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Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #1)

Laurell K. Hamilton

Start date: July 1, 2015

Finish date: July 2, 2015

Why we're reading this: I've read Guilty Pleasures around 30 times. Rereading it has been a (not-so-very) guilty pleasure since a…more
[close] I've read Guilty Pleasures around 30 times. Rereading it has been a (not-so-very) guilty pleasure since about the third or fourth time I read it. Plus, I liked the idea of having my book for the Guilty Pleasure task being called Guilty Pleasures. ;-)

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Jun 19, 2009 Nadine in NY Jones rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-romance-and-mystery

As a fervent (FERVENT) Buffy fan, I was prepared to not like this book, and, well, it didn't disappoint me in that respect. This was really jumbled, as if the author had written a series of short stories years ago, and then spent about an hour tying them all together. And there was no sex! I was promised sex - that at least would have made up for the jumbled style ;-) ...more

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Mar 17, 2013 Kecia rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: general_fiction

Not my cup of tea. I picked this book up from the library because I was going on the Vampire Walking Tour of the Blood District a/k/a Laclede's Landing in St. Louis. I had never heard of Ms. Hamilton, but hey, she's a local author so I gave it a shot.

This was a book about nothing. Like a Seinfeld episode - it was about nothing. Ms. Hamilton had nothing to say. 300 pages of nothing gets boring - for me anyway. Needless to say I won't be reading the other 19 or so books in the series.

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Sep 18, 2017 Emily rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-sci-fi, detective-lit, series-start

I guess it was good enough not to DNF since it was a quick read, but I felt like the writing was muddy and I just didn't really care about anyone. I hear the series improves, so I may keep trying, but it won't be at the top of my list. ...more

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Jun 11, 2008 Jennifer rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: vampire

I have been meaning to read this for ages. I know that the series is supposed to go downhill... but this was lovely. Like Anne Rice before she jumped the shark. Only... more real. More silly, and not better written, but more real.

Definitely worth a look, if you still haven't tried her. ...more

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Dec 27, 2008 Lori rated it liked it · review of another edition

A very different vampire book. Lots of people compare it to Buffy but I never read/watched so I don't know about that. It took awhile to figure out the way things were but once I did I actually got quite into it. Parts were a little gruesome for my taste but I can see how people would get hooked. ...more

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