Dave Schaafsma's Reviews > Kiss and Tell: A Romantic Résumé, Ages 0 to 22

This is part of an interesting sub-genre of books on kissing and telling. . . or how I lost my virginity. . . or sexual coming of age stories. . . let's see: Unlikely, or How I lost my Virginity by Jeffrey Brown, or his Every Girl is the End of the World to Me. Not Anais Nin sort of erotic fantasies, but loser stories, regular, every day people struggling to figure the stuff out. Well, Marinaomi does not set herself up as loser here, but also not as a sophisticated Sex in the City girl, either, as she often humorously details every single sexual experience (more about kisses than anything else) she can remember from her early life.

I recall Spaulding Grays' Sex and Death to the Age 14. Marinaomi is unafraid, unashamed, and we learn about ourselves in the process of her sharing. And maybe some readers might be encouraged to make their own lists?! Or it's carefully preserved in a diary with the clasp and small golden key? My early account would be much shorter than this review, maybe 2-3 lines. . .