false <![CDATA[Belinda]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168274769m/31334.jpg 31334 8 An erotic and controversial tale of seduction and obsession from the best-selling author of Exit to Eden. Belinda is the ultimate fantasy. A golden-haired object of desire, fresh and uninhibited. But to Jeremy Walker, a handsome and famous 44-year old illustrator of children's books, Belinda is a forbidden passion, both beguiling and bewitching. 1006203 1986 Belinda total:2007|5:414|4:477|3:657|2:335|1:124| 2007 6743 2547 99 4 2 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Tue Sep 18 12:51:19 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 12:55:48 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1997 Thu Sep 20 10:25:58 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 08 15:10:33 -0800 2008 Jeremy Walker, a handsome and famous 44-year old illustrator of children's books becomes totally obsessed with>>
Belinda the ultimate fantasy. A golden-haired object of desire, fresh and uninhibite...more...]]> 2 3 false false Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Wed Aug 15 10:53:05 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 10:57:09 -0700 2007 Belinda is the story of a middle aged man and his teenage girlfriend. I read this because someone told me it was really good and pushed a lot of boundaries. My time would have been better spent watching re-runs of Bea...more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Jun 10 06:36:37 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 06:47:36 -0700 2008
It's been called Lolita-esque, but Rice isn't even close to the writer Nabakov was. It's been called erotic, but I didn't find it so. It's been called seductive, but I was not seduced.

There's no depth to this story. No reaso...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Thu Jan 29 14:12:50 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 14:16:42 -0800 2009 I liked this story and found it incrediably interesting and I could hardly put it down. It is really a different type of book.
Best way for me to describe this book, listen to the song Lullabye (Rock-a-Bye) by Sha...more...]]> 1 1 false false Thu Apr 17 16:08:02 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 16:08:53 -0700 2008 1 1 false false Thu Sep 20 09:40:36 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 02 23:47:43 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 10:28:06 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 20:29:12 -0800 2009 If you pick up this book keep an open mind. Jeremy is not a perv and this is no regular 16 year old girl. She has lived and lived hard in her short 16 years. I loved them. Great plot, fleshed out Characters. I could actually...more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 06:32:45 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 17:41:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Aug 15 17:08:50 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 18:30:16 -0700 2007
If you prefer a more Real Life angsty story with a fairly nice end over Rice's Over the top supernatural bru-ha-ha, look no further. Unless, of course, you are squicked by a teenage girl sleeping with and being i...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Aug 19 14:37:48 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 14:41:14 -0700 2009
That said, reading a love story between a 16...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Feb 25 16:14:52 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 16:14:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 12:32:14 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 12:35:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jun 25 23:38:26 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 00:56:31 -0700 2008
Actually, what lies within this book is a very engaging story about a teenage girl and her love affair with a middle-aged ch...more...]]> 5 0 false true Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Oct 19 14:46:09 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 14:48:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 21:00:47 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 08:59:13 -0700 2009
Okay I'm giving it 2 stars because the last 60-70 pages were actually good. Otherwise I probably would have given 1 star. Not completely horrible but not anywhere near the othe...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 13:45:35 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 07:40:25 -0700 2009 ]]> 0 0 false false Sun Jan 04 13:19:08 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 13:20:26 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 08:57:44 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 08:57:44 -0700 2009 4 4 0 false false Fri Apr 10 10:14:17 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 10:15:12 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=31334