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Being sick has its perks, spare time being one of them. Now that I feel recovered enough to spend long periods of time reading, I've been doing exactly that. I was going to start with the Midnight Breed series, which ufp13 recommended to me before Christmas, but I got sidetracked by Gena Showalter's Lords of the Underworld series. I need a new addictive series like I need a hole in the head, but there you have it. I can't wait for book four. *wibble*

Kiss of Midnight was an interesting read, but I've quickly developed a love/hate relationship with the book. On one hand, I didn't like the male lead at the beginning -- still not sure I do now that I've finished reading -- and kept putting the book down. On the other, though, every time I did put the book down, I couldn't stay away for any length of time. I still needed to know what would happen next, although some of the plot was easily guessed. I know I'm going to give book two a shot. But, if it doesn't convince me from the get-go, I'll know this series isn't for me, after all. Which would be a first, given the subject matter. ^^

Speaking of creatures of the night, I've also managed to watch Twilight. On the plus side, I think it's better than the book. But then, I think I would have been mighty confused without having read the book beforehand. There were scenes which only made sense to me because I remember reading about them. Possibly, this problems stems from trying to adapt a first-person narration to the big screen. Obviously, you can't do constant voice-overs as that would be annoying as hell. But part of the charm of the book -- and we've already established that I was sorely missing something resembling a plot, so there was something else keeping me reading -- was the very well done first-person narration, and that was lost in the movie adaptation. A pity. Still, I enjoyed the movie for the cast which I mostly liked, especially Bella, Edward, and Alice.

I haven't done a whole lot aside from reading these past five days. I didn't feel well enough. But I'm getting better, and it's about damn time, too.

I picked up Upon the Midnight Clear yesterday evening and finished it today.

I'd read Until Death Do Us Part (Love at First Bite anthology) beforehand and I liked that one so much better. I felt, especially because it was also dealing with modern day perception of Dracula (which, given the subject matter, amuses me to no end), it was the much more interesting tale. Velkan seemed a most unusual Dark-Hunter what with his additional powers and all. Esperatta wasn't that bad either, but both characters and what storyline there was suffered from being pressed into a short story. Put a bit of effort into that one, though, and you'll get an amusing tale.

Upon the Midnight Clear? Very streamlined. VERY contrived. So not up to Kenyon's usual standards. Plus, 240 pages of very large print. Had they used normal print size and, you know, dropped a chapter or two, it would have fit into one of those anthologies so much better than Until Death Do Us Part. After all, there really wasn't much story to speak of.

August is going to be a good month, book-wise. As laurajo made me realize, I've yet to read "Innocent in Death". I was going to go for the hardcover at first. But with the paperback due to be released on August 28, I might as well wait a little longer. It's not like I get around to much reading at the moment, anyway.

Unlike other people I know and who never cease to amaze me. *squints at nimue47*

"Devil May Cry" by Sherrilyn Kenyon will probably bridge me over for a couple of days, though. Release date is next Tuesday. *rubs hands*