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maggot_hex Too much of a postwhore for my own good
Joined: Feb 11, 2006 Posts: 6231 Location: Federal Way, WA
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:08 pm Post subject:
Can't say what the last book I finished was, but I'm currently reading The Vampire Lestat, and it's about the son of an 18th century feudal lord who runs away to Paris and is turned, against his will, into a vampire. As for liking it, it's easily the 15th time I've read it, what do you think? _________________ This post brought to you by Petty Revenge: When not being a jerk just won't do.
Arquinsiel Eyeliner-Wearing Mythological Being of Androgynous Love
Joined: Apr 06, 2006 Posts: 612 Location: Nowhere and Everywhere. I am a myth.
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:33 pm Post subject:
I think at this point the entire world know's who Lestat is.
Last thing I read was book 3 part 2 of the Song of Ice and Fire. I'm rather annoyed at Mr. Martin now. _________________
maggot_hex Too much of a postwhore for my own good
Joined: Feb 11, 2006 Posts: 6231 Location: Federal Way, WA
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:53 pm Post subject:
Arquinsiel wrote:
I think at this point the entire world know's who Lestat is.
There's far too many people who saw Queen of the Damned. I don't think the people who made the movie even read the books. _________________ This post brought to you by Petty Revenge: When not being a jerk just won't do.
Arquinsiel Eyeliner-Wearing Mythological Being of Androgynous Love
Joined: Apr 06, 2006 Posts: 612 Location: Nowhere and Everywhere. I am a myth.
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:33 am Post subject:
I never read Queen of the Damned but up until leaving the concert it was pretty close to my interpretation of The Vampire Lestat. Plus I've met the lead actor a few times back in the way back when so it was cool to see a local boy on the big screen.
maggot_hex Too much of a postwhore for my own good
Joined: Feb 11, 2006 Posts: 6231 Location: Federal Way, WA
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:11 am Post subject:
I have read Queen of the Damned (I own it, in fact), as well as every other vampire novel by Anne Rice. Even between Lestat and the movie there's some pretty big inconsistencies, like in the book Lestat is created by Magnus, in the movie it's Marius. Marius and Lestat's appearance is another big one. There were a lot of important character development parts in Lestat that were left out, such as the whole Children of Darkness storyline which led to the creation of the Theater of the Vampires, or the search for Marius. _________________ This post brought to you by Petty Revenge: When not being a jerk just won't do.
Joined: Jan 13, 2007 Posts: 246 Location: Vancouver, WA
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:17 am Post subject:
I'm currently reading The Communist Manifesto and I'm going to pick up a few new books by the end of this week (the new Chuck Palahniuk book as well as Magical Thinking by Augustine Buroughs) _________________ WWHRD?
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:31 am Post subject: RE:What's the last book you read?
I am currently working on getting through a book
I was actually pleasantly surprised by this one. “Tales of a New York Limo Driver” by Nicky Testaforte, I am really liking this one. Sex, Excess and Stupidity on Four Wheels... glimpse some excerpt at http://www.nylimotales.com/stories.html Down to the earth, so far it has my interest.
Zarf "...if she showed up naked at my door with a pizza..."
Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 349 Location: Cleveland
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:18 pm Post subject:
I'm reading the Memorial Day by Vince Flynn. It is the 4th in a series about a guy named Mitch Rap. He is an assassin working for the counter terrorism division of the CIA.
Oddly the books have very simple plots, are easy to read and when you get done you realize how little really happened. Yet, I can't put the darn things down. I am reading them one after another and normally I'd want a change of pace between them.
The last book I read was a novel called A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore. It's about this guy named Charlie who becomes Death. It sounds like a rehashed plot, and reads like a strange version of Dead Like Me (You know, the HBO Original series with Mandy Patinkin that was canceled after 2 seasons because, I don't know, people are dumb?) but it has its own charm. As an example of how hilarious it is, I was in stitches by page 8 and finished the book in a single night, reading off and on. I recommend it.
The last book I read was a novel called A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore. It's about this guy named Charlie who becomes Death. It sounds like a rehashed plot, and reads like a strange version of Dead Like Me (You know, the HBO Original series with Mandy Patinkin that was canceled after 2 seasons because, I don't know, people are dumb?) but it has its own charm. As an example of how hilarious it is, I was in stitches by page 8 and finished the book in a single night, reading off and on. I recommend it.
If you haven't already, you should read all of Christopher Moore's other books. Lots of the characters tend to show up in other books as cameos. In fact, Moore's latest book You Suck: A Love Story pretty much has at least one character from every other book show up in it.
I think my favorite of Moore's books is Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal. It was the first of his books that I read (not his first book though...) and I giggled pretty much all the way through it. When I was done with it, I took another trip to the book store to find more of Moore's previous books to read and have been buying his new books as they come out. Good stuff!
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