tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post5706384153115423550..comments2023-10-15T11:42:21.659-04:00Comments on pages turned: DecorumSFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-36228368797566363152007-10-06T03:34:00.000-04:002007-10-06T03:34:00.000-04:00I did go through a phase in my teens where I read ...I did go through a phase in my teens where I read every Harlequin romance under the sun. Even then I wondered why the authors couldn't call the various intimiate body parts by their real names instead of giving them cute nicknames . . . And truth be told, I prefered the romance novels that included a mystery. Without it, they bored me. And In my late teens and into my twenties, I stopped wanting to read the sex scenes. I found them boring, and so I started skimming them to get to the good parts. <BR/><BR/>Only in recent years have I started reading the sex scenes again, able to appreciate them for what they are. I don't care for gratuitous sex at all, but otherwise, I'm fine with it.Literary Felinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079276242303738719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-40233598725495600502007-10-05T06:25:00.000-04:002007-10-05T06:25:00.000-04:00Kids getting exposed to it bothers me a lot. Nowad...Kids getting exposed to it bothers me a lot. Nowadays books for children as young as 13 have implied sex scenes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-63180295318837836892007-10-04T22:03:00.000-04:002007-10-04T22:03:00.000-04:00I remember working as a public library page when I...I remember working as a public library page when I was in high school. All the pages were passing around a book, worn open to one scene. I think we did a giggling read aloud during the lunch break. "You lick it, just like a popsicle," is all I can remember. The shock. My troubled innocence. Of course, the hardest hitting and most memorable book I read in high school was Clockwork Orange. Nothing would have been left of that one if a censor had gotten at it but today you can see much worse "ultra violence" in any movie theatre.<BR/><BR/>What does it all mean? Nothing. It's the way society is drifting at the moment, just beyond the end of a pendulum swing and already heading back to a more conservative position?Maaja Wentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13376333360633118312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-34416895606543483712007-10-04T21:26:00.000-04:002007-10-04T21:26:00.000-04:00I do seem to remember that the chief rationale for...I do seem to remember that the chief rationale for Kathleen Woodiwiss was the sex scenes. I generally only reject violence and gore on the page, although there have been times when I rolled my eyes over a gratuitous sex scene. I like things either mild or tantalizing in print.Jill ONeillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03348126772146456322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-69015088883857334182007-10-04T14:56:00.000-04:002007-10-04T14:56:00.000-04:00I'm sure I read books like that as a teen for the ...I'm sure I read books like that as a teen for the same reason. I don't search them out these days, but if there are ahem...scenes...I don't really think much of them. Unless of course they are badly written and then it mostly just embarrasses me. Bad language does bother me, though honestly I haven't noticed it much in the books I've been reading lately. I'd rather have a good story and well constructed characters, too! I need to get going on The Rainbow as well....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-60522389369497964652007-10-04T13:55:00.000-04:002007-10-04T13:55:00.000-04:00lol, like you I read many books during my early te...lol, like you I read many books during my early teens FOR the steamy romance scenes. I remember reading "coffe, tea, or me" when I was about twelve and realizing what type of novel it was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-1657934242217267142007-10-04T11:29:00.000-04:002007-10-04T11:29:00.000-04:00That's good to hear. I want my previous Lawrence a...That's good to hear. I want my previous Lawrence aversion to continue to be proved wrong!SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-64362085935796108202007-10-04T11:18:00.000-04:002007-10-04T11:18:00.000-04:00I've just started to read Sons and Lovers - no cri...I've just started to read <I>Sons and Lovers</I> - no cringe worthy bits yet. I read <I>Women in Love</I> years ago and as I remember it, I had no problem with it. I did like the film with Glenda Jackson and Alan Bates.BooksPleasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721650104596705715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-16501632078129357212007-10-04T10:37:00.000-04:002007-10-04T10:37:00.000-04:00Yes. I bought a copy this summer (and I love its o...Yes. I bought a copy this summer (and I love its opening paragraph). I'm going to read The Rainbow and Women and Love first, though.SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-8126299603049576852007-10-04T10:07:00.000-04:002007-10-04T10:07:00.000-04:00I'll be waiting with bated breath to see what you ...I'll be waiting with bated breath to see what you have to say about D.H. Lawrence - Lady C. certainly makes me cringe! Are you going to read that one?Jodie Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02442935205880334932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-36204447216630584972007-10-04T08:23:00.000-04:002007-10-04T08:23:00.000-04:00"Ill take character development over a gratuitous ..."Ill take character development over a gratuitous sex scene any day of the week."<BR/><BR/>Absolutely!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255026646819281620noreply@blogger.com