Look What I Found!!

You know how you open your email, (or get an email buzz to your phone) and roll your eyes at the email from an organization that somewhere along the way you've signed up for their newsletter but have lost interest? You keep saying to yourself, "I'm going to unsubscribe," but you put it off a million times until FINALLY you decide to put an end to it?

Well - that happened to me this morning. As soon as I saw this email, I scrolled to the bottom and clicked on unsubscribe, determined to stop these messages from cluttering my inbox. It was some author site I'd signed up for a couple of years ago. Once I got there, of course they were ready for me with all kinds of benefits of belonging to the group. That got me to thinking and just like *snap* that  I got sidetracked and I typed my name in the search box. Here is what I found:

Five Star Rating for - A Little Hurt Ain't Never Hurt Nobody
This was kind of an amazing book, and here is all I can say about it. This novel belongs to a particular genre that I am not very familiar with. To give context as to why I read it, I'll just say I was in a Master's course that explored information seeking behavior in a cultural and societal context, so there was a lot of reading. Some how I chose this book, because somehow, just by the cover, it didn't make sense. I was curious. What was this book? The title didn't even make any sense, and not just because it was a double negative, but in addition to the fact that it was a double negative. Obviously, hurt by definition is harmful (it hurts you). But to flaunt that paradox seemed kind of bold. I found that fascinating. I don't want to ruin it for you, but if you want to learn why this title makes sense, read it. Go for it. It's not that expensive, I even found my copy at the public library. 

Here are some awesome things about it:
The main character's name is Jream (pronounced like dream).
The entire prologue is just a few pages and is about Jream's husband "battling lung disease," and delicately brutal.
A lot of it takes place in a lingerie shop for married people. 
It's neat how they try and deal with female sexuality through a Christan framework. 

I am totally serious, not joking. I liked this book a lot. 
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Wow! God just keeps ON being good to me!  I think I will hold back on the unsubscribe a little bit longer.


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