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SIX OF THE BEST… reasons I keep coming back to the Anita Blake novels

My first exposure to Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series was with the fourth novel, The Lunatic Cafe. I found it in a bookstore in Georgetown, while on a trip with a bunch of high [...]

By |June 17th, 2015|Six of the Best/Worst|1 Comment

SIX OF THE BEST… ways to spend this weekend instead of seeing Fifty Shades of Grey

By now you've probably seen some sort of advertising for the "romantic" film Fifty Shades of Grey, based on the novel by E.L. James, based on her fan fiction of the Twilight series, except that [...]

By |February 11th, 2015|Six of the Best/Worst|0 Comments

SIX OF THE BEST… unconventional vampire abilities

Most of us are aware, at least in the broadest sense of the word, of what a vampire has that a human doesn't: greater strength, greater speed, the inability to subsist on food (needing blood [...]

By |August 20th, 2014|Six of the Best/Worst|0 Comments

SIX OF THE BEST… Buffy crossover fanfics

I like Buffy. I like fanfic. Go ahead and laugh; I don't care. I originally discovered Buffy fanfic back in the mid 2000s -- well before I had any familiarity with the show -- because [...]

By |March 5th, 2014|Six of the Best/Worst|4 Comments