Naked Reader Book Club Discussion: Foreign Affairs, Edited by Mitzi Szereto (August 23, 8-10 PM EST)

Contributor: Top Kat Top Kat
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Originally posted by Sacchi
I'm glad you like them, Top Kat. I've got one more, in fact, about how Debra Hyde came to write about Romania, and then I'll be done with cutting-and-pasting and be running entirely barefoot.


Debra Hyde

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This is a tender, thoughtful look at the backstory. Thank you for sharing this.
08/23/2011
Contributor: Blue Koi Blue Koi
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Originally posted by Sacchi
I'm glad you like them, Top Kat. I've got one more, in fact, about how Debra Hyde came to write about Romania, and then I'll be done with cutting-and-pasting and be running entirely barefoot.


Debra Hyde

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That's the kind of backstory that'll make reading "Remembering Andrei" much richer for me. Thanks.
08/23/2011
Contributor: Liz Langley Liz Langley
It does...Romania is way up on the list of places I'd like to go to...
08/23/2011
Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
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Originally posted by Blue Koi
That's the kind of backstory that'll make reading "Remembering Andrei" much richer for me. Thanks.
So true! I'm really enjoying these stories!
08/23/2011
Contributor: LicentiouslyYours LicentiouslyYours
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Originally posted by Mitzi Szereto
Well, folks, it's hitting 2am and my coach turned into a pumpkin 2 hours ago. I'd best head off to bed. If I missed responding to anyone, I apologise. I've been scrambling to and fro in these threads to answer people. Hopefully I caught ... more
Good night Mitzi and thanks so much for staying up late to visit with us!
08/23/2011
Contributor: Yaoi Pervette (deleted) Yaoi Pervette (deleted)
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Originally posted by removedacnt
So true! I'm really enjoying these stories!
Same here. It's always fun to hear what is behind the creative process.
08/23/2011
Contributor: Top Kat Top Kat
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Originally posted by Liz Langley
It does...Romania is way up on the list of places I'd like to go to...
The book and this discussion make me want to travel and have adventures.
08/23/2011
Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
So does anyone else have a place they would now like to visit because of this book?

What about a place you would never have considered romantic or erotic that you now do?
08/23/2011
Contributor: Petite Valentine Petite Valentine
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Originally posted by Top Kat
The book and this discussion make me want to travel and have adventures.
The "and have adventures" part is key.
08/23/2011
Contributor: Petite Valentine Petite Valentine
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Originally posted by removedacnt
So does anyone else have a place they would now like to visit because of this book?

What about a place you would never have considered romantic or erotic that you now do?
Roswell!

ETA: I have no desire to visit, but it certainly was the surprise destination of the book.
08/23/2011
Contributor: Yaoi Pervette (deleted) Yaoi Pervette (deleted)
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Originally posted by Petite Valentine
Roswell!

ETA: I have no desire to visit, but it certainly was the surprise destination of the book.
I've always imagined Roswell to be this relatively normal place that just attracts some characters, because of an event that happened long ago.
08/23/2011
Contributor: Yaoi Pervette (deleted) Yaoi Pervette (deleted)
Another strange place for an erotic story is the Holy Land. Doesn't exactly scream erotic to me. The only place I can think of that would less even less erotic would be the Vatican.
08/23/2011
Contributor: Petite Valentine Petite Valentine
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Originally posted by Yaoi Pervette (deleted)
I've always imagined Roswell to be this relatively normal place that just attracts some characters, because of an event that happened long ago.
"One Day on 375" is as far from normal as it gets.
08/23/2011
Contributor: Blue Koi Blue Koi
I've really enjoyed tonight's wide ranging conversation, but it's time for me to swim away. "See" you all next time.
08/23/2011
Contributor: Yaoi Pervette (deleted) Yaoi Pervette (deleted)
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Originally posted by Blue Koi
I've really enjoyed tonight's wide ranging conversation, but it's time for me to swim away. "See" you all next time.
Good night!
08/23/2011
Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
Roswell? That does sound interesting. And definitely not a place I would pick for an erotic rendezvous. LOL!

I agree about the Holy Land as well.
08/23/2011
Contributor: Sacchi Sacchi
There are many lovely stories in Foreign Affairs that are free of angst yet brimming with sensuality and featuring sympathetic characters. My favorite may be "Ukiyo," a story with a bisexual bent about a female academic in Japan on business who discovers the joys that come with the Japanese pereption of foriegn businesswomen as being a "third sex." I'll have to get Donna to give me some back ground comments sometime. Here's a sample of her beautifully delicate style:

The evening sky stretches over us, a bolt of violet silk fading to silver. Young waiters murmur excuses as they bring course after course: slices of sea bream and fluffy, snow-white conger sailing on a miniature boat of ice, eggplant and broiled river eel, wisps of ivory-colored noodles in chilled soy broth.
Yutaka pours more cold sake into my cup, a small work of art in itself with frothy air bubbles suspended like jewels in the depths of the thick glass. “What other pleasures shall we rediscover?"
08/23/2011
Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
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Originally posted by Blue Koi
I've really enjoyed tonight's wide ranging conversation, but it's time for me to swim away. "See" you all next time.
Thank you for joining us Blue Koi! Always a pleasure to have you. Hope to see you again in a couple of weeks!
08/23/2011
Contributor: Top Kat Top Kat
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Originally posted by removedacnt
So does anyone else have a place they would now like to visit because of this book?

What about a place you would never have considered romantic or erotic that you now do?
The Middle East, definitely!
08/23/2011
Contributor: Petite Valentine Petite Valentine
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Originally posted by Yaoi Pervette (deleted)
Another strange place for an erotic story is the Holy Land. Doesn't exactly scream erotic to me. The only place I can think of that would less even less erotic would be the Vatican.
I think the author, Tabitha Flyte, does a great job of addressing what people imagine when they think 'Holy Land' compared to the reality of it.
08/23/2011
Contributor: oldhippy oldhippy
For my first meeting/forum, this has been quite enjoyable and interesting.
Thank you to everyone for a very pleasant time. See you all again at the next forum.
08/23/2011
Contributor: Kayla Kayla
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Originally posted by oldhippy
For my first meeting/forum, this has been quite enjoyable and interesting.
Thank you to everyone for a very pleasant time. See you all again at the next forum.
Congrats on making it to your first!
08/23/2011
Contributor: Top Kat Top Kat
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Originally posted by Sacchi
There are many lovely stories in Foreign Affairs that are free of angst yet brimming with sensuality and featuring sympathetic characters. My favorite may be "Ukiyo," a story with a bisexual bent about a female academic in Japan on business ... more
This is a another favorite that really took me away...
08/23/2011
Contributor: Yaoi Pervette (deleted) Yaoi Pervette (deleted)
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Originally posted by Petite Valentine
I think the author, Tabitha Flyte, does a great job of addressing what people imagine when they think 'Holy Land' compared to the reality of it.
I read Ivy's review of this book, and this story wasn't her favorite, but I have to admit it piqued my curiosity. It sounded as though it revolved around a rather mismatched couple.
08/23/2011
Contributor: Petite Valentine Petite Valentine
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Originally posted by Sacchi
There are many lovely stories in Foreign Affairs that are free of angst yet brimming with sensuality and featuring sympathetic characters. My favorite may be "Ukiyo," a story with a bisexual bent about a female academic in Japan on business ... more
I would be very interested to hear her comments. I thought her story was one of the best at transporting the reader to a foreign location.
08/23/2011
Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
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Originally posted by Petite Valentine
I think the author, Tabitha Flyte, does a great job of addressing what people imagine when they think 'Holy Land' compared to the reality of it.
Congratulations Petite Valentine. You're our second winner of a $25 Edenfantasys gift card tonight. Please email me at Liz @Edenfantasys.com
08/23/2011
Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
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Originally posted by oldhippy
For my first meeting/forum, this has been quite enjoyable and interesting.
Thank you to everyone for a very pleasant time. See you all again at the next forum.
Thank you for joining us this evening Oldhippy! Hope to see you again in a couple of weeks.
08/23/2011
Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
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Originally posted by Top Kat
The Middle East, definitely!
That does sound exotic.
08/23/2011
Contributor: Sacchi Sacchi
I understand Mitzi wanting more stories in far-off places with different cultures, but I didn't mind having some set in North America. After all, there are places here that seem exotic to those of us living at considerable distances from them. The Grand Canyon, for instance, fascinates me--I've even written about bondage sex on a ledge partway down the canyon-- and there are other areas of the southwest that awe me, even though--or probably especially because--i've only managed to visit them briefly or not at all.
08/23/2011
Contributor: Petite Valentine Petite Valentine
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Originally posted by Yaoi Pervette (deleted)
I read Ivy's review of this book, and this story wasn't her favorite, but I have to admit it piqued my curiosity. It sounded as though it revolved around a rather mismatched couple.
I'm avoiding other reviews for the moment since I'm working on mine (it's late ). The term mismatched couple applies in several senses, but I'll be quiet since you haven't read it yet.
08/23/2011