Oh jeez, too many favorites to count!

Central Registry & The HOstage were by far the two best stories in the book, in my honest opinion.

I also really adored High-Speed Wireless, Metamorphosis, New York Peep Show, The Morning Trade, and The Woman in His Room.

Metamorphosis really stood out to me as the most relate-able story of them all. It was very down to earth and realistic to everyday life. You have the absent, uninterested husband, an annoying, prying mother, and the trademark repressed wife. It was a really believable story about the daily grind, and first times. less

Ugh, they don't always just come banging down your door though. I remember one particularly annoying encounter where my honey & I were taking a walk & two Jehovah's Witnesses on bikes (or Holy Rollers as we call them) came up behind us. We moved out of their path so they could ride on, but they just pulled up beside us, one flanking us, and pedaled at an agonizing pace all the while trying to talk to us about God. After being harassed and followed for a few blocks, we finally ran across the street to lose the suckers. less

Ugh, they don't always just come banging down your door though. I remember one particularly annoying encounter where my honey & I were taking a walk & two Jehovah's Witnesses on bikes (or Holy Rollers as we call them) came up behind us. We moved out of their path so they could ride on, but they just pulled up beside us, one flanking us, and pedaled at an agonizing pace all the while trying to talk to us about God. After being harassed and followed for a few blocks, we finally ran across the street to lose the suckers. less

There's something so enticing about this rebel, lawless girl seducing two Holy Rollers. I love the temptation.

Back to the narration itself, the story is just so well written. "The dumb, miniature replica of Big Ben sounded again. Ignoring it, I bowed low before the coffee god & sucked." I knew I was going to love this story, and the main character, after reading that line near the beginning. Lol! less

I've had them come to my office and ask to leave pamphlets in the common areas. As much as they were polite, I find it odd that they were campussing an industrial/office park. I would think it's fairly common knowledge that nowadays most companies would frown on that because it could offend some people, be considered politically incorrect to allow them but not all other religions, etc. - basically seems like a workplace lawsuit waiting to happen to me. less

Ugh, they don't always just come banging down your door though. I remember one particularly annoying encounter where my honey & I were taking a walk & two Jehovah's Witnesses on bikes (or Holy Rollers as we call them) came up behind us. We moved out of their path so they could ride on, but they just pulled up beside us, one flanking us, and pedaled at an agonizing pace all the while trying to talk to us about God. After being harassed and followed for a few blocks, we finally ran across the street to lose the suckers. less

Ugh, they don't always just come banging down your door though. I remember one particularly annoying encounter where my honey & I were taking a walk & two Jehovah's Witnesses on bikes (or Holy Rollers as we call them) came up behind us. We moved out of their path so they could ride on, but they just pulled up beside us, one flanking us, and pedaled at an agonizing pace all the while trying to talk to us about God. After being harassed and followed for a few blocks, we finally ran across the street to lose the suckers. less

I believe Girls On Top would make a suitable book to read together. However, it seems more like a guilty pleasure to me. Something you can sit down & indulge in when you have a little time to yourself. I know my honey read one or two of the stories, but mostly I commandeered the book & cozied up somewhere by my lonesome. less

It is very well written. Candice is a hero. (had to look her name up lol) When she told them she'd puke on them if they didnt get off her doorstep I thought this is freakin awesome cause I'd never speak those words outloud even though I may think them in my head. less

Welcome to the Naked Reader Book Club! I'm your book club moderator Kristina Wright and I'm putting on my Wonder Woman cape and boots so we can talk about power-- Girl Power, that is! September is Girl Power month in the book club and tonight's discussion is going to make you feel sensually and intellectually empowered! Tonight we tackle female sexual pleasure in fantasy and reality with Violet Blue's scorching hot erotica anthology Girls On Top and her fabulous nonfiction guide The Smart Girl's Guide to the G-Spot.


Girls On Top: Explicit Erotica For Women
Edited by Violet Blue

When lust and desire take control, all bets are off.

Violet Blue is back with another blazing hot set of erotica shorts by women, for women. This commanding collection shows how exciting life can be when a woman takes control of her own pleasure, as in S.J. Frost's "Quarterbacking," an inspiring tale of first-time girl-on-top domination. Foot fetishism and saucy teasing meet in Elizabeth Colvin's "High Heels." B.J. Franklin's portrayal of gripping group sex in "The Hostage" and the delectable exhibitionism in Virgie Tovar's "New York Peep Show" feature women who break all the rules to get off. Filled with surprises, unexpected twists (with nipple clamps and otherwise), and arousing confessionals, Girls on Top confirms that anything is possible when a girl wants, takes, and gets.

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The Smart Girl's Guide to the G-Spot

Violet Blue

It's not a myth, it's a miracle, the G-spot, that powerhouse of female orgasm. With wit and panache, sex educator and best-selling writer Violet Blue helps readers master the sexual alphabet through G. Beginning with an anatomical guide and incorporating suggestions for couple-play, positions, toys, and safer sex, The Smart Girl's Guide to the G-Spot will lead to thrilling new sensations and earth-shaking, bed-breaking, gale force climaxes. As with all her sex guides, Violet includes sections on further reading and recommended videos and DVDs, and practical information on toys and toy shopping. Any girl can unleash her own awesome orgasmic superpower with The Smart Girl's Guide to the G-Spot.

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So, let's talk about female sexual empowerment. What makes a woman sexually empowered-- is it claiming her kinks without shame? Taking charge of a sexual situation? Learning how to sexually pleasure herself and then teaching her lover? What does the phrase "girl on top" mean to you? Is it a position, an attitude, a force of nature? Women take charge of their sexuality in Girls On Top, not just by being sexually dominant-- which they are-- but also by going after their wildest fantasies. What stories in this collection do you think demonstrate your concept of female empowerment?

In The Smart Girl's Guide to the G-Spot the controversial G-spot is explored: what it is, where it is, how to achieve orgasmic bliss from it. Is the G-spot orgasm the holy grail of sexual empowerment? If not, what do you think signifies the ultimate in female sexual liberation? Or is that a silly question and all sex is good sex?

Finally, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the use of "girl" as interchangeable for "woman" in these book titles. Many erotica and sexuality titles come under fire for the use of the word. Do you think Women On Top and The Smart Woman's Guide to the G-Spot would better represent the idea of empowerment in these particular books? Does it matter?

As always, you are invited to participate in the discussion whether you've read the books or not. Drop in and tell us what "girl power" means to you! It promises to be a lively discussion about books, sexual positions, orgasms and all aspects of female sexual empowerment and dominance. Welcome to the club! (Wonder Woman cape and boots are entirely optional!) less

Female sexual empowerment for me meant going around in a circle from first realizing that I could "go out and get what I want" and then realizing (eventually) that what I "wanted" was to be the one that someone else went out and got.

It was good to know I could be the initiator or the aggressor, but I had to learn enough about myself to realize that not being an initiator and not being a "top" did not mean I was a wimp or that I bought into the programming of the "passive female." less

I don't know if the g-spot orgasm is the ultimate in female sexual liberation. In fact, Violet Blue basically says that's a silly idea. I think it is too - sexual liberation is enjoying yourself - not all people enjoy g-spot orgasms.

I have no problem with the word "girls" instead of woman. I think it sounds better for book titles. less

Lol, are you some form of Pagan? That usually does the trick.
I don't play the religion card, mainly because I'm not really religious. I just have a certain set of beliefs that aren't particularly conventional to the average shmoe.

The last straw when they were pestering us was when my honey said "We're really not the sort of people to be preaching to about God", and one of the Holy Rollers turned to us in what I assume was supposed to be an intimidating manner, and inquired, "Oh yeah, why's that?" I wanted to say 'because we're technically lesbians. Because my partner is Transgendered and is getting gender reassignment surgery. Because I review sex toys, & write about vagina's. And also because Christianity has slaughtered and tortured millions of people in the name of this 'God' you speak of.' Instead, we avoided confrontation & jaywalked our happy asses across the street. Ah, how much more interesting life could be, if I thought less & talked more. less

I don't know if the g-spot orgasm is the ultimate in female sexual liberation. In fact, Violet Blue basically says that's a silly idea. I think it is too - sexual liberation is enjoying yourself - not all people enjoy g-spot orgasms.

I have no problem with the word "girls" instead of woman. I think it sounds better for book titles. less

I don't know if the g-spot orgasm is the ultimate in female sexual liberation. In fact, Violet Blue basically says that's a silly idea. I think it is too - sexual liberation is enjoying yourself - not all people enjoy g-spot orgasms.

I have no problem with the word "girls" instead of woman. I think it sounds better for book titles. less