Hello Readers!
In December 2016 I finally decided to try reading by e-book. Basically, I've always been a book lover - a book worm - and one who uses libraries, goes to books sales and bookstores and book fairs. I always seems to have two or three books to read at a time. For this blog I like to read at least one well regarded book before choosing my subject matter such as the Mistress of the Month but sometimes I read books that I reject or two or three or four. I also read magazine articles and news on line, including some old archived articles. Then I'm ready to make a decision and take a position.
I've learned over the last few months that there are some true positives for reading by e-book. One is saving me time, though I still do visit my library and read paper. I check to see if a book I want to read is available as an e-book and sometimes after a chapter or so I decide the books isn't appealing and that saves me borrowing or buying it. Another is that I can use the search in Overdrive(my app) to scan the book before I read it to see if there is much reference to the person or subject that I want to learn about. For instance, more than one mistress featured at MISTRESS MANIFESTO BLOGSPOT has so been in the shadows that you might have to read a few books to find a mention of her name. I know I can count on the book being mine to read for 21 days reading an e - sometimes renewable several times - before I can take notes. I still take notes by hand - sometimes hundreds of pages. I go back to the bookmarked pages when I'm taking notes to see if I still feel the information on those pages is relevant.
Of course books are the work of writers - authors - and really when I reference a book that's more than a year or two old it's like revaluing the work. I look at this blog as a way to introduce my readers to many of these talented, skilled, ambitious, and determined people who have managed to produce an entire manuscript, market it, get agents, get PR, and then - some of them - do that again. As I understand it, the initial push to market a book is when they make it or break it financially.
If there is a mistress you know about that you think would make a good subject, please leave a comment. Any books you'd recommend? That too!
As part of the Google Blogger there are stats. I look at these once in a while and see that many people are reading MISTRESS MANIFESTO BLOGSPOT on their cell phone. Although some of the most popular posts have "legs of their own" and so take dominance when you use the Internet to find the blog or information about someone of interest to you, I encourage you to seek a bit further, read another month, use the archives to see who else might interest you, because truly, many hours are put into each and every subject!
Thanks for reading!
Missy
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Saturday, April 29, 2017
Sunday, January 22, 2017
MADOFF'S OTHER SECRET : BERNIE and SHERYL FINALLY CONSUMATE THEIR RELATIONSHIP!
Missy here! Besides holding off from having actual sex with Bernie for years, Sheryl seems to think that being resistant is exciting and giving them time for real intimacy. After a first kiss in 1993, they "Stopped pretending they were not together" when they were out together. (Chapter 8 595-596) Here are important excerpts from the book "Madoff's Other Secret" and some editorial commentary from me!
But (OK, we have to believe her), despite all the lunches, dinners, flirtations, his advances, and the fact that they have been touchy feely with each other, until this point Sheryl did not think they'd yet been on an official date! (Chapter 8 611) But finally, she did put on some sexy undies beneath her suit and meet him in a hotel room where sex was "like a dance, slow and sensual, and appropriate." (Chapter 9 618-620)
Experiencing, "reawakened sexuality", she says, "Being with him was not about sex; it was about making my first real adult connection." (Chapter 9 625=626)
By September 1993, they still had not done it, and she felt conflicted about being unfaithful to her husband despite years of verbal and emotional abuse. (Some of her friends said it was better than being single... I could not agree less!) Bernie Madoff had made her feel "Wanted" and "Desired." (Chapter 10 669-670)
Finally, when they were both in Washington D.C., they had a candlelight dinner and with a couple rooms reserved upstairs, met in one of them and did. Sheryl felt she had taken the lead. He was the third lover she had ever had. (Chapter 10 685-686)
If you want sexual details, you'll have to read the book for yourself. They're there.
From then on, Sheryl and Bernie always met at the New York Hilton, where he confessed that he cared about her. He did not say the word love. "I mean emotionally, you're going to kill me. I care about you too much." Now Bernie or his secretary no longer made the reservations. Sheryl did, and allowed him to reimburse her, though sometimes she didn't insist on all the money. (Chapter 11, 772, 777-778 and Chapter 12 833-834)
She was 44. He was 55. Waiting for him in hotel rooms she sometimes drank vodka and smoked pot to relax. They would spend New Years Eve with their respective spouses.
* All excerpts here are from the e-book read with Overdrive.
Sheryl Weinstein and Bernie Madoff would continue their relationship for some time and remain friendly until the financial scandal erupted. Despite other people on the Hadassah board questioning the amazing returns on their investments that funded many Jewish-oriented charities, and newspaper articles reporting on questions and investigations, Madoff and those cooperative with him were not actually figured out or caught for some time.
Experiencing, "reawakened sexuality", she says, "Being with him was not about sex; it was about making my first real adult connection." (Chapter 9 625=626)
By September 1993, they still had not done it, and she felt conflicted about being unfaithful to her husband despite years of verbal and emotional abuse. (Some of her friends said it was better than being single... I could not agree less!) Bernie Madoff had made her feel "Wanted" and "Desired." (Chapter 10 669-670)
Finally, when they were both in Washington D.C., they had a candlelight dinner and with a couple rooms reserved upstairs, met in one of them and did. Sheryl felt she had taken the lead. He was the third lover she had ever had. (Chapter 10 685-686)
If you want sexual details, you'll have to read the book for yourself. They're there.
From then on, Sheryl and Bernie always met at the New York Hilton, where he confessed that he cared about her. He did not say the word love. "I mean emotionally, you're going to kill me. I care about you too much." Now Bernie or his secretary no longer made the reservations. Sheryl did, and allowed him to reimburse her, though sometimes she didn't insist on all the money. (Chapter 11, 772, 777-778 and Chapter 12 833-834)
She was 44. He was 55. Waiting for him in hotel rooms she sometimes drank vodka and smoked pot to relax. They would spend New Years Eve with their respective spouses.
* All excerpts here are from the e-book read with Overdrive.
Sheryl Weinstein and Bernie Madoff would continue their relationship for some time and remain friendly until the financial scandal erupted. Despite other people on the Hadassah board questioning the amazing returns on their investments that funded many Jewish-oriented charities, and newspaper articles reporting on questions and investigations, Madoff and those cooperative with him were not actually figured out or caught for some time.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017
MADOFF's OTHER SECRET : HOW THE RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPED
Sheryl Weinstein and Bernie Madoff met in 1988 when she was CFO of Hadassah, working out of New York City. Not long after they met, they started to have lunches together and having frequent phone conversations. (Chapter two 133-134)
She knew he was attracted to her right away. She found him interesting. Although, quote, " It took two or three months for me to realize that Bernie was primarily interested in talking about himself. He was a total narcissist, completely self absorbed... He was a bit of a name dropper... (His financial competitors, the people he knew on charitable boards.) (Chapter two 220-222)
"Our conversations rarely centered on our spouses. Bernie never told me he was unhappily married... He indicated that at times he could be brazen and abrupt with Ruth. He admitted that on occasion he could even bring her to tears. (Chapter two 227-228-229)
"Summer was nearly over when Bernie invited me to lunch at the Four Seasons. As usual, he arrived before I did and got a prime table in the Grill Room. I was nervous, and the butterflies in my stomach made me queasy. My outfit was perfect. I made a habit of looking my best when I saw Bernie and this day was no exception... As soon as he saw me, Bernie rose from the table, took my hands, and kissed my cheek. (Chapter 5 353-254)
Sheryl says she was "totally taken aback" by this, though he had given her many compliments and had made sexual innuendos. (For the next few years the relationship remained what I'd call an intense flirtation.) (Chapter 5 261-262)
Sheryl felt that by rebuffing his advances it had allowed them to get closer. "He was constantly making sexual innuendos. He was surrounded by savvy Upper East Side social climbers who worshipped power and money, and here I was, a hardworking woman without a hidden agenda. We shared middle - class, down-to-earth backgrounds that offered us the perfect connection." (I note though that she used her salary to send her only child to an exclusive and expensive prep school, and then college.) (Chapter 6 279-280)
In March of 1993, Sheryl decided to trust her life savings of $70,000 to Bernie, which he accepted though this was not the usual minimum investment. After the dinner in which she asked him to invest for her, they had their first kiss! (Chapter eight 451-452)
"Bernie leaned towards me and stroked the line of my jaw. I stopped speaking and brushed his lips with mine. His hand pulled my face closer and I felt his tongue gently touch my lips. He tasted of the desert we'd just shared - sweet and delicious. I don't know how long we kissed, but all too soon the cab pulled up in front of my building..."
After that first kiss, Bernie told Sheryl that he had reserved a room for them and asked her if she wanted to go upstairs to it. When she refused he said it was ok, that she was "worth the wait." (Chapter eight 581-582)
*****
Missy here ! More coming!
Excerpts and quotes are from the e-book version of the book, as read using Overdrive.
She knew he was attracted to her right away. She found him interesting. Although, quote, " It took two or three months for me to realize that Bernie was primarily interested in talking about himself. He was a total narcissist, completely self absorbed... He was a bit of a name dropper... (His financial competitors, the people he knew on charitable boards.) (Chapter two 220-222)
"Our conversations rarely centered on our spouses. Bernie never told me he was unhappily married... He indicated that at times he could be brazen and abrupt with Ruth. He admitted that on occasion he could even bring her to tears. (Chapter two 227-228-229)
"Summer was nearly over when Bernie invited me to lunch at the Four Seasons. As usual, he arrived before I did and got a prime table in the Grill Room. I was nervous, and the butterflies in my stomach made me queasy. My outfit was perfect. I made a habit of looking my best when I saw Bernie and this day was no exception... As soon as he saw me, Bernie rose from the table, took my hands, and kissed my cheek. (Chapter 5 353-254)
Sheryl says she was "totally taken aback" by this, though he had given her many compliments and had made sexual innuendos. (For the next few years the relationship remained what I'd call an intense flirtation.) (Chapter 5 261-262)
Sheryl felt that by rebuffing his advances it had allowed them to get closer. "He was constantly making sexual innuendos. He was surrounded by savvy Upper East Side social climbers who worshipped power and money, and here I was, a hardworking woman without a hidden agenda. We shared middle - class, down-to-earth backgrounds that offered us the perfect connection." (I note though that she used her salary to send her only child to an exclusive and expensive prep school, and then college.) (Chapter 6 279-280)
In March of 1993, Sheryl decided to trust her life savings of $70,000 to Bernie, which he accepted though this was not the usual minimum investment. After the dinner in which she asked him to invest for her, they had their first kiss! (Chapter eight 451-452)
"Bernie leaned towards me and stroked the line of my jaw. I stopped speaking and brushed his lips with mine. His hand pulled my face closer and I felt his tongue gently touch my lips. He tasted of the desert we'd just shared - sweet and delicious. I don't know how long we kissed, but all too soon the cab pulled up in front of my building..."
After that first kiss, Bernie told Sheryl that he had reserved a room for them and asked her if she wanted to go upstairs to it. When she refused he said it was ok, that she was "worth the wait." (Chapter eight 581-582)
*****
Missy here ! More coming!
Excerpts and quotes are from the e-book version of the book, as read using Overdrive.
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