By:  http://blancheblack.blogspot.com/

Let me let you in on a little secret: Despite all their posturing, men are actually really vulnerable to women, and most men will do anything to hide this. Every day, they obsess over women’s bodies, women’s sensuality, women’s opinions of them ( Read more... )

I'm looking for a book (at least I think it was a book) in which there was a quote - something like "You don't know what it's like to hold a man in your belly."

For some reason I want to say the book took place in Asia, but I'm not sure.

If anyone has any information that would be wonderful.

My review so far

Has anyone who reads books by Sophie Kinsella noticed that there are two books that appear to be written by her, but they seem to have a second author in addition to Kinsella? If that isn't confusing enough, the books say " *second author's name here* as Sophie Kinsella". Anyone know what's going on here and/or why she's doing that? 

 
Imagine if you will a man who comes across some diary scribbles of a man who, during the 1600s, was shipwrecked upon a ship that is already shipwrecked (and seemingly abandoned) in the middle of a body of water between two Islands. Then imagine that this same man takes these journal entries and composes a novel of events, absurdity, espionage, ( Read more... )

Hi, I'm new here. I don't think I ever wrote an intro post, but if I did, hi again ( Read more... )

Book Title: Wise Children
Author:  Angela Carter
Genre: Theatrical comedy
Length: 256 pages
First Published: 1991 (the year I was born >.<)

Synopsis: A richly comic tale of the tangled fortunes of two theatrical families, the hazards and chances, Angela Carter's witty and bawdy new novel is populated with as many sets of twins, and mistaken identities ( Read more... )

if you haven't heard of Augusten Burroughs, then, please, let me introduce you ( Read more... )

the books currently on my "to-read" list, now that I've finished Deathly Hallows

1. Demian by Hermann Hesse
2. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.
3. Twilight: A Novel by Stephenie Meyer
4. Rules of Attraction by Bret Easten Ellis.
5. Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay.

Any suggestions for 6-10?
I'm thinking of putting A Home at ( Read more... )

So far, this has been an amazing character driven story.

Author: Philip Pullman
Trilogy Summary (from Amazon.com): In the epic trilogy His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman unlocks the door to worlds parallel to our own. Dæmons and winged creatures live side by side with humans, and a mysterious entity called Dust just might have the power to unite ( Read more... )