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Media Roll Call
Oct. 19th, 2012 04:17 pm40) Spirits of New Orleans: Voodoo Curses, Vampire Legends, and Cities of the Dead by Kala Ambrose - Another GoodReads win and one that made me squeal since I really hoped to win this drawing. It's got hints of flower-child spiritual mumbo jumbo to it and probably could have used an editor with a closer eye but it was lots of fun and well-researched. You could totally feel her love for the place in the stories and she took time to do some digging. For instance, it's the first time I've read someone else put my thoughts regarding Madame LaLaurie onto paper, ie her husband was a bloody surgeon so why does everyone say she alone was doing the dissections/torture? It's part spiritual guide, part ghost hunter's tome, and part travel book. I have new places to go when it's time to hit the Big Easy again, yep.
41) Vampire Forensics: Uncovering the Origins of an Enduring Legend by Mark Collins Jenkins - A really interesting take on the concept of vampires, full of research and theories. I'm glad I picked it up despite the slightly cheesy title. But National Geographic did right by this one. It covers the literary evolution of vampire stories, the sociological roots, the mythologies, the religions, the rites, the plagues and biology. Lots of food for thought, angles that fascinate and get you to thinking... And, hee, there was mention of Veles.
42) The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Regency and Victorian England by Kristine Hughes - Not a strictly fun-time read but, holy cow, the informational goldmine! It's broken up by topic and has oodles of nitty gritty details. Everything from technology to social customs. There is a chapter on LIGHTING, for the love of little green men. This is bound to be too much "quality" info for when I'm writing Regency romance novels but it makes the geek in me so happy that my glasses are fogging up with feelings.
41) Vampire Forensics: Uncovering the Origins of an Enduring Legend by Mark Collins Jenkins - A really interesting take on the concept of vampires, full of research and theories. I'm glad I picked it up despite the slightly cheesy title. But National Geographic did right by this one. It covers the literary evolution of vampire stories, the sociological roots, the mythologies, the religions, the rites, the plagues and biology. Lots of food for thought, angles that fascinate and get you to thinking... And, hee, there was mention of Veles.
42) The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Regency and Victorian England by Kristine Hughes - Not a strictly fun-time read but, holy cow, the informational goldmine! It's broken up by topic and has oodles of nitty gritty details. Everything from technology to social customs. There is a chapter on LIGHTING, for the love of little green men. This is bound to be too much "quality" info for when I'm writing Regency romance novels but it makes the geek in me so happy that my glasses are fogging up with feelings.
