I debated blogging about the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy (by E L James) because I don’t want to be judged. I consider myself fairly well read and these books aren’t exactly classic literature. But whatever. This blog is called GirlyObsessions, and that’s exactly what these books are: an addicting erotic fantasy and a total guilty pleasure. I’m beyond obsessed.

After hearing all the hype, and desperate for a good read, I had to check them out for myself. All I knew was that they were a “racy” love story. I guess that’s one way of putting it. I couldn’t put them down (hello, addicted) and I read all three in three days. Don’t judge, I’m not the only one. The books, which were finally released in e-book format in March, catapulted to #1 on The New York Times bestseller list (for Combined Print & E-Book Fiction). My Kindle has never seen so much action.

The New York Times dubs this book as “mommy porn and Twilight for grown-ups.” Being a total Twihard, it’s an interesting comparison. I guess they are both a love story about two people who don’t think they deserve each other, centering around a controlling, protective, unattainable man who will never exist in real life, and is perfect-in-every-way-except-one-minor-flaw (vampire and mommy issues that lead to BDSM). The 50 Shades books actually started as a Twilight fan fiction and were described by the author as a “reimagined Bella and Edward love affair set in contemporary Seattle.” So, there you go.

If you haven’t read them, the basic story is this: Anastasia, a somewhat Submissive 22-year-old virgin falls for 28-year-old Christian Grey, a sexy Dominant entrepreneur, who’s into some kinky stuff. The books are not that well written, but it doesn’t even matter. Although, who am I to talk, I’m the queen of overusing words, but I’m writing a blog, not a New York Times bestseller.

And now a studio has bought the rights to the movie. I’m not really sure how a movie adaptation would work, but I’m pretty sure I’ll be the first in line to see it. Although I feel like this will suffer from the same problem as casting Edward in Twilight: finding the perfect male lead.

So…has anyone else read these books? What did you think? And if they do make a movie, who should play Christian?