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Fifty-one Shades: A Parody
Read the first three chapters of "Fifty-one Shades: A Parody", a rough draft excerpt from the forthcoming full-length parody novel, Fifty Shames of Earl Grey.
Shaffer turns the BDSM love story between CEO Christian Grey and virginal college student Anastasia Steele into a comedy of errors. In "Fifty-One Shades: A Parody", the unbelievably handsome Edward — er, “Chris Gray” — sweeps college student Bella — um, “Anna Steal” — off her feet and into his twisted world of kinky sex, dirty money, and board games (because every dark hero needs a lighter side). Will her best friend, the brony Jin, intervene to save her from her wealthy and perverted new boyfriend?
Shaffer turns the BDSM love story between CEO Christian Grey and virginal college student Anastasia Steele into a comedy of errors. In "Fifty-One Shades: A Parody", the unbelievably handsome Edward — er, “Chris Gray” — sweeps college student Bella — um, “Anna Steal” — off her feet and into his twisted world of kinky sex, dirty money, and board games (because every dark hero needs a lighter side). Will her best friend, the brony Jin, intervene to save her from her wealthy and perverted new boyfriend?
224 pages, ebook
First published March 16, 2012
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Andrew Shaffer
48 books1,518 followersAndrew Shaffer is the New York Times bestselling author of more than two dozen books, including the Obama Biden Mysteries. He is also the writer and illustrator of the children's book, "Mothman's Merry Cryptid Christmas." He lives with his wife, novelist Meg Shaffer, in Louisville, Kentucky.
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March 20, 2012
I laughed so hard! Brilliant!
Okay, that opening paragraph was hilarious:
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Okay, that opening paragraph was hilarious:
I growl with frustration at my reflection in the mirror. Damn my hair – it’s fifty shades of fucked up. The situation I’m in is fifty shades of fucked up. I’m supposed to be studying for my finals; my roommate, Kathleen, should be the one fussing with her hair in front of the mirror right now. Instead, I’m trying to brush my hair into submission. Why is my hair so kinky? I need to stop sleeping with it wet, because it always ends up out of control. As I brush my long, brown hair, the girl in the mirror with blue eyes too big for her head stares back at me. Wait...I don’t have blue eyes! Then I realize I haven’t been looking into the mirror. I’ve been staring at a poster of Kristen Stewart for five minutes. My own hair is actually fine.
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March 24, 2012
This book was PRICELESS!! Well, actually it was FREE, but my time is not free, and reading this was time well spent!
This is a hilarious short read. Thanks GR friends for the recommendation. While I have not read the Fifty Shades series which this book parodies, I have read Twilight and saw some connections to that book. I think I even saw a small parody of Steve Jobs when Anna asks the bazillionaire Gray about being adopted. In truth, you don't need to read either to enjoy the crazy humor. It really stands on its own!
Some fav quotes:
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By the way, the author's website says this will be an ongoing series and he will write and publish more every few days. As of now, he has only written a parody of the first three chapters, but it looks like we will get plenty more. Oh, I hope he does! The humor is wicked funny, and the dirty parts just plentiful enough to keep me re-reading the good parts.
This is a hilarious short read. Thanks GR friends for the recommendation. While I have not read the Fifty Shades series which this book parodies, I have read Twilight and saw some connections to that book. I think I even saw a small parody of Steve Jobs when Anna asks the bazillionaire Gray about being adopted. In truth, you don't need to read either to enjoy the crazy humor. It really stands on its own!
Some fav quotes:
___________________
“I’ll have an, uh... Earl Grey tea.”___________________
He looks shocked. “You don’t want coffee?”
“I drink coffee sometimes, but Starbucks’ coffee tastes like burnt ass,” I say.
“Actually, it tastes nothing like burnt ass, Anna.”
Now it’s my turn to be shocked. “And how would you know what burnt ass tastes like?”
He laughs. “That’s for me to know...and you to find out.”
“How do you know all of this?”___________________
He pulls his Blackberry out, opens an app, and pushes the device across the table to me. It’s opened to the “White tea” entry in Wikipedia. I read a few lines, and realize he just quoted the article word-for-word to me. “You just copied Wikipedia! Even I know not to do that,” I say. “My professors tell us that all the time.”
“Your professors are idiots, Anna,” he says.
“So you weren’t just reciting this article word-for-word?"
“Who do you think wrote the article, Anna?”
Woah. This guy writes for the Internet!
you have a philosophy of business?”___________________
“No man is an island,” he says. “Islands are made of dirt and rocks and trees. I don’t know any people made of such things. Therefore, people are not islands.”
Wow. Was this hot guy a philosophy major in college?
By the way, the author's website says this will be an ongoing series and he will write and publish more every few days. As of now, he has only written a parody of the first three chapters, but it looks like we will get plenty more. Oh, I hope he does! The humor is wicked funny, and the dirty parts just plentiful enough to keep me re-reading the good parts.
March 21, 2012
What was the best thing to come out of the Fifty Shades Trilogy???? This parody.
I’m quite convinced that Andrew Shaffer is my soul mate – move over husband, Andrew now holds my heart firmly in his very long fingers.
Although I am slightly disappointed that Anna’s inner Goddess didn’t get a mention. In true parody fashion I would have expected that line to be used in every paragraph – much like the original Fifty Shades book....however it wouldn’t surprise me if a copyright was now on those word making it impossible for Andrew to use them.
Favourite quotes:
I walk through the glass doors and into the lobby, which is also floor-to-ceiling glass and steel. This fascinates me, because buildings back in Portland are made of grass and mud.
It’s amazing how I can at once be in downtown Seattle, and yet see the skyline of the entire city out the window. Is it some sort of optical illusion? Whatever it is, it’s amazing. Holy popsicle sticks.
“So what are you doing in Portland? Business?” I ask him.
“Pleasure,” he says. I feel my womb begin heating up, ready to incubate our babies.
“Your tea, Anna,” he says. “Why Earl Grey?”
I shake my head. “I like my tea like I like my men,” I say. With the last name “Grey.” But I realize that’s too forward, so I add, “Black.”
August 26, 2016
Every time I read a new part, my stomach aches because I'm laughing too hard. Seriously, no reason to read the real Fifty Shades, because this is so on point. Think of the Scary Movie parodies and that's what you have here.
With an opening sentence like this: "I growl with frustration at my reflection in the mirror. Damn my hair – it’s fifty shades of fucked up. The situation I’m in is fifty shades of fucked up", you know you're in for a good time reading.
Update: SO happy for Andrew!! http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/miss-...
With an opening sentence like this: "I growl with frustration at my reflection in the mirror. Damn my hair – it’s fifty shades of fucked up. The situation I’m in is fifty shades of fucked up", you know you're in for a good time reading.
Update: SO happy for Andrew!! http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/miss-...
March 21, 2012
Hilarious parody on the book Fifty Shades of Grey. I couldn't stop laughing. To top it off, the book is free here on Goodreads.
April 8, 2012
HOLY. POPSICLE. STICKS.
This parody of the awful Fifty Shades trilogy is G-E-N-I-U-S.
This parody isn't just mad funny--IT'S CRAZILY HILARIOUS!!
I got hooked from its first words:I growl with frustration at my reflection in the mirror. Damn my hair – it’s fifty shades of fucked up. The situation I’m in is fifty shades of fucked up.
I'M STILL LAUGHING!! WHY I AM STILL LAUGHING!! HA . .. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Andrew Shaffer, you made my day, if not my entire LIFE.
From quotes like:
“I’m sorry, Anna. It took me months to get this interview. We can’t reschedule it, because by then we’ll be graduated. Please do this for me,” she begs me with her raspy Christian Bale-as-Batman voice. Somebody smoked too many cigarettes last night.
to . . .
What would I like, Chris Gray? I’d like you to FUCK MY MOUTH AND SHOOT YOUR LOAD ONTO MY TITS!
and . . .
“Your tea, Anna,” he says. “Why Earl Grey?”
I shake my head. “I like my tea like I like my men,” I say. With the last name “Grey.” But I realize that’s too forward, so I add, “Black.”
He raises an eyebrow.
“I mean, not that I exclusively like black men,” I say, trying to recover. “I like other kinds of tea. And men.”
How can you not laugh?!!
And by the way, I heard the news: Fifty Shames of Earl Grey is going to be released this SUMMER!!
YES!! YES!!
I'm so happy!
Can't wait!!
This parody of the awful Fifty Shades trilogy is G-E-N-I-U-S.
This parody isn't just mad funny--IT'S CRAZILY HILARIOUS!!
I got hooked from its first words:I growl with frustration at my reflection in the mirror. Damn my hair – it’s fifty shades of fucked up. The situation I’m in is fifty shades of fucked up.
I'M STILL LAUGHING!! WHY I AM STILL LAUGHING!! HA . .. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Andrew Shaffer, you made my day, if not my entire LIFE.
From quotes like:
“I’m sorry, Anna. It took me months to get this interview. We can’t reschedule it, because by then we’ll be graduated. Please do this for me,” she begs me with her raspy Christian Bale-as-Batman voice. Somebody smoked too many cigarettes last night.
to . . .
What would I like, Chris Gray? I’d like you to FUCK MY MOUTH AND SHOOT YOUR LOAD ONTO MY TITS!
and . . .
“Your tea, Anna,” he says. “Why Earl Grey?”
I shake my head. “I like my tea like I like my men,” I say. With the last name “Grey.” But I realize that’s too forward, so I add, “Black.”
He raises an eyebrow.
“I mean, not that I exclusively like black men,” I say, trying to recover. “I like other kinds of tea. And men.”
How can you not laugh?!!
And by the way, I heard the news: Fifty Shames of Earl Grey is going to be released this SUMMER!!
YES!! YES!!
I'm so happy!
Can't wait!!
March 21, 2012
OMG This was some funny .....!
Now, I have to come clean and admit to really enjoying the original "Fifty Shades" but this was too funny to pass up.
Memorable quotes that had me busting a gut:
“My shift isn’t over until six,” I say glumly. “Hold on,” he says. He pulls a Blackberry from his coat pocket and taps out a text. It buzzes….. “I’m your boss, Anna.”
“What do you mean?” There’s that smile again, the one with all those teeth. “I just bought Walmart,”
Chris has a helicopter waiting for us in the Walmart parking lot. “Where’s the pilot?” I ask. “Right here, baby…..We step into the helicopter’s cockpit and he takes control of the controls like the controlling man he is.
He lands the helicopter at the Starbucks across the street from Walmart. “We’re here,” Chris says wickedly. You might not think someone can say “we’re here” wickedly, but if you heard Chris say it, you would totes agree. He says everything wickedly. We step out of the helicopter and he leads me, hand-in-hand, into the Starbucks….. I gaze into his gazing eyes gazingly. It is like a gazelle gazing into another gazelle's gazing gaze – WHAM!
Damn this was funny!
Now, I have to come clean and admit to really enjoying the original "Fifty Shades" but this was too funny to pass up.
Memorable quotes that had me busting a gut:
“My shift isn’t over until six,” I say glumly. “Hold on,” he says. He pulls a Blackberry from his coat pocket and taps out a text. It buzzes….. “I’m your boss, Anna.”
“What do you mean?” There’s that smile again, the one with all those teeth. “I just bought Walmart,”
Chris has a helicopter waiting for us in the Walmart parking lot. “Where’s the pilot?” I ask. “Right here, baby…..We step into the helicopter’s cockpit and he takes control of the controls like the controlling man he is.
He lands the helicopter at the Starbucks across the street from Walmart. “We’re here,” Chris says wickedly. You might not think someone can say “we’re here” wickedly, but if you heard Chris say it, you would totes agree. He says everything wickedly. We step out of the helicopter and he leads me, hand-in-hand, into the Starbucks….. I gaze into his gazing eyes gazingly. It is like a gazelle gazing into another gazelle's gazing gaze – WHAM!
Damn this was funny!
April 7, 2012
UPDATE: Just saw this on author's website:
I don't know how I feel about this. But it would be hilarious if E.L. James tried to sue him over it lol.
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Ha! That's funny. Hee. Hee hee. Heeee. Hahaha. Is the whole building made with the same materials? HAHAHAHAHA! Ahhh, that was a good one. He's the kind of guy you want to write fanfic about. Haaa aah aah ah-hah ah-hah ah-hahahaha. Oh, I'm going to enjoy this.
I don't know how I feel about this. But it would be hilarious if E.L. James tried to sue him over it lol.
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Ha! That's funny. Hee. Hee hee. Heeee. Hahaha. Is the whole building made with the same materials? HAHAHAHAHA! Ahhh, that was a good one. He's the kind of guy you want to write fanfic about. Haaa aah aah ah-hah ah-hah ah-hahahaha. Oh, I'm going to enjoy this.
March 20, 2012
First off, know that I'm taking this whole thing with a grain of salt. I never read 50 Shades of Grey (nor do I plan on it), but I did read it when it was a fan fic. Ok, now onto the parody.
This only parodies the first 3 chapters so far...and it's pretty amusing. With opening lines like:
"Damn my hair – it’s fifty shades of fucked up. The situation I’m in is fifty shades of fucked up"
Hits the nail right on the head, don't ya think? The author even plays up to the fact that the other 50 is extremely controlling when he tells Anna: “I had your duplex outfitted with a surveillance system."
Also, the author seems to know about the Twilight background of 50 because he mentions it quite often. Stating that Chris Grey is "the kind of guy you want to write fanfic about" (LMAO). And also, when Chris introduces himself, he mistakenly calls himseld Edward (snort). But my favorite has to be the little footnote at the end of the third chapter:
New episodes serialized every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, until a publisher offers me a fat stack of cash money for the book. Then I’ll sell out, take the free chapters down, and change the characters’ names to Edward and Bella.
That last part sums it perfectly. lol
This only parodies the first 3 chapters so far...and it's pretty amusing. With opening lines like:
"Damn my hair – it’s fifty shades of fucked up. The situation I’m in is fifty shades of fucked up"
Hits the nail right on the head, don't ya think? The author even plays up to the fact that the other 50 is extremely controlling when he tells Anna: “I had your duplex outfitted with a surveillance system."
Also, the author seems to know about the Twilight background of 50 because he mentions it quite often. Stating that Chris Grey is "the kind of guy you want to write fanfic about" (LMAO). And also, when Chris introduces himself, he mistakenly calls himseld Edward (snort). But my favorite has to be the little footnote at the end of the third chapter:
New episodes serialized every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, until a publisher offers me a fat stack of cash money for the book. Then I’ll sell out, take the free chapters down, and change the characters’ names to Edward and Bella.
That last part sums it perfectly. lol
November 21, 2014
5 stars – This clever parody of Fifty Shades of Grey made me snicker and snort with laughter!
March 26, 2012
ROLFLMFAO!! BRAVO!! You are brilliant Andrew Sahffer! If you have 30 minutes and you want to laugh...the snorting, wheezing, can't catch your breath, maybe you should have worn a Depends kind of laughing...then read this!! Just don't eat or drink, because you might choke. My head hurts now!
April 11, 2012
I'm laughing as much as I was when I read the original Fifty Shades.
March 17, 2012
Hilarious riff of 50 Shades and it is bloody funny! I am following this religiously because with quotes like
'I growl with frustration at my reflection in the mirror. Damn my hair – it’s fifty shades of fucked up.' and
“I think you can take the rest of the afternoon off.”
“I only have a week left, but my boss would kill me,” I say.
“I’m your boss, Anna.”
“What do you mean?”
There’s that smile again, the one with all those teeth. “I just bought Walmart,” he says.'
I highly recommend this to everyone who is sick of the 50 Shades hype/series or those who want to check it out but is wary (this is better edited too!)
'I growl with frustration at my reflection in the mirror. Damn my hair – it’s fifty shades of fucked up.' and
“I think you can take the rest of the afternoon off.”
“I only have a week left, but my boss would kill me,” I say.
“I’m your boss, Anna.”
“What do you mean?”
There’s that smile again, the one with all those teeth. “I just bought Walmart,” he says.'
I highly recommend this to everyone who is sick of the 50 Shades hype/series or those who want to check it out but is wary (this is better edited too!)
March 19, 2012
Favorite quotes & comments in the status updates.
October 12, 2025
Funny as hell and points out all the things that made the original so lulz-worthy.
ETA 5/19/12:
Sorry, Andrew Shaffer - you've lost points because you decided to join this bandwagon and sell your parody. I feel lied to, and that you sold out.
http://www.evilreads.com/fifty-one-sh...
ETA 7/25/12:
removed rating after reading the entire parody.
ETA 5/19/12:
Sorry, Andrew Shaffer - you've lost points because you decided to join this bandwagon and sell your parody. I feel lied to, and that you sold out.
http://www.evilreads.com/fifty-one-sh...
ETA 7/25/12:
removed rating after reading the entire parody.
March 21, 2012
This was so very FUN! Pity that this was just a few chapters worth. Hopefully AS would eventually finish this story and publish it as a book. I would definitely prefer it than the original Fifty series.
March 21, 2012
This had me laughing out loud! Oh my gosh, whether you've read Fifty or not, Fifty-One is hysterical!
Go here for the parody: http://www.evilreads.com/fifty-one-sh...
My favorite quotes:
"HOLY MOTHERFUCKING SPARKLY VAMPIRES IS HE HOT!"
"I have hobbies,” he says, smirking. “Physical pursuits: Base-jumping, hang-gliding, underwater basket-weaving."
I shake my head to gather my thoughts. When I draw a blank, shaking up the ol’ brain box always seems to help me. Like a magic eight ball, a thought pops up for me. “Signs point to yes,” I say.
November 1, 2012
Simply indisputably HILARIOUS!
Andrew Shaffer talks about a very different Edward aka Chris Grey and Ana Steal in this comical version of Fifty Shades of Grey!
Fans of the series should definitely give it a try.
Andrew Shaffer talks about a very different Edward aka Chris Grey and Ana Steal in this comical version of Fifty Shades of Grey!
Fans of the series should definitely give it a try.
March 21, 2012
Off the f-ing charts funny!
March 21, 2012
OMFG!! This is just toooo freakin' funny! I can't wait for the rest of the story! If you've read Fifty and/or Twilight, ya gotta read this one! BTW, it will have your co-workers looking at you like you lost your mind when you bust out laughing!! Yes, I was bad and read at work!! Don't judge me! LOL!!
Here's some fav quotes:
“Mr. Gray will see you now,” the blonde woman says. I push the door open and trip over the hem of my sagging sweatpants in one swift motion. As I careen towards the floor, my body reflexively goes into gymnast mode. I drop the backpack and notebook, throw my arms straight out, and roll into a cartwheel. With the momentum picked up from tripping, I complete three full cartwheels before landing on my feet – on Mr. Gray’s desk! I am so embarrassed about my clumsiness that I close my eyes. But I hear someone...clapping. I open my eyes and stare down at Mr. Gray and HOLY MOTHERFUCKING SPARKLY VAMPIRES IS HE HOT. “Miss Kraven,” he says, extending a long-fingered hand to me to assist me off the desk. “I’m Edward. I mean, 'Chris Gray.' Have a seat?”
“Well, um,” I say, accepting his hand and stepping off the desk. I blink my eyes rapidly as we touch; either his touch is electric, or I just had a seizure.
“Have you sacrificed having a wife and family for the sake of business?” “No, but I have sacrificed many the virgin,” he says, smirking again. I gulp.
He extends his right hand. “The pleasure was all on this end,” he says, smiling. I shake his hand, and feel the jolt of electricity again from him. He laughs and raises his hand to show me the joy-buzzer in his palm. What a prankster! “Good day, Anna.”
All week long, I work on my final essays and study for my exams. I also work at Walmart when I can, not because I need the money (I get enough from Mommy and Daddy), but because I spend my free time fantasizing about “interning” for Chris Gray. And by “interning,” I mean having hot, jungle-monkey sex.
I call my dad, Phil. He doesn’t like to talk on the phone, but I like to call and bug him anyway. After fifteen minutes of me blabbing my mouth off and him grunting awkwardly, I realize that I haven’t called my dad – I dialed the wrong number, and some creepy guy is masturbating on the other end of the line. I hang up immediately. I’ll call my dad another day; I need a shower.
He hands me his shopping list and I lead him through the store in search of the items. Duct tape? Plastic wrap? A hacksaw? Who is this guy, Dexter? I lead him towards the aisle with duct tape, and it takes all of my available mental capacity to concentrate on walking. Left foot, right foot, left foot...right foot? I get confused easily, especially around a stud like Chris Gray.
Here's the link to read:
http://www.evilreads.com/fifty-one-sh...
Here's some fav quotes:
“Mr. Gray will see you now,” the blonde woman says. I push the door open and trip over the hem of my sagging sweatpants in one swift motion. As I careen towards the floor, my body reflexively goes into gymnast mode. I drop the backpack and notebook, throw my arms straight out, and roll into a cartwheel. With the momentum picked up from tripping, I complete three full cartwheels before landing on my feet – on Mr. Gray’s desk! I am so embarrassed about my clumsiness that I close my eyes. But I hear someone...clapping. I open my eyes and stare down at Mr. Gray and HOLY MOTHERFUCKING SPARKLY VAMPIRES IS HE HOT. “Miss Kraven,” he says, extending a long-fingered hand to me to assist me off the desk. “I’m Edward. I mean, 'Chris Gray.' Have a seat?”
“Well, um,” I say, accepting his hand and stepping off the desk. I blink my eyes rapidly as we touch; either his touch is electric, or I just had a seizure.
“Have you sacrificed having a wife and family for the sake of business?” “No, but I have sacrificed many the virgin,” he says, smirking again. I gulp.
He extends his right hand. “The pleasure was all on this end,” he says, smiling. I shake his hand, and feel the jolt of electricity again from him. He laughs and raises his hand to show me the joy-buzzer in his palm. What a prankster! “Good day, Anna.”
All week long, I work on my final essays and study for my exams. I also work at Walmart when I can, not because I need the money (I get enough from Mommy and Daddy), but because I spend my free time fantasizing about “interning” for Chris Gray. And by “interning,” I mean having hot, jungle-monkey sex.
I call my dad, Phil. He doesn’t like to talk on the phone, but I like to call and bug him anyway. After fifteen minutes of me blabbing my mouth off and him grunting awkwardly, I realize that I haven’t called my dad – I dialed the wrong number, and some creepy guy is masturbating on the other end of the line. I hang up immediately. I’ll call my dad another day; I need a shower.
He hands me his shopping list and I lead him through the store in search of the items. Duct tape? Plastic wrap? A hacksaw? Who is this guy, Dexter? I lead him towards the aisle with duct tape, and it takes all of my available mental capacity to concentrate on walking. Left foot, right foot, left foot...right foot? I get confused easily, especially around a stud like Chris Gray.
Here's the link to read:
http://www.evilreads.com/fifty-one-sh...
July 23, 2012
I push the door open and trip over the hem of my sagging sweatpants in one swift motion. As I careen towards the floor, my body reflexively goes into gymnast mode. I drop the backpack and notebook, throw my arms straight out, and roll into a carwheel. With the momentum picked up from tripping, I complete three full cartwheels before landing on my feet – on Mr. Gray’s desk!
I'm laughing so hard, I can't breathe!
“Do I intimidate you, Anna?” he says.
“Why do you ask?”
“Because you seem nervous around me. You sound much more relaxed on the surveillance tapes I have from inside your duplex.”
If you feel, like I do, a little silly for having fallen for the hype and decided the original was not really worth your time, know that this cheesy parody makes up for it. Fun, fun, fun!
I'm laughing so hard, I can't breathe!
“Do I intimidate you, Anna?” he says.
“Why do you ask?”
“Because you seem nervous around me. You sound much more relaxed on the surveillance tapes I have from inside your duplex.”
If you feel, like I do, a little silly for having fallen for the hype and decided the original was not really worth your time, know that this cheesy parody makes up for it. Fun, fun, fun!
March 21, 2012
Tongue-in-cheek and absurd-- my favorite kind of humor. Set wombs to incubate. (You had to be there. Go read it if you haven't read Fifty Shades but you have an idea what it's about and Suzy, it ain't pretty.)
March 21, 2012
This will be the only thing with 'fifty' and 'shades' in the title that I will ever read.
I think this whole thing is summed up with this sentence: "We step into the helicopter’s cockpit and he takes control of the controls like the controlling man he is."
That writing, while mocking FSoG, is far superior to anything I read from the original fanfic.
I will continue to read this parody - I was highly entertained.
I think this whole thing is summed up with this sentence: "We step into the helicopter’s cockpit and he takes control of the controls like the controlling man he is."
That writing, while mocking FSoG, is far superior to anything I read from the original fanfic.
I will continue to read this parody - I was highly entertained.
April 7, 2012
Fun little parody of Fifty Shades of Grey.
Quite entertaining and I'll be on the lookout for his soon to be published book - Fifty Shames of Earl Grey.
Quite entertaining and I'll be on the lookout for his soon to be published book - Fifty Shames of Earl Grey.
June 24, 2015
I read the 3 chapters of this on goodreads just now (because I was aimlessly browsing through the site anyway). And boy am I glad I did. I read about the first 7 chapters of the original Fifty Shades of Grey and was so disgusted with the author's blatant disrespect for the reader's intellect that I vowed never to read erotica again. But this parody is so worth it. Sample these and judge yourself -
ROFL. I'll try and keep up with the chapters as they release if I get the time.
I blush. “Oh, stop.”
“No, it’s true,” he says. “I have no idea what’s going on inside that pretty little head of yours...”
“To be honest, I have no idea either,” I say, looking down at the table to avoid his powerful gaze. “
“I like my tea like I like my men,” I say. With the last name “Grey.” But I realize that’s too forward, so I add, “Black.”
He raises an eyebrow.
“I mean, not that I exclusively like black men,” I say, trying to recover. “I like other kinds of tea. And men.”
“Have you ever tasted...white tea, Anna?”
The receptionist looks up from her computer. “Please sign in, Miss Steal,” she says, pushing a clipboard with an attached pen across the desk to me. “You’ll want to take the elevator and go to the ninetieth floor.”
I look at her blankly. Being from the small town of Portland, I’ve never seen an elevator before. “What button do I press to get there?”
She smiles. “The one that says nine-zero,” she says as I sign in.
The building is a ginormous 175-story office building that juts into the sky like a glass and steel erection. It’s fifteen minutes until two when I arrive – just in time for the interview. I walk through the glass doors and into the lobby, which is also floor-to-ceiling glass and steel. This fascinates me, because buildings back in Portland are made of grass and mud.
ROFL. I'll try and keep up with the chapters as they release if I get the time.
April 24, 2012
I eagerly await every installment! Can't wait for more.
**review to come** (I loved it!)
Review:
I had the pleasure (no pun intended) of reading an Advance Reader Copy of the soon-to-be-published Fifty Shames of Earl Grey, a parody of Fifty Shades of Grey. I've read the Twilight books, but not Fifty Shades, so I wondered if I would *get* all the jokes and references. (Fifty Shades started out as Twilight fanfic.) Apparently I did, because I laughed throughout the entire book and couldn't put it down.
I called my friend who was also reading an ARC and we laughed so hard over various passages that we were both crying. My friend said she loved the book so much that she worried she was about to step into creepy stalker territory with the author. LOL
To mark my favorite parts, I used the highlight feature on my Nook, but I used it so much that I broke that feature. It kept jumping completely out of the book, making me open it up over and over.
Anna has to write a college paper on the legalities of fan fiction. Her ethnic best friend (he describes himself this way), Jin, is a brony. Earl makes Anna take a Cosmo-like sex quiz and he has an Olive Garden restaurant on his yacht. I mean seriously, it goes on and on.
Fifty Shames of Earl Grey is wickedly funny and reverently irreverent. If you've read Twilight and/or Fifty Shades and you love to laugh, don't miss this book—you won't be disappointed. And if you haven't read either of them...well, just be expecting some over the top, purple prose craziness.
**review to come** (I loved it!)
Review:
I had the pleasure (no pun intended) of reading an Advance Reader Copy of the soon-to-be-published Fifty Shames of Earl Grey, a parody of Fifty Shades of Grey. I've read the Twilight books, but not Fifty Shades, so I wondered if I would *get* all the jokes and references. (Fifty Shades started out as Twilight fanfic.) Apparently I did, because I laughed throughout the entire book and couldn't put it down.
I called my friend who was also reading an ARC and we laughed so hard over various passages that we were both crying. My friend said she loved the book so much that she worried she was about to step into creepy stalker territory with the author. LOL
To mark my favorite parts, I used the highlight feature on my Nook, but I used it so much that I broke that feature. It kept jumping completely out of the book, making me open it up over and over.
Anna has to write a college paper on the legalities of fan fiction. Her ethnic best friend (he describes himself this way), Jin, is a brony. Earl makes Anna take a Cosmo-like sex quiz and he has an Olive Garden restaurant on his yacht. I mean seriously, it goes on and on.
Fifty Shames of Earl Grey is wickedly funny and reverently irreverent. If you've read Twilight and/or Fifty Shades and you love to laugh, don't miss this book—you won't be disappointed. And if you haven't read either of them...well, just be expecting some over the top, purple prose craziness.
April 8, 2012
I’m trying to brush my hair into Submission.
Why is my hair so Kinky?
Oh how I enjoyed this little treasure. This parody has so much potential, and I want more! I hope it's not a joke that the author is releasing a longer version called "Fifty Shames of Earl Gray".
Tongue-in-Cheeks, for sure ;) This is the dirty-parody version of the dirty-fan-fiction version of the YA phenom Twilight... This little ebook is charming and clever. I definitely snorted in the first chapter. It was welcome catharsis after my disturbing experience with the FSofG audiobook, which is read by a bizarrely creepy young-sounding narrator whose only experience in narration is with kids and teen books. (That is 100% true, unfortunately, leaving me curious as to what audience they were targeting?)
No matter your feelings about the book, Im pretty sure this will make you laugh. Cheers to Andrew Shaffer. He's got a new fan!
March 22, 2012
Each new part of Fifty-One Shades makes me feel so much better for the time I spent reading Fifty Shades. At least now I can understand the genius of this parody fully.
March 22, 2012
I don't know if the author can keep the parody funny for an entire book, but the first three chapters are hilarious.
February 6, 2015
DISCLAIMER: I work for the audiobook publisher of this title, but all opinions are my own. I am writing this review on my own volition--aka, I was not asked by my employer nor the author to post anything about this book.
I had the privilege of reading the almost-final manuscript (gotta celebrate the small perks!) and it is hilarious. There was something to laugh at on every page--even if you didn't read the "other" book, or even Twilight, you'll get it. Lots of pop culture references, cleverly woven into the storyline, make this book relevant to the ridiculousness of our time.
If you've read the excerpts--hang on for the full version. It'll be worth the wait.
I had the privilege of reading the almost-final manuscript (gotta celebrate the small perks!) and it is hilarious. There was something to laugh at on every page--even if you didn't read the "other" book, or even Twilight, you'll get it. Lots of pop culture references, cleverly woven into the storyline, make this book relevant to the ridiculousness of our time.
If you've read the excerpts--hang on for the full version. It'll be worth the wait.
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