tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post7957381007690830716..comments2024-03-25T07:54:22.672+00:00Comments on Pop Classics: Dead in the Family (by Charlaine Harris)Juliettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-86702377579667739302011-05-15T16:36:41.736+01:002011-05-15T16:36:41.736+01:00Yeah I know (did several exams on the Russian revo...Yeah I know (did several exams on the Russian revolution) - I was only joking!<br /><br />There is a new one, it's not bad, not as good as some of the others though - they're starting to get way too depressing. I want more vampire romance, less sulking and actually getting upset about all the violence in them from these things...Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-51628425755658424302011-05-15T16:34:36.851+01:002011-05-15T16:34:36.851+01:00Romanov NOT a word play on Roman... but actual nam...Romanov NOT a word play on Roman... but actual name Romanov as in the Russian Tsars! He's supposed to be the sickly Tsarevich who was executed with the rest of his family by the Bolsheviks just after the revolution. <br /><br />These books are so light that I barely remember them after I've finished... I had no memory of this one at all until reading your recap! :p<br />You say there's a new one out? I'll have to see if my sister's nbought it yet and have her loan it to me :DCrazyCrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-65633649138105565732011-05-10T12:02:22.279+01:002011-05-10T12:02:22.279+01:00Sounds interesting - it's a shame we won't...Sounds interesting - it's a shame we won't get to see any of that on the show!Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-61986518361792392792011-05-09T23:39:42.275+01:002011-05-09T23:39:42.275+01:00The S2 Blu-ray says that TV Godric was captured as...The S2 Blu-ray says that TV Godric was captured as a young child in Caesar's second invasion of Gaul. He was sold in the slave market in Rome to a cruel and abusive vampire and turned sometime in his teens.Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056986148619195497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-74838876040513674522011-05-05T10:37:50.755+01:002011-05-05T10:37:50.755+01:00Thanks Vicky :) I started at Book 4, which helped ...Thanks Vicky :) I started at Book 4, which helped I think, as friends had warned me I wasn't going to like Book 3! And Bill is very boring.Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-38370903435137448922011-05-05T04:23:06.998+01:002011-05-05T04:23:06.998+01:00I lost interest in the series fairly early but thi...I lost interest in the series fairly early but this post gave me pause. But only for a moment. Decided that, yeah, I'm still not interested in reading more in the series. But your posts/recaps? Pure gold.Vicky Alvear Shecterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570828339389206203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-76622709521871221552011-05-04T18:26:22.840+01:002011-05-04T18:26:22.840+01:00Yep - Gordianus and Falco are the first two exampl...Yep - Gordianus and Falco are the first two examples that sprang to mind as I typed that! Falco even more than Gordianus, perhaps, and Helena even more than Falco.<br /><br />Good point about Godric - and to be fair, I'm skimming over the importance of that scene on the roof because I wanted to get to the book. I suppose I wanted to focus on his relationship with Eric here because that's what marks him out from Appius - but actually he does have a more important role in the show as the balance between Christian fanaticism and pagan fanaticism (I'm writing a paper on this at the moment, didn't want to get carried away and go into excessive detail!)Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-368876824795139762011-05-04T17:46:14.381+01:002011-05-04T17:46:14.381+01:00I had kinda fallen off this series but you make me...I had kinda fallen off this series but you make me want to read this one now. <br /><br />Godric in the tv show also came off as something of an <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheAtoner" rel="nofollow">atoner</a> to me. <br /><br /><i>Representations of Romans tend towards either giving us heroes who are just like us and way ahead of their time in their dislike of gladiatorial Games and so on</i><br /><br />Hahaha...like Gordianus? Though one thing I like about the Steven Saylor books is that Gordianus's oddities are referenced in-universe (especially by Catalina), so it feels less like bad writing and more like Saylor deliberately decided to make him something of a dissident in his own society.lux aeturnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00391526866406089000noreply@blogger.com