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Vampire Knight (vol.7,8) with story and artwork by Matsuri Hino (Viz Media 2009) is about aristocratic vampires secretly co-existing with humans in a private school created for the purpose of peace and understanding. Vampire Knight has beautiful vampires romanticized in a continuing story that is chock full of action, romance and drama. I love it.
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Continue ReadingDead to the World is the fourth book in the Southern Vampire mystery series set in Bön Temps, Lousiana and featuring Sookie Stackhouse. She works as a barmaid at Merlotte’s and is gifted (or cursed) with telepathy. Ever since she hooked up with vampire, Bill Compton, life has ceased to be dull.
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Continue ReadingBone Crossed (2009) by Patricia Briggs is the fourth book in the Mercy Thompson series. Werewolves, fae, vampires and other hidden creatures live among humans or so says Mercy, the narrator of this series. By the way, I’ll try not to spoil it for you if you haven’t started this series yet.
Mercy is a shape shifter or […]
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Continue ReadingI have yet to behold the wonder that is Neil Gaiman. I’ve heard through word of mouth how good he is but I have yet to read any of his books. However, I do own a few. CNN did a interview with the author about his new book, Graveyard, which is inspired by Kipling’s The Jungle Book. Instead of […]
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Continue ReadingClub Dead (2003) finds Sookie Stackhouse and her vampire boyfriend, Bill Compton, arriving at a crossroads in their relationship. Remembering all that they’ve been through in the previous two books, it comes as no surprise but I am a little disappointed that things dissolved so quickly in their relationship.
Twenty-six year old Sookie Stackhouse lives in a small, rural town, […]
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Continue ReadingBlood Alone by Masayuki Takano, volume #4 in an ongoing series, rated for Older Teens (+13 and up), published by Infinity Studios, Feb 2008 release, $10.95 US, that is currently on back order at Amazon.com but my local bookstore had four copies on the shelf.
This is a series I’ve been avidly following. It’s a story about a young […]
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Continue ReadingLiving Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris, copyright 2002, published by Ace, is the second book in her popular Southern Vampire series. It is available in paperback and in digital format of your choice. I might possibly be the last person on earth to not have read these books but I plan to rectify that.
The story centers around […]
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Continue ReadingREVIEW: Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian, copyright March 2008, published by Dell. Midnight Rising is the fourth book in Ms. Adrian’s Midnight Breed vampire series set in Boston, New York. Midnight Rising is available in paperback and ebook at your favorite retailer.
The vampire nation has been living secretly among humankind since the middle ages. […]
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Continue ReadingI am somewhat of a new manga reader having discovered this genre a little more than a year ago. Just like my other genre books, I am dedicated to reading what I’ve bought. Some titles will be new, some titles not. Every Monday I will be highlighting manga or graphic novels that I have read from my TBR pile. Hopefully, you’ll […]
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Continue ReadingMidnight Awakening by Lara Adrian is book #3 in her Midnight Breed series, published 2007 by Dell. It is available in paperback and ebook at your favorite retailer. Despite the fact that I am essentially all paranormaled out — I bought this book because a friend of mine loved it.
In the world of vampires who coexist with humankind, […]
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Continue ReadingDead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 1) by Charlaine Harris, published in 2001, is the first book in the Southern Vampire mystery series. Sookie Stackhouse, a barmaid from Bön Temps, Louisiana, narrates the story.
Sookie has a gift: she can read minds. She considers her telepathy a disability because many of the townspeople consider her […]
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Continue ReadingFans should be happy to hear that Anne Rice will give Lestat “one more book.” I’ve only read Interview With Vampire and remember trying to read the next book in the series but Anne Rice is just too wordy for me. Supposedly she abandoned her vampires for biblical fiction but she decided to resurrect Lestat […]
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Continue Reading30 Days of Night, story by Steve Niles and illustrated by Ben Templesmith, published December 2004 by IDW Publishing. This graphic novel is a straight up horror story. You have a secluded town with more than 400 residents living in sub-zero weather where the sun doesn’t rise for 30 days. Welcome to Barrow, Alaska which turns out […]
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Reader’s Corner: HBO’s True Blood (Sookie Stackhouse Series): So What’s the Verdict?
by Avid Reader on November 24, 2008
in Avid Musings
I have refrained from watching HBO’s True Blood, the Sookie Stackhouse series that was adapted to television by Alan Ball (Six Feet Under) and directly inspired by the novels written by Charlaine Harris because I have not finish reading the series yet. However, my mother and sister are addicted to the show.
As for the TV show, […]
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