There hasn't been a new Anita Blake in a bit, has there? She's doing the Mary/Merry something series?
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
Connie Neil - Jun 04, 2004 11:47:37 am PDT #3094 of 10002
brillig
Vortex - Jun 04, 2004 12:09:12 pm PDT #3095 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
merry gentry.
Tam - Jun 04, 2004 12:13:57 pm PDT #3096 of 10002
"...Singing their heads off, protected by the holy ghosts, flying in from the ocean, driving with their eyes closed." - Patty Griffin "Florida"
There's a new Anita book (number 12) coming out in October, Incubus Dreams. I'll read it. I want to know what happens next, but yeah, the series has really gone down hill. The last was really just annoyed me. Too political I think and just too much of the same old crap. I really don't like that Anita seems to be alienating herself from all her human friends/co-workers. It's uncool.
Amy - Jun 04, 2004 12:17:49 pm PDT #3097 of 10002
Because books.
I bought the first Anita Blake book to see what all the fuss was about, and didn't get through it. I liked her, but I got bored. And then the thing with the rats really squicked me.
The only Anne Rice I enjoyed was The Witching Hour, and even that could have used some trimming. The family history was interesting, the New Orleans descriptions were great, and I got invested in Rowan and Michael getting together. But that series went downhill right away, too, with Lasher and Taltos, the third one (I think?), which I never finished.
Vortex - Jun 04, 2004 12:20:11 pm PDT #3098 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I hated the Witching Hour. It made me swear to never read her again. I hated it so much that halfway through, I got a red pen and started editing it. I was going to go back and dothe first half, and then send it to her, but I couldn't bring myself to go through that again.
Amy - Jun 04, 2004 12:22:21 pm PDT #3099 of 10002
Because books.
Hee! That would have been priceless. Yeah, she's definitely the self-indulgent type. Loves to just go on and on. So I just skimmed the boring/unnecessary parts to track the progress of the family, which I did enjoy.
justkim - Jun 04, 2004 12:49:36 pm PDT #3100 of 10002
Another social casualty...
Jilli, I enjoyed Romeky's first two Vampire books. They seemed to wacky to be taken seriously, but still not pure camp. I loved the melodramatic over-the-topness of the villian. And I loved the hero's mentor.
Of course, I read it years ago, and I still thought Anne Rice was a great writer. I've learned my lesson, but I still remember I, Vampire fondly.
Pix - Jun 04, 2004 2:08:48 pm PDT #3101 of 10002
The status is NOT quo.
Chiming in with the big agreement about LH's decline. What was fluffy, porny fun with a snarky heroine became "Oh dear Christ, another bestiality threesome with angst and handcuffs? Puh-leeze."
Connie Neil - Jun 04, 2004 2:26:42 pm PDT #3102 of 10002
brillig
My favorite LH rant is "Americans don't think it's sex unless there's penetration, so the long, involved, groping session that involved multiple orgasms doesn't mean I've had sex with you, therefore I'm still pure."
LH needs to hang out in Bitches.
Volans - Jun 04, 2004 2:34:29 pm PDT #3103 of 10002
move out and draw fire
So is Anita still Catholic? That bit of her character was pretty tenuous last time I checked in.