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Re: 50 Shades of Grey.

Post by orpheus » Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:35 pm

This was posted over at RatSkep. Brilliant:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/340987215
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Re: 50 Shades of Grey.

Post by Animavore » Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:36 pm

I already posted that link. The reviews of all three books are brilliant.
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Re: 50 Shades of Grey.

Post by Atheist-Lite » Thu Jul 26, 2012 9:38 am

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the ... le4440067/

Hotel replaces Bible with Fifty Shades of Grey

What do you keep in your bedside table drawer? Maybe a flashlight? Some reading glasses? A secret sex toy?

For many, this drawer is a hiding spot for sexy secrets. But not hotels. In hotels, it’s usually the most pious place in the room, housing the Gideon Bible.

Unless, the hotel in question is the Damson Dene Hotel in England’s Lake District.

(continued, England ain't what it used to be) :zig:
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Re: 50 Shades of Grey.

Post by normal » Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:02 am

Atheist-Lite wrote:
What do you keep in your bedside table drawer? Maybe a flashlight? A secret sex toy?
I think you're thinking about the fleshlight
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Re: 50 Shades of Grey.

Post by Animavore » Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:52 pm

Libertarianism: The belief that out of all the terrible things governments can do, helping people is the absolute worst.

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Re: 50 Shades of Grey.

Post by klr » Wed Aug 01, 2012 2:16 pm

Animavore wrote:50 Shades generator http://www.fiftyshadesgenerator.com/

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... just as well I'm not at work this afternoon, otherwise I couldn't have clicked that link. :shifty:
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Re: 50 Shades of Grey.

Post by JimC » Wed Aug 01, 2012 11:36 pm

Animavore wrote:
Kristie wrote:
Animavore wrote:Lol! She uses inner goddess as a euphemism for her cunny. :funny:
You use the word cunny...... :?
I was being vintage :hmph:
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Re: 50 Shades of Grey.

Post by Kristie » Thu Aug 09, 2012 5:28 pm

Animavore wrote:Lol! She uses inner goddess as a euphemism for her cunny. :funny:
Inaccurate! She speaks numerous times about the angel and devil on her shoulder, her conscience and her inner goddess. Her inner goddess is the devil inside her wanting her to experience new things that maybe she shouldn't!
Now that I've read the first book, a lot of the reviews I read are highly inaccurate and misleading. I finished the first one at midnight last night and immediately bought the second one. I stayed up another hour reading it! There are definitely some cheesy parts, but I thoroughly enjoyed it! And, hubby got laid after I put the book down last night. :biggrin:
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Re: 50 Shades of Grey.

Post by hadespussercats » Thu Aug 09, 2012 5:33 pm

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Re: 50 Shades of Grey.

Post by Kristie » Thu Aug 09, 2012 6:02 pm

Oh, and when I picture him, this is what I see. :shiver:
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Re: 50 Shades of Grey.

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Re: 50 Shades of Grey.

Post by Svartalf » Thu Aug 09, 2012 6:25 pm

Audley Strange wrote:My wife said it's basically Mills and boon with a tad of BDSM and preposterous plots.

Derivative nonsense, poorly written = Massive Profit.

Harry Potter
Davinci Code
Hunger Games
Twiglit (sic)
and now this.

Good luck to them I say. Writing Prolefeed deserves it's financial rewards since even the worst hack has to dumb it down to write at that level and still consider themselves a writer. It must take it's toll psychologically.
Because Harlequin books don't generally have preposterous plots?
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Re: 50 Shades of Grey.

Post by Audley Strange » Thu Aug 09, 2012 6:28 pm

Svartalf wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:My wife said it's basically Mills and boon with a tad of BDSM and preposterous plots.

Derivative nonsense, poorly written = Massive Profit.

Harry Potter
Davinci Code
Hunger Games
Twiglit (sic)
and now this.

Good luck to them I say. Writing Prolefeed deserves it's financial rewards since even the worst hack has to dumb it down to write at that level and still consider themselves a writer. It must take it's toll psychologically.
Because Harlequin books don't generally have preposterous plots?
No idea what you're on about.
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Re: 50 Shades of Grey.

Post by Svartalf » Thu Aug 09, 2012 6:28 pm

Kristie wrote:Oh, and when I picture him, this is what I see. :shiver:
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Who's that gay twat who probably does enjoy greatly sucking root and getting his pipes reamed?
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Re: 50 Shades of Grey.

Post by Svartalf » Thu Aug 09, 2012 6:30 pm

Audley Strange wrote:
Svartalf wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:My wife said it's basically Mills and boon with a tad of BDSM and preposterous plots.

Derivative nonsense, poorly written = Massive Profit.

Harry Potter
Davinci Code
Hunger Games
Twiglit (sic)
and now this.

Good luck to them I say. Writing Prolefeed deserves it's financial rewards since even the worst hack has to dumb it down to write at that level and still consider themselves a writer. It must take it's toll psychologically.
Because Harlequin books don't generally have preposterous plots?
No idea what you're on about.
Mills and Boon, isn't that the very publisher best known (or most infamous), for the Harlequin series of 'romance' novels?
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