Naked Reader Book Club Discussion: Playing With Fire, Edited by Alison Tyler (July 26, 8-10 PM EST)

Other boats on the water lol. But neither of us really take all that long to finish, so I'm definitely considering getting up early and trying it before the powerboats can get on the lake. However that's assuming we can get back up to the lake house before fall lol. less

thanks, I don't know why people who are not related by blood or marriage think they have a right to tell us how to bury my father in law. We are cremating because those were his wishes, accuse us all you want of lying since it "isn't documented or on video", you don't have to like us once this is over, but at least we kept our promise to him. less

So, like I said, here are different takes of the same story. Totally, effing different. Same exact story:

One Hot Slut by N.T. Morley- A woman has given herself a make-over to look and feel like a hot slut. She has set up her bedroom to be the ultimate sexy pleasure den and can’t stop thinking about all the things she’s going to do when her man gets home. She feels like a slut because of something she’s done and ends up doing something she never thought she would.

Other titles in the cheating sector, like One Hot Slut by N.T. Morley, were just so sad for the characters that anything "hot" was lost on us by the end, no matter how much fantasy we tried to see in it.


I'm not judging either of the reviewers—I just always find it intriguing when people see the same story in a different way. My husband and I are like that, too. More in music than with books. But he cannot understand why I listen to the Beastie Boys and I never reach for certain of his femme fatale favorites. less

I'm very sorry to hear about your father in law, and you're absolutely right. If cremation was his wish, then it's up to you guys to make that happen for him and it's good that you're fulfilling his wishes. Your father in laws other children (if there are any) would be able to have a say, but that's really it. People who aren't related at all have no say, and I'm sending your whole family lots of big hugs, because hugs are always free. *HUGS* less

Thank you, I agree. My husband is an only child, and my father in law does have 1 living sister, but we all agree on his wishes, its people who knew him through church that are giving us problems. 2 people came right out and said "well, I want him buried and a veiwing" ...... so what, do you want a lollipop to? that wasn't his choice! ARGH! so glad I will not have to deal with these people after this. less

I'm not bothered by readers having a prudish streak — to each their own, but I'm alarmed by it in editors since they control what will eventually be released to the masses. On the one hand I feel like they have an obligation to be more open-minded, but on the other hand that's the privilege of being the editor — you get to pick what makes it into print and what doesn't. less

I think it's good to have one or two controversial stories in an anthology, and I'll use an occasional piece that doesn't appeal to me personally but is well written and provides variety and food for thought. For one thing, even hating something gets the blood flowing, and for another, even stories you love can be too much of the same thing after awhile. Stories that upset you can clear the palate, in a sense, or provide a sort of "punctuation" that leaves you all the readier for something that suits your taste. Okay, this is all spur-of-the-moment theory, but it may make sense. less