WTH Wednesday…don’t judge me

 

 

Last month I was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal. Some liberties were taken with what I said but that’s to be expected. The article was also picked up by Jezebel and again, I was made to sound slightly stupid. *sigh* So I would like to take this opportunity to clear up a few key points.

 

One. Yes, I read erotic books. Do I read ONLY erotics? No. I read a wide variety of genres. And yes, I  own 2 kindles. One is used for review books and one is for personal books. Do I keep erotica on my kindle? Yes. Do I read more erotica because of the kindle? Yes. Is it because I don’t want people to know what I’m reading? No. I could honestly care less what anyone thinks of my reading preferences. I’m not waving it around but I’m not hiding it either. The reason I read more erotica on my kindle is because erotica is predominantly published in digital form. Go to Barnes and Noble and try to find an erotic romance. You will, but they are few and far between. There is a much wider base to be found online. It’s cheaper for authors to pub that way and gets out quicker to the buyers.

 

Two. Mommy’s Naughty Reader. LMAO Do I call one of my kindles that? Yes. Does my daughter call it that? No. It was a joke started by my husband when he was trying to explain to my kid why she needed to leave my kindle alone. The kid has an ipad 2…she has no reason to read on my kindles but she is stubborn-like her dad-so he got tired of  explaining it over and over and just told her I had inappropriate books on there. It morphed down to “Mommy's Naughty Reader”. Personally, I tried for Tori’s Tool Of Satan but no one would call it that. Boo.

 

Three. Do I read 10-15 books a week? Yes. Do I have a life? Yes. A very full one. While the articles presume that I am only a stay at home mom, it fails to say that I own my own business and work from home. I am also a free lance writer and make money reading these books. I found the comments that people had after viewing this tidbit to be curious. It was all negative. Like reading is bad or something. I am not a tv watcher-maybe 2 hrs a week at most. The average person watchers 6 hrs a day.  My advice-YOU need to pick up a book and turn that tv off.  Also, all those who poo pooed my reading. How many hrs do you spend online doing nothing but surfing? I’m willing to bet it’s more then I spend reading. I read over 650 words a minute. The average 300 page book takes me 2 hrs to read. So if I read 2 a day-I’m reading 4 hrs out my life a day. Now, the average erotic is maybe 100 pages that I can rip off 4 of those or more a day. Do I do this everyday? No, it’s an average. Some weeks it’s more, some weeks it’s less. But again, it’s part of my income. How much money do YOU make watching tv or surfing the web? Not a lot I’ll bet.

 

So while your sitting in your chair, reading these two articles and congratulating yourself that YOUR a better person because you have a REAL life-take a step back and realize where your reading this article. Online, probably in a little stuffy cubicle, while I am  outside, in the pool, reading and enjoying the sunshine. And making money while I do it.

Nail Art for the Book lover

*note-these are not my nails.

I saw this on another blog and thought, “How cool is this??” It’s very easy to do.

1.  Paint nails with nail polish.

2.  After polish has dried dip nail into alcohol. The directions suggested vodka so I poured some in a glass to drink while I dipped my nails in rubbing alcohol. :)  

3.  Press a strip of newspaper on top of the nail (nail should be wet with alcohol).

4.  Gently pull strip away and that’s it.

5. I waited till nails were perfectly dried and then add a top coat sealant.

You can go home...but expect some changes

As I'm sure some of you know, I'm an avid reader. No genre is safe (except Westerns but I'm trying to overcome that).
For over a year I have been searching for a book I read when I was younger. I tweeted about it, Facebooked about it (or Facespace as hubs calls it), inquired online, asked authors,ect...
I could NOT find this book but it called to me because I had enjoyed it so much when I first read it.
Well, I finally found out the title and author thanks to a post on a blog.
So imagine my happy joy when I was able to procure the book.



I sequestered myself in my reading room-aka the bathroom-and preceded to read.

Hmmm......................

Is this the right book?

I checked the title, cover, back excerpt. Yup, it's the right book.
But it doesn't read the same.
Or does it?

And so it happened. I "went" home but "home" has changed.
Or rather my feelings towards home has changed.
I was nearly heartbroken to find myself disgusted by the hero and ready to smack the &*^%$ out of the heroine.
Is this what I thought romance and true love was as a young woman? That it was ok for a man to stalk, insult, and force a woman to have sex with him because he "feels" the attraction?

"Would it help if I told you that I don't want to have an affair with you here or anywhere?"
"You know I can make you."


If I ever heard a man say that to my daughter I would probably go medieval on him.
Through out the book the heroine justifies the hero's actions because of the lust and powerful attraction they feel. WTH?
Is this where some of us get the information that forcefulness=love? That as long as we are loved then the ends justify the means? It hurts and embarrasses me to think that at one point in my life I read that and thought, "Oh...how romantic."
I can handle it in historical romances because of the times and accepted attitudes of that era. Though I get irritated, it's easier to accept.
But this book is set in the 80s. And I found it all offensive, condescending, and quite frankly creepy.

I feel like I've lost a part of my younger self. But maybe it was for the best.