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The Whole Witch/Vampire thing
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 2:57 pm
by Guinevere
Let me start my saying I'm not a Vampire fan. I never read the Anne Rice books, the whole Twilight "saga" (and the books themselves) nauseated me, and I have never watched Buffy, Angel, or True Blood.
But a couple of friends and one of my favorite librarians recommended "A Discovery of Witches" by Deborah Harkness, and I'm totally, totally hooked (I'm half-way done and can't wait to finish the rest on the beach this weekend). God knows why, but the book is incredibly charming, and very well written. The NPR review linked below says it pretty well . . .
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2011 ... of-witches
Has anyone else read it, or is reading it?
Re: The Whole Witch/Vampire thing
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 10:20 pm
by Gob
Not come across it, but thanks for the heads up and review, it sounds ideal for Hatch who loves these sorts of things...
'Intelligent and off-the-wall, it will be irresistible to Twilight fans'
(The Sunday Times )
'Write what you know, debut novelists are told and Professor Deborah Harkness has accordingly set hers in the world of academia... A bubbling cauldron of illicit desire...all the ingredients for an assured saga that blends romance with fantasy'
(Daily Mail )
'An inventive addition to the supernatural craze... Historian Harkness's racy paranormal romance has exciting amounts of spells, kisses and battles, and is recounted with enchanting, page-turning panache'
(Marie Claire )
'...notable debut...A romp through magical academia'
(Guardian )
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Discovery-Witch ... 0755374029
Re: The Whole Witch/Vampire thing
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 12:42 am
by Sean
Gob wrote:Not come across it,
I don't think it'd that kind of book mate...
Re: The Whole Witch/Vampire thing
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 12:50 am
by Gob
You arse!
Re: The Whole Witch/Vampire thing
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 1:23 am
by Sean
My arse isn't available for that either!
Re: The Whole Witch/Vampire thing
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 1:37 am
by Gob
Oh, it will be, it will be, you mark my words...
Re: The Whole Witch/Vampire thing
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 1:41 am
by Sean
LMAO (not literally of course... in fact it's reflexively clenching...)
Re: The Whole Witch/Vampire thing
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 1:42 am
by Crackpot
you know that's just going to turn him on.
Re: The Whole Witch/Vampire thing
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 2:09 am
by oldr_n_wsr
Crackpot wrote:you know that's just going to turn him on.
What doesn't
Re: The Whole Witch/Vampire thing
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 2:11 am
by Sean
oldr_n_wsr wrote:Crackpot wrote:you know that's just going to turn him on.
What doesn't
If anybody knows the answer to this please let me know immediately!
Thank you.
Re: The Whole Witch/Vampire thing
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 3:02 am
by BoSoxGal
Re: The Whole Witch/Vampire thing
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 3:14 am
by Gob
Re: The Whole Witch/Vampire thing
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 3:25 am
by Sean
Did not!
Sorry Guin... 
Re: The Whole Witch/Vampire thing
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 8:49 am
by SisterMaryFellatio
Get it out of your system now boys.....because if this happens in a coupla weeks hen and i will be banging ya heads together and sending you to the naughty corner!!
Re: The Whole Witch/Vampire thing
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 9:10 am
by Guinevere
Isn't that what they're angling for, SMF? Separating them might be better punishment....
And here I was, thinking ya'll cared about my book. I stayed up far too late last night reading, and I'm awake again at 5am and about to read more. It really is a good story!
Re: The Whole Witch/Vampire thing
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 10:54 am
by Crackpot
"The Naughty Corner" sounds like a place they'd enjoy being.
True Blood is a good series and has yet to disappoint (even while flirting with crossing a line the screenwriter/producer trampled over in past projects)
Re: The Whole Witch/Vampire thing
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 2:30 am
by loCAtek
Nah, I've had enough of Vamp. Anne Rice resurged the interest in Nosferatu, but at least she stuck to the mythos pretty well; these days- folks are pretty much making it up as they go along. The original vampyre was cursed as an 'undead': a creature that was killed, but not allowed to leave its corpse; that could only animate the dead body by stealing the life blood of the living.
Now: Hollywierd says vampires can be born and sire offspring. Huh? How can the dead to that? Procreation is done by the living: life begets life; death can not beget life.
sorry about your thread Guin, sean started it..