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Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz
I know, but I'm enjoying it. I just need a little rough and tumble literary junk food right now.
I know, but I'm enjoying it. I just need a little rough and tumble literary junk food right now.
My latest story is a racy little piece about what happens when someone cute from work invites you over to watch Netflix and Chill.
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James Ellroy's "The Black Dahlia". Yet again. For about the third time this year... (yeah, some might call it an addiction, but what are you gonna do?)
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I wanted more
Other stories I'd heartily recommend (and wish I'd written myself) include:
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/anal/losing-it.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/bdsm/for-my-hands-only.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/masturbation/made-in-london.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/straight-sex/highlight-reel.aspx
I wanted more
Other stories I'd heartily recommend (and wish I'd written myself) include:
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/anal/losing-it.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/bdsm/for-my-hands-only.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/masturbation/made-in-london.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/straight-sex/highlight-reel.aspx
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James Ellroy's "The Black Dahlia". Yet again. For about the third time this year... (yeah, some might call it an addiction, but what are you gonna do?)
Bloody brilliant!
I'm re-reading the Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell. Magnificently swash-buckling!
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James Ellroy's "The Black Dahlia". Yet again. For about the third time this year... (yeah, some might call it an addiction, but what are you gonna do?)
God, I love him. I remember stumbling upon "White Jazz" at the library (what a perfect title) and then going back to read the rest of the L A Quartet (yeah, I know, I fucked up reading the last book first), and then went on to blow through everything he'd ever written.
His appearances on Letterman were wonderfully bizarre too.
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Bloody brilliant!
I'm re-reading the Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell. Magnificently swash-buckling!
I read the Sharpe series a few years back, and thoroughly enjoyed them all! Even better than the Sean Bean series!
Well, it's competition time again - so if you want to read an erotic poem about love, lust and heartbreak, check out
I wanted more
Other stories I'd heartily recommend (and wish I'd written myself) include:
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/anal/losing-it.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/bdsm/for-my-hands-only.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/masturbation/made-in-london.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/straight-sex/highlight-reel.aspx
I wanted more
Other stories I'd heartily recommend (and wish I'd written myself) include:
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/anal/losing-it.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/bdsm/for-my-hands-only.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/masturbation/made-in-london.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/straight-sex/highlight-reel.aspx
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God, I love him. I remember stumbling upon "White Jazz" at the library (what a perfect title) and then going back to read the rest of the L A Quartet (yeah, I know, I fucked up reading the last book first), and then went on to blow through everything he'd ever written.
His appearances on Letterman were wonderfully bizarre too.
White Jazz was breathtaking, as is the Black Dahlia, although my favourite of the original "LA Quartet" remains LA Confidential (and the film was spectacular). The only one in the series that was a let down for me was The Big Nowhere; and unfortunately, his "Second LA Quartet" is shaping up to be a slight disappointment - the first in the series, Perfidia, is nowhere near as good as his older works.
On an aside, Ellroy's "Underworld USA" trilogy is equally as good and as murky as his LA based stuff.
Well, it's competition time again - so if you want to read an erotic poem about love, lust and heartbreak, check out
I wanted more
Other stories I'd heartily recommend (and wish I'd written myself) include:
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/anal/losing-it.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/bdsm/for-my-hands-only.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/masturbation/made-in-london.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/straight-sex/highlight-reel.aspx
I wanted more
Other stories I'd heartily recommend (and wish I'd written myself) include:
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/anal/losing-it.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/bdsm/for-my-hands-only.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/masturbation/made-in-london.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/straight-sex/highlight-reel.aspx
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Still reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. And I've been reading it off and on for at least a year now. Really dense philosophical concepts and I'm not sure I completely understand everything in it. Which I suppose isn't bad. Smarter people than me have been confused by it.
I also recently finished a Steven Erickson novel called: Willful Child, Wrath of Betty. I'm jealous of one of my favorite fantasy authors being so adaptable. It's a SciFi comedy parody book. Think in the, a little, of a Starship Troopers thing, but takes several tropes from Star Trek. Also heavily satirizes the current state of the world. Here's an example just as a taste.
I'm also going to cheat since it's been a struggle finding novels that hold my interest of late.
Whenever new additions arrive, I usually read The Nation, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic cover to cover.
I also recently finished a Steven Erickson novel called: Willful Child, Wrath of Betty. I'm jealous of one of my favorite fantasy authors being so adaptable. It's a SciFi comedy parody book. Think in the, a little, of a Starship Troopers thing, but takes several tropes from Star Trek. Also heavily satirizes the current state of the world. Here's an example just as a taste.
I'm also going to cheat since it's been a struggle finding novels that hold my interest of late.
Whenever new additions arrive, I usually read The Nation, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic cover to cover.
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The Nowhere Man by Greg Hurwitz. Oh, shut up. I didn't realise it was a series until I got into the first one. Christ knows how long I'm going to have to wait for the next three to come out.
My latest story is a racy little piece about what happens when someone cute from work invites you over to watch Netflix and Chill.
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I'm reading The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, By Douglas Adams
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I am reading "Do I Make Myself Clear?" by Harold Evans. The book, an indictment of dense and obtuse prose in the digital era, is aimed at non-fiction, but the lessons are useful for all types of writing.
"It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.” Raymond Chandler
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I'm reading The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, By Douglas Adams
Good book. I'm hoping to reread it before August on the hopes I get to teach it in the fall. These kids need to understand the meaning of 42.
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PS: Verbal your taste in books is execrable. Cannery Row was lovely.
I get that a lot. I was callow and young when I read it.
Now I'm callow and old.
Just finished this. VERY creepy, but with surprising emotional power too. Well written too. It may be the best horror novel I've ever read. Hint about the title: it's a vanity plate for a famous vampire. Say it out loud.
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"Stasi Wolf" by David Young. It's his follow up to "Stasi Child", and the second installment in the Karin Muller series - police procedurals set in East Berlin during the 1970s. I highly recommend them!
Well, it's competition time again - so if you want to read an erotic poem about love, lust and heartbreak, check out
I wanted more
Other stories I'd heartily recommend (and wish I'd written myself) include:
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/anal/losing-it.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/bdsm/for-my-hands-only.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/masturbation/made-in-london.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/straight-sex/highlight-reel.aspx
I wanted more
Other stories I'd heartily recommend (and wish I'd written myself) include:
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/anal/losing-it.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/bdsm/for-my-hands-only.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/masturbation/made-in-london.aspx
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/straight-sex/highlight-reel.aspx
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The Operator by Robert O'Neill.
It was an Audible fuck up. I actually wanted The Operators by Michael Hastings. Nonetheless, I'm quite enjoying it.
It was an Audible fuck up. I actually wanted The Operators by Michael Hastings. Nonetheless, I'm quite enjoying it.
My latest story is a racy little piece about what happens when someone cute from work invites you over to watch Netflix and Chill.
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LUSH stories ... for my literary delights!!
I just finished "Carsick" by John Waters.
The premise of this book intrigued me. Waters, for those who don't know is a super creepy looking 60-something cult film director best known for the movies "Pink Flamingos" and "Hairspray." This was pitched as a memoir about hitchhiking across America. Since I have a particular penchant for fucked up memoirs and travel books, I thought this would be right up my alley.
The book is divided into three parts.
In part one, the writer outlines his best imagined outcome. As you can expect from a 66 year old homosexual film director, the first act is rife with references to obscure 70's films peppered in with an apparent fascination with drag queens and Broadway musicals. There is also a fair amount of invited and welcomed sexual abuse, culminating in a comical yet very unfunny fantasy about being anally by aliens resulting in the narrator experiencing the benefits of an interstellar inspired "Magic asshole." No... I am not making this up.
In part two, Waters details his utmost fears as he writes his ultimate nightmare scenarios. I almost gave up during this section. There's some pretty gross stuff in here. And coming from me, that is really saying something.
Part three was what really happened. A truthful account of hitchhiking across America. And it could not have been more boring. Lots of complaints about bad meals and waiting on the side of the highway for hours holding a cardboard sign. Sometimes reality just isn't that interesting.
If you are looking for insight into the different aspects of America through the eyes of a hitchhiker, then this probably isn't for you. If you are a John Waters fan, then you will probably enjoy it. Because this is essentially a look into the psyche of Waters.
I give this book a 5/10
The premise of this book intrigued me. Waters, for those who don't know is a super creepy looking 60-something cult film director best known for the movies "Pink Flamingos" and "Hairspray." This was pitched as a memoir about hitchhiking across America. Since I have a particular penchant for fucked up memoirs and travel books, I thought this would be right up my alley.
The book is divided into three parts.
In part one, the writer outlines his best imagined outcome. As you can expect from a 66 year old homosexual film director, the first act is rife with references to obscure 70's films peppered in with an apparent fascination with drag queens and Broadway musicals. There is also a fair amount of invited and welcomed sexual abuse, culminating in a comical yet very unfunny fantasy about being anally by aliens resulting in the narrator experiencing the benefits of an interstellar inspired "Magic asshole." No... I am not making this up.
In part two, Waters details his utmost fears as he writes his ultimate nightmare scenarios. I almost gave up during this section. There's some pretty gross stuff in here. And coming from me, that is really saying something.
Part three was what really happened. A truthful account of hitchhiking across America. And it could not have been more boring. Lots of complaints about bad meals and waiting on the side of the highway for hours holding a cardboard sign. Sometimes reality just isn't that interesting.
If you are looking for insight into the different aspects of America through the eyes of a hitchhiker, then this probably isn't for you. If you are a John Waters fan, then you will probably enjoy it. Because this is essentially a look into the psyche of Waters.
I give this book a 5/10
Top Shot
Grunt, by the amazing Mary Roach.
Also...
Oddly, Ellroy's L.A. Quartet (or Cycle) is one of the very few, maybe the only, set of signed first edition/first printing fiction in a series form that I own. I read "The Black Dahlia" novel, in a paperback version from the library, about ten years ago. Was hooked. Checked out "White Jazz", "L.A. Confidential", and "The Big Nowhere" quickly thereafter.
It took me about five years, but now I have all four, 1st/1st/signed and all in F/VF condition. "The Black Dahlia" is still my favourite, though.
Also...
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James Ellroy's "The Black Dahlia". Yet again. For about the third time this year... (yeah, some might call it an addiction, but what are you gonna do?)
Oddly, Ellroy's L.A. Quartet (or Cycle) is one of the very few, maybe the only, set of signed first edition/first printing fiction in a series form that I own. I read "The Black Dahlia" novel, in a paperback version from the library, about ten years ago. Was hooked. Checked out "White Jazz", "L.A. Confidential", and "The Big Nowhere" quickly thereafter.
It took me about five years, but now I have all four, 1st/1st/signed and all in F/VF condition. "The Black Dahlia" is still my favourite, though.
Want to spend some time wallowing in a Recommended Read? Pick one! Or two! Or seven!
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I watched the Hulu series and was a bit disappointed. Several people told me the book was way better. I just started reading it.
I won't read it in public.
I won't read it in public.
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Rereading "Telzey Amberdon" by James H. Schmitz
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The Operators by Michael Hastings
Finally got the right one... maybe. About a dozen chapters in, I'm thinking I should have just stuck with the movie. War Machine was far more entertaining. I'll see it through though. There might be something more in it.
Finally got the right one... maybe. About a dozen chapters in, I'm thinking I should have just stuck with the movie. War Machine was far more entertaining. I'll see it through though. There might be something more in it.
My latest story is a racy little piece about what happens when someone cute from work invites you over to watch Netflix and Chill.
Gravelly-Voiced Fucker
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Oddly, Ellroy's L.A. Quartet (or Cycle) is one of the very few, maybe the only, set of signed first edition/first printing fiction in a series form that I own. I read "The Black Dahlia" novel, in a paperback version from the library, about ten years ago. Was hooked. Checked out "White Jazz", "L.A. Confidential", and "The Big Nowhere" quickly thereafter.
It took me about five years, but now I have all four, 1st/1st/signed and all in F/VF condition. "The Black Dahlia" is still my favourite, though.
Would love to peruse your library someday. NOT a euphemism.
Dahlia is probably the best of the four. My favorite is White Jazz simply cuz it was the first Ellroy I ever read.
I'm reading "The Sisters Brothers" by Patrick DeWitt. I already listened to it on audiobook, but I zoned out a few times so I'm reading it in print.
It's about two hitmen pursuing a man through Oregon and Northern California during the California gold rush. I sounds like a western (and I guess technically it is) but it also has a lot of dark humor and satirical elements. Kind of Tarantino-esque. It's actually being made into a movie right now, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly.
It's about two hitmen pursuing a man through Oregon and Northern California during the California gold rush. I sounds like a western (and I guess technically it is) but it also has a lot of dark humor and satirical elements. Kind of Tarantino-esque. It's actually being made into a movie right now, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly.