pickWhen I travel I like to read something about where I‘m going, something that is not a travel guide. I enjoyed the authors writing style and context of her experiences as a sex worker for the prince of Brunei. It was good/ok.... but Probably not a book I would recommend to most.
pickAlthough this is my pick for #Brunei I didn‘t learn anything about that country, except that Brunei is absolute monarchy under the sovereign rule of sultan who have two brothers, and one of them - Prince Jefri like to collect the girls from all around the world in his personal harem. I appreciated that J.Lauren doesn't make excuses for her decisions, and that is also my reason for pick. #ReadingAsia2021
pickA fascinating memoir written by a young woman who was in Prince Jeffri of Brunei‘s harem. Some things you‘d expect, luxurious gifts and even the constant surveillance of the women, but other things, like having to call him the code name Robin, were even weirder. And all the politicking among the women...just so many women from so many countries!! And boy was “Robin” manipulative in pitting them against each. A juicy memoir with a happy ending!
pickI get why some people might not care for author Jillian Lauren, but I found her story both tantalizing and compelling. She definitely made some dubious decisions in her youth, but I‘m not here to judge her. I‘m here to listen to her story and get a glimpse into a world I would never have access too. I thought her writing and style was breezy, light and easy to listen too.
This was my choice for #ReadingAsia21 #Brunei
Still enjoying this salacious memoir. Jillian shares her time spent as part of a harem in #Brunei 🇧🇳 Its absolutely bonkers. This is real-life #GoodGirlGoesWild #WhatWouldPattySmithDo #ReadingAsia21 #Hoopla #Audio
#ReadingAsia21 #Hoopla #Brunei 🇧🇳 Just started and I‘m hooked 🎧 another book choice for #Booked2021 #JewishAuthor I can already tell author Jillian Lauren is going to polarize readers, but I like her.
pickThe author gets a tip-off about a rich businessman in Singapore paying $20,000 for girls to party for 2 weeks and ends up as part of a harem in #Brunei in the early 90s.
I found this fascinating, even though it was incredibly seedy. (The author is in her late teens and essentially becomes a sex worker)
@Librarybelle - did you want to read this one? I can send it to you if you wish.
#readingasia21
I ordered this (used) book way before Christmas so I‘d completely forgotten about it by the time it arrived today. I‘m not surprised it took so long though - it came from America by way of France. 🤔
It‘s an ex-library book from Lake Tahoe Community College - I love it when my books have history!
This is for #readingasia2021 #brunei and is NF about an American girl in a harem - should be interesting! Another of my random finds Barbara! 🤪
About six hours into #24in48; spent the afternoon at the pool. 💦💦💦
so-soI wanted to love this book. But, I found most of her writing very melodramatic. This is the story of how she got into sex work and the impact her parents, drugs and self esteem played in that. Yet, the amount of metaphors and similes. Every time I hit a simile, I would jump up and scream ANOTHER ONE! It felt like it was trying too hard. Also, this got sold to me as: how this woman escaped a harem. But she went and left at will, sooo...
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