Prepare to get wild! It's Erotica Week here at TBQ's Book Palace as part of my 4 year blogoversary celebration!

This post kicks off the rest of the week's events. Plus, did I mention there's a giveaway involved? :) Read on!

Oh, and for all my international readers--check out this post for your chance to win during my blogoversary. :)



Erotica--the mere word sends some readers running, others cringing. Why? Well, one of two reasons. 1) They don't know what the genre is really about (hint, the answer is not, surprisingly, sex) or 2) They've had a bad experience with an "erotica" novel in the past.

For the longest time, I wouldn't touch an erotica novel. It wasn't necessarily the idea of tons of hot, explicit sex that turned me away, but rather a few bad examples that I saw at the time. I don't recall author names or titles, but they were ones I found on Amazon while searching through the erotica page.

Let me tell ya, if you are ever bored out of your mind and you need something to take your mind away, search through erotica on Amazon--they have some freaky ones on there! I'd never read any of them, but it's comical and yet scary-weird to see some of the titles and covers that these books get.

Anyway, it wasn't until I started talking to other readers that I started to experiment (hehe) in erotica novels. At first, the novels I read were more of what some would term as "really sexy romances" rather than erotica.

But that brings up the question of "What makes a book 'erotica' and not a 'steamy romance' instead?", and I'm not going to go there--not today at least, as that is a whole post by itself! :)

Soon, I was reading a few of the dirtier books out there. ;)

But I have to say, I only read certain erotica novels. Just like with any other book, if it has flaws, if it's not well written, if something is brought up in the book that I personally cannot stand, I won't read it. Sometimes, even in erotica, I can't stand seeing nothing but sex, with no storyline, no character development, nothing. When I see a book that is like that, I see "porno", not erotica. Maybe that's just me, though...

Finding a good erotica novel is, perhaps, a bit harder than finding a good historical, but there are tons of books out there to choose from. One just has to be willing to look, to ask their friends and fellow readers, to take a risk on a book, even if it's just once. If you don't know what you like (or don't like) how can you expect to find a good book in this deeply pleasurable genre? ;)

Earlier this year I read a book for NOR. It was one that I requested, and I don't know what made me decide to read it--the cover or the summary. Both are great! :)

The book in question? Spliced by Robin Leigh Miller.

As soon as I started reading it, I never looked back. I think I put the book down only a few times, and then only because I *had* to. I was hooked! The story was great, the emotions were real, the lovin' was oh-so-sexy! I was crying, I was panting, I was all over the place--and loving every minute of it!

By the end, I was literally worn out, but in a good way. I had to sit for a while, think about what I had just read. It took me more than a week to write that review, and I still don't think it did the book justice!

I even contacted Robin after my review went up, asking if she'd be a guest here on the blog. Robin is great, very kind, and she agreed to do not only an interview but a guest post as well. Thanks again! :)

I loved this book, and while I haven't yet done a re-read, I know I will!

Picking a prize for erotica week was hard--I haven't read that many, to be honest, and some of the ones I have read and loved have been read by many already. I wanted to showcase one that was, perhaps, a bit less well known, and this one seemed like the perfect choice. I could have done one of Lora Leigh's many books, or Emma Holly's, or...well, you get the point.

Instead, I went with a novel that I really loved, and one that I hope you will, too! :) Happy Reading!





 

*This book is only available as an e-book at this time. Winner will choose either a NOOK or Kindle edition. IF they have a different e-reader, they may receive a copy from the publisher or ARe instead.






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Until Next Time,
 
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