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Just Do It..The Review You Have Been Waiting For

by Marye Audet on September 5th, 2008

So, Annie Brown so kindly sent Marc and I the book to review.  In hard back even…I was impressed.

Just Do It is the  saga (I think saga is a good word here) of Doug and Annie’s adventures in committing to have 100 + 1 days of sex.

Neither rain, nor snow, nor dark of night…nor unrelenting armchairs, stomach flu, or allergies would keep them from making love during the challenge period.  Apparently not that either.  Periods I mean.

If you have decided to read this book as sort of a titillating preamble to your own sexual adventure…don’t.  It isn’t like that at all.

It is funny, and real in the best way, and at times, boring.

This is not a manual of different positions, or techniques or the 10 Places He Wants You to Touch …It is in every sense a diary of 101 days of the Brown’s lives.  And, I think, a challenge to all married couples to make sex a priority.  Where have you heard that before? (Hint…umm..from me)

There are areas that they were comfortable with that I would not have been.  I despise porn in any form, hard, soft, or in the middle.  I find it degrading and I think that in the long run it weakens a couple’s sex lives.  The Browns viewed a couple of porn videos, and Doug attended a porn convention for his job as a journalist.  It was not a big deal in the book, only a disappointment to me  that this couple, who I felt like I “knew” in the pages of their book, would be involved with it.  Sort of like Tiffany not liking my political views. :)

I very much enjoyed the insight I got into the male mind because the book was written by Doug, from his point of view.

I wish that there had been more of Annie’s thoughts expressed.  I am hoping that she will grant me an interview so that I can find out what some of her thoughts were..stay tuned.

I personally did not find this unusual or weird, because I am unusual and weird, myself.  The idea of 100 days, or 1000 days of sex is a great idea as far as I am concerned.

Whether we want to admit it or not we were created to need intimacy emotionally, spiritually, and physically and you just don’t get the full impact when one aspect is left out.  I posted a recipe for espresso filled eclairs the other day on Baking Delights. Imagine them without one of the three components.  Still good but not quite right.  Eclairs with no filling are dry, with no glaze they lack intensity, and without the shell they lack substance.  Intimacy must work in the same way. Emotions, Spirit, Physical working together to create a depth, passion, and substance.

Anyway..I do recommend the book I liked it alot.  Marc will post his thoughts on the book a little later.

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