OT - Alright, fess up, who is reading Fifty Shades?

 A friend of mine just sent me the first book and so far I hate it LOL The writing is just SO bad and I can not for the life of me find anything likable about the main characters.

I know I am an anomaly, but I just don't get the fuss over someone who writes as badly as this author does.

So, there is sex in the book, big deal. Ann Rice writes books with sex in them and they are GOOD, this is just crappy writing with even worse (dare I say blah) erotica. 

Tell me what I am missing LOL 

 I started it last night. I don't think the writing is horrible but perhaps that is cause I had heard a lot about the poor writing and expected it to be blah.

I can't decide if I like it (do like the psychological aspect so far) or if it just makes me mad (can't look someone in the eye?)

We'll see.

Then again I tend to HATE most of the 'popular books' ie Twilight

 I am with you on the popular book thing, I literally gagged my way though Twilight, I have OCD (not joking, I really do have it LOL) and if I read one book in a series I have to read them all so I forced myself though all of those books and I really, really wanted to kill my friends who said "they are so great", I really wanted my weekend back LOL

I couldn't get past the first page - tried 3 times.

The writer in me just couldn't handle it. I kept wanting to get out my red pen and ink up my Nook.

I don't think you are missing much. Like you said, there are better writers and better sex scenes out there.

Sign of our times maybe? Would I have read and liked The Great Gatsby if I lived in the 20's? Don't know.

I'll try again just because I think it's important to read other's work - good or bad.

 Don't know if I would have loved it in the 20's but I do love me some Gatsby now! One of my all time favorite books. 

The fact that the main character  "rolled her eyes" 92 times in the first 26 pages made me want to rip the pages out and use them to line my birds cage LOL 

I am OCD about books, if I start it I have to fini**** (don't get me started on the months worth of whining I did after I started Moby Dick, just could not get into that one LOL), so I will read all three, but I swear I am not going to like one moment of it :) 

Gatsby has pages and pages of vague dialog with no diaglog tags. The professors these days comment on how it's the sign of the 20s and the complete lack of interest in everything and that somehow makes it amazing. Don't get me wrong. I love the book, I just think it's funny how willing I am to ignore the irritating writing in Gatsby, but not 50 Shades.

I wonder what will be said of this book? Will it be taught to our grandchildren as classic fiction?

HA! You and I have a lot in common when it comes to books. I have a volume of Jane Austin's full writings - all the books. I started it a few years ago and it killed me. Geez! The old style of writing was almost the end of me.

LOL we writers will never be able to use "rolled her eyes" again - not that any of the good writers do...

Nope, read the free preview on my Kindle and couldn't be bothered to read any more. Bored me.  I found it stilted and not well written. 

 I am so glad to see I am not the only one who feels this way LOL

Wow gurls, I was I interested in reading this series but you are all making me reconsider!!!

Haven't read it yet, but probably will just because of the hype.  I'm a fast reader with a long daily commute, so I have lots of time to read.

I'm always on the look-out for good books, so if any of you ladies have suggestions let me know!