Topic: Goodreads

An Oedipal Sex Scene Wins the 'Bad Sex in Fiction' Award

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Today in books: the "Bad Sex in Fiction" award results are in, two poets have withdrawn from the T.S. Eliot prize shortlist, and California gets a Harry Potter theme park.

By Dino Grandoni

Nov 21, 2011

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Welcome to the 'Twilight Belt'

With the latest cinematic installment on the Twilight saga in theaters, literary social network Goodreads pulls together its own data from the U.S. to figure out which states love young-adult vampire series the most. 

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