Yeah, I'm kind of having that reaction, too. My partners have never minded having sex while I'm on my period—which is good, because they were so irregular and unpredictable for a while that I pretty much wouldn't have had sex at all if that had been a problem. And I don't mind period sex, either (feels pretty much…

Ha! That's great. And, seriously, what was the problem?

Sometimes sex will spur my period along if it's close, or increase the flow if it's during. I think it's all the contractions.

This is how I feel about it, too. None of my partners have minded period sex (they've been more concerned about whether I'm comfortable and have left it up to me), but being really grossed out OR really into it would be off-putting, for me.

*nod*

Another book I feel that way about is 1984. I notice something different in that one each time I read it.

I haven't found a lot of non-fiction I'm into, either, unless it's a memoir or biography or something. I guess I prefer my reading to be about people rather than concepts.

Exactly. I actually liked that I found him unlikable, if that makes sense. I thought it was a testament to John Irving's skill as a writer that I still wanted to know what happened to Garp, despite my feelings about him as a person. So I was really surprised, when I read it again earlier this year, to find that I…

Yes! The Phantom Tollbooth is one I still break out and re-read from time to time. And I loved Nancy Drew :D

Are you depressed or especially stressed out? I know I kind of lost my attention span for it for a while when things were going crazy in my life.

I'm with you. I do read some more serious stuff, but I love me some Scottish lords (lairds?) and sassy heroines. ALSO, I've learned a ton about history from well-written historical romances, so, there.

Oh, Prydain Chronicles! I didn't read those until I was an adult, because I didn't know about them when I was a kid. I'd have read them sooner if I had :D

I do that a lot, too. I like to balance my serious books with fun books in-between.

I just picked up The BFG from Goodwill for a DIME. I haven't read it yet.

What genres do you like best? I may have a couple recommendations, depending.

God, I never get tired of Alice in Wonderland. And my love for Mark Twain knows no bounds.

Sadly, I've lost my copy of Jane Eyre somewhere. I've been wanting to re-read it.

I have a copy of Bleak House, but haven't read it yet. I do enjoy Dickens, though.

Looove Cider House Rules, Owen Meany, and Garp (When I first read Garp, as a teenager, I didn't like the character much. I find I understand him much better as an adult). I haven't read A Widow For One Year or Hotel New Hampshire yet, but I have them around here somewhere.

One of his more recent ones I read was Until…

I love the way Irving tells stories. He's insightful and observant, so there are all of these odd little real, human moments even in his most outrageous plots.

A book I recommend to pretty much everyone is Robert McCammon's "Boy's Life". It has fantasy, crime, and thriller elements, but is overall...I don't even know what to call it. It's a wonderful book though, and deserves to be much better known than it is.

I just re-read A Prayer For Owen Meany (I first read it when I was about fourteen, too), and loved it just as much the second time around. I've enjoyed most Irving I've read, but he can get a little repetitive with his New England/wrestling/boarding school/sexually aggressive older female schtick.

Yay! :D