Roxy is not really the literary type. She’s always found that time spent lost between pages is not nearly as much fun as time spent writhing between sheets. However, there are exceptions — Roxy is quite the fan of erotic literature.

While there is some high-end product in the field (think DH Lawrence), Roxy’s tastes tend to be a little more down market. She prefers porno pulp to erudite erotica — as one enlightened boy pointed out a few years back, you don’t want to have to worry about staining leather bound hardbacks if you get involved in the text.

These days, Roxy gets her fix from the Internet. There are many places a girl can have fun, but Roxy’s personal favorite is literotica.com. Oh, Literotica, with your carefully indexed stories in easy-to-understand categories, how Roxy loves you. As best as Roxy can figure, the authors are all amateurs who take time out of their days to help keep her hot and bothered. (Roxy finds the amateur authorship pleasing; professionals are all too often concerned with pretty prose instead of producing suitably pulsating pornography.)

As Roxy has alluded to above, her most favorite thing about literotica.com is the careful categorization of stories. Topics vary from the mundane (“Erotic Couplings”) to the ever-so-slightly less mundane (“Group”) all the way to the interesting (“Incest” and “Non-Consent/Reluctance”). Needless to say, Roxy’s interest lie with the interesting.

Now, Roxy is certainly no shrinking violet when it comes to other forms of porn. She’s definitely into dirty pics and videos. Especially the homemade kind. However, she finds that pictures of double penetration aren’t quite as stimulating as the proverbial thousand words on the same subject. It’s so much easier to put yourself in the scene when it’s on paper (hey, if it’s electronic, you can even produce a personalized version), and Roxy’s always liked to join in.

What’s more, while the pause, fast forward, rewind and slow motion buttons get extensive use on Roxy’s DVD player, she finds it distracting to have to push buttons when she’d prefer to be pushing buttons. With words on the page, Roxy can read the bits she likes over and over and over again; sometimes slow, sometimes fast. She can skip the plot, or edge her way through the tantalizing build up, eventually reaching the spectacular climax. So many options.

Actually, Roxy’s real reason for favoring erotic lit over other forms of pornography is discretion. It’s pretty hard not to freak out your roommates when you start watching “Jenna Does Carmen” on the big-screen TV. And trust Roxy when she tells you that portable DVD players are not nearly as private as you might think.

With printouts, on the hand — well, it just looks like you’re reading a paper. Roxy flies a lot, and she gets restless on planes. However, armed with a few pieces from Literotica, a good blanket and a spare hand, she finds that flights go by so much quicker. Likewise on the train, or in the backseat while the parents drive to Grandma’s. Class, too, is a lot more fun when “Double Trouble” is deftly inserted into the Physics 41 textbook.

So if you’re like Roxy and books aren’t really your thing, follow her lead: next time you’re struck by a desire to curl up with a good book, try a more exciting genre.