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Monday, 21 January 2008  'It's not what you wear...it's how you take it off.'I missed reading. And I wanted a light read. God knows I've had my share of baggage lately. I don't really need a dark, heavy plot to add on to it. Uh-oh shut up I'm sensing drama. Hehehe SO...upon my last visit to Fully Booked, the title caught my eye--The Art of Undressing by Stephanie Lehmann. Quite informative for a light read. I've always found strip tease interesting and I HAVE been bugging my good friend TJ to go find us a class already...hehe Needless to say, reading the book, which tells the story of straight-laced (and rather uptight) Ginger Levine, a 25-year-old aspiring pastry chef whose mother is a former exotic dancer who now makes a living selling sex toys and teaching the fine art of strip tease, was rather entertaining. I found myself sympathizing and being irritated with Ginger at the same time. She was this plain, awkward girl who was just incredibly insecure over her appeal towards men--the complete opposite of her outspoken, beautiful, and feminine mother. She dresses in drab and finds it difficult to be more open and 'sexy.' She refuses to be seen naked by a guy even when they were doing it--she prefers to keep the lights turned off and would only take her clothes off once under the blanket. Yes, I am rolling my eyes now. All throughout the book, you'd want to knock some sense into her. Especially during her particularly feminist tirades. Relax. You'd understand, though, why she was that way. All her life she felt overshadowed by her mother's glittery presence. It didn't also help that most of her ex-boyfriends seemed to like her mom over her. Youch. Anyway, she finds herself falling for a fellow student in her culinary arts class and, as she is desperate to win him over, she finds herself looking to her mom for advice on the art of seduction--something she has religiously condemned since, well, ever since. And so the fun begins. Lots of tiny bloopers that involve unshaven legs (among other body parts--ewww), tight-fitting cleavage-baring new shirts, horrifying first date conversations, unmet expectations, etc etc. Kaloka. Labels: books
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