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Awesome Video!

08 Wednesday Apr 2015

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Parodies, Rob Cantor, Shia LaBeof, YouTube

images-1 I was feeling a little down after my last book review (I really hate giving a book a bad review!) and then my friend Eric from over at http://isaacspictureconclusions.com sent me this hysterical video which I have to share. Given the fact that I’m technology inept, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the link works. Here goes!

http://the nerve.us/blog/shia-labeouf

*She shoots and she misses! Arrgh!😡 Okay. My link to Eric’s blog works, but not the one to the video. Drat! I hope you all go check it out anyway. Believe me. It’s worth it!

Artful: A Novel ~ by Peter David – 4 Stars

17 Wednesday Sep 2014

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Horror, Parodies, Vampires, Victorian Historical Fiction

9781477823163_p0_v2_s300x I always found Huckleberry Finn more interesting than his friend Tom Sawyer, so I was delighted when I saw that NetGalley had this book offered for review. I must have been so excited that I entered a giveaway for it on Goodreads also, because I now have it in ebook format as well as print. Thank you NetGalley and Goodreads! Luckily I really did like this book. Artful picks up where Oliver Twist left off, and with a lot less whining. I apologize if I’ve offended any fans of Oliver. So, we all know that Jack Hawkins is a bit of a rogue, but did you know he is also a courageous hero? After saving a mysterious damsel in distress, The Artful discovers an insidious plot by some familiar villains (cough, cough, Fagin) who are plotting to not only terrorize London, but to bring down the British Monarchy itself! And you probably won’t be all that surprised to learn that Fagin and his cohorts are vampyres, which actually explains quite a lot. Oh, and they’re not the good looking, brooding, sparkling kind. Thankfully, The Artful is joined by Isaaac and Abraham Van Helsing, Princess Victoria, and The Baker Street Irregulars, in stopping this nefarious plot. This is a clever and amusing parody much in the same vein as Pride and Prejudice, and Zombies. It even has amusing chapter headings that are as fun to read as the story itself. For example: “In Which The Reader’s Patience Is Rewarded By Explaining The Seemingly Inexplicable And The Jailer Is Introduced For As Long As He Suits Our Purposes.” The book is a little slow in the beginning but it doesn’t take long for it to turn into a rousing adventure. I would recommend this to fans of supernatural horror, Victorian Fiction, and books that don’t take themselves too seriously.

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