Despite this chick not getting the allure of slash and/or fic, this review of a new m/m erotic romance (historical, too!) is pretty funny.

What's funnier is I had read a review of this same romance at All About Books, and the reviewer really liked it. She didn't, however, include any passages from it like this other blogger did, and I'm sort of blinking at the sheer purple.

Wait--do I need to give you anything for this visitor?

Not unless you'd like to meet my cousin, but at 30, he might be too old for you. ;-D

Has anyone read this book that Guilermo Del Toro co-wrote? It's the first book in a trilogy about vampires (that are actually the bad guys). I read the first few pages today, and it looks interesting.

Salon had a pretty good review of it earlier this week.

EW gave it a middling review, saying it was about as good as your standard thriller but not as great as you'd expect from Del Toro's involvement.

Has anyone read this book that Guilermo Del Toro co-wrote?

My editor sent me a copy yesterday! I haven't started reading it yet.

Jilli, let me know what you think. I am intrigued so far, but I have only gotten through the first section which seems to be leading up to the action.

On the subject of vampire books, Claudia Grey's Evernight finally cropped up in Bangkok a few weeks ago. It's a YA vampire book, but it's not trying to be Twilight. Or at least - it should appeal to the Harry Potter and Twilight crowd, insh'allah, but it has a much more likeable protagonist than Meyer's sparklefest. Reminded me a little of the Bluebloods books, but I liked this one rather more, I think.

I'll pass that onto my sister's stepdaughter, Fay--she's a 15-y.o. who loved Twilight and Harry Potter and is always looking for new books. She also loved the Blueblood books.

I already passed the info along to my friend with two Twilight loving nieces.