Paura di volare

For whatever reason (possibly because someone I recommended it to wasn't that thrilled by it), I feel a bit like I need to defend this book lately, and since I reviewed it when I first joined this site and most people were writing shorter reviews, I'd like to give it a better write-up. The premise of Leggi tutto

iw69 : hello. i want you now mannyrayner : do we know each other? iw69 : not at all, that's the point. i thought we could just have a completely no-strings-attached sexual encounter for its own sake, and then say goodbye. wouldn't that be poetic and beautiful? mannyrayner : um, well, maybe. i'm sorry, i gu Leggi tutto

I read this shortly after it came out in paperback (probably 1974ish). I probably should reread it when I'm old and gray. Wait, I am old and gray. 😳

Eons ago, I'd heard this book consisted wholely of sex & zipless fucks. Surprise! Jong writes insightfully about the between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place that women resided in during the early 1970s, and at times still do. The protagonist isn't what I consider terribly likable, yet her bold intelligence, Leggi tutto

I found myself walking round this book and poking it nervously instead of reading it. This went on for days. Fear of Flying - famously feisty, fearless, feminist and full of fucking. Also well known to be zipless. It was like having a landmine on the table, if I opened it I could lose a leg, or some Leggi tutto

Rather neglectful of reading duties (I shall admit to this very vulgar crime) for the lethargic days of summer, it was truly a rare treat to sporadically go back to this, a sly and sinful read. Yeah, it is DATED-- but, even in the late 90s, weren't the "Sex and the City" gals, too? That "50 Shades"

20 million copies sold? A seminal feminist classic? I am nothing short of incredulous. I'd say it was the pseudo-intellectual self-absorbed ramblings of a spoilt 29-year-old 'poet' that does not stand the test of time. But let me first say, I'm not one to dole out 1* reviews. This is my first, and as Leggi tutto