The joy of sexy fiction, by women for women | Letters

Readers respond to a piece by Zoe Williams in which she reflects on reading smut and notes how attitudes have changedIn her article on reading smut, Zoe Williams focuses on the difference between romance and erotica (My weeks of reading hornily: steamy book sales have doubled - and I soon found out why, 6 August. To my mind, that misses the point. For me, it is about the difference between “good” smut and … well, just smut.I am a 54-year-old Cambridge English literature graduate and I feel I have only just “discovered” smut when reading Sarah J Maas’s wonderful Acotar (A Court of Thorns and Roses) series earlier this year (by the way, those are the SJM books Williams should have chosen for her article, not the young adult Throne of Glass series, which has very little sex, in light of their intended audience). Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2024-08-09 16:55:05 UTC ]
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New Science Fiction Fantasy Releases and Houses Filled With Horror

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Nonfiction Women Writers for DAYS!

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Page Street Makes First Foray into Adult Fiction with Horror Line

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New Historical Fiction by Black Authors

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Two Decades After Shaking Up Hollywood, the Black List Sets Its Sights on Fiction

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August’s Best Reviewed Fiction

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9 of the Most Polarizing Science Fiction Books to Love or Hate

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New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books

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