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How to Set His Thighs on Fire: 86 Red-Hot Lessons on Love, Life, Men, and (Especially) Sex

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Of course I was lured to Ms White's new book by the title....who doesn't want to make her man hot for her?...but I found so much more than that. Great advice on issues we women face everyday at home, at work and in the bedroom, delivered in a best friend breezy style that has made White's other books such fun to read. This one is arranged by subject and you can jump back and forth, from chapter to chapter, but be warned: it's like eating salted peanuts; hard to stop! There is some familiar stuff here, too, but the kind of things that need the reinforcement, like why guys don't like to talk about their feelings and the dumb things women do to make men groan. From her position as editor of Cosmo, Ms White definitely has her fingers on the pulse of what's relevant to young American women and this is like a field manual for their lives! A must read for anyone who wants to make the most of their love/sex/career experience, even for guys who would do well to learn this stuff themselves.

While I understand the marketing thinking behind calling this book HOW TO SET HIS THIGHS ON FIRE, truthfully the book would have been better named How to Set Your World on Fire. Sure, there are the requisite sex tips (and I'm not even too embarrassed to admit that I learned a thing or two in this category), but what I really liked about this book were the sections dealing with life and career.

Two chapters that really resonated for me were TOSS OUT YOUR FIVE YEAR PLAN and HOW TO COME UP WITH A KILLER IDEA. Great sex advice as well as career tips, what more could a girl ask for?

There truly are a number of thought-provoking pearls of wisdom in this book beyond the naughtiness we've come to expect of Cosmo. More importantly, the book is fun and easy to read. And while you may learn a few things about setting his thighs on fire, don't be surprised if you learn other life lessons along the way.

Who penned the title for this book? It should have been titled something else but hey I still bought it and I don't even read Cosmopolitan Magazine. This is another book of life lessons or at least How to's for women. 86 lessons in all. Of course, not every lesson is associated with sex and men but rather a woman's life and pursuit of style and self. I'm a big advocate of finding self and I think Kate White is too.

There are endless magazines on the market about anything under the sun for women. You'll find all subjects from fitness, style, health, and hobbies but no magazine delivers the message of self confidence laced with sex appeal as much as Cosmopolitan. Kate White has put together this book of 86 lessons she's acquired in her years as Editor and Chief of Cosmopolitan that will make you think, experiment, nod in agreement, and laugh.

It was a good read that offers advice on sex, men, life, self-confidence, and work. It's somewhat of a mentor book that covers all those topics that you eventually end up asking your mentor with some sex advice that you'd normally ask your most experienced girlfriend about. Each topic is to the point and fairly short so you can read at your leisure with out having to get sucked into a plot you can't put down so this is a great book for reading while waiting in line or a few pages before bed. Most of the chapters are two pages with a few that need more pages to cover the topic but all fairly short.

I loved the different topics. My favorite was lesson forty-two: Guys Like Women Naked, Period. I got a chuckle out of quote in the book: "Want to know how to look hot naked? Answer: Take Your Clothes Off! Also there are a number of other great lessons in the book dealing with work and personal appearance that I really liked. Anyway it's worth a read even if the title kind of misrepresents the contents of the book.

girldiver:)

My sexy guy bought me a copy of Kate White's newest book, "How to Set His Thighs on Fire." Gulp! Was he giving me a hint? I took a deep breath, feeling perplexed and more than a bit worried.... With a glint in his eye, he flipped the pages to tip #3: OWN YOUR HOTNESS, then told me that my confidence in and out of bed is what he finds most compelling about me, and that tip #7, about adding INSTANT MAGIC TO A ROOM, had been, for me, a no-brainer for years. Okay, okay, I thought, this seems to be going positively, maybe my main man has something else on his mind. Perhaps he's happy enough between the sheets with me, but curious to try a kinky, lovemaking trick.
Did Ms. White have one?
I grabbed the book from his clutch and zeroed in on tip #23: HOW TO HOOK A MAN FOREVER. Yep, that clever technique sounded good.... And tip #27: THINK WITH YOUR PANTIES. Sure, I could master that maneuver too.... And tip #62: THE MOST NEGLECTED MOAN ZONE ON A MAN'S BODY. Hey, this is fun -- and very, um, educational!
Was he panting yet?
By the time we got to tip #86: HOW TO BE GREAT IN BED, we were in bed. Not sleeping, by the way.
And I realized that my bookstore genius had given us both a gift -- for although this book's title implies that it's all about giving him pleasure, in truth it's really all about you, as a woman, and how to make yourself happier...not only in bed but also in life, pointing you toward making smart choices about your career, friendships, self-esteem and more.
The next morning, I picked up the book from the floor, where it was buried under a tangle of bed linens that we had flung around. I put the eye-opening "How to Set His Thighs on Fire" on my bookshelf, alongside Kate White's other winning books -- her spine-tingling Bailey Weggins murder mystery series and her brilliant career-and-life-goal bibles: "Why Good Girls Don't Get Ahead...But Gutsy Girls Do" and "9 Secrets of Women Who Get Everything They Want."
Later that day, as loverboy held my hand at our favorite seaside restaurant, I peered into his big brown eyes and asked: "Why that book? What made you get that one?"
Now he looked perplexed.
"Your shelf is full of books by Kate White," he replied. "You must like her stuff a lot. Thought I couldn't go wrong...."
Thank you, Ms. White. You made things go very right.

If you are looking for a book about how to improve your inner beauty (as in personality, relationship stuff). I definitely recommend this. I was looking for a book about how to improve me to improve my relationship. I found what I was looking for. For me personally, chapter 64 really opened my eyes. It's not that I didn't know this information before but, seeing it in print helped me realize my actions.

I have to comment on how accurate the work-related chapters really hit on the money! I recommend it for women of all ages in the workforce. However, it does apply how women are outside of work also. So, if you're a stay at home mom, like me, even though you don't work, you still associate with these women.

I really enjoyed reading this book. I admit most of it is common sense knowledge. However, sometimes we need to be reminded of common sense things.

This book includes: Table of Contents (of course) and at the back an Index by Subject(Life, Men and Love, Sex, Style, Work). Which is really good for easy re-reading!! A must-have for your bookself! And, if you get a little tired, finish that chapter for that moment, do something else, pick it up later and continue on! It gets better!!

I loved this book! It is filled with insightful and sometimes funny advice on everything from career to sex, I could not put it down although it is arranged in way that makes it easy to pick up whenever you have a chance. It is the perfect summer beach read, but watch out, all of your friends will be trying to get their hands on your copy!

This book is amazing. As an avid Cosmo reader, I thought that this would be sort of a rewording of most articles. I was happily mistaken! I enjoyed this book (so did my husband I might add). This book gives you that extra umph of self confidance. I cant wait for a sequel!!

I really liked this - fun, usable, and true. All women who wanna have fun with their man should read it :)