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  <title><![CDATA[Vampire Loves]]></title>
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  <default_description>Meet Ferdinand, a vampire who bites his victims with only one tooth in order to pass as a mosquito, who loves the music of dead folk singers, and who has no end of trouble trying to make sense of his relationshipssome with the living, some not.Vampire Loves follows the strangely romantic adventures of Ferdinand and his friends as they flirt, seduce, cheat, break up, and make up with all manner of unearthly creatures including ghosts, other vampires, tree-folk, and the occasional golem.Edgy, charming, and filled with Joann Sfars inimitable blend of tenderness, comedy, melancholy, and philosophy, the stories in this first volume draw as much from the wellspring of Eastern European Jewish mysticism as from twenty-first-century Goth culture......and no, love isnt any easier when youre dead.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">5</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2006</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Vampire Loves</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Joann Sfar]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Since I liked The Professor’s Daughter so much, I was in the mood for some more Sfar. Conceptually, Vampire Loves comes from the same place as The Professor’s Daughter, since they’re both more or less romance books featuring classic monsters. I say “more or less” though because The Profess...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12176522">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ferdinand, unlike many comic vampires, actually <em>does</em> suck blood in order to survive.  Except... well, he does not exactly like to make a histrionic show of it all.  Just one tooth, and not enough blood to make the victim feel passionate.  And afterward, it just itches a bit.<br/><br/>Joann Sfar, i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65766569">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48457966">
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    <name><![CDATA[Bruce]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Mar 06 16:12:48 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ferdinand the vampire has a very unfulfilling love life. This makes him a depressed vampire. He has an on again off again relationship with “Liana, but everyone calls her Lani [who:] is a mandragora, a girl/plant. She was born under a hanging tree and her curse is that she drives men crazy.” The...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48457966">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41127221">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Dec 28 17:22:49 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 28 17:24:31 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ferdinand the vampire is unlucky in love.  He’s just had a terrible fight with his girlfriend, Lani, a mandragora (girl plant), who cheated on him with his best friend (I guess that’s what happens when you go with plants).  Along comes a succession of other women/female creatures to ease his pai...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41127221">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="4351907">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 09 23:49:11 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 13 14:57:30 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This chaptered book follows a neurotic little vampire named Ferdinand as he tries to fall in love with various women, both mortal and undead.  It's your basic meandering exploration of love's follies spruced up with amusing undead characters and imaginative settings.  Sfar's drawing is messy as usua...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4351907">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="58012627">
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    <name><![CDATA[karen]]></name>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun May 31 20:04:17 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 31 20:19:46 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked &quot;Vampire Loves&quot; but didn't love it (har). The book contains a few different stories featuring Ferdinand, a sort of retro vampire, loosely bound by a &quot;Ferdinand-looks-for-love-but-not-really&quot; thread.<br/><br/>Joann Sfar's drawing style is charming, and I like his sense o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58012627">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73977056">
    <user id="757602">
    <name><![CDATA[Lars]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Burlingame, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Oct 09 10:34:18 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 09 10:54:20 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Quirky?  Maybe downright weird.  Of course, I'm weird, so I'm beginning to get hooked on Sfar, who is not a girl and is in the vanguard of a new wave of comic artists from France and Belgium.  Like 'The Rabbi's Cat' and his children's 'Little Vampire,' the other works of his I have read, nothing is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73977056">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="3260929">
    <user id="41583">
    <name><![CDATA[Becky]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Columbus, OH]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 19 06:42:41 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 19 07:00:30 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hmmm. This is quite the odd little graphic novel. Ferdinand the vampire's innocent, geeky ways have not won him luck in love. He likes folk music; he has a love-hate relationship with his ex; and he bites people with one tooth only, so they will think it's a mosquito bite. <br/><br/>I'm just not s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3260929">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40084522">
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    <name><![CDATA[Dennis]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Corvallis, OR]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Dec 14 12:07:38 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 17 21:34:20 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's very creative.... I liked how it just ignores the usual drama that comes up between vampires, people and other supernatural creatures and treats everyone as a character deserving of respect and just moves forward from that assumption.  The supernatural nature of the characters is part of the wo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40084522">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="6400917">
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    <name><![CDATA[Robert]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Joann Sfar is the author of <em>The Rabbi’s Cat</em> and the Little Vampire children’s books. <em>Vampire Loves</em> is a series of short stories starring Ferdinand, a rather gentle Lithuanian vampire. Ferdinand breaks up with his girlfriend Lani (a mandragora, or plant/girl), and meets several other girls with v...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6400917">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42548050">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jennifer]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sat Jan 10 04:01:47 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This comic is a story about a young vampire struggling for live.  I personally did not enjoy this story but I think the problem is rooted in my dislike of the main character.  While he was funny at times he seemed foolish even though he was centuries old. ]]></body>
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    <review id="55928652">
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    <name><![CDATA[Christine]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Montreal, Canada]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A little odd. Not that I mind odd, but... well, very relationship focused (um Vampire LOVES, right) which was a bit repetitive and not that exciting most of the time. Still (I feel like I keep saying this?) I liked the drawing style, which was fun. I liked the vampire himself and a few supporting ch...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55928652">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43892405">
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    <name><![CDATA[becky]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Salt Lake City, UT]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[i find graphic novels so distracting.  my eye just won't follow the layout of the page and i tend to see what will happen before i read it.  am i lacking self control?   <br/><br/>i enjoyed reading about ferdinand but wasn't all that taken with the book's artistic style. my favorite line from the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43892405">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43003459">
    <user id="628598">
    <name><![CDATA[Jess]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a thoroughly enchanting book. Ferdinand and his romantic stumblings pull the heartstrings in all the right ways, and Sfar's use of strange creatures to show us humans that we're rather strange ourselves is at its best here. Lovely.]]></body>
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    <review id="52068576">
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    <name><![CDATA[Lynn]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The tale follows Ferdinand the Vampire on his quest for love. While I found the graphics interesting, I was never really sure where the story was going.  Definitely for older kids, with talk of sex.]]></body>
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    <review id="46218573">
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    <name><![CDATA[Evan]]></name>
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  <date_added>Fri Feb 13 04:19:50 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Vampire is emo&quot; or &quot;Vampire is indie, shy, and melancholy&quot; would be more appropriate titles.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Got lost between all the monsters and ghouls. A disappointment as I loved the Rabbi's Cat so much!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a graphic novel that most anyone would find amusing. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Joann Sfar" title="Joann Sfar">Joann Sfar</a> is hilarious--his humor tends toward presenting the absurd in the most normal light, leading to some ridiculous situations. His characters say some of the goofiest things, yet the book somehow manages to stay relevant. As the ti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2561110">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Macmillan's Free Book Day!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A volume of shorts featuring Ferdinand the Vampire and some of his modern romances. It is unclear whether Ferdinand is related to Sfar's other character Little Vampire. This volume reads more as missed connections than romance, each story focuses on Ferdinand being lonely and wandering through after...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31791651">more...</a>]]></body>
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