A Private Diary: Our First Year in Swinging [Paperback]

Jerry L. Moore (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 30, 2005

A Private Diary: Our First Year in Swinging is the diary of a couple s exploration into the secret sexual world of the Lifestyle. Jerry and Susie are an average married small-town couple who make a New Year's resolution between them to attend a swingers club and are launched into a sexually exciting year of adventure and discovery. They join the rapidly growing underground society of swingers who seek carnal pleasures with others. Their education in swinging is fast and furious as they plunge enthusiastically into one sexual adventure after another.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

The author and his wife are hedonists who realize that life is short and unpredictable, so they try to enjoy life to the fullest. They share unconditional love between them and are deeply committed to each other, critically important traits for any couple entering the Lifestyle. This is their third book based on their real life experiences. Jerry and Susie are not professional authors; they are everyday people who hope to share their journeys through life and lessons learned with others.

Product Details

• Paperback: 318 pages
• Publisher: Infinity Publishing (August 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0741427311
• ISBN-13: 978-0741427311
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,612,551 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable and entertaining, February 9, 2006

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Cheryl (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Private Diary: Our First Year in Swinging (Paperback)

As the title indicates, this book is the diary of a couple's first year in the swinging lifestyle. I found it very realistic and so much fun to read, taking you through their first tentative yet also highly enthusiastic steps into swinging. There were many lessons learned during their first few experiences, with the author ready to quit, unsure he was suited for the lifestyle. This provides valuable real life information for those taking their first plunge into swinging. Swinging is not for everyone and there is comfort in knowing that most everyone has a rough time initially, with many emotional issues and a period of adjustment as they find out what works best for them and what isn't comfortable for them and they should therefore avoid. The book was very good at exposing many of the ups and downs that are encountered during swinging, social, physical and emotional. The latter half of the book provided some sexually explicit and highly erotic adventures, where the couple experienced a number of their longtime sexual fantasies, including various 3-somes, 4-somes, role-playing (e.g. a date with a hooker in a bar), squirting female orgasms, oral and anal sex. Overall, a very entertaining and enjoyable book!

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Boring, Repetitive, Needs an Editor, March 4, 2006

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JE (Hillsboro, OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Private Diary: Our First Year in Swinging (Paperback)

I'm almost half-way through this book now, and find it's increasingly becoming more of a struggle for me to keep going back and reading more. Most of the book is a blow-by-blow (sometimes literally) account of the author's swinging experiences, with some comments about how he and his partner felt about the experiences thrown in.

Anytime I read I find myself quickly becoming bored due to the sameness of the descriptions of their experiences, and getting really irritated with the author's habit of ending every other sentence with an exclamation mark! There is a serious need for a skilled editor here! See what I mean!

I'm no psychologist, and maybe I'm just envious, but the author also seems to spend a lot of time and effort describing in repetitious detail his own (and his partner's) insatiable sexual appetites. How many times do I need a description of how much she squirts, how many times he humps in an evening, how big and hard he gets, and how often they make love when by themselves, including seemingly mandatory descriptions of their yells upon cumming and of course more exclamation marks!? I can enjoy and get off on good written porn, but this is not it.

I've had a lot of swinging experiences myself, so I do know what it is like, and can identify with most of the author's experiences. On the other hand, I think they could be communicated in a much more skilled manner by another author.

The more I read, the more I feel ripped off by the(...)price. All in all, I'm sorry I bought the book. There are other books and DVDs that do a much better job describing swinging experiences and emotions.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Swinging experiences, December 5, 2005

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Swinger (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Private Diary: Our First Year in Swinging (Paperback)

This book is full of helpful information and is told from the viewpoint of an experienced swinger. (There are several other books I read years ago that were obviously not written by actual swingers. Journalists and outsiders cannot portray the firsthand emotional and psychological aspects of swinging that real swingers can.) The couple in this book take us along with them on their roller-coaster ride during their first year of swinging, from graphically erotic sexual encounters to emotional self-doubts and disappointments. I appreciated the honesty and candor the author used when describing the Lifestyle. Rather than sugar-coating everything and focusing only on the upside of swinging, the author gives a realistic view, including negative as well as positive experiences. Everyone is certainly not suited for swinging and this book provides enough food-for-thought to give every Swinger wannabe many different points to consider before taking the plunge. The author reveals many of the personal hurdles that need to be overcome to enjoy success in the Lifestyle, including performance anxiety, jealousy, insecurity, inhibitions and the critical issues surrounding interpersonal relationships at many levels of intimacy. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in knowing what swinging is really like.