tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818123252981343255.post1872157494201559775..comments2009-12-04T14:05:29.426-05:00Laura K. Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08444534759113332744laura.kramarsky@womenofmystery.netBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818123252981343255.post-1396096393522047792009-12-04T14:05:29.426-05:002009-12-04T14:05:29.426-05:00I love it! I used to belong to Advertising Women of New York and we had an annual awards show, The Good, The Bad &amp; The Ugly for advertising work. I think Littell&#39;s passage would qualify for an Ugly!Cathi Stolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17862769570963525545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818123252981343255.post-1064658847731905022009-12-04T07:09:25.769-05:002009-12-04T07:09:25.769-05:00It&#39;s difficult to write erotic scenes without being unintentionally funny. My all-time nominee is &quot;The Horse Whisperer&quot; by Nicholas Evans. The movie is brilliant, but the big climactic love scene near the end of the book was so bad I was laughing til I cried.Fireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818123252981343255.post-62781072429615632532009-12-03T20:48:05.462-05:002009-12-03T20:48:05.462-05:00Laura- I highly doubt the sex scenes are getting better. I&#39;m afraid we&#39;re all just becoming more and more inured to bad sex scenes and bad writing in general.Elaine Will Sparberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02678727606822464947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818123252981343255.post-30354697599247807542009-12-03T20:41:27.226-05:002009-12-03T20:41:27.226-05:00Clare- Now if you add some hot sauce...Elaine Will Sparberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02678727606822464947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818123252981343255.post-8541522330765959722009-12-03T20:40:10.809-05:002009-12-03T20:40:10.809-05:00I have to say that as ridiculous as this year&#39;s crop of finalists is, they didn&#39;t really make me laugh out loud or want to vomit quite the same way some previous years have. Does that mean the bad sex is getting better, or I am merely getting inured to it?Laura K. Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08444534759113332744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818123252981343255.post-23181263053539713352009-12-03T20:38:11.486-05:002009-12-03T20:38:11.486-05:00Travis- That was among my first thoughts, too.<br /><br />Kathy- What&#39;s that saying about making lemonade out of lemons?<br /><br />Lois- That line from his book sounded pretty funny to me! :)Elaine Will Sparberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02678727606822464947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818123252981343255.post-68766949729110442212009-12-03T20:35:36.469-05:002009-12-03T20:35:36.469-05:00I like a good soft-boiled egg myself, but it never makes me feel randy exactly. Mostly, it makes me feel like having toast. Also unsexy.Clare2ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06105229820107294986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818123252981343255.post-20155847861963223292009-12-03T17:53:05.293-05:002009-12-03T17:53:05.293-05:00Awe shucks. He&#39;s got no sense of humor.Lois Karlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00658333345815494310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818123252981343255.post-38161870572138448552009-12-03T17:23:46.060-05:002009-12-03T17:23:46.060-05:00Not the list any writer would like to make, I bet. <br /><br />Littell may not appreciate the award, but I&#39;m sure he doesn&#39;t mind the media attention it&#39;s giving him and his book. As they say, there&#39;s no such thing as bad publicity...Kathleen A. Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10809993168019150186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7818123252981343255.post-21993099395703751412009-12-03T17:06:37.671-05:002009-12-03T17:06:37.671-05:00Sex and boiled eggs. Never a good combination.Travis Erwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09420879160702098979noreply@blogger.com