The sexy parts... they exist!
 

I'm just curious to know how people feel about sex in the books they read. Do you skip right over the sexual parts, read them like it is God, or just continue through your book because it's not a big deal?

I'm just curious about how people feel about it.

HAHAHA. And of course, I'm the first one to respond to this topic. Brilliant. xD;

I read the sexy parts at LEAST five or six times. <.<; Especially if you know.. its taken four or five books to lead UP to the sexy time. I'm all "ITS ABOUT. FREAKING. TIME. GOD." -reads six times- I just enjoy reading about it, you know? I'm a physical person, and I get SO very attached to the characters I'm reading about. So if they score, mentally, I score. XD;

Does that sound weird to anyone else?

I rarely read books with sexual parts in them, not because I don't like them but because they just don't seem to be in the books I normally read xD If they are tastefully written and descriptive I certainly do NOT skip over them, they are enjoyable to read xD

On the other hand I have read one or two with really poorly written ones that I glossed over.

@Batty: Doesn't sound weird to me. xD
@Serra Britt: I guess you don't read many romance novels. x3
@Cupcake: It has to be tasteful for me to read as well. c:

Nanka, no, I don't, the few that I did read fell under that "poorly written" part ^^; I'm sure there are good romance novels out there I just never encountered them :P

I only read a Romance series because it is all fantasy and the sex scenes are good. >.>

I use to only read them for the sex parts but after a while it got old and now I only read them for the plot I kind of just skip the sex scenes now unless it's a really really good one.

I pretty much just skim for dialogue, just in case something plot-important gets mentioned. Otherwise, I tend to skip right over them. They just do nothing for me. My reaction is usually "yep, okay, they have sex, let's get back to the story now".

I don't usually like books that have many and/or overly detailed sex scenes. Like... the Pillars of the Earth which I just finished reading, had no less than five multiple-page rape scenes from the perspective of the rapist, which honestly makes me question the psyche of the writer.

That's the only sort of thing that really bothers me. Consensual scenes are just boring filler to me, as I'm asexual.

One of my favorite series, The Prince of Nothing trilogy is full of over-the-top graphic sex, but the way it's written actually works for me. On one hand, it adds an element of icky horror to his orc-equivalents that makes them a lot more terrifying than the generic bad guys in most fantasy. On the other hand, the normal sex in the books feels completely unromantic, and often disgusting, which is the point, since the world of Earwa... just sucks. Despite how often it comes up in the story (one of the main characters is a prostitute) it never really feels gratuitous.

well, Like most people if the book is well put together and their is a point to the sexy part ya sure. tho it dosn't have to have a point beside make them more intimate. I don't like if it is to down and dirty though.

I would just reread that part and be done with it, I'm a smutty type of girl. I want to read the smut book that my friend is reading, maybe when we see each other, I'll borrow the book since Libraries don't carry them XD

Sexi n books are AMAZING depending on how its worded that can turn me on or get confused. Sorry to kill it but I love the fanfiction yaois they are close to really well written depending on the writer if it's between a romancer that gets the character personalities and conflicts, etc or a 15 year old yaoi fangirl that says "Screw the rules let's have SEX!"

*Needs to facbook friend for book*

Of the books I read with the sexual parts... I read over them once or twice.
It's kinda cool, in a way, but I'm still reading the book for the rest of the story.

I tend to skip over them. I've read books with some very intimate flirting/kissing/touching which I don't mind. But when it delves into actual sex- not so much. Then again the only sex scenes in the book I can think of is between a male starship captain and a male ship engineer. The other relationships, no matter the gender combination, usually ends up with one of the two dying before intercourse ever happens. =\

EDIT: oh and said starship captain is dying of an incurable neurological disease....and his boyfriend is now a god. Makes no sense without context does it? xD

Hehe, if you knew me in real life, you would think I'm cute and innocent (most of my friends do XD), but when I'm alone, I'll be reading yaoi and romance books that have the full sex scene in it XD I lost my innocence long ago xD

I don't read romance novels. XD

But the science fiction series I'm reading has sex in it, but very VAGUE mentions of it so I just looool at it. XD

Although I have read plenty of Yaoi mangas and do not rush through the sex < u<~~~~

I enjoy them but i dont buy books based on whether they have one or not. Why should i skip it when there is sometimes good things said that has nothing to do with sex.

I read books for the sake of the pr0nz sometimes. I read this one set of novels and read the sexy bits again and again. Yum. But only if they describe parts. No purple headed warriors please.

Oh god yes some of the descriptions are just ... XD Esp in romance novels. Quivering sword of desire, is one I remember quite fondly.

I don't really read romance novels much, but there's a few novels I read in the past that had pretty detailed sex scenes and I read those over and over a few times >u> Depends, sometimes they're hot, sometimes they're just like...
YES AYLA YOU AND JONDALAR F--K A LOT, I GET IT
lmao
(book series I've read that has a looooot of sex in it)

I do enjoy reading good erotica though. -u- It all has it's place.

It depends if I am in the mood for it. But then again, Im the type of person that skips to get to the part that I want to read. Most of the books that I read have two characters and I guess for dramatic effect they put other characters inbetween to make people wait to see whats going on. I just skip a head. Some times with sex I skip a head other times I'll read it.

I have to admit I have my collection of Anne rice novels xD.

I just continue on. It's no big deal....except in certain books...it's really hilarious to read the sex scenes so sometimes I read them multiple times to laugh :3

Read the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward.

Sex everywhere...that is all lol (There is a plot I promise...)

I know with a few of the books I've read, when it comes up, I'm like "..Ohh.. My. Gosh.. Hotness already? Epic!" And then just continue of with the book and go back to the scene after finished that chapter of something xD
I'm weird like that xD

I read paranormal romance novels all the time and they are in there. Not as hardcore any more as they use to be or not the one's I read. They are more about story, then they are about full on sex scenes. It is a mixture of both, which is a good taste verses the romance novels that are nothing BUT sex.

I'll read them. I read books cover to cover and never skip a part.

I might read them, but only if my head-music is turned up loud enough. Most of the time I just can't be bothered to actually read those parts (which is hilarious because I've written worse than I've ever read...), so I just skip over them more often than not.

I like reading the fanfics and stuff with the sexy bits.

Except on campus....the chance of fangirl squee....is too much. And giggling :3

I used enjoy reading the sex scenes in the paranormal romance books I read. But now they're just overdone. o.o; So I mainly skip over those scenes unless they are "important" and I try to read the dialogue if there is any going on during the sex scene.

If its immaturely done, I roll my eyes and continue on. Otherwise, it doesn't exactly phase me.

I read them like the rest of the book. But the genre I read most often won't have sex senses unless they are really odd/out of this world. They hold no special meaning to me but I don't skip them.

The books I read don't normally have sex in them (though sometimes I'm like dying for it to happen >.>) but when I do read books that have sex in them, I pay close attention to it. Mostly because I need to learn how to write sex scenes and reading it helps me learn. But hey, it's hawt when written properly ;D