50 shades of grey!

If you do not have a Kindle, look into one. I just have the $79 one - LOVE IT AND I GET TONS OF FREE BOOKS TO READ. Any that I purchase are cheaper than buying a regular book.

This! I have the Kindle Touch and love it.

AND it helped me read the Fifty Shades trilogy without getting constant remarks about my "bad choice of reading" because for some reason, everyone around me is suddenly a literary AND BDSM expert and they all have to share their wisdom with me. :laugh:

I also read it, but I found the plot very childish. There are way better erotic books to read, trust me. This is a book with very good PR campaign. I'm glad you liked it though, lol.

I second Black Dagger Botherhoos by JR Ward, first book is Dark Lover. Really hot and great storyline!

The Sleeping Beauty series by A.N. Roquelaire (Anne Rice) very smutty

^^^^^^ What she said....I read those about 10 years ago. Kinda like 50 shades, but a little more hard core.

Here is my review on this awful piece of "literature" - http://www.gazilliongeeks.com/2012/08/50-shades-of-insert-expletive-here/

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/340987215

Only read the 1st one and it was okay. Loved the Twilight series. I'm on book 3 of the Hunger Games series now. If you've not read that I'd recommend it

I loved the series. Karen Moning's Fever series is great and I also loved the House of Night series by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast.

I've just finished the first book. It's been a bit of a struggle but I wanted to know what the fuss was about and my friends kept on telling me it gets better. It doesn't.

I am partial to a bit of erotica, so I was really looking forward to reading these books. I felt conned when everyone told me they were amazing!

The descriptions are repetitive. Christian always wears a white linen shirt. His house is clinical. The smell of Christian etc. Sometimes the repetitions are on the same page. This makes reading tiresome. There is a list of words too that if I don't hear again it won't be too soon:

-Murmur--> meaning mutter, whisper, mumble, grumble, moan,hum, purr etc
-he/she/I/ etc murmurs---> meaning, says, affirms, alleges, reveals, states, responds, implies, remarks, repeats, answers, convey, declare..etc or any verb meaning say.
-Inner goddess---> meaning her internal thoughts, but voiced in an infantile way like: on the outside my expression is x but on the inside I feel y, explained as "I bite my lip and my inner goddess does a back flip".
-He/I *kitten* his/my head--> meaning standard gesture meaning anything the author wants to express but can't. I suspect she wanted to use the word **** without sounding smutty.
-Lip biting---> again used repetitively as a plot tool. She bites her lip, cue for him to react sexually.

Unfortunately the clumsiness of the author gets shown page after page:
-american characters saying things like: (Not) for all the tea in china.
-unable to write a good speech, we know the friend's speech is good because all of the characters say: it was a good speech! about 20 times.
-the scene when she meets Christians parents is out of the first twilight movie.
-etc

And then you have the plot and the characterisation: Christian is unrealistic and Anastasia is not a sub, she is an unremarkable inexperienced girl, who from the descriptions appears to have very little going for herself, who has never been kissed...however her best friend is in love with her, the boy she works with is too, her parents adore her..etc her best friend is consistently described as good looking, intelligent and talented however she only manages to bag the consolation prize, Christians brother. The whole book is one HUGE ego trip from anastasia. She is constantly told she is beautiful, she deserves to be in silks, her feelings are important, she is a good negotiator...Oh she is not, it's really easy to negotiate when someone wants a lot more than you and is so obsessed with you and you hold so much power that they agree to your demands...She is jealous, mocks Christian etc..nothing in her behaviour or words seem to warrant this amazing hypnotic effect she has on everyone..Can you tell I detest her!

Anyway, I am a sucker for a good love story, but this one is badly written, preposterous, it implies that anyone who likes bdsm is damaged and must be saved from it, and it breaks my heart that womens ultimate fantasy is a bloke that flies a helicopter named charlie tango, stalks you, and buys you a car, a mac, a first edition, a wardrobe full of clothes, first class tickets...

Bumping for great book ideas!

I haven't read 50 shades of grey yet... I have heard that you either love it or hate it..

I enjoyed the books, some of the repetition was tiresome, but I did like the content and was entertained. If you are someone that picks every book you read apart then you wouldn't like these books. But if you can look past the writing style and just enjoy the content I think it was pretty entertaining. Obviously it isn't that horrible since it is selling so well and they are looking to make it into a movie.

History of a Pleasure Seeker by Richard Mason is my recommendation for following the devouring of the 50 Shades trilogy.

I read the hardcopy of Mason's book but now I see the digital app for the book is complete with icons to play the music as it appears in the book and moving pictures of the cities traveled etc. ( like a Harry Potter newspaper but in book form)

Richard Mason's gift for story telling keeps you entertained and the book is hard to put down. It's a quick read as well.

You know, anyone who has a snide or nasty remark to make about the books people read should just keep it to themselves. Most books are meant to entertain and that is probably what 50 Shades did for most people. Some of us may not like what you read but you don't see us bashing you. You are of course entitled to your opinion but man, you could be a little nicer about it. Okay, so you didn't like the book. We got it. LOL

It's a discussion forum, people can discuss whatever they want. There's no rule against saying you don't like something. If you liked the books then feel free to skip over the negative reviews. Also try reading some literature.

Love it!

There are two other books in the series, fifty shades darker and fifty shades freed!

Anyone read this? I just finished and thought it was awesome! Im kinda depressed because now i have nothing to read or look forward to read, lol. Anyone know of any books similar to twilight, 50 shades if grey or anything like mitch alboms books?