Naked Reader Book Club Discussion: Dream Lover -- Paranormal Tales of Erotic Romance, Edited by Kristina Wright (October 11, 8-10 PM EST)

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Naked Reader Book Club Discussion: Dream Lover -- Paranormal Tales of Erotic Romance, Edited by Kristina Wright (October 11, 8-10 PM EST)

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Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by sexyintexas
We have had benefits every weekend plus a few family issues...on a good note we raised over $57000 for St. Judes this past weekend.
Holy cow, please tell the Eden Gives Back blog all about that!
10/11/2011
Contributor: Sacchi Sacchi
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Originally posted by sexyintexas
I am dying to hear about some of the stories in this book.
If you haven't read the book yet, what kind of dream lover are you secretly hoping to find in it? Look into your soul...or your libido...
10/11/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by toxie m
Thanks! It's a pretty new development
Lol, nice!
10/11/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by Jul!a
Holy cow, please tell the Eden Gives Back blog all about that!
Ok, I will have all of the pics back by monday. Its a yearly thing our county does. Our riders do the auction and ride. Local bands donate their time friday and saturday plus all of the local cook teams join in. Its amazing. We beat last year by almost 15000.
10/11/2011
Contributor: Sacchi Sacchi
I wouldn't have thought skeletons would be sexy, but txymxy's avatar makes me think again.
10/11/2011
Contributor: LicentiouslyYours LicentiouslyYours
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Originally posted by sexyintexas
Hi Laurel, how are you?
I am great! Busy, busy, busy, but finally home with food just in time for NRBC!

How are you (and everybody else)?
10/11/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by Sacchi
If you haven't read the book yet, what kind of dream lover are you secretly hoping to find in it? Look into your soul...or your libido...
I've always liked the darker side of things. Vampires, things that just seem kind of evil but that you know have a soft side somewhere underneath. Robert Heinlen touched on a lot of sexual issues in his books, as much as he could for the time that he wrote anyway. The guy in Something Wicked This Way Comes that runs the store, I believe his name was Leland was sexier than shit in a strange way fullfilling peoples secret desires. Although that was King.
10/11/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by LicentiouslyYours
I am great! Busy, busy, busy, but finally home with food just in time for NRBC!

How are you (and everybody else)?
Same, busy, busy but still alive so I can't complain.
10/11/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by sexyintexas
Ok, I will have all of the pics back by monday. Its a yearly thing our county does. Our riders do the auction and ride. Local bands donate their time friday and saturday plus all of the local cook teams join in. Its amazing. We beat last year by ... more
That is super awesome. I really can't wait to read about it
10/11/2011
Contributor: Sacchi Sacchi
I suppose a major allure of dream lovers is that they can personify the forbidden, the things you wouldn't ordinarily admit to wanting (except that we writers and readers of dark erotica will admit to a whole lot more than most folks will.)
10/11/2011
Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
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Originally posted by Sacchi
I suppose a major allure of dream lovers is that they can personify the forbidden, the things you wouldn't ordinarily admit to wanting (except that we writers and readers of dark erotica will admit to a whole lot more than most folks will.)
So true! And it's always fun when someone takes us on a mental journey we never imagined.
10/11/2011
Contributor: toxie m toxie m
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Originally posted by Sacchi
I suppose a major allure of dream lovers is that they can personify the forbidden, the things you wouldn't ordinarily admit to wanting (except that we writers and readers of dark erotica will admit to a whole lot more than most folks will.)
Like finding skeletons sexy I think they're sort of romantic, more than anything. They are skeletons in love!

But I absolutely agree. Dream lovers can be all kinds of taboo
10/11/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by Sacchi
I suppose a major allure of dream lovers is that they can personify the forbidden, the things you wouldn't ordinarily admit to wanting (except that we writers and readers of dark erotica will admit to a whole lot more than most folks will.)
True, true. I love the things that people open up to on here. I think that the reason that my husband and I have such a great sex life after all of this time is my personal desire to let him have the control most of the time at home. I run the home without him 5 or 6 days a week and want someone to take complete control when I get the chance to. Plus it probably helps that I have a very open imagination and have always liked things a little darker than most people will admit.
10/11/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by Sacchi
I suppose a major allure of dream lovers is that they can personify the forbidden, the things you wouldn't ordinarily admit to wanting (except that we writers and readers of dark erotica will admit to a whole lot more than most folks will.)
I would agree with that.

I really did enjoy reading it.
10/11/2011
Contributor: Kristina Wright Kristina Wright
Hi Everyone! I'm thrilled Dream Lover is being discussed by my favorite book club!! I have a newborn who refuses to sleep at my convenience, so I'll be popping in and out as I can!

P.S. I've missed you guys!!
10/11/2011
Contributor: Sacchi Sacchi
These stories are a varied lot, which I love, but it's also interesting to see a few similarities handled very differently. I've noticed, in reading reviews, that Shanna Germain's "Devil's Food" and Victoria Janssen's "Vanilla" have been listed as favorites several times. Of course! Chocolate and vanilla! Why wouldn't we dream of tasty foods?

I asked Victoria about her story, and she said:

"Vanilla" started with, well, a vanilla bean. I was in my twenties before I ever baked using a real vanilla bean, and the sensuality of working with one - the rich fragrance clinging to my fingers - was so marvelous it seemed like something that had to go into a story. From there, I worked into the telepathy idea, because sensing another person's sensations telepathically would be both more intense and less cliched than, say, sniffing your lover's fingers. I tied it into older woman, younger man because that was something I wasn't seeing much in erotica, back when I first wrote the story. I wouldn't mind using those characters again; I'm just waiting for the right idea to come along.
10/11/2011
Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
Sorry, I'm late. Hi everyone!
10/11/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by Kristina Wright
Hi Everyone! I'm thrilled Dream Lover is being discussed by my favorite book club!! I have a newborn who refuses to sleep at my convenience, so I'll be popping in and out as I can!

P.S. I've missed you guys!!
Yay!!! Hi Kristina! Congratulations on your new additions. Mommy and baby are doing well I hope.
10/11/2011
Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
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Originally posted by toxie m
Thanks! It's a pretty new development
That is a VERY cool avatar!
10/11/2011
Contributor: Sacchi Sacchi
Hi Kristina! It's a treat to see you here again.
10/11/2011
Contributor: LicentiouslyYours LicentiouslyYours
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Originally posted by Kristina Wright
Hi Everyone! I'm thrilled Dream Lover is being discussed by my favorite book club!! I have a newborn who refuses to sleep at my convenience, so I'll be popping in and out as I can!

P.S. I've missed you guys!!
Hey Kristina!
10/11/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by Ivy Wilde
Sorry, I'm late. Hi everyone!
Hi Ivy! This is one book that I won't miss reading. I will definately be getting it.
10/11/2011
Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
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Originally posted by Sacchi
If you haven't read the book yet, what kind of dream lover are you secretly hoping to find in it? Look into your soul...or your libido...
I've always wanted to have sex with a shape changing dragon.
10/11/2011
Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
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Originally posted by Sacchi
I wouldn't have thought skeletons would be sexy, but txymxy's avatar makes me think again.
Same here.
10/11/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by Ivy Wilde
I've always wanted to have sex with a shape changing dragon.
Shape changers have always fascinated me as well.
10/11/2011
Contributor: toxie m toxie m
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Originally posted by Ivy Wilde
That is a VERY cool avatar!
Aw, thanks
10/11/2011
Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
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Originally posted by LicentiouslyYours
I am great! Busy, busy, busy, but finally home with food just in time for NRBC!

How are you (and everybody else)?
I'm still fighting this pleurisy thing. It sucks. I can't do anything physical or I get out of breath and my chest hurts really badly. Sigh... No trying out new sex toys for a while. But at least I can still read erotica.
10/11/2011
Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
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Originally posted by Kristina Wright
Hi Everyone! I'm thrilled Dream Lover is being discussed by my favorite book club!! I have a newborn who refuses to sleep at my convenience, so I'll be popping in and out as I can!

P.S. I've missed you guys!!
Hi there! We've missed you too!!! But yeah, newborns have their own agendas, and they win every time.

Glad you could make it! Loved the book!
10/11/2011
Contributor: Sacchi Sacchi
Hi Ivy! Glad you could make it.
10/11/2011
Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
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Originally posted by Ivy Wilde
I'm still fighting this pleurisy thing. It sucks. I can't do anything physical or I get out of breath and my chest hurts really badly. Sigh... No trying out new sex toys for a while. But at least I can still read erotica.
Whenever I got pleurisy I would take anaprox, now known as Aleve. Two of those can fix anything. LOL Get well!!! I know how painful that is.
10/11/2011