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furyofvissarion) wrote2007-02-24 08:09 pm
furyofvissarion) wrote2007-02-24 08:09 pm
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More Charlaine Harris; and John Connolly; and my first reject of 2007
I tried to read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, but couldn't get more than 100 pages or so into it before I just got so sick of the cloyingness. Blech. So it became my first abandoned book of 2007. Classic, schmassic.
Club Dead - Charlaine Harris. Yay, more Weres! This may have been the book that has me wanting to write a post discussing whether or not Sookie Stackhouse is a Mary Sue (I don't think she is). Anyway, I love finding out more about different supernatural communities in this book.
Dead to the World - Charlaine Harris. I think this one might be my favorite--the situation of vampire Eric Northman losing his memory is just too much fun (& pleasantly smutty--hey, that's definitely one reason I love these books: quality smut!). Also, hey, I enjoyed seeing all the supes overcoming old tensions to go to war on the renegade witches.
Dead as a Doornail - Charlaine Harris. The darkest one in the series to this point, I think. A sniper is picking off shapeshifters, Sookie's house gets burned, & Sookie's friend Tara is in some creepy abusive relationship w/a vampire that scares even Eric. This installment of the Southern Vampire books feels less playful, more urgent. Also I felt myself making comparisons between the position of cook at Merlotte's bar (or for that matter, the bartender at Fangtasia) & the Defense Against Dark Arts teacher in Harry Potter--only because no one ever seems to last in that position. Hehehehe.
The Book of Lost Things - John Connolly. Wonderful. Reading this felt very much like Pan's Labyrinth in some ways, w/The Neverending Story (the movie--I don't remember the book so well), & in little bits, even Monty Python mixed in. Here we have David, a young boy during WWII, whose mother has just died & who becomes obsessed with fairy tales. As aspects of these tales become intertwined with his real life, he's dragged first to a psychologist & then into the world of the tales. These fairy tales are dark, & dangerous, not comforting at all. A creepily delicious read that I tore through.
Club Dead - Charlaine Harris. Yay, more Weres! This may have been the book that has me wanting to write a post discussing whether or not Sookie Stackhouse is a Mary Sue (I don't think she is). Anyway, I love finding out more about different supernatural communities in this book.
Dead to the World - Charlaine Harris. I think this one might be my favorite--the situation of vampire Eric Northman losing his memory is just too much fun (& pleasantly smutty--hey, that's definitely one reason I love these books: quality smut!). Also, hey, I enjoyed seeing all the supes overcoming old tensions to go to war on the renegade witches.
Dead as a Doornail - Charlaine Harris. The darkest one in the series to this point, I think. A sniper is picking off shapeshifters, Sookie's house gets burned, & Sookie's friend Tara is in some creepy abusive relationship w/a vampire that scares even Eric. This installment of the Southern Vampire books feels less playful, more urgent. Also I felt myself making comparisons between the position of cook at Merlotte's bar (or for that matter, the bartender at Fangtasia) & the Defense Against Dark Arts teacher in Harry Potter--only because no one ever seems to last in that position. Hehehehe.
The Book of Lost Things - John Connolly. Wonderful. Reading this felt very much like Pan's Labyrinth in some ways, w/The Neverending Story (the movie--I don't remember the book so well), & in little bits, even Monty Python mixed in. Here we have David, a young boy during WWII, whose mother has just died & who becomes obsessed with fairy tales. As aspects of these tales become intertwined with his real life, he's dragged first to a psychologist & then into the world of the tales. These fairy tales are dark, & dangerous, not comforting at all. A creepily delicious read that I tore through.
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