I was expecting to love this book based on friend recommendations - but it left me cold. I preferred "Valencia," Michelle Tea's similar tale of early 90's sex work, tattoos and performance art to Jillian Lauren's efforts.I failed to develop sympathy for Lauren, which is surprising, because her st...
Good points: incredibly readable. I finished it in 2 days. Easy style, no big words, no groundbreaking prose. Bad points: The storyline is not full of profound realizations or revelations. She's a sex worker who gets roped into being in a harem. Why only 2 stars: the whole time I keep thinking ab...
Not a literary gem but an interesting memoir nonetheless. Drew me in pretty quickly. The author gives a pretty lucid insight into the sordid goings on and hypocrisy of the Royal Family. All this against the backdrop of her struggle in overcoming her own past and identity crisis fuelled by the lov...
We still have a couple of hours before curfew.” Jake doesn’t answer but raises his eyebrows enigmatically as he pulls out and turns south down Vermont. We slide past gas stations and fast-food joints and Korean strip malls with their mysterious ciphers advertising boba coffee shops and karaoke cl...
