We keep seeing unabashed reading of the grossly popular erotic book, "Fifty Shades of Gray." This book has become all the rage and while many of us at Books & Review have yet to read it (and maybe won't ever get around to it), we are fascinated by how in what seemed overnight, it became a tremendous cultural sensation. Libraries across the country have all their copies checked out with waiting lists in the hundreds and bookstores have sold out of the book.

If you've been sleeping under a rock (we won't judge), here's the synopsis of the book on Random House, the publisher of the book's website.  

"When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana's quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too-but on his own terms.
 
Shocked yet thrilled by Grey's singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success-his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family-Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey's secrets and explores her own dark desires.

Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever."

The popularity of the book has spawned some hysterical readings that we've really enjoyed.  Anything this popular has to be made fun of, right?  So here's a round-up of our favorite ones so far. I'm sure we'll be adding to the list in the near future.

First one is from the cast of "Snow White and the Huntsman" on MTV:

Next runner up from our all-time favorite, Ellen Degeneres:

And just as funny, Gilbert Gottfried: