Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men and Teaser Tuesday
I've decided something that is probably going to end up stressing me out in the next few months. See, I'm nearly done with Project Zed and I have the Annabel Lee one partially outlined and ready to go. Plus, I have two months off from school. I was initially going to wait until NaNoWriMo to do Annabel Lee, but ... I don't want to waste a whole month of prime writing time. So I'm going to try and write it before November. Sound insane? It is. But, if I finish Project Zed this week, I'll have exactly 6 weeks for Annabel Lee (which will NOT be called that). But, yeah, that's the plan. And, of course, I'll document my spiral into insanity here for your enjoyment! :P
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Originally, I wasn't going to read Ms. Harper's first book (Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs) because I'm kind of burnt out on the whole vampire thing. But I saw it enough places that I finally picked it up (good marketing will do that). And, HOLY CRAP, it was the funniest book that I've read in a LONG time. So, rightfully so, I went into this book expecting the same level of laugh-out-loud funny. I was no disappointed.
Jane Jameson used to be a librarian. Heck, she used to be a human too until she was mistaken for a deer and shot dead, only to be revived by the tall-dark-and-handsome Gabriel. Her life, as a whole, is just one insane thing after another. Her mother is overbearing to the point of insanity and her sister and grandmother have this nasty habit of sneaking into her house and stealing the family heirloom stuff that she inherited.
In this book, the main thing going down is the wedding between Jane's best friend Zeb and the werewolf Jolene. Did I mention that it's a Titanic themed wedding? No? Well it is. Jane's the maid of honor and, as such, she gets to deal with all sorts of joyful things like horrible bridesmaid dresses and the fact that Jolene's family's way of welcoming Zeb is to drop chainsaws on his head (and other such things).
As if that weren't bad enough, she's also got to deal with Zeb's mother, Mama Ginger, who does NOT want Zeb to marry anyone other than Jane. Hilarity ensues as Mama Ginger's antics grow more and more desperate (she changes the wedding date several times, sends Gabriel a ransom-like note and $300 to stop dating Jane and leaves Jane along with a baby for hours to jump-start her biological clock).
There is also the side note that Jane's grandmother (the resident black widow ... five husbands and counting) has a new fiance who has a track record to rival hers (six dead wives and counting).
As said before, this book is laugh-out-loud funny. The Husband was growling at me about having hysterics while I was reading this. And the best part is, I only have to wait until January for the next book. 9/10
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This is the first page of Project Zed. Enjoy!
Eden watched the child in her scope, her finger poised on the trigger. The young ones were the hardest for her but there wasn’t a whole lot she could do about it. Besides, this thing wasn’t a child; judging from the dried blood on its hands and face, it had taken a few others with it. As she watched, the creature that used to be a little girl turned toward her team, mouth gaping.
It was now or never.
She let her breath out slowly, steadying her body as she lined up that perfect head shot. The slightest brushing of the trigger and it was all over. Well, not really over. There were still five creatures lurching about. At least none of them were the dreaded children. She took out a man, his clothing torn and bloodied, before he got within reach of Jordan. Eden’s sister shot a look towards the hill she perched on before dispatching two more, her blackened sword moving almost faster than Eden’s eye could follow. By the time she tore her gaze away it really was over.
Bodies littered the ground in a rough circle surrounding her sister, Oz, and Taro. Eden took a deep breath and pushed the static back as she let go of her gun and sat up. “It’s done.”
Kaede looked up from her position lower down the hill. “That was quick.”
Eden shrugged as she packed up Bernice, her M-40A3. The rifle had never let Eden down. “There weren’t that many this time. Only about twenty.”
“Taro must be disappointed.”
“I’m sure he’ll get another chance soon enough. The calls are coming in more and more often these days.”
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Originally, I wasn't going to read Ms. Harper's first book (Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs) because I'm kind of burnt out on the whole vampire thing. But I saw it enough places that I finally picked it up (good marketing will do that). And, HOLY CRAP, it was the funniest book that I've read in a LONG time. So, rightfully so, I went into this book expecting the same level of laugh-out-loud funny. I was no disappointed.
Jane Jameson used to be a librarian. Heck, she used to be a human too until she was mistaken for a deer and shot dead, only to be revived by the tall-dark-and-handsome Gabriel. Her life, as a whole, is just one insane thing after another. Her mother is overbearing to the point of insanity and her sister and grandmother have this nasty habit of sneaking into her house and stealing the family heirloom stuff that she inherited.
In this book, the main thing going down is the wedding between Jane's best friend Zeb and the werewolf Jolene. Did I mention that it's a Titanic themed wedding? No? Well it is. Jane's the maid of honor and, as such, she gets to deal with all sorts of joyful things like horrible bridesmaid dresses and the fact that Jolene's family's way of welcoming Zeb is to drop chainsaws on his head (and other such things).
As if that weren't bad enough, she's also got to deal with Zeb's mother, Mama Ginger, who does NOT want Zeb to marry anyone other than Jane. Hilarity ensues as Mama Ginger's antics grow more and more desperate (she changes the wedding date several times, sends Gabriel a ransom-like note and $300 to stop dating Jane and leaves Jane along with a baby for hours to jump-start her biological clock).
There is also the side note that Jane's grandmother (the resident black widow ... five husbands and counting) has a new fiance who has a track record to rival hers (six dead wives and counting).
As said before, this book is laugh-out-loud funny. The Husband was growling at me about having hysterics while I was reading this. And the best part is, I only have to wait until January for the next book. 9/10
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This is the first page of Project Zed. Enjoy!
Eden watched the child in her scope, her finger poised on the trigger. The young ones were the hardest for her but there wasn’t a whole lot she could do about it. Besides, this thing wasn’t a child; judging from the dried blood on its hands and face, it had taken a few others with it. As she watched, the creature that used to be a little girl turned toward her team, mouth gaping.
It was now or never.
She let her breath out slowly, steadying her body as she lined up that perfect head shot. The slightest brushing of the trigger and it was all over. Well, not really over. There were still five creatures lurching about. At least none of them were the dreaded children. She took out a man, his clothing torn and bloodied, before he got within reach of Jordan. Eden’s sister shot a look towards the hill she perched on before dispatching two more, her blackened sword moving almost faster than Eden’s eye could follow. By the time she tore her gaze away it really was over.
Bodies littered the ground in a rough circle surrounding her sister, Oz, and Taro. Eden took a deep breath and pushed the static back as she let go of her gun and sat up. “It’s done.”
Kaede looked up from her position lower down the hill. “That was quick.”
Eden shrugged as she packed up Bernice, her M-40A3. The rifle had never let Eden down. “There weren’t that many this time. Only about twenty.”
“Taro must be disappointed.”
“I’m sure he’ll get another chance soon enough. The calls are coming in more and more often these days.”