So I tried to read an Anne Rice book for the first time in about seven years. It was called Angel Time. I could not finish it. 'Twas boring, even in audio book form.
I prefer those irreverent vampires. Memnoch the Devil made me confront my skepticism of Christianity and ultimately abandon it. Ms. Rice just writes about Jesus and angels now, and not in that blasphemous way I held so dear.
After returning Angel Time I checked out the audio book of The 19th Wife by David Something-or-Other. It's about polygamous Mormons. It really speaks to the sick voyeur in me, even if it is not a historically accurate depiction. He really makes Brigham Young out to be a lecherous old man (that has to be true--he had dozens of wives). Very entertaining. Very blasphemous.
I am waiting for the new Sookie Stackhouse to come out.
I made myself suffer through all of the Twilight books. My major beef with these is that they are very anti-feminist. I HATED Bella. She is a whiny, stupid, needy girl who accepts emotional and physical abuse from guys. And let's not forget the bruise-causing pillow-biting sex and the disgusting demon baby rib-breaking pregnancy (apparently vampires have living sperm). Ick. I love Sookie because she is the anti-Bella. Plus I think that Meyer ripped off Charlaine Harris in some ways.
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