2017 Reading: Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis

#42 A bestseller from 2016

Yeah, this one took me forever to read, mainly because I just wasn't interested and couldn't make myself pick it up.

So, yeah...

All of this seems very odd coming from the person that left the world of vampire fiction because she "found religion." It seems as though she found it and then ultimately did not like what she found. That is the only reasoning I can find for some of the ideas of religion(s) that she has presented in this book.

Now, I am not a religious person, never have been, but I have read a lot and learned of numerous religions in my time (because I was curious at some point to see if any religion "felt" right for me. Spoiler alert: they did not). I've never heard anything quite like this before, but it does pose some interesting theories as well as questions.

I also would like to say that I kind of wish she would just go back to writing about vampires whining about losing their "beloved" or whatever like she used to, but I know that is probably never going to happen again. Ah, the good old days...

If another one comes out in this series, I'm going to read it, no question. But, I defintely won't be as excited as I used to be about them. Meh.

2016 Reading: The Vampire Lestat (Graphic Novel)

#22 A graphic novel

I had this graphic novel sitting on the shelf for the longest time and I always ended up putting it off because I figured since I've already read the book that the graphic novel would just be a disappointment. This was the perfect opportunity to tic that book off my unread list so that I can finally turn it the right way on my shelf. (Me and my brilliant ideas to turn the books that are still unread over on their sides still haunts my OCD to this day.)

The drawings were horrible. They made all of the vampires look old and ugly. No one would ever want to be a vampire if they saw these people walking down the street. I mean, look at Lestat...

Srs vmpyr bsns iz srs

2014 Reading: Prince Lestat

This is my 52nd book of the year. 52 was my goal and I am happy to say that I am going to surpass that, at least by a little bit.

It has been YEARS since I read an Anne Rice book. I moved on to bigger and better things (plus there was that whole thing where she turned crazy religious all of a sudden and I didn't want anything to do with that nonsense). But then, over ten years after I had given up on The Vampire Chronicles (as well as Anne Rice and her rediscovery of God and whatever), here comes Prince Lestat, out of nowhere, mucking up my plans.

I can honestly not remember all the things that took place in the dozen or so books that came before this one. There are names I don't recognize, hints at stories that don't remember happening, etc. it was like having to relearn everything all over again and then immediately learning that all of that was wrong anyway!

There's a name and a consciousness to the entity that created vampires in the first place, Akasha and Enkil had a son, there's a voice coming out of nowhere, ancients that we've never even heard of that know everyone and everything, Lestat has a human son and also has been the "uncle" to a human girl for 20-some years, there's ghosts and shit now... I was so confused.

But once I put my confusion aside and just read for the pleasure of it, I really started to enjoy myself and I really liked the book. It actually had a happy ending for once. Lestat will forever be the charismatic Brat Prince and now everyone is together and happy, blah blah blah.

Even sour Louis is happy by the end, and THAT is saying something.

I heard there was going to be at least another book after this (perhaps more) so I'm actually looking forward to reading that when it pops up.

What I'm NOT looking forward to, however, is what I have next on the agenda.

Pray for me, boys and girls. I'm going to try and tackle 50 Shades of Grey without killing myself.