“Diary of a Sex Fiend” by Abby Lee
Girl with a One-Track Mind – the UK original
Guy Sez: This is the international edition of the British book of the awesome sex blog of Abby Lee AKA Zoe Margolis.
Believe it or not, this book has been translated into fifteen different languages!
There is blogging success for you. Harry Potter and Dan Brown get translated across the world, but a book based on a blog? C’mon!
And how simple is it to write a book once you’ve got a year’s worth of solid posts? Just lift out the best, staple ‘em together, send the bunch to a publisher. Right?
Wrong! This book is obviously based on the blog, but it’s so much more. And less.
More, because there is material inside not found in the blog. It’s more of a coherent storyline than the fragmented life presented by Abby every day or so online. Many of the original posts are rewritten in a more elegant form.
Less, because many minor posts are omitted entirely or incorporated into other material. It’s not quite the “This is how I felt today, warts and all” writing of the blog.
But, unmistakably Abby Lee. There is no getting away from the constant rumble of sex thoughts through her mind and out into her blog. She glances at a guy and she’s imagining him stripped, erect, inches from her face. Or her pussy. And then she’s feeling him inside, and we’re along for the ride, while her fingers are busy down below.
This woman masturbates at the drop of a hat. She’s always ducking into the bathroom for a quick rub. Or working at herself under the table. Or on a train or a plane.
Her panties are always damp.
No wonder that some of her readers thought she was a man. Women don’t think about sex – and act on it – quite so much as Abby.
Or do they?
Zoe’s female. This book saw her exposed in national newspapers, and after a fair bit of trauma, with paparazzi camped outside her house etc. etc. she accepted the outing and is now a frequent sight on television, at conferences, in photographs. We’re awaiting the movie with keen interest.
As a book, it gets just a teensy bit repetitive. Bridget Jones’ Diary this ain’t. But it remains compelling reading to see how she copes with her powerlust. In the end, there’s a bit of a twist. Sex isn’t everything, we discover.
As a book of the blog, it’s a tangy, tasty serve of the website. You can almost feel the slickness begin as she has an evening out with some handsome hero. As a guy, I know what he’s thinking, and as a reader you know what she’s thinking, and you wonder why they bother with the wine and the small talk. That sexual flash in the eyes and she should be pulling him into the bedroom to get it over with!
Ah, but that would be getting to the climax all too soon, and the foreplay is half the fun. There’s a LOT of foreplay in this book. A lot of steamy thoughts, a lot of sex and a lot of fun.
Highly recommended. Don’t take it on a long plane flight, though. The little old lady in the seat beside you will try to sneak glances at the pages to see what is making you sweat and fidget, and you’ll be whipping off to the can for some relief, long before landing. If the cabin crew aren’t wary, they’ll be dragged in for an impromptu Mile-High Club membership.
Right. On that note, I’m shipping this book off to Grl, last heard from somewhere east of Tulsa.
–Guy Sez
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Looking forward to reading this! Somehow NONE of the bookshops I’ve been in to have this book in stock! What is the world coming to!!
Yeah, the Blog Boy storyline did make the book more interesting than it would’ve been otherwise, to a fangirl like me who’s read and re-read the blog. I think the book’s a good introduction into the mind of Abby/Zoe, but I wish more of the stuff she wrote about feminism/female sexuality/double standards had made it in there because I really like her take on feminism- it’s honest, it’s well thought-out and puts the blame on society’s attitudes rather than on men. I think a lot of people would’ve benefited from reading that.
I really don’t like the title ‘Diary of a Sex Fiend’, though. It sort of implies that there’s a ‘freakshow’ element to the story a girl who likes sex.
The title didn’t grab me, neither. Probably a marketing decision to get SEX into the title for our market. Judge a book by its cover etc. Perhaps “One Track Mind” isn’t seen as direct enough for Americans. Personally, I prefer the British cover and title, but I ordered from the main Amazon site for speedy delivery.
Amazon has sent an email telling me that my copy of the sequel is in the mail. Can’t wait!