Ha ha ha ha. Wow. Every few hours? That must put a damper on her crime solving.
Mal: How drunk was I last night? Jayne: Well I dunno. I passed out.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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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."
Polter-Cow - Nov 30, 2007 11:45:22 am PST #4405 of 28260
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
erikaj - Nov 30, 2007 11:45:30 am PST #4406 of 28260
Always Anti-fascist!
Ok...it's not like I read a lot of that stuff. Just one or two that Buffistae loaned out. "Very interesting, but stupid."
Polter-Cow - Nov 30, 2007 11:50:54 am PST #4407 of 28260
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peruses Wikipedia
I love the phrase "emergency sex."
Also, it appears Anita Blake has every power imaginable while still remaining a regular human.
askye - Nov 30, 2007 11:51:28 am PST #4408 of 28260
Thrive to spite them
It's been a really long time since I've read the books. I think in the more recent ones there hasn't been really crime solving. It's more solving the supernatural mystery, which for awhile meant Anita picked up a new power. And defeated the previously undefeated monster. The sex thing is tied into some kind of power or strength she has sex to help her defeat the bad thing.
I think. I may be making the books sound worse than they are.
askye - Nov 30, 2007 11:56:40 am PST #4409 of 28260
Thrive to spite them
Yes, Anita is the UberMarySue.
Not only is she so beautiful that men can't help but lust after her (this is before she gest the sex powers), but she has a tragic past. Her mother was killed. When her father found out, he fell apart and she had to comfort him as he had emotionally abandoned her.
Her mother was Mexican (I think), and her father was WASP who married an icy blonde, and her step mother was always ashamed of Anita and so Anita barely knew love. And grew up feeling unloved. She got engaged at one point, to a nice WASPy boy, who only let her meet his family once (or maybe not at all), but he freaked out over her necromancer skills (at the time all she had) and her being not WASP and dumped her.
Tragic, tragic past.
Polter-Cow - Nov 30, 2007 11:56:53 am PST #4410 of 28260
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It's funny because the supernatural aspects of the series sound pretty cool.
Connie Neil - Nov 30, 2007 11:59:20 am PST #4411 of 28260
brillig
I may be making the books sound worse than they are.
I'm not sure that's possible.
I haven't read the past couple of books, because the Powers of the Month Club got so lame.
Has she slept with Edward the Hitman yet? Or is theirs still a Our Love of Killing Monsters is So Pure thing?
askye - Nov 30, 2007 12:00:12 pm PST #4412 of 28260
Thrive to spite them
I'd suggest reading the first several books. Those are okay. I wouldn't read any further than 5 or 6.
Although Obsidian Butterfly is interesting because it focuses more on the secondary character Edward.
But I wouldn't suggest reading anything after that. Unless you fortify yourself with Fernet.
Polter-Cow - Nov 30, 2007 12:01:30 pm PST #4413 of 28260
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Oh, I have no interest in actually reading them. I'm sure there are better ways to spend my time.
askye - Nov 30, 2007 12:03:48 pm PST #4414 of 28260
Thrive to spite them
One of the things I thought was interesting about the books was the issue of faith.
In the books if you don't have faith in a religious symbol, ritual or prayer it won't help you against a demon or a vampire.