The Tuesday Erotica Club
21 journalers for this copy...
What started out as a literary club composed of 40 law-firm employees who met at lunchtime to share their attempts at writing has devolved into four women who write erotica.
Aimee created the group to take her mind off the fact that she's pregnant and her husband is increasingly absent. Lux, a young secretary working her way out of her degenerate neighborhood, uses the club as a way to learn from the other women. Brooke attends in support of her friend Aimee, works part-time at the firm, paints, and has had the same boyfriend for 20 years. At 50, Margot is successful but realizes that she has no female friends.
Four very different women, who at first seem to have nothing in common, grow closer as each week passes--not that their relationships don't have problems--but therein lies the fun of reading Kovetz's sometimes raunchy but always entertaining account of four strong characters who become friends and, in the end, much more.
I want to send this book on a small INTL bookring, so will post on the forum and see who wants to play!
After being lost in the mail for 3 months, I have a replacement copy of the book (see journal entry below!) and now this bookring is rolling again! I am going to route this book based on logical geography and everyone's shipping preferences:
1. book-man-8 (Bochum, Germany)
2. okyrhoe (Athens, Greece)
3. princess1984 (Ontario, Canada)
4. spoiledrotten (New Jersey, US)
5. awakeagain (New Jersey, US)
6. BunnyLady (Wisconsin, US)
7. JennyC1230 (Georgia, US)
8. NMReader (New Mexico, US)
9. Bluestocking88 (Washington, US)
10. Fig1178 (California, US)
11. liviacaesar (Illinois or California - PM for current addy!) [Asked to be removed]
12. Minerva101 (Alberta, Canada)[Asked to be skipped]
13. jjlanes (New South Wales, Australia)[Asked to be skipped]
14. fairy-whispers (Queensland, Australia)
15. penelopewanders (Switzerland)
16. nikel27 (Hessen, Germany)
17. valentina1209 (New York, US))[Asked to be skipped]
18. surmisez (Massachusetts, US)
19. RCLoriH (South Dakota, US)
20. phylwil (Texas, US)
21. Moody-Blue (Texas, US)
22. turbostitcher (Texas, US)
23. valentina1209 (New York, US))[Was skipped earlier ... added in again]
back to me --> BethanieKay (Texas, US) ---> Book is back home with me now!
Please check this journal to verify the next person you will be sending the book to, and also please remember to make a journal entry to tell me when you received the book, what you thought of the book after you read it, and when you sent it to the next person in the ring. Thanks in advance!
Enjoy, and thanks for Spreading the Word!!
Released 17 yrs ago (3/9/2007 UTC) at
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The Bookring begins today! I sent this book to book-man-8 in Germany today via USPS Air Mail. Enjoy!
This was really fast! Probably it flew "American Airlines"...
;-)
Thanks Bethaniekay for sending it!
Released 17 yrs ago (3/20/2007 UTC) at
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This one is off to okyrhoe in Greece. Have fun!
will start ASAP, though to be honest, I am 1/2 way through a book, and have 2 more ahead of this on...so it might be a week or so before I get to it.
Will send on as soon as I am done though!!
Sorry it took so long, but things came up, and they had to be dealt with first.
I really enjoyed this book, and seeing as I have no found myself 10 weeks pregnant (11 weeks tomorrow!!), I found it a very interesting read - I even cried at the end, but that could just be though preggy hormones!!
I already have spoiledrotten's address, and will send it to her by Friday next week.
Released 16 yrs ago (6/15/2007 UTC) at --Controlled Release in Pembroke, Ontario Canada
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Mailing to spoiledrotten - next in line.
Enjoy. All packaged up and ready to go, just waiting for the next trip to the post office!
The good news, however, is that the author of this book, Lisa Beth Kovetz is not only way cool, but she has "saved" this bookring! She saw my post on the forum in which I asked if any other Bookcrossers had a copy of this book to loan/give me so I could continue the ring ... and she actually personally contacted me to advise me she was sending me a signed copy of the book! How cool is that???
So, with the signed book now in hand, I am starting this ring anew, and will send it to spoiledrotten right away. I'm also going to post on the forum to see if anyone else wants to join. After all, with an author that cool, we owe it to her to spread the word and allow some more readers to experience her first book!
Thanks again, Lisa Beth!
Mailed book to spoiledrotten in New Jersey on Tues 11SEP07 ... Happy Journeys, little book!
09/25/07 Mailed out today to awakeagain. Enjoy!!
Thank you to bethaniekay and well as the author for sharing this wonderful book. Mailing to BunnyLady 10/1/07.
Released 16 yrs ago (10/22/2007 UTC) at -- By Hand Or Post, Ray/Ring, Meet-Up, RABCK in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin USA
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Sending this ring off to the next reader.
I received this book in today's mail. I am going to read this after the book I am reading now. Thanks BethaineKay for sharing your book and BunnyLady for sending to me!
Thanks for sharing your book BethanieKay and thanks to BunnyLady for sending it to me. I have NMReader's address and will be mailing it in a couple of days!
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This is the story of 4 women and the men they love. At times sad - at times funny - at times depressing but always entertaining.
I enjoyed the book and am glad I got to read it. I signed up for the title and was impressed by the story.
Released 16 yrs ago (12/5/2007 UTC) at
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I mailed over my lunch today.
Thanks for letting me participate.
A very fun book to read, the erotic passages were amusing and fun diversions. I liked the character development and the evolving friendships between the women despite their huge differences in age and lifestyles.
I have fig1178's address and will be mailing this out from Houston in tomorrow's mail. Thank you for sharing and adding me to this ring.
I was warned this book might be a little racy and I suppose, if one isn't used to such things that might be true. However, as a person who enjoyed the 'Lucky' books and who counts Earth's Children among her all time favourite literature, I found the 'racy' bits quite tame. I did get a few laughs, though, and that's always a plus in a book. I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a light but meaningful read.
I have emailed jjlanes to see if she wants the book while it is in Australia.
Released 16 yrs ago (4/9/2008 UTC) at mail in By mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases
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Ultimate Challenge 2008 - No Theme
I posted this today to penelopewanders. I sent it sea mail, so it will take 1-3 months. Sorry for the time frame, but airmail from Australia costs more than the actual book!
Released 15 yrs ago (7/7/2008 UTC) at BookRing in ☑ 'Controlled Release' > Country > Province > City, .---controlled release---. Switzerland
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Haven't packed yet, but did manage to get this to the post office. Thanks for making it available! All the best for a great summer everyone.
update:
Finally I was able to finish the book, was very hard for me to get into the book.
Asked for the next members address
valentina1209 (New York, US) wants to be skipped at the moment
surmisez (Massachusetts, US)
Released 15 yrs ago (8/11/2008 UTC) at Book Ring, Ginsheim -- Controlled Releases
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thanks for sharing with me this book
My favorite character is Lux. I loved that she was pulling herself up by her own bootstraps to make her way in life. I would have loved to read more about her and how she was recreating herself.
I hated Aimee. What a witch!
Brooke and Margot were the perfect foil for Lux and Aimee.
I would really like to author to revisit these characters and tell us more about all of them. I'd be interested to see where they all end up.
Thank you, BethanieKay, for another great book!
I have PM'd RCLoriH to see whether the address listed on RABCK.com is current (hasn't been updated in over a year). Once I've confirmed, I'll get this book moving.
Mailing to RCLoriH, next in line for the BookRing.
Released 15 yrs ago (11/24/2008 UTC) at By Mail, Book Ring -- Controlled Releases
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A light, fun read. I enjoyed the book on the whole, but thought that Amy & Lux's reconcilliation was a little to easy at the end.
Thank you to BethanieKay for organizing another great BookRing and for being understanding when this book has been at my house for way too long!
Sending to phylwil - hope you enjoy!
A random cast of wildly different women that I'd guess were based on ladies the author knows personally. It's like a truth-is-stranger-than-fiction sort of thing.
Toward the end, the sunshine highlighing a golf trophy makes me wonder if Bill's mother was lying to him...
The best baby-birthing scene I've ever read.
February 27, 2009--I think I need to swear off of BookRings! I always seem to get bogged down on them! I really need to finish this one and get it mailed off.
February 28, 2009--Once I got into this again, I found myself fascinated by the relationships between the characters. I hoping to finish reading this today and have it ready to go, either to another reader or back to BethanieKay.
I just finished reading and got a PM from Valentina1209, who was skipped earlier in the ring, so the book will be off to her as soon as I can get it to the PO.
Kudos to the author for writing a story of female bonding that had the power to draw me in and make me feel a part of the circle of friends. Racy, intriguing and fast paced! Very enjoyable for late night reading!
Thanks for sharing this book with me!
Released 14 yrs ago (5/7/2009 UTC) at bookring, Bookring -- Controlled Releases
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Returning to BethanieKay
Thank you to everyone who participated in this bookring! Over the past 2 years, the book has visited 20 different BCers in 6 different countries, and has even survived being lost in the mail and replaced with a copy signed by the author herself :)
Hope you all enjoyed the book! Happy Bookcrossing!
Released 13 yrs ago (6/2/2010 UTC) at -- Mail, by hand, rings, RABCks etc, Texas USA
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Happy Travels, little book ... see you when you return home!