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Gilead:
Oh anyone who hasn't seen it watch cinema paradiso.

If you are not incredibly moved at the end of that film you are literally a soulless husk of a human being.

mishy:
did a search, no one's mentioned these ladies yet. i'd like to recommend two authors.

my favourite book evar is Fistful of Sky by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (sometimes just Nina Hoffman). it's about a young woman coming into powers in a magical family. they don't specifically say "witch" or "magician" or anything specific to the magic system. it's a stand-alone book, something which is so hard to come by these days in any fantasy genre. i've been greedily scooping up all her other books, which is difficult since most are not in print anymore. anyway, she does an interesting spin on interpersonal relationships, and on self-discovery. for the psych-minded of you who are interested in the genre, i highly recommend it.

the other author i'd like to mention is Kelley Armstrong. she writes in the dark fantasy genre: werewolves, witches, sorcerers, half-demons, necromancers. you'll find it in the horror section of Chapters, but it's not really scary so much as suspenseful. the author has the fine art of page-turning figured out: she ends every chapter with something that makes you HAVE to read the start of the next chapter, which just keeps you going. all her main characters are strong females, and all her books are related (except one, in the crime genre) but i started in the middle of the series and it didn't impact my enjoyment of the book i read (i just got the sense that there was this big event that happened before that i could know more about), but she has announced a new book coming out with stories from the men in her books' POVs. they are funny, exciting, and there's usually one (or a few) steamy sex scenes in them, too.

is it just me? :oops: i feel so awkward and self-conscious when i'm reading a steamy scene in a public area, like on a bus or in a waiting room. i start looking around me like everyone can just tell what i'm reading... maybe it's just me.  :|

pen:
Not just you.  I read a lot of smut, usually on my way to work, and it always seems like someone is reading over my shoulder, thinking "Oh, my word!" or something. 

mishy:
glad it's not just me!
i'll bet there's some weird people out there who get a kick out of reading sexual fantasies in public. kind of like public masterbation, but mental and not illegal.
i should probably tap into that potentially lucrative niche market and write some steamy stuff for them...  :wink:

Runs_With_Scissors:
Beautiful Boy. Forgot the author, but I know he writes for the New York Times. His son was a meth addict, and it's a book about the affect it had on his family and everything. It's one of those books that makes your really appreciate the life you have. And it's also really informative, but not in a shove it down your throat sort of way.

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