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Read All Entries“fifty shades of grey” blu-ray/dvd giveaway!
April 29, 2015 by 74 Comments
For those of you who may have been too embarrassed to see Fifty Shades of Grey in the theater, you’ll be happy to know the movie will be available on Digital HD Friday, May 1 and on Blu-ray™ & DVD Friday, May 8.
You’ll also be happy to know you can win one of six copies right here! [Read more…]
fifty shades of grey: the movie
February 12, 2015 by 66 Comments
Oh, there are going to be so many disappointed women this weekend.
Not because they didn’t get what they wanted for Valentine’s Day. Or because they don’t even have a Valentine to begin with.
But because 50 Shades of Grey is a total fire extinguisher letdown of a movie. [Read more…]
fifty shades of grey: the magazine?!
September 17, 2012 by 8 Comments
For better or worse, I have to admit that I devoured the entire Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy in less than two weeks. I didn’t care that the books aren’t particularly well-written and that author E.L. James tends to favor a dozen or so words which she uses over and over and over again. They were a total escape, and I enjoyed every minute of reading them.
Even more than the book themselves, though, I am fascinated by the whole Fifty Shades phenomenon. So when I learned that there was a magazine devoted to the subject, I knew I owed it to my readers to go exploring. Oh, the sacrifices I make for all of you. [Read more…]
“fifty shades of grey” book review by sarah fudin
May 23, 2012 by 14 Comments
Unless you’ve been locked in a dungeon for the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard the hype surrounding Fifty Shades of Grey, the erotic romance novel by British author E.L. James. Notice my use of the term “romance” here. Despite a plot line that includes BDSM and sexual domination, Fifty Shades of Grey is, in its own way, a tale of romance.
The novel is narrated by Anastasia Steele, a virginal Portland college student who spends her free time reading Victorian novels. The Grey of the title refers to Christian Grey, a handsome young billionaire mogul. When Ana interviews Christian at his Seattle corporate headquarters for her school newspaper, she finds herself both intimidated and infatuated. Unable to get him off her mind, Ana is dumbfounded when he shows up back in Portland at the hardware store where she works part time. [Read more…]
“fifty shades of grey” author e.l. james says her book is “a tale as old as time” by pamela lear
May 14, 2012 by 13 Comments
When it was announced that E.L. James, the British author whose Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy has become a phenomenon in the U.S., would be in Miami for the first stop on her American book tour, tickets sold out in 15 minutes. My three friends and I were lucky to get them.
E.L. James, whose real name is Erika Leonard, is a British mom of two teenage sons, she’s been married for over 20 years and is a former television production manager. She looks like she could be one of your dearest friends from way back, bundled up in a comfortable but lumpy old sweater wearing comfortable flats, her long dark hair quickly bound up into a clip for convenience. She has a twinkle in her eyes when she smiles that seems to say, “Life is just one big, fat, fun hell-of-a-crazy-good time, isn’t it?” [Read more…]
