Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Blue Blood...well that's just wrong

Blue Bloods is a book by Elizabeth De La Cruz. It's one of the most unique books I've read because it takes a common myth, a well-known creature of fantasy, and picks at it until it becomes something entirely different. Vampires in this book have a bit of a different quality, to say the least. These vampires can afford all the finest clothes and practically rule manhattan with their money. They are called Blue Bloods, not only for their wealth, but for their, well, blue blood. (I'm not one for spoilers, so I'll leave the rest for the future readers to discover.) And they are in serious danger. Shuyler and her friends, new and old, will fight against the new danger themselves, but there's a price.
I am anticipating the next book, Masquerade!
In other news, Twilight fans (yes I am obsessed), the Special Edition of Eclipse, and thus the official cover for Breaking Dawn, will be release May 31 and will also include the first chapter of the book we are all waiting for.

And a little lesson for you to walk away with today! Yay! Anyway, you always hear people say, "write what you know." Well the thing is, you don't normally want to catalogue your life, however if you add bits of random from your life into a book, it adds to it. It adds a certain real quality to it, and thus a more personal feel to the book. That is what makes books great and draws them to your book the most: Personality. So take a few random events, funny moments, and implant them into some part of your story to give it life. If your thing is Autobiographies, then throw that out the window and truly write what you know, your life.


Afflatus(Noun): A divine imparting of knowledge; inspiration.







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