#22

Rather embarrassed to admit to reading book #22 ~ I bowed to peer pressure & all the hype and read Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James.  Yep, it's all they say, yet it's more.  The history of its beginning as Twilight fan fiction is interesting ~ and that all evidence of that has been removed from the internet ~ I find Ana a much more likable character than Bella ever was & Christian {what an interesting choice for his name, btw} is much more intriguing than what's-his-face from Twilight {Can you tell I was Team Jacob?}  I like Ana's 'smart mouth' & the fact that she's trying to hold her own. To be honest, I don't get the whole Dom/Sub thing...I think I would have run for the hills, but somehow it's believable that she didn't, at first.
The writing is just as horrible as Twilight.  I think James did a 'find & replace all" changing 'said' to 'murmur' ~ I don't think people walk around murmuring as much as they do in this book.  It made me crazy every time I ran across the word!  And to complain more, I don't think your subconscious talks to you...it would be your conscious then, wouldn't it?
Aside from the smut & the lack of writing skills...I'm intrigued.  I really liked the ending.  I'm so glad she took her dignity and left ~ even though it's grieving her.  I'm taking a break before reading book #2 {an 'on hold' summer reading book came in at the library}, but I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes & what Christian decides to do with his new-found feelings.
fl: I scowl with frustration at myself in the mirror.  ll: I curl up, desperately clutching the flat foil balloon and Taylor's handkerchief, and surrender myself to my grief.