Yesterday we did secret santa at work. The idea behind our secret santa is to spend no more than five pounds and it’s usually something funny or mickey taking. Some colleagues spend all year watching and waiting for the rest of us to say or do something ridiculous in preparation for this time. Even though I write, I find I don’t have much imagination when it comes to the task of secret santa buying, It’s not something I relish at all. It’s also quite an odd feeling about what others will find funny and who won’t.
Anyway, this year I have been quite vocal on the topic of not reading Fifty Shades Of Grey. I’ve point blank refused to jump on the bandwagon. I don’t read raunchy for raunchy sake anyway, and after hearing about men wanting women to sign contracts and being told what to eat, I got on my high horse about intelligent women reading this and still fancying the main character. All said without having read a word.
Well, after that, you can easily guess what my secret santa brought me this year can’t you?
Yes, I have my very own copy of Fifty Shades of Grey!
Now, do I read it? Skim it? Or stick to my own reading habits and leave a brand new book untouched in my house?
What a decision. Maybe someone should have gifted me a contract telling me what to do as well.
Go through with a red pen and edit it! Make notes on how you’d do the story differently or something like that. Unleash your inner editor. End results might be very amusing.
I love that idea! See if a good writer could have made the book readable!
I do like the red pen idea. It might be rather fun! 🙂
I love the red pen idea! Thanks Patricia, I may actually do that 🙂
OH MY! Holy Cow! : )
Sorry I shouldn’t tease.
I honestly tried to approach it with an open mind.
It wasn’t for me, I didn’t get past the Kindle sample, but I know a lot of women loved it.
Give it a go? See if all your suspicions pan out. And if you hate it, well you have emergency loo paper. Yay!
It’s scary how many women loved it!
Rebecca – Oh, my! Well, you could get a cockatiel or parakeet if you don’t have one and use it for bird cage lining. Then see if your new friend learned any of those interesting words. 😉 Perhaps I’m not being fair, but…
Haha! I think you’re being perfectly fair 🙂
What a heck of a gift! Maybe you can donate it to the library.
I think they might even think twice about it!
You could use it to kill roaches…
We do get the odd spider in the house…. 🙂
This is why we stopped doing Secret Santa at my work! LOL.
I did read this– a borrowed copy– for science. I had to know: What is it about this book that makes women want to read it? The answers made me sad, but all the more determined (and confident, I might add) to write something better.
My suggestion–skim it–for science. 😉
I don’t know about being determined to be a better writer, I think I’m going to come away wanting to be a better woman. It sounds horrific.
Haha! Oh, do read it, Rebecca. It’s not my usual reading material either, but I read the first to see what all the fuss is about. It’ll make you slap the back of your neck a few times and stretch your eyelids back if nothing else!
Have a wonderful family Christmas, my friend. Look forward to catching up again in the New Year.
Jx
Thank you Jane. Wishing you and yours a wonderful Christmas time x
As for the book, I’m really not sure I could put myself through that much torture.
He he he, I think you should read it, for research purposes 😉
Xx
It seems to be the consensus. It worries me! 😉
I read book one because I wanted know how NOT to write a novel 😉
It’s good to read brilliant prose and be influenced by it, but you can learn a lot from 50 Shades 😉
Xx
I am not interested, so don’t send it to me. Do a giveaway and resist temptation! LOL 🙂
A giveaway is an interesting idea Glynis. It worries me that I may get more blog hits for that than for anything though!
Skim it. Read the sex. Roll your eyes and see that you were right all along. At least this way you will be well informed and right. 🙂
You’re right, if I do read it, there will probably be lots of eye rolling and mutterings coming from me!