50 Shades of WTF?!

Okay so it would appear that the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy of books (or is it just the first one?) is the fastest selling paper back of all time. Even beat out Harry Potter! Though, to be fair most HP fans bought the hard back editions the second they came out so yeah. *shrug*

The last time I wrote about these books, libraries in Brevard County here in Florida had banned them due to the content. I understand that ban has since been lifted. Anyway, I'm just still not understanding why this is being lapped up like a kitten to a dish of milk? I started the first book and it was so bad. It read like a bad Harlequin Romance novel.

People are acting like erotica never existed before, like this is some huge epiphany! Ladies, get out there and find some decent erotica to read! I'm also hearing that Mark Wahlberg is pretty much securing the movie rights? MOVIE? Oh no, please spare us all. But I'm sure the theaters will fill up nonetheless. *eyeroll*

As an amusing aside, since this was based off a Twilight inspired fanfic: Kristen Stewart was spotted reading 50 Shades. *nods*