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December 12 2014
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RHP User
10 years ago
I've just started reading Sex at Dawn, and The Ethical Slut is sitting in the 'to read' pile. I recently finished Wetlands...not a book for the squeamish but it did get me thinking about how women perceive their bodies and bodily functions (often negatively), and associated issues around striving to achieve ridiculous beauty and sexual 'ideals'. The main character certainly doesn't let something like hairy legs get in the way of her pleasure...why do most of us women let it??
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RHP User
10 years ago
The butler did it with the candlestick in the library :) - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
I read it on the train to work (hidden in the book cover of a managers training manual, shhht). 50z, I would recommend Laid Bare as well, great read!
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On_Safari
10 years ago
Waiting for Lover to get my Xmas books to me: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel And The Book of Qualities by J. Ruth Gendler Because you know I'm worth it 😉 xx
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Twisted_Mister
10 years ago
'Her chestnut hair cascaded over milky white shoulders'... Why Messrs Mills and Boon haven't got Nobel Prizes I'll never know.... - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
To lend anyone my copy of Sex At Dawn..A must read for anybody interested in a non monogamous lifestyle... If you have never read a book before,make this your exception xxFreya
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Lovinit28andKC72
10 years ago
My I please borrow your copy of "sex at dawn" I'm good for it, plus you know where I live.....😎
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Single_Guy4U
10 years ago
However, would love to "Have Sex at Dawn, with The Ethical Slut", (or unethical slut for that matter) :-)
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RHP User
10 years ago
It really opened my eyes to what could be possible and the perks and pitfalls of non-monogamous relationships. It highlighted all the good stuff about the poly/swingers lifestyle, but didn't gloss over the hurdles such as property ownership, children, financial choices, jealousy and break ups. It's has some great advice for overcoming these hurdles all of which boil down to open and honest communication between all parties. I also read Radical Ecstasy by the same author. It's a book about D/s and BDSM. Also quite interesting, if less informative. It reads more like a memoir than a how-to. I liked it though. I haven't read Sex at Dawn, but I'm thinking about downloading it now Another great book was Cunt: A declaration of independence by Inga Muscio. It's a relatively graphic book about the word, the body part and a proposed reclaiming of both. Other than my ongoing research into my new lifestyle, my other reading material is split fairly evenly between Sci Fi and Erotica
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RHP User
10 years ago
..was Phillip Jose Farmer, responsible for many classic sci fi and fantasy novels..but his erotic fiction was among my favourites. Such as "A Feast Unknown"...an early memoir of Tarzan and Doc Savage, 2 of pulp fictions first superheroes, and their subsequent clash of interests, as superheroes do. It's a violent look into the sexually charged private lives of a superhuman as it probably would be if they existed.
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RHP User
10 years ago
I bought the Cunt book straight away, it will make a great Christmas present!
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RHP User
10 years ago
I'm always happy to find a new author to read. I just bought A Feast Unknown, I'll let you know what I think 😊
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RHP User
10 years ago
I dont know where people find the time to read a book ? Im always on the go doing something and rarely would I find the time. If I started to read a book ' the phone would ring and that would be that. Even when Im overseas I see people sitting around the pool or on the beach with their head buried in a book. At the same time Im off on my motor bike exploring the country , surfing or something similar and once the sun goes down, its time for other activities.. On the plane killing time is the only time I get to pick up a book.. cause theres nothing much else to do.. Guess wer'e all different..
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RHP User
10 years ago
I am usually a pretty active person but I have a lot of downtime at work which I was spending on here. I am feeling pretty disheartened at the moment so feel I need a break from here so have been reading books instead of reading forums and emails. It is pretty sad when a good thrilling novel is more exciting than your prospective sex life. At the moment I am reading Want you Dead by Peter James about a relationship born online that turns into an obsession with the catchline, if I can't have you, nobody can. I am about 75% through and just getting intense now.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'ralf74' At the moment I am reading Want you Dead by Peter James about a relationship born online that turns into an obsession with the catchline, if I can't have you, nobody can. I am about 75% through and just getting intense now. I'm hooked on the whole "Dead........" series by Peter James. Reading is my escapism. Give me a good thriller any day. I love the quote "If you read you will never be lonely". I just cant remember who said it
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RHP User
10 years ago
…"A Feast Unknown" is only a short novel, so I recommend its 2 sequels as well. If you like that…then try "Image of the Beast" and "Blown", also by Farmer. I'd call them Erotic/Horror/Sci fi/Detective novels. Enjoy.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Just getting some gone girl action xx
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'Koolgrey' …"A Feast Unknown" is only a short novel, so I recommend its 2 sequels as well. If you like that…then try "Image of the Beast" and "Blown", also by Farmer. I'd call them Erotic/Horror/Sci fi/Detective novels. Enjoy. It grabbed me in the first couple of chapters, always a good sign.
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RHP User
10 years ago
My flight manual in prep for my BAK exam which hopefully I'll have done by July lol.... - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
I've just now downloaded Ethical Slut and like it already.... thanks guys! 😙 - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
Will actually raise your IQ level...there is so much to learn ,to know...it's clearly a choice that we make,a nonsense argument to say there is no time...I haven't read the Ethical Slut yet...but have read a bit about the authors and the life choices they have made...inspiring women....The local library should have Sex at Dawn btw... XxFreya
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RHP User
10 years ago
... I haven't read a book in quite a while. I recently decided to make better use of my time, you know, spend less of it in front of the keyboard, so I've ordered "Thus Spake Zarathustra" on eBay. If I enjoy that, I'll have a go at "The Gay Science" and "Beyond Good and Evil" next.Has anyone read any of these (or anything else by Nietzsche)? How well do they translate into English? (I don't speak/read German.)
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RHP User
10 years ago
I read waay too much maybe.. Never read any of the books above...BUTI DO read on average 5 to 6 books at a time. CURRENTLY READINGimmanuel velikovsky "Mankind in Amnesia"immanuel velikovsky "Earth in upheaval"laurence gardener "Lost secrets of the sacred arkarthur upfield "Breakaway house"gordon reid "A nest of hornets"kym eitel "Australian bush poetry"And a couple of local wildlife and fruit tree management books..
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'Keepitsimple72' Quoting 'Koolgrey' …"A Feast Unknown" is only a short novel, so I recommend its 2 sequels as well. If you like that…then try "Image of the Beast" and "Blown", also by Farmer. I'd call them Erotic/Horror/Sci fi/Detective novels. Enjoy. It grabbed me in the first couple of chapters, always a good sign. ..There's superheroes and there's superheroes. What boy wouldn't secretly wish to be Lord Grandrith or Doc Caliban?
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'Freya79'The local library should have Sex at Dawn btw... XxFreya I read it about four years ago it arrived after about six weeks...great read too.
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RHP User
10 years ago
I've read most of Upfield's Bonaparte novels. There were only one or two that I couldn't locate. I haven't read "Breakaway House" though. I know he wrote it before he created Bony but it was never published in his llifetime. He started rewriting it as another Bony novel but was only halfway through when he died so it ended up being published in it's original form in the eighties. I'd love to know what your opinion of it is, once your finished reading it.The Detective Bonaparte stories copped a lot of flack for being racist in the attitude they portrayed towards indigenous Australians but I felt that Upfield had a strong affection and respect for Aboriginals. Any racism in the stories came from peripheral characters, not from the narrative, and was indicative of commonplace white attitudes of the time. I think the bitterness felt towards the stories is more a result of the choice of the televisions producers to employ white actors painted to look black in many of the primary roles including "Boney" himself. David Gulpillil acted in the series on at least four occasions. He has said that, while he was initially resentful that a white man was selected to play Boney, he accepted that the producers could not find an black actor with the experience and physical presence (as described in the novels) to adequately play the part, inspite of an extensive search. Gulpilil also said that the series gave employment to a great many indigenous actors who would otherwise have been out of work at the time and the producers were very open to input from these actors to make the portrayal of aboriginal characters and life as authentic as possible.I've recently watched the entire series again on DVD (it was not easy to find) and found that it has stood up well. The actors and filmography were all top notch for Australian seventies television but the novels were still far superior.
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On_Safari
10 years ago
Yoyr grey matter must be soooooooo sexy 😍😝😎
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RHP User
10 years ago
You know I expect a book report by Friday:) xxFreya
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Lovinit28andKC72
10 years ago
Yes and you shall have one by Friday Miss Freya..... :)
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RHP User
10 years ago
Dissolution by C.J.Sansom (Historical medieval detective fiction) This is the first In the series Lady of the English by Elizabeth Chadwick. (Medieval History) Lovely and very readable novels. They are probably in the same vain as Elizabeth Gregory. She has heaps published. The name of the wind by Patrick Rothfuss.(Fantasy.)I’m not into the fantasy realm by any stretch of the imagination, but this is beautifully crafted and eqolquent. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell.Absolutely stunning to read, again his use of the English language is exquisite. The alphabet series by Sue Grafton (Series of detective novels.) The first is A is for Alibi. Easy reads, no brain power required. Child 44 by Tom Robb Smith.One that I could not put down. Anything by author Wilbur Smith. The Poisonwood Bible byby Barbara Kingsolver.(Great read – you get to see how fundamentalism warps the mind of normal people. ) I have to stop, otherwise it’s going to be a really long list!
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RHP User
10 years ago
the Femdom Experience by Elise Sutton is a great read for the discerning couple You Wouldnt be Dead for Quids by R G Barrett for those who love awesome aussie humour there is a page online called Maria's Diary...for those that are interested in one womans journey
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'Josie8' Dissolution by C.J.Sansom (Historical medieval detective fiction) This is the first In the series Lady of the English by Elizabeth Chadwick. (Medieval History) Lovely and very readable novels. They are probably in the same vain as Elizabeth Gregory. She has heaps published. The name of the wind by Patrick Rothfuss.(Fantasy.)I’m not into the fantasy realm by any stretch of the imagination, but this is beautifully crafted and eqolquent. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell.Absolutely stunning to read, again his use of the English language is exquisite. The alphabet series by Sue Grafton (Series of detective novels.) The first is A is for Alibi. Easy reads, no brain power required. Child 44 by Tom Robb Smith.One that I could not put down. Anything by author Wilbur Smith. The Poisonwood Bible byby Barbara Kingsolver.(Great read – you get to see how fundamentalism warps the mind of normal people. ) I have to stop, otherwise it’s going to be a really long list! I love posts like this. About every six months I put out a call on facebook for people's author recommendations and I've found some really great new ones as a result. Aside from Wilbur Smith, I haven't heard of any of those you recommend, but they're going in my 'books to read' notebook. Thanks
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RHP User
10 years ago
"The Perfumed Garden" is touted as an ISLAMIC sex manual Now, there is an interesting book.. :) Dated back somewhere in the 12th century..
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RHP User
10 years ago
I have been getting into a few great Swedish authors but just finished a book called Alex by French author Pierre Lemaitre which will satisfy anyone who likes suspense, murder mystery stories. Unfortunately this is the only book translated into English so far & I don't speak or read French. I really enjoyed it. :) I always prefer to read a good book than watch a movie or TV.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Well I can't keep all the books I read because there just would be no room in my house, however looking at my bookshelf I can see that the books I have opted to keep are predominantly all female authors... Three Auatralian authors too.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Most of my reading is non-fiction, it had been years and years since I had read a novel before this year but I do tend to read weird things like the pamphets in medication boxes and instruction manuals, I learnt to pump the water from condensation out of the diesel in my old man's landcruiser doing that, lol. It stalled once when I was giving a guy a lift and he asked me how I knew what happened and how to fix it, lol. The silly things you keep in the back of your mind!
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RHP User
10 years ago
As much as its a little ' Mills and Boon" in parts, The Bride Stripped Bare. The Story of O Justine, and Philosophy of the Boudoir by Marquis de Sade Gallipoli by Peter Fitzsimons The First Casualty by Ben Elton Jo Nesbo, anything !
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RHP User
10 years ago
Hi Meeka, Check out Jo Nesbo and Camilla Lackberg :)
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RHP User
10 years ago
Sex at dawn - Ryan and GethaThe ethical slut - Easton and HardyThe myth of monogamy - Barash and LiptonOpening up - Tristan TaorminoMarriage, a history - Stephanie CoontzPolyamory in the 21st century - Deborah AnapolThe mating mind - Geoffrey MillerThe history of sexuality - Michael FoucaultThe red queen - Matt RidleySwingland - Daniel SternBonobo handshake - Vanessa Woods
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RHP User
10 years ago
Yes I have read those authors too. :) Everyone is raving about Sex at Dawn? I read it a few years ago now, and yes I found it very interesting although I am not sure I found it that ground breaking? Hmm I probably should read it again. As for the Ethical Slut, I leant my copy to another RHP member and I suppose I will never get it back, anyway it was very interesting but I found some of their scenarios a little wild. At the end of the day keeping a number of partners happy would be a full one job really.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Received my copy of Cunt this morning. Love it!
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'Meeka100' I have been getting into a few great Swedish authors but just finished a book called Alex by French author Pierre Lemaitre This would have to be one of the most riveting books that I've read in a while. I received it as an ARC, for a book review I wrote, I gave it a 5/5, a score I rarely give. I pulled a few 4am nights on this one, over about three days. It was absolutely fantastic! I can't say anymore because it'll spoil it for anyone else reading it.
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