I'm really looking forward to tonight's meeting! It will be fun to meet and interact with all the new guests!

Ugh! I am trying to play catch up.. I have not had a chance to read this book. I plan on starting it tomorrow actually. I will try to stop by to get an idea of this book and see how everyone likes it... I just gotta calculate time difference... 5pm here.... Now, to remind myself...

I'm glad I read this one first. I really like this one, has to be my favorite short collection so far. I liked all of the stories in it. Normally there are one or two I can live without. I was truly impressed by this one. My first 5 star on a book.

Hi! I'm new to this . . . I havne't got a chance to read G Is For Games but I'm really looking forward to my first discussion with all of you!

Here's Alison Tyler's introduction to G Is for Games. Early birds can chew on this until we get going at 8.


Gambling isn’t something I’m especially good at. Yet I do love a good bet, and I’ve been told that I have a poker face to be proud of. Sure, I adore the rush of the unexpected win, pulling in the pile
of chips with glee. But truthfully, I’m not that bad of a loser. It’s the excitement of playing that turns me on.
Maybe that’s why I like stories about games so much. The give- and-take. The way a player can lose the upper hand in a heartbeat, as in Kristina Wright’s savagely sexy “Seven Minutes in Heaven”:
“Getting tied up should be a prelude to good, kinky sex, not a drunken party game. Unfortunately, this was one party game that had gone horribly wrong. What had sounded like a good idea when they were all doing shots of tequila in the kitchen, laughing and brushing up against each other, seemed like a very, very bad idea when one was tied up and sitting in a dark closet. Tied up and blindfolded. Burke squirmed in the chair and tested his bonds.
No deal—they weren’t budging.”
Some games have rules only one player understands, as in Bonnie Dee’s “Showtime”:”I used to play a game that let me walk on the wild side without actually doing anything too wild. Although in my late twenties, when I put on my old high school uniform and pulled my hair into pigtails, I still looked enticingly illegal. I wore that classic pleated skirt with no panties underneath, slipped my patent-leather shoes on over white bobby socks, buttoned my white Oxford shirt over my braless breasts, and strolled down to the Blue Heron Theater, where the triple-X movies were shown...”
In other games, the rules are created as the players go along, as in Brooke Stern’s “Unfinished Business”:
‘It’s your game, Sarah. I don’t even know if you want to be real.’ ‘I want to be real. I do.’ ‘Then tell me why you’re here.’ “I can’t talk about it, Alex. Just do it to me. Please just do it to me.” “Just do what, Sarah?”
Silence. The rules of the game were very strict. It was her move. Alex couldn’t move for her.”
And then, of course, there’s something to be said for cheating, as in Sheila Dare’s “Play Me”:
She’d lost the game—she’d climaxed first. But he’d cheated. He’d broken the rules and touched her.
Opening her eyes, she said with a smile, “Looks like we’re going to have to play for the best two out of three.”
So get ready, get set...are you feeling lucky? Then go....
XXX, Alison Tyler

can't wait, I need the distraction today. I haven't read this one yet, I have been trying to focus on foreign affairs for next month but I haven't been succeeding with that either lol

Just sitting here dealing with annoying buyers, why do people think neutral is bad feedback?

Hi guys! How is everyone tonight?

Is it time yet?

Hello everyone! I am here tonight as a guest of Ivy Wilde. I obviously have not read the book we'll be discussing, but I certainly look forward to hearing more about it.

Mr. Wilde checking in...

As a guest of Ivy, of course.

Okay, ladies and gentlemen and the rest of us, it's time to start ypur engines! (Is bumper cars a sport or a game or neither? What do you think? For that matter, do you draw a libe between games and sports?

Hello! Akikaze here, or Stephanie if you prefer. My first Naked Reader Book Club meeting! Ivy Wilde invited me and I am so glad for the invite. Wish I read the book, but I would love hear what others have to say. I would like to know about any BDSM scenes if any!

Good evening everybody (or afternoon for the West Coasters)!

NuclearTeapot checking in as a guest of Ivy Wilde!! I am so excited!

My buddy stood me up!