Vamping it up

[slowfox]

So, P and W and I went to see Cirque de Freak: The Vampire's Assistant yesterday - fairly bland fare, to be honest; there are better vampire flicks about, and I think I'll have to dig out The Lost Boys for P soon so that he gets to appreciate the genre a little better.

I've also been lent Glass Houses, Book I of the Morganville Vampires by Rachel Caine, which was recommended to me by a colleague - the same colleague, as it happens, who pushed Twiglet on me.

Y'all know about my Sookie thing, and there's always Buffy ticking along in the background. I really ought to re-read Dracula (good, good book), but I'm starting to see Teh Neil's grumble about vampires appearing to be a food group, rather than a spice...

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[sophie8]

J and A have been reading that book series and are desperate to see the film. I shall have to tell them that it isn't very good.

[ex_simon644]

It could have been worse. You could have seen Twilight! ;)

I am vampired out at the moment, but I am sure I will come back to them soon.

[uninvitedcat]

Ahh - I bought Glass House without knowing anything about it, and enjoyed it more than I thought I would! I've also read no.2 and have no.3 queued up.

Have you read the Skulduggery Pleasant books by Derek Landy yet? Not really vampires, but good solid YA urban fantasy!

[slowfox]

P & W liked it, and they're both also reading the books, but they weren't wholly raving afterwards. Not to say that it's terrible, and there are some moments. But overall... not that great, I have to say.

[slowfox]

I saw the trailer to New Moan... that means I don't need to see the whole thing, right?

[slowfox]

Comradette K speaks highly of the Morganville series, so I'm definitely going to give them a whirl (I lent her some Gaiman, so she got me into Twiglet, so I got her into Sookie, so she's getting me into Morganville...)

I've definitely seen the Skulduggery Pleasant books around, but haven't investigated.

If you're into YA Urban Fantasy, try Tithe, Valiant and Ironside by Holly Black - YA urban grunge fairy. I liked them.

[cynthia_black]

Of course, if you'd like to see the film version of Twiglet, a certain teen at Grimmauld Place has it and could have her arm twisted to lend - I wouldn't mind it being out of the house for a week or so :-P