I'm about halfway through Blood Canticle, and it HAS to have been written as a comedy, right? Because it's hilarious. Sure, I side-eye the book pretty hard every time Lestat says "Dude" or "Yo", but then there are lines like "Not that the absence of hot chocolate meant anything metaphysically, of course", which are giggly delights.
Wesley: Perhaps the whole point of this experiment is hair. Gunn: I vote he's not in charge.
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
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."
Atropa - Oct 18, 2012 9:45:18 am PDT #19942 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Cass - Oct 18, 2012 10:09:29 am PDT #19943 of 28370
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
but then there are lines like "Not that the absence of hot chocolate meant anything metaphysically, of course", which are giggly delights.
I blame you entirely for the fact that I am going to eventually read this. Blame.
Atropa - Oct 18, 2012 10:12:28 am PDT #19944 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I blame you entirely for the fact that I am going to eventually read this. Blame.
I am surprisingly okay with taking on that blame. It's hilarious! Metaphysical hot chocolate! Lestat giving editorial critique on Mona's journal entries!
Cass - Oct 18, 2012 10:20:15 am PDT #19945 of 28370
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I just put a hold on it. Lestat's critiquing Mona's journal clinched it. That's meta funny.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 18, 2012 10:42:58 am PDT #19946 of 28370
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Wait-- somehow Lestat and Mona are in the same book? I stopped ready at Tales of the Body Thief. Or possibly Memnoch the Devil, whichever came last.
Atropa - Oct 18, 2012 11:13:05 am PDT #19947 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Wait-- somehow Lestat and Mona are in the same book?
Yes, at the end of Blackwood Farm. Because Tarquin Blackwood, fledgeling vampire, was in LOVE with Mona, and Lestat had kind of adopted Tarquin and ...
Yeah. It's all a cracky mess. I know that Blood Canticle is one of the books that infuriated Anne Rice's fans, I agree that there was no need to bring the worlds of the Mayfair Witches and the vampires together, and I hated Memnoch the Devil. But I'm reading Blood Canticle because I want to be able to say that I HAVE read all of the Vampire Chronicles, and because when all is said and done, Lestat is still my vampire idol. I just prefer him when he's not having Deep Thoughts about religion, and is instead the dashing fiend in the velvet frock coat.
chrismg - Oct 18, 2012 9:12:54 pm PDT #19948 of 28370
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
I've been skimming. Has anyone told Jilli about this?
Atropa - Oct 18, 2012 9:17:32 pm PDT #19949 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Yessssss. I just can't justify buying another purse. But oh, how I want that Dracula one.
sj - Oct 19, 2012 4:04:23 am PDT #19950 of 28370
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I still really want the Jane Eyre one, even though it is in no way practical for me as a purse. I carry too much stuff to fit in it, and I can't carry a purse that doesn't have a cross body strap when I am using my crutches.
megan walker - Oct 19, 2012 6:03:06 am PDT #19951 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
By the way, I bought the Alice in Wonderland one for my SIL last year and it was really well done.