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as I briefly mentioned in my other post today, I'm at loose ends. When I ended off my last post with that video of one of my favourite scenes from Trueblood, I thought "hey, that's what I can do! Write a brief review!" But I suspect this is going to turn into something more of a "this is why I love Trueblood" with frequent reference to Twilight
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Related, have you read Shiver? Seriously. My new favorite book.
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And hey, if you're not sold on the actual TV series, you could try reading the first book, which is very well-written. The first one is called "Dead Until Dark", and they're by Charlaine Harris.
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I like the characters enough to make up for the way the plot goes all over the place, though. I also really like Bill (a very interesting character, with being a veteran and then a vampire and now sort of re-learning parts of humanity), and am very sad that apparently they are going to break up. Oh well. The second book ends very nicely, with the reconciliation and the memories.
Shiver, by Maggie Stiefvater. OOOOOMMMMMGGG. I loves it. It breaks the genre cliche of having DRAMATIC TENSION come from a second/third romantic interest -- the plot is moved by far more complicated and interesting issues. *happy sigh*
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Also, that book is now added to my "to read" pile! :D I <3 werewolves. :3
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(Also: Eric is definitely preferable over Bill, although Bill does have his moments...)
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Oh, so it was more of a "know thy enemy" thing? Cool! ;)
I seriously love that remix. <3 Buffy has a perfectly reasonable reaction to the perfectly unreasonable, creepy actions of Edward!
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"There are better books with better messages and snappier writing." SO, so true. At the moment, I'm particularly attached to the Temeraire series, by Naomi Novik, an alternate history - the Napoleonic wars, but with DRAGONS. I've been meaning to write a review of it for this blog, and I will perhaps do so next week when my exams are over. D: I also quite liked the book (not movie) version of the Time Traveler's Wife. Oh, and the 1632 series. :3 Other than that, I've mostly been working my way through historical non-fiction for my thesis. D: What reading has tickled your fancy lately?
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