false 11041 37 <div>In Delta of Venus Anaïs Nin penned a lush, magical world where the characters of her imagination possess the most universal of desires and exceptional of talents. Among these provocative stories, a Hungarian adventurer seduces wealthy women then vanishes with their money; a veiled woman selects strangers from a chic restaurant for private trysts; and a Parisian hatmaker named Mathilde leaves her husband for the opium dens of Peru. Delta of Venus is an extraordinarily rich and exotic collection from the master of erotic writing.<br> <br><br><br><br></div> 1369571 book 1977 Delta of Venus total:2517|5:6|4:18|3:20|2:5|1:3| 2517 9297 3451 191 2 17 false false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 24 06:39:56 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 20 06:25:01 -0800 2009 1 Delta of Venus.

-Dude lays in bed early in the morning, and some kids who live in the house come in and horse play ar...more...]]> 5 11 false false Wed Nov 28 15:38:31 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 01 14:14:28 -0800 2007 Little Birds on Valentines Day a couple of years ago. I was surprised to discover that it wasn't raunchy or esoteric at all, but very accessible, very beautiful, and (naturally) very sensual. At an estate sale rece...more...]]> 1 5 false false Thu May 03 16:31:34 -0700 2007 Thu May 03 16:31:34 -0700 2007
It's pretty silly. I imagine college girls trying to copy Dita Von Teese's style read this in a dressin...more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 11:35:44 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 11:38:50 -0800 2008 By Rena Kosnett

Anais Nin would have been 105 this year, and if all the hype is anywhere near accurate, she probably would still be fucking. Every time I overhear or participate in discussions involving Nin, the conversation inevitably tur...more...]]> 3 2 false false Thu Nov 22 15:18:23 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 22 15:18:23 -0800 2007 5 1 false false Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Aug 21 20:41:59 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 20:42:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Wed Apr 25 20:43:12 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 25 20:46:57 -0700 2007
I read it one summer during high school after discovering it in our guestroom closet. I hid the book in my pillowcase so that my mother wo...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Fri Aug 24 11:04:58 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 17:21:28 -0700 2007
so, this week, i was thinking of changing things up, and doing something different instead of my regular "welcome!" thing. but hey, i think i got a good thing going with that. so...

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Deals with some scandalous themes. Incest, necrophilia, pedophilia, rape, bestiality, voyeurism, exhibitionism, so...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1981 Mon Apr 13 11:34:28 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 11:51:21 -0700 2009 For Whom the Bell Tolls...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 00:28:07 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 13:42:07 -0700 2009
I didn't feel that any of the stories in Delta were perverse at all. They were all sexually charged peop...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 27 21:35:42 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 21:40:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1967 Wed Jan 07 09:58:15 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 10:08:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 03 13:10:24 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 13:15:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 10:12:18 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 15:58:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 17:25:09 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 13:08:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 19 18:20:18 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 18:21:13 -0700 2008 By Anis Nin

Vox
By Nicholson Baker

The Professor of Desire
By Philip Roth

Sometimes there’s nothing better than good ‘ol literary smut. I’ve found some books that are the equivalent of Zane for intellectuals. I started off with ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Sep 14 15:24:04 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 24 15:45:07 -0700 2008 Little Birds from an adolescent perspective as a peek behind the mysterious curtain of eroticism, sensuality and fetish. It is from this perspective that I was sorely disappointed by Delta of Venus.

The stories...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 03 19:57:01 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 30 05:22:47 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 05:30:09 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 19:30:19 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 18:19:43 -0700 2009 more...]]>