I got my first blog response!! Yay!!! And it wasn't "show us your tits!" Double yay!!!
Briowink asked, “Hi Author Freya, other than erotica (or smut), what do you enjoy reading? Favorite books, genres, or authors? Thanks!”
Thank you for the great question, Briowink, but first, I want to muse on the screen name, Briowink.
As I say it in my head, I am subdividing it into two parts, “brio” and “wink.” Brio means “vigor or vivacity of style or performance.” And no, I didn’t know that off the top of my head. But the internet has all the answers to everything. And “wink,” well, that’s a wink.
So, Briowink is a healthy (vigor), attractively lively (vivacious), and stylish winker.
Interesting.
Of course, one could subdivide that screen name up differently. Like “Bri” as short for Brian, “ow” as in the exclamation used to express sudden pain, and “ink” meaning the slang term for a tattoo. So, maybe Brian is expressing the pain he experienced while getting a recent tattoo?
Also, interesting. Maybe even more interesting than the stylish winker.
But I digress.
Other than smut, what do I enjoy reading?
Well, I rarely read any erotica. I write it. If I have the time to read, then I have the time to write. Also, I don’t want another author’s ideas to infiltrate mine. I don’t actively avoid reading any, but it’s just not something that I do as a hobby.
But I do read!
The back of breakfast cereal boxes.
How I can save hundreds on car insurance.
The riot act.
I love to read that one.
But seriously, folks…
Lately, I’ve been very interested in biographies and autobiographies. I go to thrift stores or used bookstores and just scan the biography section and see what jumps out at me.
I recently read a VERY wacky one written by Jim Carrey and Dana Vachon called “Memoirs and Misinformation.” It is a completely wacky and crazy fictional story that draws into it such wild elements as a hooker who cosplays as Marilyn Monroe, a devastating forest fire, Charlie Chaplin’s cane, aliens, dinosaur bones, a ton of celebrities doing nutty stuff… It’s completely bonkers. And it’s no wonder that I liked it.
I am currently reading the autobiography of Anthony Kiedis, the singer/songwriter in the Red Hot Chili Peppers rock band. It’s interesting, but mostly in an almost repellent way. The book is well-written and is holding my interest (so far!), but there’s an awful lot of casual drug use and it really paints a picture of Mr. Kiedis as… maybe just a not very good person? I don’t know. The jury’s still out on whether I’ll finish the book or just abandon it.
Along those lines, a book that I read that I did like a lot was “Me” by Elton John. Of course it contained plenty of interesting stories, but one thing that I respected about the book (as well as Sir Elton Hercules John – and how can you NOT love someone who legally changed his name to include Hercules??) was that he painted his copious drug use as bad. He owned all of his poor choices right from the start.
I know that my views on this are biased, but my blog, my views!
What are some books that you all like to read?
Any recommendations for me?
Love, Frey