It seems Canadians love erotic books, but they are hesitant to buy them in traditional bookstores. Long gone are the embarrassed looks at the counter. Thanks to e-reader technology such as Kobo and Kindle, erotic lit fans can purchase books anonymously. Sales are booming and erotic titles are climbing up the bestseller charts. Smaller publishing ...
Nothing ruins a good book like bad sex. Let’s clarify. I’m not talking about the hideous, awkward and violent encounters that form a legitimate part of a story or character. I’m not talking about graphic or ugly sex. I’m talking about badly written sex. There’s a whole award for this crime, organized by the Literary ...
Art has never been afraid to represent human sexuality in its multitude of forms. Books like Lolita and Lady Chatterley’s Lover were banned for a time because they didn’t shy away from uncensored sexuality; Harlequin novels full of Fabios have remained popular to this day; nude paintings and sculptures covering museum walls continue to showcase ...
Everybody seems to love True Blood, and The Sookie Stackhouse Novels that the show is based upon are even better. If you think seeing the TV show is good enough you are missing out. And if you haven’t seen the TV show these books definitely stand alone. This is a ten book series with an eleventh in ...
E-readers are the great equalizers of literature. With no one to be impressed by your choice of the complete works of Noam Chomsky, will you still go for such high-brow fair? Apparently not. Romance novels are the fastest growing segment of the e-book market. Fans tend to be voracious readers who purchase multiple books a ...
Sex toys aren’t just for people any more. In fact, they probably never were. Scientists have discovered that some chimps in Tanzania use leaves as a primitive sex toy to help get each other in the mood. There goes another indicator separating humans from the animal kingdom.
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