Tabula Rasa by Kitty Thomas

I'm a fan of Kitty Thomas. If that wasn't clear, then I'll make it known because I will be posting several blogs about her work. I really enjoy reading this author for several reasons. Tabula Rasa is one of my absolute favorites of this author's works. Why? Because of the writing of course. There is something about her male leads that lends to wanting to more about them. These are not fluffy happily ever after stories. They have amazing endings that work for the story that's written.

This is one of my go to re-reads. I have a lot of them and several with this author. My absolute favorite book is Broken Dolls and this one is right behind it. Shannon is a great male lead. There's no way I can talk about this book without spoiling so much.

All I can say is, give this book a try. I didn't regret it and I hope you won't either.

Title: Tabula Rasa     

Author: Kitty Thomas

Genre: Literary Erotica/Contemporary

Publisher: Burlesque Press

Release Date: June 15 2016

Blurb/Synopsis:

At some point, right before my memory clicked off, the nightmare fairy must have paid the world a visit. Everything is dead and abandoned. It’s just… gone.

I don’t remember how the world got this way, but my husband and I were lucky to find the deserted theme park when we did.

I thought we were the only survivors, but a new man has come. Shannon. He scares me. He seems weirdly possessive of me.

He’s going to take me out of the park, away from my husband and the only safety I have. I’m terrified to know what’s out there.

Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction, and the author does not endorse or condone any of this book’s content in a real world setting. This work is intended for an emotionally mature, adult audience.

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KITTY THOMAS writes dark sexy stories that play with power. She began publishing in early 2010 and is considered one of the original authors of the dark romance/erotic subgenre.

This work is meant for an adult audience. The author does not endorse or condone any of the behavior carried out by characters in her stories. She believes fiction is meant to challenge the reader, not teach morality. If you haven’t developed morals by the time you start reading erotica, it’s probably too late.

Kitty writes standalone novels except for the Pleasure House Books which are interlocking standalones and can be read in any order (The “order of publication” is listed for those who want a reading order.)

Pleasure House Books

Order of Publication: (i.e. the order in which they were wrote.)

1. Guilty Pleasures

(https://kittythomas.com/book/guilty-pleasures/ )

2. Broken Dolls

(https://kittythomas.com/book/broken-dolls/ )

3.  Surrender

(https://kittythomas.com/book/surrender/ )

4. Pretty Lies

(https://kittythomas.com/book/pretty-lies/ )

For Complete Book List Checkout Kitty’s Website

(https://kittythomas.com/books/ ) 

Author Links

Amazon Author Page  (https://www.amazon.com/Kitty-Thomas/e/B003DYCDF0/ )

Blog (https://kittythomas.com/blog/)

BookBub  (https://www.bookbub.com/authors/kitty-thomas )

Facebook Author Page   (https://www.facebook.com/KittyThomasBooks/ )

Goodreads   (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2654606.Kitty_Thomas )

Twitter  @kitty_thomas (https://twitter.com/kitty_thomas )

Website  (https://kittythomas.com/ )

So Many Books... And a Movie

It's been over a month since there's been a post. Oh dear. I have read several books in the last month, but I have been very very busy and haven't posted about any of them. Shame on me. Of course I was reading across the board. It will be evident by just how varied my reading is by the books I've read this month. There was a paperback I was looking forward to being released at the beginning of last month which I read pretty quickly. I didn't have a choice, I promised my friend and fellow blogger the book the next time I saw her. Otherwise, I have been reading on my Kindle. I never thought I would enjoy digital books, but I do even though there is something about paper books that can never be replaced. Plus they don't require batteries. I'm only going to talk about two of the books I read this past month.

Nalini Singh has the Guild Hunter series that I love and it was the paperback I was waiting for. Archangels, vampires, and hunters oh my. Archangel's Enigma is the latest novel in the series where Naasir is the hero. Naasir is a vampire, but he's also something more, something not human. He's on a mission to find his mate and he finds her alright, a scholar angel with secrets. There is mystery, humor, and action. I love how each novel builds onto the next in this world with one all encompassing plot line. Being inside of Naasir's mind was fun. He doesn't have the same thought processes as other characters. He has a very childlike attitude, only he's hundreds of years old and in the service of an archangel. The description was amazing. I don't want to spoil any of the books I read for other readers so I won't go into any of the details. With this being book eight, I would suggest reading books 1-7 along with the book of novellas, unless you are one of the few that can get away with reading books out of order.

After I finished this book, I already had another one lined up. I entered a Facebook giveaway for a new favorite author, Jade West, and won her latest novel Dirty Bad Strangers. It's a dark erotic novel that is defiantly 18+. I loved her first two novels and there are a few points in all the books where I have cringed. It's all good, because that just means the writing sucked me in and engaged me. This novel was about a woman named Gemma who enjoys sex with strangers and she happens to work as a sex chatline operator. It's there she meets a caller named Jason and he is her ultimate fantasy. She does the one thing she isn't supposed to and gives Jason her phone number and it turns into dirty bad stranger sex. Like the title says, its dirty and bad. Not only does Gemma have sex with Jason, she's blindfolded and knows nothing about him other than his first name. There are plenty of sex games between these two and friends of Jason. One of my favorite things about this book is that Gemma meets Cara, a character in the previous books.

Of course this weekend was also the release of The Martian on the big screen. After having read the book, I was looking forward to this movie. The trailers looked good, and Matt Damon seemed to be Mark Watney. Since I read the book, I understood the jokes. This is a drama and not a comedy, but being on a deserted planet without communication to anyone means, one has to keep themselves sane somehow. Comedy only makes sense. I was disappointed in how certain things were explained, but as we all know, movies don't follow books exactly. Other than certain scenes not making their way into the movie, I was happy with the movie. I would suggest watching it and I would say reading the novel makes the experience even better.

On a wacky sidenote, I have noticed that trailers are showing clips or having audio that never makes it into the movie. It's becoming something like a game for me now. I try to place the scenes and in some cases the audio as I watch the movie. Sometimes I'm disappointed in not seeing or hearing what was in the trailer because I want to know where is would have been. Anyone else have thoughts about movies trailers?

Tentacle What? Tentacle Porn

There is so much to read in the world. Romance. Humor. Mystery. Satire. Well, there is a book out there called The Squirm Files by Cari Silverwood. And you guessed it. Tentacle porn. It's a lovely parody that had me in stitches. (Possible, probable spoilers ahead. Nothing to revealing. I promise.)

The anthology has all three stories about the heroine Virginia Chaste, our reluctant virgin captive. What can I say? The author had me laughing out loud at the dialogue and prose. Each installment had something different to offer.

The first installment of this anthology sets the stage and we meet our lovely Virgin, um *cough,* Virginia. She is just a nice normal young woman looking for the ultimate prize of a 10 incher. A skill she has honed to a scary ass science. She of course is taken captive by a tentacle monster. (Where else would the tentacle porn come into play?) We get to meet Dangerous Bob, who does nothing but cuss but somehow still is understandable. Plenty of word play and the author calling her readers tentacle perverts mid story. Loved it and totally kept reading waiting for more gems like that. There was lovely tentacle erotic sex, by an alpha evil tentacle monster, Karl,  who loves throwing people off roofs and into portals. Virginia Chaste is a sassy mouthy woman on a quest getting more than she bargained for. Plenty of sassy banter between her and her inner voice. Plus RABBITS. (Spoiler: Jokes abound.)

Installment two. A book with a long complicated name that means evil sex book is on the loose about to destroy the world. Oh my. That would be one hell of a fun book to get your hands on. A book about any and sexual acts, toys, you name it. Move over Kama Sutra say hello to the Necrosexi-texmexicon. (Told you it was a long complicated name.) Virginia must save Karl and to do that she needs a demon rock star, Zagan, and his band (not of merry thieves either) to save the world. Mostly, Karl and his biker group of monsters. But the world is very important to them all. Somehow, they end up in the world of books and weirdness. Lots of random humor that ins't so random. Erotic sex with demons and tails and tentacles. Cause there can't be enough tentacles. Dino sex and frying pans. There is so much humor written throughout that it can't be contained. Nor should it. After, a mind blowing three-way with Virginia, tentacles, horns, tails, and suction cups, the world is saved.

Holy shit, installment throws us into the past with the help of a futuristic skateboard. Virginia ends up in the wild west while Karl is ill in the future. She can't believe this is happening to her and this time she has a talking skateboard to help her out. I was dying when she decapitates a poor defenseless cactus just because. Though if I ended up in the wild west after having had dealt with becoming a captive and then helping save the world from ultimate destruction by a sex book, I would become homicidal as well. Okay, back to Peckerwood Springs. Yes, this is real folks. There she meets a new tentacle monster by the name John Beastwood. There are roses, talking dishes, and Virginia is a captive once more. Now, where do I know that story? Doesn't matter, she just needs to get home to her own personal tentacle monster. But wait, before that can happen lets have more tentacle porn. Not just plain old tentacle porn either. Lots of fetish tentacle porn.

As one can see, Tentacles are integral to the story line as is humor. (Duh. Satire. Parody. Whatnot.) There were lots of other little gems that I didn't mention. I laughed throughout this book. Of course, my lovely friend Katie read it with me and we messaged each other back and forth laughing out loud with each new discovery. Read alone or with a group of friends, (I recommend that you read with a friend), but this is a great book to pick up and read.

I am now a fan of the Tentacle porn. So many tentacles, so many possibilities.