The BDSM Book Club Discussion Thread

[eroticspank]

choices

My choices: 1. Breaking the Girl
2. One Dark Night
3. Wicked Pleasure

ES

Already read Menage a great book.

 

[FurryFury]

My choices: 1. Breaking the Girl
2. One Dark Night
3. Wicked Pleasure

ES

Already read Menage a great book.

Good choices!



Anyone else want to weigh in?

 

[FurryFury]

Okay then, I'll give another vote for Breaking the Girl since I bought it already.

 

[kayte]

Okay then, I'll give another vote for Breaking the Girl since I bought it already.

Hi {{{{Fury}}}}

I'm reading 11 minutes. I can't get Breaking the Girl or, Wicked Pleasure, or One Dark Night at the library.

They do have some books by Emma Holly but not that one.

I will check, the list again and get back to you. I do think they have Kusiel's Scion.

 

[AndyS_uk]

"Dreamers in time" by Sarah Copeland.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dreamers-Time-Black-Sarah-Copeland/dp/0352330643

 

[FurryFury]

Hi {{{{Fury}}}}

I'm reading 11 minutes. I can't get Breaking the Girl or, Wicked Pleasure, or One Dark Night at the library.

They do have some books by Emma Holly but not that one.

I will check, the list again and get back to you. I do think they have Kusiel's Scion.

Hi!

*hug*

Glad you are reading 11 Minutes!

Dang it! Sorry you can't get Breaking the Girl or, Wicked Pleasure, or One Dark Night at the library.

Please do get back to me ASAP, if you can.

Ideally I like to know the read for the next month and post it so folks can get it and read it in plenty of time, by the 15th. Which is today! LOL

Also, ideally everyone would be able to get the book, read it, and discuss it here!

As you may be aware, I have loved all the Kushiel books. So I'd been good with that too.

FF

 

[FurryFury]

"Dreamers in time" by Sarah Copeland.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dreamers-Time-Black-Sarah-Copeland/dp/0352330643

Hi and welcome!

Is this one you have read and enjoyed?

Are you nominating it? Do you want it on the list to be voted for BOTM?

Is this also a vote for it or no?

Thank you.

FF

 

[AndyS_uk]

Hi and welcome!

Is this one you have read and enjoyed?

Are you nominating it? Do you want it on the list to be voted for BOTM?

Is this also a vote for it or no?

Thank you.

FF

Oops! Hi Yes I've read it and enjoyed it...a little more sublime than a lot of writing so I just thought I'd throw it in in case it interested anyone. Definitely a vote for it but I wouldn't think of it as a BOTM nomination; rather just a well written book for the BDSM community.

 

[kayte]

Hi!

*hug*

Glad you are reading 11 Minutes!

Dang it! Sorry you can't get Breaking the Girl or, Wicked Pleasure, or One Dark Night at the library.

Please do get back to me ASAP, if you can.

Ideally I like to know the read for the next month and post it so folks can get it and read it in plenty of time, by the 15th. Which is today! LOL

Also, ideally everyone would be able to get the book, read it, and discuss it here!

As you may be aware, I have loved all the Kushiel books. So I'd been good with that too.

FF

Good afternoon {{{{{Fury}}}}}
Yes I have Kushiels Scion on reserve, so they have it.

Hope you had a wonderful weekend.

 

[FurryFury]

Good afternoon {{{{{Fury}}}}}
Yes I have Kushiels Scion on reserve, so they have it.

Hope you had a wonderful weekend.

That's great.

Now it's the um, what 17th? We need to make a final choice for that BOTM. I'm just too tired to work through it in my head tonight so, I'll have to come back.

Anyone one that has an opinion, please join in?!?

Kayte, I hope you weekend was wonderful.

Mine was far from it but I did the very best I could with it.

FF

 

[FurryFury]

Okay we need to make a selection like two days ago.

My mind is pretty messed up right now but let's see what I can come up with.

One person wanted Breaking the Girl and one wanted Kushiel's Scion. I agreed that both of those would make a good BOTM.

How about we do both? Each person read the book(s) they want to and can get.

I'll start the discussions on both books. Hopefully lots more people that haven't posted a choice in the matter will join us? Let's call this a tie?

Our December 2010 BOTM is a tie:

Breaking the Girl by by Kim Corum

And

Kushiel's Scion by Jacqueline Carey

Read one or read both then come back here to discuss them on the last night of December at midnight or thereafter.

FF

 

[bhndblueyes88]

Kushiel's Scion is so excellent, good choice ^_^

I was looking back and saw that when people were reading Kushiel's Dart they were referring to it as the second one??

Kushiel's Dart is the beginning of the series.

Kushiel's Dart-->Kushiel's Chosen-->Kushiel's Avatar-->Kushiel's Scion-->Kushiel's Justice-->Kushiel's Mercy

So I'm very confused :\

 

[FurryFury]

Kushiel's Scion is so excellent, good choice ^_^

I was looking back and saw that when people were reading Kushiel's Dart they were referring to it as the second one??

Kushiel's Dart is the beginning of the series.

Kushiel's Dart-->Kushiel's Chosen-->Kushiel's Avatar-->Kushiel's Scion-->Kushiel's Justice-->Kushiel's Mercy

So I'm very confused :\

I think I got confused about the order. Maybe someone else did too? I'm not sure. I've read all of them at this point because I'm such a greedy little reading bitch. LOL

Anyway, Scion is one of the two BOTM for December. I hope you'll join us in the discussion!

FF

 

[bhndblueyes88]

I'll try I'll have to go skip through a synopsis some where so I make sure I have the correct chunk of plot in my head. I have the hardest time keeping track of when certain books end within the plot line. I don't want to give spoilers to anyone who hasn't read the following books yet!!!

 

[FurryFury]

I'll try I'll have to go skip through a synopsis some where so I make sure I have the correct chunk of plot in my head. I have the hardest time keeping track of when certain books end within the plot line. I don't want to give spoilers to anyone who hasn't read the following books yet!!!

I know what you mean. I'll be doing the same thing.

*hug*

FF

 

[FurryFury]

Please join me in discussing 11 Minutes by Paulo Coelho, which is the November 2010 BOTM. We may begin discussion at midnight YOUR time on November 30, 2020.

 

[FurryFury]

Our December 2010 BOTM is a tie:

Breaking the Girl by by Kim Corum

And

Kushiel's Scion by Jacqueline Carey

We are discussing our Novebmer 2010 BOTM, Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho now.

Did you like the book overall or not?

I liked it. It seemed really interesting and realistic to me even though it was also somewhat surreal in parts.

This is a passage I particularly liked:

I've met a man and fallen in love with him. I've allowed myself to fall in love for one simple reason: I'm not expecting anything to come of it."

Do you feel it portrays BDSM in a real way, a positive way and/or your way?

No. This book seems to espouse that BDSM is damaging to people and not a good path. That pisses me off. At first the lead female character was positive about BDSM.

"When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself. When I experienced humiliation and total submission, I was free . . ."

Later, however, her "lover" explains how it is wrong to enjoy pain this way. WTF!?!

Did you like the sex scenes in the book?

No. There really weren't many sex scenes and those that were in it didn't give me even a tingle.

Did you like the rest of the book, the story in it?

Yes. I did enjoy the book despite the anti kink slant to it.

Another passage I enjoyed:

"Everything is important. If you live your life intensely, you experience pleasure all the time and don't feel the need for sex. When you have sex, it's out of a sense of abundance, because the glass of wine overflows naturally, because it is inevitable, because you are responding to the call of life, because at that moment and only at that moment, you have allowed yourself to lose control."

Note: I said I enjoyed it, not that I believed it. LOL

Would you be interested in reading another book by this author?

I have read other things by him and yes.

What did you like best about this selection?

The diary entries, the various ruminations about personal freedom and love.

What did you like the least?

I disliked the girl feeling as if she had screwed up and life were screwing her.

How would you have changed the story?

I would have made BDSM a positive thing rather than something dangerous, wrong and something to be spurned.

FF

 

[FurryFury]

Please join me in discussing 11 Minutes by Paulo Coelho, which is the November 2010 BOTM.

Our December 2010 BOTM is a tie:

Breaking the Girl by by Kim Corum

And

Kushiel's Scion by Jacqueline Carey



NOW, what do YOU want to read in January, 2011?

Please vote!



Voting closes December 15, 2010.

If you notice any books left out, would like to nominate a book or that I've left one in that we've already read, please let me know.

1.) Kushiel's Mercy, Jacqueline Carey


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.) 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!

5.) 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. . .

6.) Wicked Pleasure by Jaid Black and Lora Leigh.

By CoffeeGurl (MA) - (TOP 100 REVIEWER)
Ties that Bind is one of the most smoldering erotic anthologies I've read as of late, and Jaid Black's Sins of the Father is the highlight of the book. Candy Morgan is James's nemesis. Her father had promised him a lucrative career and a place in the family, but then he discarded James without a moment's hesitation. Now Candy must surrender to James's dark desires and commands if she wants to keep her side of the business running. But little did she imagine that James had an unexpected agenda...

The erotic scenes in Father are insatiable beyond compare! The novella is full of Black's signature eroticism and mouthwatering descriptions. She is a great new voice in erotic fiction. I haven't been able to put down her books and I look forward to reading more of her stuff. Lora Leigh's Surrender, the other novella in Ties that Bind, is also a scorcher. These quickie reads will burn a hole in your sheets! I shall look into reading more of Ellora's Cave authors in the future. In the meantime, I recommend this book along with Jaid Black's The Possession.

7.) Obsession : an erotic tale by Vanderbilt, Gloria

Publisher Summary 2 New York social maven Priscilla Bingham discovers a hidden cache of letters that reveal her late husband's affair with a sophisticated dominatrix who has recorded the intimate details of their relationship, a finding with which Priscilla becomes increasingly obsessed. Publisher Summary 3
The marriages of desire . . .

From the multitalented and versatile Gloria Vanderbilt comes a passionate, sensual, witty, and puzzling tale of erotic obsession, beauty, and revenge, told in tandem by two women obsessed with the same man—and, ultimately, with each other.

Talbot Bingham is a renowned architectural genius who, with his formidable wife, Priscilla, creates an architectural community. When he dies unexpectedly in the middle of their tenth wedding anniversary celebration, the devastated Priscilla is left keeper of the flame of Talbot's genius. Going through her husband's archives, she comes unexpectedly upon a pile of neatly tied letters, and the shocking secret of her husband's intimate life—a discovery that shatters the foundation of her soul and spirit.

Obsession explores the mysteries of the human heart and the nature of sexuality and obsession, provoking questions about whom we choose to love, and why. The reader is left to decide if the other woman represents another facet of Priscilla, or if Priscilla her-self has invented the other woman who completed the world her husband so recently inhabited?


8.) The Vampire Queen's Servant by Joey W. Hill

Paranormal erotica from an award-winning author who stands out in a genre known for its out-of-the-ordinary love play." (Romance Studio)

Lady Elyssa Yamato Amaterasu Wentworth is a centuries-old vampire who's been given a new servant-Jacob, a total alpha male unaccustomed to submitting to any woman's wishes. What really binds Jacob to her are not her sensual midnight hungers, but something far more provocative.

It stirs her blood, renews her life, and awakens her soul like only true love can. The passion between Elyssa and Jacob yields something else unexpected-a shared history that reaches back through the centuries and is fated to challenge their destiny like nothing ever will again.

9.) Swallowing Darkness (Meredith Gentry, Book 7) by Laurell K. Hamilton

I am Meredith, princess of faerie, wielder of the hands of Flesh and Blood, and at long last, I am with child–twins, fathered by my royal guard. Though my uncle, Taranis, King of Light and Illusion, claims that he is the true father since he abducted me from my home, betrayed, and defiled me. And now he has branded my guards as a threat to my unborn children.

Bearing an heir has placed me halfway to my aunt’s throne, that much closer to my reign over the Unseelie Court–and well ahead of her son, my cousin Cel, in this race. Now I must stay alive to see my children born and claim my place as queen.

But not all in faerie are pleased with the news, and conspirators from every court in the realm plot against me and mine. They seek to strip my guards, my lovers, from me by poisoned word or cold steel. But I still have supporters, and even friends, among the goblins and the sluagh, who will stand by me.

I am Meredith Nic Essus, and those who would defy and destroy me are destined to pay a terrible price–for I am truly my father’s daughter. To protect what is mine, I will sacrifice anything–even if it means waging a great battle against my darkest enemies and making the most momentous decision ever made as princess of faerie.

10.) One Foot in the Grave (Night Huntress, Book 2) by Jeaniene Frost

You can run from the grave, but you can't hide . . .

Half-vampire Cat Crawfield is now Special Agent Cat Crawfield, working for the government to rid the world of the rogue undead. She's still using everything Bones, her sexy and dangerous ex, taught her, but when Cat is targeted for assassination, the only man who can help her is the vampire she left behind.

Being around him awakens all her emotions, from the adrenaline kick of slaying vamps side by side to the reckless passion that consumed them. But a price on her head—wanted: dead or half-alive—means her survival depends on teaming up with Bones. And no matter how hard she tries to keep things professional between them, she'll find that desire lasts forever . . . and that Bones won't let her get away again.

11.) Menage by Emma Holly

Bookstore owner Kate comes home from work one day to find her two flatmates in bed...together. Joe - a sensitive composer - is mortified. Sean - an irrepressible bad boy - asks her to join in. Kate's been fantasising about her hunky new houseshares since they moved in, but she was convinced they were both gay.

Realising that pleasure is a multi-faceted thing, she sets her cares aside and embarks on a menage a trois with the wild duo. Kate wants nothing more than to keep both her admirers happy, but inevitably things become complicated, especially at work.

Kate has told her colleagues that Joe and Sean are gay but the gossip begins when she's caught in a clinch with one of them in her lunch hour! To add to this, one of Kate's more conservative suitors is showing interest again, but she's hooked on the different kind of loving that she enjoys with her boys - even though she knows it cannot last. Or can it?

12.) Safe Word by Molly Weatherfield. From the author of Carrie's Story comes the continuing tale of a young woman's uncompromising sexual adventure.

Carrie leaves Jonathan, the S/M master who initiated her into a life of slave auctions, training regimes, and human "ponies" preening for dressage competitions. Whisked away to Greece by the demanding gentleman who has chosen her as his own, she learns new, more rigorous methods of sexual pleasure.

13.) 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.

14.) 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.

15.) Wild Rain by Christine Feehan

Feehan has a knack for bringing vampiric Carpathians to vivid, virile life in her Dark Carpathian novels, and in this new book, which builds on her short story "The Awakening," she focuses on a different kind of sensual predator—a half-human/half-leopard species of shapeshifters.

Mysterious freelance paramilitary operative Rio Santana is a member of this breed, but he's been banished from his clan and lives in a solitary rainforest dwelling. Enter Rachel Lospostos, who has marooned herself in the jungle to escape a group of murderers.

Blood runs hot between the two, both emotionally and literally—their first meeting is a near-terminal cat fight that leaves Rachel bedridden with a mangled leg and a broken wrist. As Rio cares for her, it becomes clear that their relationship is fated, but it may soon be cut short if they don't figure out who wants Rachel dead.

Suspense often takes a backseat to the protagonists' romantic feelings, but Feehan handles both elements skillfully, drawing villains who are sufficiently threatening and creating a romance that feels both destined and believable. Readers whose fantasies center on untamed wilderness and on untamed heroes who are as sensitive as they are strong will be seduced by this erotic adventure. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

16.) The Reluctant Dom by Tymber Dalton

Love hurts...if you're lucky.-

Kaden knows he's dying, but before he goes, he has one problem he needs to solve - he must ask his oldest friend Seth to take over as his beloved wife's Dom and Master after his death. Seth has always seen himself as the perpetual screw-up and Kaden as the strong and steady one, so his friend's request rocks his world.-

Now Seth finds himself immersed in a role he's far from comfortable with: inflicting pain to provide emotional comfort for the woman he's secretly loved for years. Can he deal with his crushing grief and learn the skills he must master in time to become THE RELUCTANT DOM?-

Warning: m/f/m menage, anal sex/play/toys, BDSM, bondage, D/s relationship, and the lesser-known "normality" of the world of BDSM.-

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

17.) Symphony of C, Vol I and Symphony of C, Vol II by Cara Mitchell ebook format

From author's web site:

Following the ebbs and flows of longing warring with jubilation, Cara relives the fury of the battle between her intrinsic nature and the teachings of modern society in her quest to fulfill her yearning to yield control to another. Trained by the mysteriously exclusive ranks of high protocol dominants, she endeavours to be moulded into a gracefully captivated being.

Will her journey through intense bliss and wrenching turmoil in order to fulfill her need to obey destroy or lead to unparalleled freedom?

Nominations are always open!

 

[captiveadream]

Great forum!

There's a tremendous amount of information to read through (more than a book in and of itselt). What a wonderful forum to stumble upon.

I thought I might mention a new two-volume ebook which you might like to include in one of your upcoming discussions since I do not see it listed here.

Symphony of C, Vol I and Symphony of C, Vol II by Cara Mitchell

I found them to be a tremendously realistic account of the process of learning to submit.

 

[FurryFury]

Welcome Captiveadream

Yes. There is a lot of information on this thread. We've been doing it for years. However, each person can decide how much or how little they want to read or write.

I will put your books in the nomination thread though, I, do not read ebooks at all. Some people might vote on them. Those people might hold a discussion here of the books when they read them.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Nice to have you here.

FF

 

[captiveadream]

Thank you for the welcome FurryFury

I also do not generally do the ebook thing. I excuse myself by explaining that I like to feel a book in my hand and to have my dog ears for the sections I find particulary wonderful. I refuse to admit it is because I am getting old and set in my ways. *smile* However, those books were recommended to me by a very good friend who, I believe, knows a friend of a friend of a friend of the author. Thankfully I did enjoy them very much and so thought to pass on his recommendation.

I have already ordered a couple of the books discussed on your list ... can't wait to receive them! I'm considering them my Christmas gift to myself (takes the secret Santa concept to extremes since I will not admit to my purchase to my family or friends!).

captivated

 

[FurryFury]

I also do not generally do the ebook thing. I excuse myself by explaining that I like to feel a book in my hand and to have my dog ears for the sections I find particulary wonderful. I refuse to admit it is because I am getting old and set in my ways. *smile* However, those books were recommended to me by a very good friend who, I believe, knows a friend of a friend of a friend of the author. Thankfully I did enjoy them very much and so thought to pass on his recommendation.

I have already ordered a couple of the books discussed on your list ... can't wait to receive them! I'm considering them my Christmas gift to myself (takes the secret Santa concept to extremes since I will not admit to my purchase to my family or friends!).

captivated

Oh I totally understand and many people prefer ebooks now.

FF

 

[FurryFury]

Okay, people. We need to pick a book by the 15th. Anyone have a preference?

FF

 

[FurryFury]

So, I'm going to go with Topping From Below by Laura Reese as our next read. I've bought it and want to read it. LOL

Hope some folks join us.

FF

 

[FurryFury]

Our December 2010 BOTM is a tie:

Breaking the Girl by by Kim Corum

And

Kushiel's Scion by Jacqueline Carey

Read one or read both then come back here to discuss them on the last night of December at midnight or thereafter. We are reading them now.

Topping From Below by Laura Reese as our January 2011 read.

11 Minutes by Paulo Coelho was the November 2010 BOTM we are discussing it now.

Let us know if you have any nominations for future selections! Nominations can be made at any time!

The new month's selection is announced on or before the last day of the previous month.

The current month's selection can be discussed starting the first day of the new month.

Also please note that if you have read any selection that the club has chosen so far you can write a review and discuss it with us at any time.