I‘m behind on my #ChillingPhotoChallenge again, so I‘ll try to space them out today & play catch-up a bit!
Oct 16th: Candy
Status: I own this in hardcover & I read it. It‘s a very strange little book full of short stories. I originally picked it up at a library sale for an Anita Blake short story. And although I‘ve soured on Anita a bit as the years have passed, I haven‘t on my favorite candy indulgence Dark Twix.
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pick@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88 #OctoberPutASpellOnYou #Candy
This short story collection is some of my favorite work by Laurell K. Hamilton. With a wide variety of genres and characters, Hamilton proves that she‘s got some serious chops! I hope that someday she‘ll explore some of these worlds and stories more fully! Maybe even start a new series?
pickIt's always great to be surprised, and this collection of short stories was surprisingly good, a nice mix of fantasy, goth and science fiction. The only dud was the final story, an Anita Blake vampire tale. I just don't care for the pale, pretty boy, Lord Byronic vampire she has in her story. Vampires should be, IMHO, monsters, viscous beasts who rip your throat out for blood. I'd take the vampires of Salem's Lot over this kind any day.
Due to my aversion to vampire fiction (and zombies too for that matter), I have never read anything by Laurell K. Hamilton.
Well I‘m in the process of moving and was heart broken to see that some of the books I‘ve been collecting for years got damaged in storage during hurricane last year but I‘m going through and cleaning everything up. So far saved most my laurel k Hamilton books, sherrilyn Kenyon, Patricia Briggs, and a few other series almost got one box down 15 more to go 😔😒
pickReminding myself how much I enjoyed this series at the start 😁 pondering though 🤔 Marvel is behind this comic version, which means Anita Blake is in the same universe as Blade & Dracula.... I totally want that crossover!!!!
pickWell, this was the last story in this collection and I love that Hamilton both started and ended the collection with bad ass Anita. These stories were all really good and so easy to get lost in. @ValkyrieAndHerBooks mentioned that some of these should be novels and I definitely agree.
With the completion of this book I have read 63 short stories for #keepingitshort and the timing is perfect. I've got a lot of King short stories to read. 😉
Read this short story earlier today and the Elf was riding a unicorn!!!! 😂 I loved it!
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"Irving has a good heart, but his sense of humor was a little sadistic."
Guys, this short story about a vegetarian, 30 ft long, lake monster is freaking hilarious! Irving is the lake monster and he is chasing tourist around the lake because he likes people. And everyone is terrified!
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