she has seen go on in the abandoned house. Then their world was rocked when one night, Mr. X left and Mrs. X was found dead two days later.

4.) Topping From Below by Laura Reese.

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.

5.) Wolf Tales by Kate Douglas

Welcome To A World Where Nothing Is What It Seems And Every Touch Is Ecstasy

When Alexandria’s car goes off the road in a terrible blizzard, she has no idea night will bring a powerful rescuer and the start of an ecstatic sexual awakening. The moment Xandi wakes in Stefan’s muscular arms, feels the heat of his body pressing against hers, she feels no fear.

Instead, she allows herself to be taken by one who is more than a man, whose primal nature is never far from him. As their connection grows, and as Xandi gradually loses her sensual inhibitions, experiencing pleasures she never dreamed possible, she is drawn deeper into Stefan’s mysterious world, meeting the alluring beauty, Keisha, as well as the dominant and sometimes ruthlessly commanding Anton, who can have any man or woman he wants…in any way he wishes…

6.) One Dark Night by Jaid Black.

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!

7.) 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.

8.) Butterfly by Kathryn Harvey.

The pseudonymous Harvey's vivid, imaginative tale of a unique Beverly Hills brothel called Butterfly focuses on its wealthy founder, and three of her troubled female patrons. Discreetly located above an elegant men's clothing store, the brothel features costumed male "companions"a masked burglar, a Confederate soldier, a Versailles courtier, a cowboycapable of fulfilling any woman's needs and fantasies.

Lawyer Jessica Franklin goes there for relief from her cold, intimidating husband; Dr. Linda Markus tries to cure her frigidity; Trudie Stein wants affirmation of her femininity.

Behind the scenes is Butterfly's owner, Beverly Highland, whose harrowing life story is interspersed with the current action of the tale . Having run away from home in New Mexico at age 14 after being abused by her alcoholic father, Beverly succumbed to the rough-hewn charm of Danny Mackay, who put her to work in a squalid brothel and forced her to abort their baby.

Vowing revenge, plain Beverly attains beauty through plastic surgery, becomes an affluent California entrepreneur and cunningly plots against Mackay, now an influential TV evangelist and presidential candidate. Glamour, wickedness and passion spark this highly commercial novel, which builds to a dramatic and unexpected conclusion.

9) The Dark Garden by Eden Bradley

A deliciously potent tale of one woman’s quest for self-discovery

Rowan Cassidy likes to be in charge—especially in her personal life. As a mistress at Club Privé, the most exclusive bondage/S & M club on the West Coast, Rowan can live out her dominant fantasies safely, and with complete control—until the night Christian Thorne walks in. Self-confident and sophisticated, he’s a natural dominant if Rowan’s ever seen one. Yet she can’t stop thinking about him and imagining his touch.

Christian has returned home, hoping to break free from his dissatisfaction and malaise—and discovers the cure in Rowan. He’s dying to get his skilled hands on her and watch her surrender, to unlock the mystery of her that captivates him. Determined to be her master, he makes Rowan a daring proposition: give herself over to him for thirty days.

Rowan finds Christian’s offer terrifying—and impossible to resist. But abandoning herself to Christian’s power might be more than she can handle…. Or it might be the realization of her true nature and the dark garden within her. There will be only one way to find out. And once the game has begun, there’s no turning back.

10.) 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. . .

11.Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

Victor Mancini is a ruthless con artist. Victor Mancini is a med-school dropout who's taken a job playing an Irish indentured servant in a colonial-era theme park in order to help care for his Alzheimer's-afflicted mother. Victor Mancini is a sex addict. Victor Mancini is a direct descendant of Jesus Christ. All of these statements about the protagonist of Choke are more or less true. Welcome, once again, to the world of Chuck Palahniuk.

"Art never comes from happiness." So says Mancini's mother only a few pages into the novel. Given her own dicey and melodramatic style of parenting, you would think that her son's life would be chock-full of nothing but art. Alas, that's not the case. In the fine tradition of Oedipus, Stephen Dedalus, and Anthony Soprano, Victor hasn't quite reconciled his issues with his mother. Instead, he's trawling sexual-addiction recovery meetings for dates and purposely choking in restaurants for a few moments of attention. Longing for a hug, in other words, he's settling for the Heimlich.

12. 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.

13. The Undead Kama Sutra by Mario Acevedo

etting the stage for Felix Gomez's hard-boiled third adventure (after 2007's X-Rated Bloodsuckers), a dying alien tells the vampire PI to find Goodman and save the Earth women. Felix is already on a case, collecting pages of a manuscript called The Undead Kama Sutra that supposedly shows how to increase a vampire's psychic energies and healing abilities through sex. The search has led Felix to the Florida Keys and researcher Carmen Arellano. After a guest at a vampire resort dies by alien energy blaster, Felix and Carmen track down the mysterious Goodman, a retired army colonel somehow connected to the disappearance of three other women. When Carmen is kidnapped by aliens, Felix must save the day. Curiously low on sex given the title and the example of previous volumes, the story collapses in a deus ex machina that may leave even Acevedo's fans less than eager for Felix's next escapade. (Mar.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


14. 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.

15. 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.


16. The Love Slave 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.

17.The Darker Side of Pleasure by Eden Bradley.

http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Garden-Ed...sn_rs_edpp_url

A deliciously potent tale of one woman’s quest for self-discovery

Rowan Cassidy likes to be in charge—especially in her personal life. As a mistress at Club Privé, the most exclusive bondage/S & M club on the West Coast, Rowan can live out her dominant fantasies safely, and with complete control—until the night Christian Thorne walks in. Self-confident and sophisticated, he’s a natural dominant if Rowan’s ever seen one. Yet she can’t stop thinking about him and imagining his touch.

Christian has returned home, hoping to break free from his dissatisfaction and malaise—and discovers the cure in Rowan. He’s dying to get his skilled hands on her and watch her surrender, to unlock the mystery of her that captivates him. Determined to be her master, he makes Rowan a daring proposition: give herself over to him for thirty days.

Rowan finds Christian’s offer terrifying—and impossible to resist. But abandoning herself to Christian’s power might be more than she can handle…. Or it might be the realization of her true nature and the dark garden within her. There will be only one way to find out. And once the game has begun, there’s no turning back.

18.)The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson

This has been a huge bestseller all of Europe and for good reason. It is a crime novel which combines a great plot with really powerful themes such as intolerance and corporate corruption. I'm really looking forward to the next two books in the trilogy.

19.) Playing Easy to Get by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Jaid Black, Kresley Cole

The Anthology "Playing Easy to Get" is one of the better anthologies out there. All three contributing authors have gifted the reader with some alpha yummy hero's and paired with feisty heroines. The end result...one hot entertaining read!

Sherrilyn Kenyon's "Turn up the Heat" is one fun read. Allison spends her days cleaning up aisle "whatever" in her local Wal-Mart. When her friend suggests that she should enter a contest where the winner can live out her favorite romance novel she at first scoffs...ya like she's ever going to win anything. But, she does and the second she sets eyes on Vince...she knows her life will never be the same. Vince is on the run from "the family" they want him dead, and he's rather attached to the concept of living to see another day. So when his best friend from childhood saves his bacon and finds him a safe place to hide out he's all for it...that is until he sees Allison getting off the plane. Now staying one step ahead of the bad guys is not his only priority. Now he has to keep a lid on his lust. Will he be able to do this or will this bad boy finally give in?

Jaid Black's "Hunter's Oath" is the story of Sofia. She's just been bride napped by one scary looking cabbie. She's alone in life now since her brother was recently killed in active duty. She's wondering what life has to hold for her now. Well she should have been careful what she questioned. Because now she is going to live underground in a lost Viking world as the bought bride of Johen Stefsson for the rest of her life. But, will this be as bad as she thinks it will or has she just found her hearts desire?

Kresley Cole's debut paranormal read "The Warlord Wants Forever" Myst is a Valkyrie with a problem...she's the forever bride of a vampire. Now lets just forget the fact Valkyrie's and Vampires don't mix...ever...she happens to be attracted to him. Wroth is everything she's been taught to hate. Will she be able to put a lifetime's teaching behind her and accept her fate as this handsome vampires bride or will she let pride and family get in the way?

All three of these short stories are yummy! Now readers should keep in mind...these are not full-length efforts but the author have made the most out of the word count allotted them. Ms. Cole's debut paranormal effort is very good and I look forward to reading her next book. It goes without say that Ms. Black and Ms. Kenyon know their stuff. Ms. Kenyon offers readers another BAD book and Ms. Black's Viking story...hot, hot, and hot. For a quick but very entertaining read...look no further. You won't find so much talent in one book very often.

Online Stories:

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

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!

Nominations are always open!