What's everyone reading these days?

[rick_falcon 911]

The book I am currently reading is 'The sex life of a ping pong ball'.

 

It's good but the story keeps bouncing back and forth...

[72Nova 116]

- Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor. A little southern gothic for the summertime.

 

- Never Let Go: A Philosophy of Lifting, Living, and Learning (a series of essays by noted strength training coach Dan John)

[72Nova 116]

I'm currently reading Michael Pollan's "In Defense of Eating." It's a follow-up book to his "The Omnivore's Dilemma" which I finished last week and which was fantastic! I learned something new on almost every page, and it took me a while to read it because some of the stuff was so unbelievable, that I had to go online and check it out to assure myself that the author wasn't just pulling my leg.

 

"In Defense of Eating" isn't quite as gobsmacking, but it's still pretty good.

 

 

Something in this vein that you might also like is "Good Calories, Bad Calories" by Gary Taubes. Very well researched -- and a bit dense because of it -- the book gives an interesting background into why we believe what we do about nutrition and its effect on health and weight loss.

[Guest W***ledi*Time]

Indecent: How I Make It and Fake It as a Girl for Hire by Sarah Katherine Lewis

 

... As much as she reveals, there's twice as much left out ...the best weapon a girl in her stilettos has isn't what she shares, but what she doesn't ...

 

ha ha ... Annessa, you left out the part where she fantasizes about killing her clients ... "I could almost feel his spinal cartilage popping under my fist as I slammed the knife home ... could almost hear the whistle of his collapsing lung."

 

I also like another line about her clients: "It occurred to me that sex work was much like toilet training. We were paid to manage, direct, and tolerate their waste, ignoring the stench and cooing over their various evacuations, like erotic bathroom attendants."

 

This lady definitely has spirit and a lively turn-of-phrase. Sounds like an interesting read!

[Annessa 22743]

ha ha ... Annessa, you left out the part where she fantasizes about killing her clients ... "I could almost feel his spinal cartilage popping under my fist as I slammed the knife home ... could almost hear the whistle of his collapsing lung."

 

I also like another line about her clients: "It occurred to me that sex work was much like toilet training. We were paid to manage, direct, and tolerate their waste, ignoring the stench and cooing over their various evacuations, like erotic bathroom attendants."

 

This lady definitely has spirit and a lively turn-of-phrase. Sounds like an interesting read!

 

y eah I left that out because I'm about 3/4 through the book and I dont read her having any carnal anger towards them at all, rather, more of a fascination with their strange needs. perhaps in the end that changes but I dont think it was accurate for the reviewer to almost sum up and sell this as some kind of client-bashing book :-)

[Kathryn Bardot 99339]

Man Against Himself - Karl Menninger. Nice, uplifting read about suicide ;)

 

I'm a psych major/nut :D

[Guest W***ledi*Time]

I dont think it was accurate for the reviewer to almost sum up and sell this as some kind of client-bashing book :-)

 

The reviewer (Terry Ornelas) does mention Lewis's "sense of humor" and does say "her tone is light" ... within such a context, client-bashing would be just another part of the fun ... surely nobody can spend 10 years in the front lines of any service industry without fantasizing about what they'd like to do to certain clients, lol ... my eye is always drawn to the well-turned phrase -- and the more tongue-in-cheek it is, the better!

[Annessa 22743]

The reviewer (Terry Ornelas) does mention Lewis's "sense of humor" and does say "her tone is light" ... within such a context, client-bashing would be just another part of the fun ... surely nobody can spend 10 years in the front lines of any service industry without fantasizing about what they'd like to do to certain clients, lol ... my eye is always drawn to the well-turned phrase -- and the more tongue-in-cheek it is, the better!

 

oh humorous I agree, but making the book sounds like an angry woman's fantasy about serial killing her clients is def not how to sum up the book. There is a great sense of humor in the book where she is mostly in disbelief of some of the things men will pay for...particularly when she starts doing fetish shows....its a riot

[Guest W***ledi*Time]

....its a riot

 

..... Sold!

[bylogger 136]

Chocolat

opening up to sensuality

[Guest e**m***h]

This is my first post. I have been shy to enter the community (very amazing community I have to say). I can't help it one this one.

 

I am (among others) re-reading Swallow by D M Thomas. This guy does brilliant and amazing things with narrative (and has written a number of deeply sensual books at that). The main character, Corinna Riznich, is at an Olympiad in Finland for improvisation (prolonged oral storytelling :roll:). She is gifted and unbelievably sexy, as well as being a KGB agent on the sly...why not? -- it was written during the Cold War. At her heart: ''Improvisation is sex, and sex is improvisation. When I improvise I embrace the unknown, the dark.'' She makes that real the whole book. As to the title Swallow -- no empty promise! :jackoff: Thomas lays in one of the greatest intellectual/oral scenes ever written in my view. So, Erin, if you have not happened upon this gem, it has great character, great sensual moments, even a good dose magic realism. Should be around in the used book stores.

 

Speaking of magic realism, do you read Italo Calvino at all?

[Parker 19761]

Is that book by Erika Ritter a non-fiction book?

 

It's fiction, and a good read so far.

[72Nova 116]

 

Speaking of magic realism, do you read Italo Calvino at all?

 

If On a Winter's Night a Traveler is one of my favorites. He's a great writer.

[antlerman 17064]

can any one suggest some good Sci-fi space authors.....

I love the stuff and have been running out of decent reading material......

 

I have the box of Kleenex memorized now:handjob:

[PistolPete 61421]

Man Against Himself - Karl Menninger. Nice, uplifting read about suicide ;)

 

I'm a psych major/nut :D

 

 

I knew after looking at your pictures, there was something that turned me on...your beauty... now your brains:twisted:

[VedaSloan 119179]

- Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor. A little southern gothic for the summertime.

 

- Never Let Go: A Philosophy of Lifting, Living, and Learning (a series of essays by noted strength training coach Dan John)

 

I love southern gothic, I'll have to check this out. I've been getting my southern gothic fix with True Blood (the tv series, not the book series, which is not as good in my opinion).

 

This is my first post. I have been shy to enter the community (very amazing community I have to say). I can't help it one this one.

 

I am (among others) re-reading Swallow by D M Thomas. This guy does brilliant and amazing things with narrative (and has written a number of deeply sensual books at that). The main character, Corinna Riznich, is at an Olympiad in Finland for improvisation (prolonged oral storytelling :roll:). She is gifted and unbelievably sexy, as well as being a KGB agent on the sly...why not? -- it was written during the Cold War. At her heart: ''Improvisation is sex, and sex is improvisation. When I improvise I embrace the unknown, the dark.'' She makes that real the whole book. As to the title Swallow -- no empty promise! :jackoff: Thomas lays in one of the greatest intellectual/oral scenes ever written in my view. So, Erin, if you have not happened upon this gem, it has great character, great sensual moments, even a good dose magic realism. Should be around in the used book stores.

 

Speaking of magic realism, do you read Italo Calvino at all?

 

First, welcome to the boards! I'm glad you decided to post because from what you've said, we sound like we're into some similar things :) That totally sounds like my kind of book.

 

Also, I haven't heard Italo Calvino, but I'll be checking him out.

 

If On a Winter's Night a Traveler is one of my favorites. He's a great writer.

 

Ooo, I'll have to add that to my collection. When I actually move into a house, I want at least one room with wall-wall bookshelves.

[Guest S**a*Q]

I just borrowed Memoirs of A Geisha from a friend, and I absolutly love it :) I'm normally a fantasy/horror fan but I'll read anything. This book is way better than the movie, but isn't that how it always is?

[VedaSloan 119179]

I just borrowed Memoirs of A Geisha from a friend, and I absolutly love it :) I'm normally a fantasy/horror fan but I'll read anything. This book is way better than the movie, but isn't that how it always is?

 

Ooo, the book was soo good. I was totally involved the entire time. The movie was disappointing, I'll agree.

[Guest S**a*Q]

Ooo, the book was soo good. I was totally involved the entire time. The movie was disappointing, I'll agree.

 

I just JUST finished Memoirs of a Geisha :)

 

It was really good, much better than the movie. Now Im writing down titles from this thread to hopefully find at the library. Being new to Thunder Bay, I have a lot of computer and reading time!

[MandalayBay 575]

Now that I'm retired and looking to build my "daytime" business I'm reading "Guerrilla Marketing."

 

I recommend all escorts read the book ... Secrets of Escorts, Tips from a Pro ... by Veronica Monet ... It's an amazing book filled with tips and ideas.

[VedaSloan 119179]

I just picked up a copy of another great sex work anthology:

 

Hos, Hookers, Call Girls and Rent Boys- ed. David Henry Sterry and R.J. Martin Jr.

 

My lover's ex fiancee has a piece in it under the name Juliet November.

[Guest e**m***h]

I love southern gothic, I'll have to check this out. I've been getting my southern gothic fix with True Blood (the tv series, not the book series, which is not as good in my opinion).

 

 

 

First, welcome to the boards! I'm glad you decided to post because from what you've said, we sound like we're into some similar things :) That totally sounds like my kind of book.

 

Also, I haven't heard Italo Calvino, but I'll be checking him out.

 

 

 

Ooo, I'll have to add that to my collection. When I actually move into a house, I want at least one room with wall-wall bookshelves.

 

 

 

Thanks for a welcome to the boards - nice to be welcomed. Does sound like we are into some simliar things, which intrigues me :razz:. Hope you get hold of Swallow -- pretty fine. If you can get any Calvino, it is worth the read, because he is a wonderful writer. Also try Michel Tounier - the Fetishist or the Midnight Love Feast, both steeped in magic realism, and/or sex, just a tinge of kinky sex, and great, tender human moments...all brilliantly written. I will try to see what is around in the bookshops, maybe I can drop something by sometime :cooter:?

[spud271 47779]

Currently I am reading The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac. He is my literary hero. When I was 13 my father gave me his copy of Kerouac's On The Road and explained to me the book changed his life the first time he read it, and wished that it would mine as well. It certainly did! I have never been the same since. :)

[AttilaTheHun 356]

Reading a book given to me for my birthday called "Survivor" by Chuck Palahniuk author of "Fight Club". I just finished reading "Choke" by the same author.

 

I love the way this guys writes.

 

ATH

[Cato 160314]

Reading Orhan Pamuk's My Name is Red. Murder mystery, a tale of competing artists and jealousies in Istanbul in 1500. Also East meets West. Very interesting.