tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post6961106915650436976..comments2024-02-22T17:59:50.213-05:00Comments on in so many words...: Friday's Forgotten Books: SHAKESPEARE'S LANDLORD by Charlaine HarrisYvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-27844882364165855202011-05-07T10:50:22.743-04:002011-05-07T10:50:22.743-04:00Kathy: I saw that parody as well. Funny but, as yo...Kathy: I saw that parody as well. Funny but, as you say, kind of over the top. I know it's fake blood, but it's pretty disgusting. Ha!Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-2907818298369439332011-05-07T04:54:14.999-04:002011-05-07T04:54:14.999-04:00I have seen young women in the library enthralled ...I have seen young women in the library enthralled by the Twilight series. No daughters of friends are into these books.<br /><br />But, as I said, I don't understand the allure at all.<br /><br />I did see parody of this in a sketch with Billy Crystal and Helen Mirren -- vampires in a home for seniors. It was funny, although a bit over the top.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-57771578665034870242011-05-06T20:38:50.718-04:002011-05-06T20:38:50.718-04:00Don't forget to let me know how you like it, P...Don't forget to let me know how you like it, Picky Girl. I hope you do. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-71286247281526287292011-05-06T20:03:17.844-04:002011-05-06T20:03:17.844-04:00Just bought this on the strength of your review. N...Just bought this on the strength of your review. No desire to read Sookie and wasn't aware Harris had a non-vamp series.picky girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143098785493457762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-76241975834569392932011-05-06T15:31:25.388-04:002011-05-06T15:31:25.388-04:00John: You need to read the first book in the serie...John: You need to read the first book in the series. It's my favorite though I do recommend the others. I'm glad I've enticed you to read Lily Bard, at any rate. I always wondered why this series wasn't more popular. She's a terrific character. <br /><br />I don't get the whole vampire thing. I found whatshername's INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE excrutiatingly boring. I mean, really, vampires: it's all about the blood. What else can it be about? Yuck.<br /><br />But I'm going to try and watch TWILIGHT, as I told Kathy. Just to see what's what. I'm curious.<br /><br />I did try reading a Sookie Stackhouse (strange name) book, but no go. But I don't begrudge Harris her riches. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-85881995507628695082011-05-06T15:26:12.563-04:002011-05-06T15:26:12.563-04:00Kathy: Vampire love. UGH! I don't get it. The ...Kathy: Vampire love. UGH! I don't get it. The only vampire themed book I'm planning to read is the original DRACULA by Bram Stoker for my Victorian Reading Challenge. That's it. I am going to try and watch TWILIGHT just to see what all the hysteria is about. But I doubt I'll get past the first ten or fifteen minutes. But I admit it, I'm curious.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-52417948274693252992011-05-06T15:09:07.527-04:002011-05-06T15:09:07.527-04:00I have one of these Lily Bard books (SHAKESPEARE&#...I have one of these Lily Bard books (SHAKESPEARE'S COUNSELOR, the very last one) that I picked up at a library sale. I, like you Yvette, do NOT like the Sookie Stackhouse books at all. The mysteries are utterly lame and pretty transparent and the rest of it is basically a romance novel with monsters. To me they seem geared towards adolescents than adults. Try as I might I just plain don't understand the whole vampire as a love object thing at all. It's like eroticizing necrophilia. Just plain wrong. As for Lily Bard - as usual you have enticed me to tackle the book I have. That is, if I can find it again. There was a major boxing up of books last month. Things have "vanished".J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-65602924710416592952011-05-06T14:59:01.014-04:002011-05-06T14:59:01.014-04:00I concur, read one book in this series. It was fi...I concur, read one book in this series. It was fine. <br /><br />I also don't like vampire-themed books, so don't read them -- actually don't have a clue as to why some readers like them.kathy d.noreply@blogger.com