false <![CDATA[Pretty Dead]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255574005m/6249838.jpg 6249838 2 The object of envy and desire, Charlotte Emerson seems to have the perfect life...but she’s been dead for almost a century. When a new romance converges with the return of her first love, Charlotte becomes the subject of a dark bargain that might give her the only thing she’s ever coveted—the chance to be human again. Critically acclaimed writer Francesca Lia Block gives the undead a second chance at life in Pretty Dead. This provocative, riveting, and wonderfully accessible new novel will reach a new generation of readers who have yet to discover Francesca Lia Block. 6432656 1 10 2009 Pretty Dead total:101|5:12|4:34|3:33|2:17|1:5| 101 334 411 35 2 1 false true Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 17:38:48 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 22:47:17 -0700 2009 female half of the romantic pair has fangs. Block certainly goes in a different direction than most of the books in this genre--Pretty Dead is darker, and a whole lot sexier. But it's still not particularly good. There's no...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 26 07:38:15 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 07:38:53 -0700 2009
This book was short and sweet, maybe a...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 12:51:10 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 16:38:34 -0700 2009
Charlotte has been a vamp...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 20:10:09 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 07:03:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 08:05:26 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 08:12:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 17:22:10 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 10:19:19 -0700 2009
Francesca Lia Block's writing astonished me. I was almost unprepared to read this book. I'm going to copy out the first paragraph bec...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 17:59:48 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 18:00:17 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 22:22:41 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 17:54:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 12:06:15 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 12:10:52 -0700 2009
I was interested in reading FLB's take on a vampire novel, since her works are always beautifully etheral and not quite grou...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 13:44:35 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 07:13:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 14:55:43 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 14:56:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 30 04:37:14 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 19:19:16 -0800 2009
Interesting - something a little different from the vampire fare, but I think it's so steeped in vampire lore that I didn't get everything. This was my first FLB book, and I loved her prose - it really propelled the story. What kind of got me is that this seemed so...anti-feminist. I ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 10:37:54 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 17 09:14:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 12 03:56:17 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 07:41:30 -0700 2009
Charlotte Emerson used to be a teenage girl. She loved writing, clothes, and her brother, Charles. Charles meant everything to her - he was her world, her reason for living. Rheumatic fever took him too early, leaving Charlotte heartbroken and lost...more...]]> 1 1 false true Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 21:19:22 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 15:56:40 -0700 2009
Comparison to Twilight: This doesn't seem to have the overt ideological problems of Twilight, but it was also a less engaging read than the half of Twilight I read, and had plenty of small details th...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 07:28:01 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 07:32:39 -0800 2009 Charlotte Emerson is a vampire with the perfect house, perfect clothes, and apparently perfect life. But she’s never gotten over her twin brother’s death and is still looking for that kind of close friendship when she comes across Emily and her boyfriend Jared. A different tak...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 16:44:42 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 16:47:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 11:31:40 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 11:12:19 -0700 2009 ]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 27 15:42:22 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 15:45:54 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Thu Oct 15 08:00:05 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 08:00:05 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6249838