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1ALWINN
1. What is the LAST book you would want anyone to walk in on you reading?
2. It’s storming outside, and you’re home alone for the night. What book would only make matters worse?
3. Have you ever read a book simply because of the controversy surrounding it?
4. What is the most cringe-inducing romance or sex scene you have ever read?
5. What book has made you question the author's sanity?
6. Have you ever put down a book and not finished it because the content was too much for you?
7. What fictional character do you have the most NSFW thoughts about?
8. Have you ever read something from the erotica/romance genre, and what did you think?
9. You stumble across a portkey. What fictional world would you not want to be transported into?
2. It’s storming outside, and you’re home alone for the night. What book would only make matters worse?
3. Have you ever read a book simply because of the controversy surrounding it?
4. What is the most cringe-inducing romance or sex scene you have ever read?
5. What book has made you question the author's sanity?
6. Have you ever put down a book and not finished it because the content was too much for you?
7. What fictional character do you have the most NSFW thoughts about?
8. Have you ever read something from the erotica/romance genre, and what did you think?
9. You stumble across a portkey. What fictional world would you not want to be transported into?
3ALWINN
Okay here are my answers
1. Since I have so much to say about this book (and nothing good) 50 Shades of Gray by E.L. James
2. Salems Lot
3. I have read so many on the banned book list so too many to list.
4. Anne Rice had release a little trilogy called -Sleeping Beauty Triogy under another name A.N. Roquelaure and oh my this is not the Disney Sleeping Beauty.
5. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
6. I can only get 2 maybe 3 pages in of anything by Marquis De Sade
7. Dont think I have any of character that I have been that attacted that I actually dream about like that
8. Yeah Erotica/Romance and I are not friends at all
9. Most dystopian worlds
1. Since I have so much to say about this book (and nothing good) 50 Shades of Gray by E.L. James
2. Salems Lot
3. I have read so many on the banned book list so too many to list.
4. Anne Rice had release a little trilogy called -Sleeping Beauty Triogy under another name A.N. Roquelaure and oh my this is not the Disney Sleeping Beauty.
5. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
6. I can only get 2 maybe 3 pages in of anything by Marquis De Sade
7. Dont think I have any of character that I have been that attacted that I actually dream about like that
8. Yeah Erotica/Romance and I are not friends at all
9. Most dystopian worlds
4Settings
ALWINN, these are always so interesting, thank for posting!
1. Berserk.
2. Little Women.
3. Yes. I see in your answer you listed banned books, which I didn't think of. I was only considering books with controversies I would agree with, and banned books is so often codename for thought provoking books.
4. The things on the Internet.
5. Misogynist modern novels written by women do this to me. I don't understand.
6. I can read anything.
7. Me neither.
8. Currently reading Delta of Venus, which is type erotica, but is making me realize I don't understand the genre. It's more horrific than anything else.
9. Any world where hell is a possibility and I'd end up in it.
1. Berserk.
2. Little Women.
3. Yes. I see in your answer you listed banned books, which I didn't think of. I was only considering books with controversies I would agree with, and banned books is so often codename for thought provoking books.
4. The things on the Internet.
5. Misogynist modern novels written by women do this to me. I don't understand.
6. I can read anything.
7. Me neither.
8. Currently reading Delta of Venus, which is type erotica, but is making me realize I don't understand the genre. It's more horrific than anything else.
9. Any world where hell is a possibility and I'd end up in it.
5Tess_W
1. Nothing..I don't give a rat's *** who sees me read what!
2. Nothing...again...sorry, not scared easily
3. No
4. Hmmmm...I don't read romance as a general rule.....and i can't remember
but I'm sure it was something Danielle Steele
5. Anything by James Joyce
6. Never!
7. Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights
8. Very similar to question 4, and no thoughts really, don't read that genre
9. Any place where women are 2nd class citizens and babies and children
are killed. Hey now...wait a minute.........
2. Nothing...again...sorry, not scared easily
3. No
4. Hmmmm...I don't read romance as a general rule.....and i can't remember
but I'm sure it was something Danielle Steele
5. Anything by James Joyce
6. Never!
7. Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights
8. Very similar to question 4, and no thoughts really, don't read that genre
9. Any place where women are 2nd class citizens and babies and children
are killed. Hey now...wait a minute.........
6TLCrawford
1. Whatever the last book I will ever read turns out to be.
2. I am to old, big and mean for that. The Hillside Stranglers would come closest to being a problem.
3. It depends on the controversy. I hunted down a copy of Arming America but I could not care less about Fifty Shades of Gray
4. See The Hillside Stranglers, their cell mate. I can't go into it with human beings around.
5. Slaughter House 5, Catch 22
6. No.
7. Edgar Rice Burroughs' female leads. They are always smart and sexy in that order. Of course I read those when I was in my teens.
8. Yes and Yes. The first was juvenile fantasy, the second, I wish I could remember the title, I thought is was shallow and pointless.
9. Brave New World, not brave, not new.
2. I am to old, big and mean for that. The Hillside Stranglers would come closest to being a problem.
3. It depends on the controversy. I hunted down a copy of Arming America but I could not care less about Fifty Shades of Gray
4. See The Hillside Stranglers, their cell mate. I can't go into it with human beings around.
5. Slaughter House 5, Catch 22
6. No.
7. Edgar Rice Burroughs' female leads. They are always smart and sexy in that order. Of course I read those when I was in my teens.
8. Yes and Yes. The first was juvenile fantasy, the second, I wish I could remember the title, I thought is was shallow and pointless.
9. Brave New World, not brave, not new.
7Bookmarque
1. What is the LAST book you would want anyone to walk in on you reading?
Nothing springs to mind. Maybe Twilight, lol.
2. It’s storming outside, and you’re home alone for the night. What book would only make matters worse?
Nothing. Books don’t scare me. Almost nothing does.
3. Have you ever read a book simply because of the controversy surrounding it?
No, but controversy has made me investigate books. If I like the description and the writing is good, I’ll read it.
4. What is the most cringe-inducing romance or sex scene you have ever read?
Can’t remember specifics, but I do recall early Dean Koontz novels to be a bit same-y and wish-fulfilment-y in this department.
5. What book has made you question the author's sanity?
Pretty much everything by Jack Ketchum, but I think he’s having us on.
6. Have you ever put down a book and not finished it because the content was too much for you?
This has been happening more lately (Child 44), but the first was a Jack Ketchum novel – The Girl Next Door and the bookmark remains where I left it.
7. What fictional character do you have the most NSFW thoughts about?
None. My brain doesn’t seem to be wired that way.
8. Have you ever read something from the erotica/romance genre, and what did you think?
I used to read quite a lot of it. Mostly the Susie Bright collections. It’s so subjective a genre that what I think won’t matter much to anyone else.
9. You stumble across a portkey. What fictional world would you not want to be transported into?
Any where there is rampant injustice, cruelty, religion (superstition), suppression of the individual, disease or other privation. I like being an American born in the latter half of the 21st century. It spoils one.
Nothing springs to mind. Maybe Twilight, lol.
2. It’s storming outside, and you’re home alone for the night. What book would only make matters worse?
Nothing. Books don’t scare me. Almost nothing does.
3. Have you ever read a book simply because of the controversy surrounding it?
No, but controversy has made me investigate books. If I like the description and the writing is good, I’ll read it.
4. What is the most cringe-inducing romance or sex scene you have ever read?
Can’t remember specifics, but I do recall early Dean Koontz novels to be a bit same-y and wish-fulfilment-y in this department.
5. What book has made you question the author's sanity?
Pretty much everything by Jack Ketchum, but I think he’s having us on.
6. Have you ever put down a book and not finished it because the content was too much for you?
This has been happening more lately (Child 44), but the first was a Jack Ketchum novel – The Girl Next Door and the bookmark remains where I left it.
7. What fictional character do you have the most NSFW thoughts about?
None. My brain doesn’t seem to be wired that way.
8. Have you ever read something from the erotica/romance genre, and what did you think?
I used to read quite a lot of it. Mostly the Susie Bright collections. It’s so subjective a genre that what I think won’t matter much to anyone else.
9. You stumble across a portkey. What fictional world would you not want to be transported into?
Any where there is rampant injustice, cruelty, religion (superstition), suppression of the individual, disease or other privation. I like being an American born in the latter half of the 21st century. It spoils one.
8AndreasJ
>7 Bookmarque: "I like being an American born in the latter half of the 21st century."
Can I borrow your time machine?
1. What is the LAST book you would want anyone to walk in on you reading?
Probably something along the lines of "BDSM for Dummies".
2. It’s storming outside, and you’re home alone for the night. What book would only make matters worse?
None I can think of.
3. Have you ever read a book simply because of the controversy surrounding it?
I guess Mein Kampf qualifies, tho the controversy is rather one-sided.
4. What is the most cringe-inducing romance or sex scene you have ever read?
I've doubtlessly suppressed the memory.
5. What book has made you question the author's sanity?
I once read a soi-disant history book whose author thought that popular discontent in Russia in 1905 was very suspicious and probably the result of a British plot.
6. Have you ever put down a book and not finished it because the content was too much for you?
As a kid, I once put down a book about the Holocaust because it made me physically ill.
7. What fictional character do you have the most NSFW thoughts about?
One of my own invention.
8. Have you ever read something from the erotica/romance genre, and what did you think?
I've read some of Chambers' romances; I think he should'a stuck to horror. I don't think I've read anything you'd call erotica.
9. You stumble across a portkey. What fictional world would you not want to be transported into?
Chose almost any literary dystopia.
Can I borrow your time machine?
1. What is the LAST book you would want anyone to walk in on you reading?
Probably something along the lines of "BDSM for Dummies".
2. It’s storming outside, and you’re home alone for the night. What book would only make matters worse?
None I can think of.
3. Have you ever read a book simply because of the controversy surrounding it?
I guess Mein Kampf qualifies, tho the controversy is rather one-sided.
4. What is the most cringe-inducing romance or sex scene you have ever read?
I've doubtlessly suppressed the memory.
5. What book has made you question the author's sanity?
I once read a soi-disant history book whose author thought that popular discontent in Russia in 1905 was very suspicious and probably the result of a British plot.
6. Have you ever put down a book and not finished it because the content was too much for you?
As a kid, I once put down a book about the Holocaust because it made me physically ill.
7. What fictional character do you have the most NSFW thoughts about?
One of my own invention.
8. Have you ever read something from the erotica/romance genre, and what did you think?
I've read some of Chambers' romances; I think he should'a stuck to horror. I don't think I've read anything you'd call erotica.
9. You stumble across a portkey. What fictional world would you not want to be transported into?
Chose almost any literary dystopia.
9Bookmarque
LOL!
oops. That's funny. And sure, swing on by...we'll take it for a spin!!
oops. That's funny. And sure, swing on by...we'll take it for a spin!!
10southernbooklady
>1 ALWINN: 1. What is the LAST book you would want anyone to walk in on you reading?
None now, but when I was a kid I used to hide stacks of harlequin romances under my bed where I thought my mom wouldn't see them. (She did. She let me grow out of them on my own without comment though.)
2. It’s storming outside, and you’re home alone for the night. What book would only make matters worse?
Horror doesn't really scare me, but I there are some early Stephen King short stories that still give me the creeps to think about.
3. Have you ever read a book simply because of the controversy surrounding it?
Many. The most boring of which was The Da Vinci Code.
4. What is the most cringe-inducing romance or sex scene you have ever read?
A scene in a friend's self-published erotica novel. Frequent use of the word "nubbin."
5. What book has made you question the author's sanity?
There were some moments reading Naked Lunch.
6. Have you ever put down a book and not finished it because the content was too much for you?
A photography book called Without Sanctuary -- a collection of lynching postcards. I had a hard time reading the text and it is one of the few times a book made me feel physically nauseous.
7. What fictional character do you have the most NSFW thoughts about?
Huh. I can't think of any. I often find myself wishing I could talk to my favorite fictional characters. But I never think about banging them.
8. Have you ever read something from the erotica/romance genre, and what did you think?
Yes. And like any other genre there are good and bad examples...more of the latter than the former. One of my favorite stories is Dorothy Allison's "A Lesbian Appetite" from her collection Trash.
9. You stumble across a portkey. What fictional world would you not want to be transported into?
Anything before the invention of modern plumbing.
...okay, okay. Airstrip One, Oceania. London 632 A.F. Manor Farm. Any universe that is watched over by a supercomputer, no matter how benign.
None now, but when I was a kid I used to hide stacks of harlequin romances under my bed where I thought my mom wouldn't see them. (She did. She let me grow out of them on my own without comment though.)
2. It’s storming outside, and you’re home alone for the night. What book would only make matters worse?
Horror doesn't really scare me, but I there are some early Stephen King short stories that still give me the creeps to think about.
3. Have you ever read a book simply because of the controversy surrounding it?
Many. The most boring of which was The Da Vinci Code.
4. What is the most cringe-inducing romance or sex scene you have ever read?
A scene in a friend's self-published erotica novel. Frequent use of the word "nubbin."
5. What book has made you question the author's sanity?
There were some moments reading Naked Lunch.
6. Have you ever put down a book and not finished it because the content was too much for you?
A photography book called Without Sanctuary -- a collection of lynching postcards. I had a hard time reading the text and it is one of the few times a book made me feel physically nauseous.
7. What fictional character do you have the most NSFW thoughts about?
Huh. I can't think of any. I often find myself wishing I could talk to my favorite fictional characters. But I never think about banging them.
8. Have you ever read something from the erotica/romance genre, and what did you think?
Yes. And like any other genre there are good and bad examples...more of the latter than the former. One of my favorite stories is Dorothy Allison's "A Lesbian Appetite" from her collection Trash.
9. You stumble across a portkey. What fictional world would you not want to be transported into?
Anything before the invention of modern plumbing.
...okay, okay. Airstrip One, Oceania. London 632 A.F. Manor Farm. Any universe that is watched over by a supercomputer, no matter how benign.
