50 Shades of Embarrassed?

Porn? Smut? Good? 

Embarrassed by the book everyone is talking about?

Dearest blog readers, I am only somewhat ashamed to say I am currently reader the most talked about "porn book". 50 Shades of Grey. Even more ashamedly I am actually a little bit hooked! Let me explain, I first picked up the book because everyone around me was talking about it, at work, on the radio and even my second cousin was reading it whilst she was staying at ours for the week... however I had not been told just how bad it was going to be, nor how addicive!

A lot of people who haven't read the book are instantly judging it as straight up porn, those who are reading it seem to think it's the best thing since Jacqueline Wilson  (Yes I spellchecked her name).

So the question I pose to you, my ever valued and totally sensible blog-readers is "Should we be ashamed to admit to reading such "smut"?" as my darling father likes to call it! I'd like to say no, because oddly enough I'm not - however if I had come across it in a dodgy section of Waterstones I probably wouldn't have picked it up, actually I wouldn't be anywhere near a dodgy section in Waterstone FULL STOP.  But the innocent looking cover and the seemingly harmless name almost encouraged me to pick it up, plus the fact I was desperate for a good read and it was only £6 in Hmv, on display right by the counter... yeah I think it's safe to say the family-friendly Hmv staff probably haven't read it, if they had then it wouldn't be shown so prominently in store, that or all the female members of the staff would be hidden behind the counter eagrly reading away ignoring all the male customers who probably don't have the faintest idea about the book.

The plot itself is actually quite interesting, it's another one of those unlikely scenarios where a young collage student in America stumbles into the life of a rich and famous (not to mention totally gorgeous) business man who becomes quite smitten with her - at least, that's what happens in the first four chapters! From then on it's a twisted world of shackles and somewhat grotesque descriptions of sex, not to mention various contracts outlining sexual acts I had never even heard of before!(Which will probably be of great relief to my parents)

I'm actually only about 3/4 of the way through the book and so I have no idea what the ending holds but I reassure you I have the 2nd and 3rd book in the series ordered and awaiting dispatch so if it ends on a cliffhanger I can continue my avid interest in a series which was probably written for bored housewives who don't see much change in their daily bedroom routine!

So readers, friends and haters! This book seriously isn't for the fainthearted or squeemish as it will probably leave you questioning why you're reading about such crazy sex acts - and proabably very scared that somewhere deep down inside you, you find Mr. Grey just as attractive as Ana does in the book... but don't worry, I think  everyone reading this will be in the same boat as you! (Unless they are male... in which case they would probably just be thinking about the sex, goodluck girlfriends of the unlucky few!)

So I'm off to bed, or maybe to read some more, but probably bed! My last bit of advice? Girls, you might as well give it a go! You never know you may become as totally horrified but as completely engrossed as I seem to be! But hey, if you don't want to read it - you could always go see it on the big screen!

xox 

HarrietCorey