Nymph by Francesca Lia Block

I walked out of the break room at work and held up this small, slim volume. "It's book 77 and I'm done with it!"

"What is it?" the children's librarian asked.

I blushed furiously. "Um, it's a dirty book."

And it is! Nymph is Block's collection of erotic short stories, most tying in together. I'm glad this was my second time reading this one because I plowed right through with no attention to where I was. I'm also glad that the sticker from the sending library covered most of the cover. I read it in the car and at work. I read it at home and left it out on the table during a party. I could not have handled explaining my choice.

The first time I read this, honestly, it made me hot. lol. That's awkward to admit on my oh-so-literary blog. The second read it wasn't so much of a problem. Part of that is probably that I am trying to plow through this last 25 books. The stories are still very Francesca Lia Block-ish. There are mermaids. There is magic. There is love. These are really dirty stories about love. Sorry, erotic stories about love.

If you feel like testing the waters, go for it.