See the entire article here ► Awards: Bad Sex in Fiction Award Shortlist
But, in case you feel an overwhelming need to read some bad sex (My husband would say there's no such thing as "bad" sex) here is the list with my affiliate Amazon links:
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| Mr. Peanut |
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| Golden Mean |
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon
Maya by Alastair Campbell
A Life Apart by Neel Mukherjee
Heartbreak by Craig Raine*
The Shape of Her by Rowan Somerville*
Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross  |
| Slap |
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| Freedom |
(not available directly from Amazon)
all book covers from Amazon.com affiliate program.
Here's to bad sex!!!
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of course they'd find a way to award bad sex!
ReplyDeleteBad Sex Award. Haha! I haven't read any of those books. I'd be curious to know what makes "bad sex" (or maybe I'd be afraid to know).
ReplyDeleteIs it the sex or the writing that's bad? Or, even worse, poorly written scenes about bad sex? ;-)
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome. I'm very, very curious to read that list now.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading this. I suspect the actual sex being written is bad, or, the the writing is.
ReplyDeleteI suspect if you asked ten different people what "bad sex" was, you would hear a couple of similar responses, and then the rest would be individual.
I also think if you asked a woman and a man you would get different answers as well, and if you asked a set of new parents yet again.
Ray Roman had a bit on that after he and his wife had twin boys, and I paraphrase He knows he is going to have sex when its time to send in his taxes, and if it is oral sex he needs a new driver"s license.
rotfl!!
ReplyDeleteThis is so funny, but I guess it makes sense! *g*