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[25 Jan 2009 | 4 Comments | 501 views]
Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho

Excerpted from Paulo Coelho’s website:
“Once upon a time, there was a prostitute called Maria…” Like a fairy-tale for adults, this is the beginning of the novel that shook the world. 
“Eleven Minutes does not intend to be a manual or a treatise on men and women faced by the still unknown world of sexual relationships. It is an analysis of my own journey, without wanting, at any time, to judge what I experienced.

I wrote this book in order to discover whether I had had the courage to learn everything life had …

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[18 Jan 2009 | No Comment | 339 views]
The Other Boleyn Girl

  by Philippa Gregory.
Sexy, historical read that chronicles the rise and fall of Anne Boleyn.  We all know her story, but Gregory revists the tale from Mary Boleyn’s point of view.  
It’s an entertaining read and  I was drawn in by the machinations of the Boleyn family.  The phrase “by any means necessary” probably originated with them.  It’s all about getting next to the king and producing a male heir.
Gregory’s spin on things will keep you engaged.  It’s definitely something you can sink your teeth in on a drab winter day.

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[28 Dec 2008 | No Comment | 346 views]
The Shadows…

by LA Banks.
From Publishers Weekly
… this 11th installment in Banks’ Vampire Huntress Legend tale contains many interesting references to esoteric religious mysteries and features titillating S&M sex scenes…
 
It was ok.

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[15 Dec 2008 | No Comment | 465 views]
One Fifth Avenue

by Candace Bushnell.
From Publishers Weekly
Sex in the City goes middle-aged, mordant and slapstick in Bushnell’s chronicle of writers, actors and Wall Street whizzes clashing at One Fifth Avenue, a Greenwich Village art deco jewel crammed with regal rich, tarty upstarts and misguided lovers.
 
It was ok.