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Post by jhd on Aug 20, 2009 11:29:24 GMT -5
Anyone else read or heard of the Real Vampires series by Gerry Bartlett?
I'm working my way through them, and I liked the first two.
They are very chick-lit versions of vampires. The main character is Glory St. Clair, who was turned in 1604. She was PMSing/bloated the night she was turned, so she's forever whining about how "fat" she is as a vampire. She owns a vintage clothing store in Austin. She's guarded by a shapeshifter in the form of a Labradoodle with a Cheetos fixation.
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Post by buckeyechick47 on Aug 20, 2009 12:28:35 GMT -5
That sounds like it would make for an interesting read. I'll have to check it out at the library sometime & see if they have it available (I'm still waiting for another email to let me know when another Sookie book has become available since I'm finished with Book 2.)
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Post by drdrosophila on Sept 10, 2009 19:48:13 GMT -5
I've read the "Real Vampires..." series, and they're pretty funny. Though I have to say that the conversations she has with her boyfriend/maker where they slide into "Scottish" speak...are cringe-worthy. All of the "Och, lass." Blergh.
I've also read some of the "Undead and..." books (starting with "Undead and Unwed"), and they're pretty funny too. In the Undead books, the protagonist is a woman named Betsy who gets laid off on her 30th birthday, and winds up getting hit by a car as she's crossing the street to rescue her cat who's run away. Betsy is an interesting character, in that she's so self-obsessed and shoe-obsessed that she can get on your nerves, but she's also pretty funny. One thing I like is that even when it's obvious she's pretty crap as a vampire, she doesn't just rely on her man to help her out.
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Post by jhd on Sept 10, 2009 20:11:42 GMT -5
Well, Blade is no Jamie Fraser, but I'll live with the Scottish stereotype for now. Everything else is so camp, like her roomie Flo da Vinci, so it's fun for no-thinking reading.
And I'll have to look for the Undead series.
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Post by drdrosophila on Sept 10, 2009 23:06:38 GMT -5
Oooh, yes, Jamie Fraser.  No, it's not the Scottish stereotype that makes me cringe. It's that Glory and Blade are talking totally normally, and then BAM it is "Milady" this and "Och, lass" that. And that is what makes me blergh. I heard about the Undead series through the "Grammar Girl" podcasts. Apparently, Grammar Girl was home sick, and ended up listening to all of the audiobooks while she was flat on her back. (There are a couple of grammar questions that Betsy posed that GG liked.) It is in a similarly campy vein to Real Vampires. |
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No, it's not the Scottish stereotype that makes me cringe. It's that Glory and Blade are talking totally normally, and then BAM it is "Milady" this and "Och, lass" that. And that is what makes me blergh.