Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Cass, it is safe for you to read. Not violent, but scary creepy. I'll loan you my paperback the next time I see you. Because yeah, you would LOVE it. Historical research AND vampires!
The text was pretty dense, and to be honest, it took me a month to read it, but I loved the story.
It is a really dense read. And every time I read it, it makes me want to go on a non-fiction vampire binge. (Which I am going to do this time.)
It made me want to do a tour of Eastern Europe, and I'd never been interested in that region before. She really made the political history come alive.
Very cool, Jilli! And it sounds like I should add The Historian to my TBR list.
It made me want to do a tour of Eastern Europe, and I'd never been interested in that region before.
I really, really want to go to Slovenia and Transylvania. Mostly for family history reasons, but also because I am that kind of vampire geek and want to go visit Those Sorts of places.
I liked The Historian; I didn't LOVE it, because it seemed to lack a little action that I like, and the ending seemed to lack a little something I needed. It felt like sequel bat, and there's not going to be a sequel.
I understand the notion of an open ending perfectly well; it felt like she was just tired, and struggling for a way to end it. YMMV.
Huh. I was needing something to re-read tonight; maybe I'll revisit it.
But I do love the actual academic angle of it, and it was a good story.
I tried to read Kostova's next book: snoozefest, IMO.
Do y'all think if a person took a lot of iron supplements, it would make their blood toxic to sidhe?
Cass, it is safe for you to read. Not violent, but scary creepy. I'll loan you my paperback the next time I see you. Because yeah, you would LOVE it. Historical research AND vampires!
That sounds fantastic. Thank you.
Do y'all think if a person took a lot of iron supplements, it would make their blood toxic to sidhe?
Not before it was toxic to them. Too much iron in your blood is bad news and most people's bodies will not let it build up.
Tries to remember where I keep my To Be Read List to make sure The Historian is on it...
That's what I was thinking. You could probably make iron water, by soaking nails and such, perhaps?
Hmmm.
The mythology around iron varies wildly, so you have considerable room for making shit up.