Vampire Vocab

Those who haven’t realized yet that I’m a total Sookie Stackhouse fan are about to get a lot of proof that I am. Along with awesome vampires, Charlaine Harris makes some pretty awesome weres and shifters. I mean Jacob Black is all right, but the Sookie books have shown me the most incredible shapeshifters ever. [...]

Today’s word is… Convulsing! The definition is: con⋅vulse [kuhn-vuhls] –verb (used with object), -vulsed, -vuls⋅ing. 1. to shake violently; agitate. 2. to cause to shake violently with laughter, anger, pain, etc. 3. to cause to suffer violent, spasmodic contractions of the muscles. Origin: 1635–45; < L convulsus ptp. of convellere to shatter, tear loose, equiv. [...]

Sorry this is late. I saved it accidentally as a draft, so I just actually published it. Today’s word of the day is… Taboo! The dictionary.com definition is… ta⋅boo /təˈbu, tæ-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [tuh-boo, ta-] adjective, noun, plural -boos, verb, -booed, -boo⋅ing. –adjective 1. proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable: taboo words. 2. [...]

Hmmm…perhaps this is an indication that the direction of my blog is starting to lean towards faeries and elves more than vampires. Well, anyway, the Tree Shepherds Daughter by Gillian Summers is really a teen reading book. It’s nowhere near as intense as Tithe. If you have a teenager in your house, or even someone [...]

Tithe by Holly Black. How to explain it in terms that will somehow show just what an awesome book it is? I could write a love song; no, I can’t rhyme. Perhaps a poem then, after I’ve explained the basic elements. The protagonist is a teenage girl named Kaye who lives with her mother and [...]

There is something I forgot to mention in my “likes” section of the “About” page: lists! I love to make lists: pro/cons, ordered by preference, etc. So, now I’m going to multitask: recommend books and talk about my favorite subject: vampires! I highly recommend that you read the books listed, and click on the links [...]

All right! As promised, here’s a book review, but all ye who read here, be thou warned: it’s sooo vamp romance. Bit the Jackpot by Erin McCarthy is my first book review, because I like that she doesn’t assume that vampires always live in cold, remote areas, and that all they want is blood, blood, [...]

This is vampire vocab, so whenever I post, I’ll have a word from a vampire book I’ve read, and the context in which I read it. Or It will be a word I like, put into a vampire-y sentence. This week’s word is: Repugnant! the definition on Dictionary.com is: re⋅pug⋅nant /rɪˈpʌgnənt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ri-puhg-nuhnt] [...]

If you read my “about” page, you heard me say (write, whatever) that my house is filled with bloggers. Now, I’m absolutely certain that everyone thinks their mom is the most awesome (except for Janie from Wake by Lisa Mcmann. Such a cool book, my gosh.) but mine really is. She blogs on retro-food. A [...]