Tendencies in present day vampire literature

You know, I am reading the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris. The one Trueblood is based on for anyone who's heard of that, and it occurred to me, in all the present day vampire series the underworld has gone public.
Take the Hollows series, which were the first one I read who did this particular thing, there the underworld (witches, vampires, werewolfs, pixies etc.) have been known since the 60's I think... I always found the idea captivating. What if there really are supernatural beings? I really think that if they exists they should be out in the open.
Anyway this is really a trend, in the Kitty Norville series we get to experience the whole coming out process. The beginning of laws for the supernatural, and legislation regarding them, and supernatural celebrities coming out as celebrities. In the Anita Blake series they are also out in the open (at least as far as I could tell, I haven't really gotten all that far yetXP).


I think I should write a tad about Dead Until Dark, the first book in the Sookie Stockhouse series. At first I did not like it one bit, the hillbilly language drove me mad, and I thought it was told really amateurish, but the story itself was really captivating. I decided it must be her first book, which it turned it wasn't, she has been a published author since 1981, and I guess it's just her style of writing. But I must say, the story is really good, and the hillbilly language really grew on me. And, oh my, she can really write the indecent scenesXD The trick is not to have too many and not to tell too much^^, It really is all in what you don't spell outXP

And now for the Japanese. I am currently struggling with te-form. It's actually the first time I have encountered anything (except kanji, but that just takes cramming) I have found hard. You use te-from when asking someone to do something, or asking if you can do something. It's not that I don't understand it, it's just that it's a bit hard...=j

Word of the day:
ヴァンパイアの本 - vanpaia no hon - Vampire novel

Almost Christmas^^,

9 days left for Christmas Eve. I open my Advent Calendar everyday, and I get lots of cute things. on the 10th I got Grease on DVD, and I have gotten socks and lots of candy. Me and fiancé send almost as much money on Advent Calendars for each other as we spend on the Christmas gifts^^,
I am almost done with all my gifts, I have only Dad's and V's gifts left. Everyone else I am done with, I have even gotten a gift for my cousin's new born daughter. I need to get them all wrapped thou, since I haven't gotten around to that yet^^,
Only this week left of school. Three more days, plus Friday when all the music students give a little concert. I and fiancé got a weekend trip for Copenhagen from my parents for Christmas, so we are leaving on Friday and returning on Monday. We are spending on night in a hotel, I have never been in a hotel with fiancé before, and I am really looking forward to it^^,

In other news i have read some books that I haven't told you all about yet. First off I have read "Kitty takes a holiday" and "Kitty and the Silver Bullet" both by Carrie Vaughn.
I loved them, they are the two latest novels in the Kitty Norville series, about the werewolf Kitty Norville and her radio show dealing with the supernatural. The story progresses great, many authors who write long running fantastical series is that the stories doesn't really progress in a believable manner, but the Kitty books, things move on in a really believable way.

And then I read Inkheart by Cornelia Funke, which is about Meggie and her father who can read characters out of books, and all the trouble that follows. I absolutely loved this book, and I can't wait to read the rest of the triology. Cornelia is a really great storyteller, and I could really relate to desire to be able to read things out of books, but after reading this one I don't really want it all that bad anymoreXP
This is mainly a book for a little younger people than me, but I really recommend it for book lovers of all ages anyway. One should never be too old to enjoy good stories^^, Especially not too old to enjoy one who is so well told as this one^^,

At the moment I am reading Dead until dark by Charlaine Harris, the series Trueblood is based on. I will write about it as soon as I am finished^^,

Word of the day:
メリークリスマス - merīkurisumasu - Merry Christmas

I heart this parody (aka. I heart geeks)

I wrote a few weeks ago about the new Britney song, womanizer. And here's the most genius parody song ever!

Now, who does not want a man like this? I, lucky girl that I am, already bagged me one of these=D Now don't tell me you're not green with jealousy, 'cos I know you are=D
I decided a long time ago that I don't like people with no geeky traits. People without passion are just... well, boring.
My definition of geek might vary a bit from the generally know one. I don't see geeks as singleminded dorks with no lovelife outside of WOW. I see geeks as people with a passion. Be that WOW, Pokémon, comicbooks, or football. Yes football, there are at least as many ManU geeks as there are comisbook geeks. A geek is someone who loves something and get all fired up and passionate whenever they talk about it. And I don't like people who doesn't get this way about anything. They're boring. And a bit scary....
Most people come to terms with, and many even start to embrace their inner geek when presented with this definition=D
And if you're not jealous af me and and my geeky fiancé yet, there's something serious wierd with youXP

Word of the day:
大好き - daisuki - to love, to like very much