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Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #1) by Laurell K. Hamilton

December 28, 2021 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

I’ve had Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton on my shelf for several years. This is the first book in the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series. As a lover of vampires and urban fantasy, I have been curious since it’s been around a long time. I finally decided to pick it up for Dewey’s readathon. One of the bingo challenges was to read the oldest book on your to-be-read shelf. The story introduces us to Anita Blake who is a private investigator. She is licensed to […]

Episode 1-31: Just the Beasts Under Your Bed, In Your Closet, In Your Head

August 26, 2018 by prisco Leave a Comment

https://killingmykindle.com/2018/08/27/episode-1-31-just-the-beasts-under-your-bed-in-your-closet-in-your-head/ Wherein I review: 119. The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker 120. Serpentine (Anita Blake #26) by Laurell K. Hamilton 121. The Sellout by Paul Beatty 122. Turtles All The Way Down by John Green 123. Sweet Lamb of Heaven by Lydia Millet 124. Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames 125. The Last Days of Jack Sparks by Jason Arnopp Helene Wecker gives us a historical love story between two servant myths. Laurell K. Hamilton comes back and sets Anita Blake against […]

Put the book down and back away. Back far, far away.

January 4, 2015 by katie71483 5 Comments

If you are new to Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake series, this is not the place to start. Jason is a novella ostensibly concerning one of Anita’s closest friends and his girlfriend. Really it’s just an excuse for a chapters-long orgy scene. If you are a veteran reader of the series, do yourself a favor and leave it be unless you enjoy reading gratuitous, not particularly sexy, sex scenes. The best thing that can be said about Jason is that it was less than $5. It’s a […]

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