Apr 30 2008
April 30th Book Notes
My daughter and I are suckers for a good vampire story (or movie, for that matter). It all began with Anne Rice’s “Interview With the Vampire.” Come to think of it, when I was a kid, I loved watching the Vampire movies on the Saturday Movie Matinee on TV.
We started reading Charlaine Harris’s “Southern Vampire” series a year ago and were hooked right away. These were fun and sassy books with a female heroine who happened to hang around with local Vampires. We loved them and looked forward to buying each new book in the series and sharing with each other.
But unfortunately, we began reading them when they were well under way. And so it was easy to go get a new one from the bookstore or order one from Amazon, when we had completed the next book in the series. Until book number six was read and put away.
To our dismay, it would be May 6, 2008 (we finished our last book in summer, 2007) before book 7 shipped. Horrors!
So today, I did two things. First, I pre-ordered book 7, which will leave Amazon’s warehouse on the 6th - next Tuesday, so I have a place in line.
And second, I committed myself to another writer’s series (also 7 books) who writes along a similar vein. This time, MaryJanice Davidson’s “Undead and Unwed: Queen Betsy, Book 1.” I’ll have that book by Friday. I knew, just absolutely knew, that one Southern Vampire book would start a reaction in us and make us want to read more. So what better time than to have a new series underway, to ease the pain?
Such a cute and sassy storyline to start the spring season off with.