Svetlana's Reads and Views

Name of Book: C-Town Author: Aaron Powell ISBN: 9781478200246 Publisher: Createspace Type of book: New York, 1990s, Tae kwon doe, erotica, adult, racism Year it was published: 2012 Summary: There’s not much for a young person to do in Corning, a small industrial town in upstate New York. While parents are working swing shifts to make ends meet, their restless children resort to acts of depravity and self-indulgence. Set in the late 1990’s, this is a story of a twenty-year-old man who is struggling with questions of purpose and existential nihilism. Patrick Mitchell spends most of his time at the YMCA, while attending community college classes, and training at the local karate dojo. He’s distracted by frivolous relationships, fights, and drugs, but his personal moral dilemmas will all seem much less important when an unusual occurrence shakes him to the very core. Characters: If Patrick does go through some growth, I think it might be in the future books, whatever...

Name of Book: Benjamin Author: Aaron Powell ISBN: 9781478385691 Publisher: Createspace Type of book: 1990s?, isolation, abuse, alcoholism, violence Year it was published: 2012 Summary: The harsh winter and great outdoors of upstate New York provide Benjamin with the only solace from an otherwise agonizing existence. His mother's abusive alcoholic boyfriend, the bully on the bus, and a Math teacher who pays a little too much attention to schoolboys are slowly chipping away at his dignity and feelings of self-worth. Benjamin clings to any sense of normalcy until a series of compounding events drives him to the very edge of suicide. He begs God for help - a divine intervention - but his prayers go unanswered and he has an epiphany: God helps those who help themselves. Characters: Benjamin does have some depth in the book, and he is more a bit more complex than two other books I read, but somehow he still felt incomplete somehow, causing me to feel that I'm wa...

Name of Book:  Scream, "Aye, Sir!" Author: Aaron Powell ISBN: 9781479326556 Publisher: Createspace Type of book: erotica, adult, marine life, threesomes, fantasy, wish fulfillment Year it was published: 2012 Summary: Welcome to recruit training, United States Marine Corps Recruit Training, Parris Island, South Carolina. Follow Drill Instructor Sergeant Tice as he gives his first-hand account of life training United States Marines and the inappropriate relationships that result from the illusion of absolute power. **WARNING**THIS BOOK CONTAINS EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONTENT** Characters: The characters are just there so to speak. Yes first person narrative is used, but we are just presented with the surface and very little depth. Why does Sergeant Tice does what he does? What motivates him to do it? The answers are never presented. I would have liked to see a book between two characters in Epilogue though. Theme: Apparently marine life tends to be strict...

Name of Book: Sugar Baby Author: Aaron Powell ISBN: 9781482030488 Publisher: Not available (published by author?) Type of book: Adult, threesome, sugar baby, relationship, erotica Year it was published: 2013 Summary: Sugar Baby – A young man or woman who receives financial compensation and/or gifts in exchange for companionship, often including favors of the sexual nature. Sugar Daddy/Sugar Mommy – A wealthy, often older man or women, who provides financial compensation and/or gifts to a Sugar Baby in exchange for companionship. Characters: The characters tend to lean toward fantasy type elements. We learn some of their motivations and desires, but other than that nothing at all. The reason I say "fantasy type" elements is because its hard for me to believe that there won't be jealousy or anything of the sort down the road, and few times I noticed certain things and thought of the possibility of STDs which is not mentioned in the book. (If it is oka...