![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "That a soft pornographic novel dealing with the intense absorption of two individuals in sadomasochistic sexuality could become such a worldwide bestseller a mere 100 years after The Awakening gives us a glimpse at the immense change in values that must have occurred in western culture – as dramatic a change, one might say, as electricity and indoor plumbing".īestsellers, writes Illouz, "are likely to be texts that encode problematic social conditions – that is, social conditions that threaten individuals' capacity to pursue certain central goals, be they satiety, happiness, or material wealth". It's a dramatic shift since Kate Chopin's 1899 story of a married woman who discovers sexual desire with a lover, The Awakening, was greeted with "general moral disgust" on publication", Illouz points out. It contained some of the worst writing I have ever seen and a plot that made my toenails curl," she writes - but wanted to investigate why a trilogy of erotic novels about the sadomasochistic relationship between a domineering billionaire and a shy student has sold more than 40m copies around the world. Illouz, who is also the author of seven other books, was unimpressed with the quality of Fifty Shades - "I was speechless. ![]()
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Nellie’s sister-in-law, Iris, has no home and must rely on the kindness of others, but she has burned most of her bridges, especially with her daughter. ![]() Nellie wants nothing more than to live out her days in a house trailer in the desert, but her daughter wants to sell the land, while the offers are still hot. ![]() Turtle Tears, a play that the Los Angles Times compared to Steel Magnolias, touches on family relationships, sexual abuse, and aging in a way that only live theatre can. Suthern Hicks, published author, playwright, and songwriter, creates a story that brings audiences to laughter and eventually tears. The only things standing in the way of two cantankerous sisters-in-law surviving their twilight years-are their daughters. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her collaboration with Victoria Christopher Murray has produced three hit novels, Sinners & Saints, Friends & Foes, and Fortune & Fame. ReShonda Tate Billingsley's #1 national bestselling novels include Let the Church Say Amen, I Know I've Been Changed, and Say Amen, Again, winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work. ![]() ![]() It was such a good feeling when the concept that I’d had such high hopes for came to life on the page in an exciting, atmospheric way. The idea that people become ‘histories’ when they die and the Archive is a library of the dead, guarded by librarians, seems so simple, but so intriguing. I loved the concept for this book from the moment I first heard about it. The idea that people become ‘histories’ when they die…seems so simple, but so intriguing. The story follows Mackenzie ‘Mac’ Bishop, a Keeper at the Archive, as she moves to a new apartment with her family and tries to discover why so many histories keep waking up. The slow-paced start had me worried that I wasn’t going to like the story as much as I wanted to. ![]() ![]() This book has trigger warnings for violence and the death of a sibling (off-page). So on the first of July, I picked up my copy of The Archived and read the first few chapters. The main reason for the readalong was to celebrate Victoria Schwab’s books on the run up to the release of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, so we thought a good way to do that would be to read one of her books that neither of us had read before. So, when Alison and I planned Schwab Readalong, we decided to make it the first book we read. (I know.) It’s Victoria Schwab’s second novel and one of the last few I need to read before I’ve read all of her publised works. ![]() Before July 2020, I’d never read The Archived before. ![]() ![]() ![]() This book catches us up with yet another Marian brother, Jude. Derek’s priority becomes Jude, both on the clock as well as off, but if the men cannot openly follow their hearts, it will inevitably drive a wedge between them. ![]() But trouble is finding Jude in the form of an ex who won’t take no for an answer and then from a break-in at his home. But Derek is just as closeted as Jude and anyone having a relationship with a famous musician is just asking for trouble. Despite Derek not being a country music fan, he has no problem keeping his eyes on Jude’s body. While being a top musician has its advantages, it also comes with a whole lot of crazy and Jude needs a bodyguard.ĭerek is an ex-marine turned bodyguard and he is exactly what Jude needs. Not that it would be possible, even if he wanted to, because the story of a gay country singer is the next tabloid exclusive waiting to happen. Jude took that to heart and hasn’t had a relationship since. He never thought it would be like that as the person closest to him told him many years ago that he would never amount to anything. He’s at the top of the charts and the top of his game. ![]() Jude is currently the biggest country music star. ![]() |