List-mania

I mentioned that Carrie’s Story just made sheknows.com’s 12-must-read-erotic-novels list, and romance writer told me that actually, my motormouth BDSM heroine is on seven other lists on Goodreads, including (I’m just saying) “Instead of 50 Shades of Gray.” Yes, well, and then there was the Daily Beast list I stumbled on a few months ago called “Sexier than…” well, than you-know-what wildly popular book.

But my favorite list I’ve ever been on was Playboy’s intentionally provocative “25 Sexiest Novels Ever Written.” The original web page is no longer online, but Amazon picked it up, so if you’re interested, there I am (as Molly) as #12, between Vladimir Nabokov (Lolita) and Erica Jong (Fear of Flying).

And here’s what Playboy editor Jim Petersen, who chose the list, told Susie Bright about why he chose Carrie’s Story:

SB: My friend Pam Rosenthal, who wrote Carrie’s Story under the pseudonym of Molly Weatherfield, is thrilled to bits you picked her novel for the list. What made Carrie stand out among so many others of S/M romances that have been published since Story of O?

JP:  I once went on a tour of San Francisco with a reporter who wanted my views on strip bars, fern bars, and gay bars.

There was a moment where we watched a string of topless dancers, and one woman came out and grabbed us by the eyeballs. She dominated. I could see “the intelligence behind the entertainment”— and that’s  why I responded to Carrie. I loved her attitude, intelligence, eye for detail. She was alive, compared to O— a story that is like watching a suicide.

Thrilled to bits. Yeah, that’s just about right. Jim, I love your attitude, intelligence, and eye for detail as well.

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