Book Confessions of an Ex-Ballerina

Title: Whip Smart

While a college student at The New School, Melissa Febos spent four years working as a dominatrix in a midtown dungeon. In poetic, nuanced prose she charts how unchecked risk-taking eventually gave way to a course of self-destruction. But as she recounts crossing over the very boundaries that she set for her own safety, she never plays the victim. In fact, the glory of this memoir is Melissa's ability to illuminate the strange and powerful truths that she learned as she found her way out of a hell of her own making. Rest assured; the reader will emerge from the journey more or less unscathed. Review: Steamy. What an interesting look inside the world of whips and domination. I love how the author uses humor to make a dark subject light and relatable. Not that I'm into whips, but I think everyone woman can relate to the need to find who you are.

There were some steamy parts, but I didn't feel like it was too much to read. It didn't make me too dirty, but gave me just enough grit.

Hey Monday! It's back and you know what that means. Another week of delicious food and the book of the week. I hope you've been doing a lot of reading. I've definitely slowed down, but still on track to read about 200 books this year.

This weeks book is The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan. It's one of the last books in my Goodreads best of 2018 challenge. I'm coming down to the wire, so got to finish it. I only have two books left so I think I'll be fine. Already half way through this one, so you have some catching up to do.

Lets get to this weeks menu. Enjoy!

- Leftovers Night

In the early hours of Monday, February 18, while the storm raged, two oil tankers, the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer, found themselves in the same horrifying predicament. Built with "dirty steel," and not prepared to withstand such ferocious seas, both tankers split in two, leaving the dozens of men on board utterly at the Atlantic's mercy.

The Finest Hours is the gripping, true story of the valiant attempt to rescue the souls huddling inside the broken halves of the two ships. Coast Guard cutters raced to the aid of those on the Fort Mercer, and when it became apparent that the halves of the Pendleton were in danger of capsizing, the Guard sent out two thirty-six-foot lifeboats as well. These wooden boats, manned by only four seamen, were dwarfed by the enormous seventy-foot seas. As the tiny rescue vessels set out from the coast of Cape Cod, the men aboard were all fully aware that they were embarking on what could easily become a suicide mission.

The spellbinding tale is overflowing with breathtaking scenes that sear themselves into the mind's eye, as boats capsize, bows and sterns crash into one another, and men hurl themselves into the raging sea in their terrifying battle for survival.

Not all of the eighty-four men caught at sea in the midst of that brutal storm survived, but considering the odds, it's a miracle--and a testament to their bravery--that any came home to tell their tales at all.

It's Monday again. I have to say, I only read one book last week and it was a short one. What happened?!?! I guess time got away from me.

This weeks book is Abandon by Blake Crouch. One of my book clubs is diving into this one and it looked interesting. What are you reading this week? Leave me a comment below.

Let's get to the menu. Enjoy!

- Leftovers Night