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Eat Me
Eat Me: Text Classics | Linda Jaivin
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First published in 1995, Eat Me became an instant international bestsellerand caused a scandal in the US. Julia is a photographer, Chantal edits a fashion magazine, Helen is a feminist academic and Philippa is a writer. These four friends haunt the cafs of inner-city Sydney, eyeing the passing talent and swapping outlandish tales. Sexy, intelligent, predatory, they are women of their timebut can we believe their wild and wicked descriptions of their erotic exploits? Linda Jaivin's sizzling debut plays havoc with our ideas of truth, sex and power. With a new introduction by Krissy Kneen, author of Affection and Triptych.
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Eat Me: Text Classics | Linda Jaivin
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I stole this book from my sister in my teens because I guess I thought, "Oooh, naughty" ?. To this day, I have not read it. Flipped through it just now, this was the opening paragraph: "She ran her fingers over the fresh figs. Surprising little sacs they were. Funny, dark and wrinkled, yet so exquisite on the tongue. Mother Nature had surely been thinking of Father Nature when she invented figs." ???

#desire #nuyear @TrishB @Cinfhen

Moray_Reads 😮😂 sounds like a gem 7y
batsy @Moray_Reads I can't get over the "thinking of Father Nature" bit ? 7y
TrishB Can‘t get that out of my head now .....😱 7y
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batsy @TrishB So sorry if I've ruined figs for you and everyone else 😂 7y
Kaye 😳 YUK. ( Note : pay no attention. I‘m an old lady and find Harlequins too racey. ) Give me a disgruntled wife that wants to part her husband‘s hair with an electric knife, and you‘ve got a good story. 😮 7y
batsy Lol @kaye I prefer those stories, too 😁 A few pages later someone is comparing her own body parts to fruit... Leave the fruits alone, I say! 7y
quietlycuriouskate Oh, my! Please don't quote any more of it or I'll stop eating fruit and will end up with scurvy. 😱 7y
Tanisha_A "Mother nature had been thinking of father nature when she invented figs". Okay, I can't stop laughing! ? What the! 7y
batsy @River_Voice So I shouldn't share the part about grapes? 😂😂🍇 7y
batsy @Tanisha_A Right? 😆 7y
KaatjeH 😂🤣 7y
LauraBeth Those may be THE worst sentences ever written! 😂 7y
MatchlessMarie 😏😅 7y
Christine11 Wow 😮😂🤣 7y
Cinfhen Wow!!!! 😜😂😂 7y
GripLitGrl 😂😂😂 oh my! Glad it's not fig season in freezing NJ. My trip to the farmers market would not be the same if i were able to go today. 7y
batsy @LauraBeth Truly! 🙈 7y
batsy @GripLitGrl Bahaha, I apologise again 😂 7y
REPollock I love that you swiped a dirty-looking book yet still have not read it! Gotta admit, food comparisons in “sexy” scenes always make me 👀😱 7y
RohitSawant Oh man. 😂 That sentence deserves a Razzie award. But then again, I'd be afraid to let the writer formulate her thoughts around a Golden Raspberry. 🤣 7y
rubyslippersreads Bleah ... 7y
erzascarletbookgasm I‘m glad I don‘t fancy figs 7y
Reggie Lololololol thanks for the wake up laugh @batsy 7y
batsy @REPollock Yes! I regret not reading it when I was younger, I wouldn't have minded the fruit comparisons then, I think? 🤔😂 7y
batsy @rohit-sawant Stop 😂😂 7y
batsy @Reggie You're welcome! 😁 7y
Nat_Reads 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 7y
LeahBergen 😂😂😂 7y
merelybookish What's the gag emoji? 7y
mcipher Oh that sounds like a hilarious and fun book!! 😂 7y
batsy @mcipher I'm thinking I need to read this at some point after I've had a few drinks 😂 7y
readordierachel OMG. Too good 😂 7y
mcipher And then post more excerpts! 7y
batsy @mcipher I'll be hugely unpopular 😂😂 7y
mcipher No way! Huge cult following! 😝 7y
Suet624 Speaking of reading it when drunk, have you listened to My Dad Wrote a Porno? 7y
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Tav
Eat Me: Text Classics | Linda Jaivin
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A bit remarkable to find a collection of erotica in a free little library. Found in Jasper, Alberta.

LeahBergen Are you in Jasper? My home province! 👍🏼 7y
Zelma For every book it's reader. 😆 7y
SilversReviews What an adorable Little Library. 7y
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Tav @LeahBergen yes! We spent a week in Alberta on vacation! A lovely place. 7y
Tav @Zelma I read it years ago and thought it was great! 7y
Tav @SilversReviews isn't it? 7y
SilversReviews @Tav yes. Love it. 7y
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Tav
Eat Me: Text Classics | Linda Jaivin
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Happy 3rd birthday to my favorite (and local) indie bookshop, @AstoriaBookshop ! Here is my #astoriapicksthree themed list. Topic: books about sex. Fun fact: I read Taming the Beast while on a transoceanic flight sitting next to my mom. I had to keep leaning away from her so she wouldn't see the pages! 🔥

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