If It’s Got The Word ‘Demon’ In It, I Aint Reading It…
Monday, October 8, 2007Posted in: Demons and vampires suck great big hairy balls, Lewis Hamilton Formula 1 Motor racing, Rugby World Cup
God I’m sick to death of books about demons.
Of course there are certain books about demons that I’ve bought recently, but those book buying choices were more about the author than my interest in the actual books themselves. Does that make me incredibly loyal or incredibly stoopid?
I know I’ve said it before, but I’m really hating (and I mean, really hating) the deluge of vampiric demon books out there. Everytime I see a book with the word demon in the title, I feel the need to stick a fork in my eye. It’s painful, and I can’t bear it. At this point, even the virgin-mistress-secret baby Harlequin Presents books are starting to look good in comparison. Big effing sigh.
Oh, and just in case anybody gives a crap, I’m officially in mourning over the fact that Lewis Hamilton somehow managed to fuck up an all-but-sewn-up Formula One world championship title this weekend. I’ve told TTG that I wont be able to watch the race in Brazil, my nerves wont be able to hold up under the strain.
Erm… any Aussies out there watch the Rugby World Cup this weekend? *smirk*
Marg
October 8
11:28 am
There’s a rugby world cup on??? Really? ;-p
sallahdog
October 8
12:58 pm
I hear you, Karen.. I like paranormals as a rule, but can’t get into Demon ones.. I bought Meljean Brooks Demon Angel because of the generally stellar reviews and it keeps staring at me, daring me to pick it up…
I have gotten a bit bored with paranormals in general lately, unless its by an author I know that I like. So many have jumped on the bandwagon and are generally just bad, that it takes away from the good ones..
I did start a new series this weekend, Don of the Dead by Casey Daniels that I am enjoying a lot.. Pepper is a cemetary tour guide who hits her head and can now see ghosts, who won’t leave her alone till she solves their murders so that they can go on…
No real sex, no real woo woo except for seeing dead people, Pepper has no magic vajay or brilliant deductive skills. Its been a nice palate cleanser from all the fated mates, amazing super powers, sexin will make you whole books that have flooded the market lately…
Sorry, I don’t follow sports, it was a big sigh of relief time for me when the son decided he had enough of soccer and baseball and took up skateboarding instead (I hated those benches.)
Karen Scott
October 8
1:38 pm
Marg, did y watch the match? (heheh)
SD, I can’t tell you how much I’m currently hating anything with a fated mates storyline. OK, paranormals in general are skeeving me out. Again.
Also, I may just be burned out on reading. I haven’t read a new book in a week, and that’s just not cricket. I’ve found myself watching more DVDs than anything else. So far have watched In Her Shoes with Cameron Diaz and Toni Colette (Jennifer Weiner’s book) and Reign Over Me, with Don Cheadle. Good film btw.
Kat O+
October 8
2:02 pm
Look. Rugby is a wussy sport. (I’m a league fan, can ya tell?) My hubby watched the game. Cursing, lamenting and copious swearing. It was fun!
Sorry, but Meljean Brook is now an auto-buy for me, so I foresee more demon books in my future. *g* It helps that I usually pick up a paranormal after it’s been vetted by a friend, so I tend not to read sucky ones. Pun intended. Heh.
Shannon Stacey
October 8
2:11 pm
It really is a shame about Lewis Hamilton, especially after the efforts the FIA has put into manipulating—oops, reinterpreting—the rules on his behalf.
They needed a new Michael Schumacher to save the sport from an Alonso-dominated field of blah, and it’s been obvious from the start Bernie and the boys decided it was Lewis. It’s going to be a disappointment to a lot of people if he doesn’t win.
It’s all becoming too technical and political for me—the cars are so high-tech now it’s ridiculous. I miss Mansel, Prost and Senna—especially in the rain.
I’m actually having more fun watching my boy Juan Pablo running Nascar, which is sad.
Bonnie Dee
October 8
2:22 pm
Dare I say it? I’m don’t like paranormals in general, at least not shifters, vamps, and the afore-mentioned demons. My idea of an interesting paranormal is a normal person with an extra-sensory ability–not a fantasy world with fantasy characters.
Dionne Galace
October 8
2:39 pm
My idea of an interesting paranormal is a normal person with an extra-sensory ability
Me too.
And for the record, I’ll probably be buying Meljean’s books even when the title is Demon Jizz Bucket.
meljean brook
October 8
2:48 pm
Demon Jizz Bucket and Demon Cum Dumpster are the next ones in the pipeline. I’m working on a tagline, but I think: The sperm don’t squirm … in Hell! will win me a helluva lotta readers.
*g*
Barbara B.
October 8
3:14 pm
I’m utterly sick of paranormals. One thing that really bothers me about many of them is that the paranormal aspects seem to replace characterization. Particularly in vampire and werewolf paranormals. It’s as if there have been so many stories written with these characters that there’s no longer a need to create distinct “personalities” for these heroes. They’re not individuals, just your standard vampire or werewolf hero. No doubt this can be said of heroes in other romance subgenres, but vamps and weres are exceedingly derivative.
Sherry Thomas
October 8
5:08 pm
How about Demon Wad Squad?
🙂
Ann Bruce
October 8
6:17 pm
I’m pretty much paranormaled out. I actually stopped buying new paranormal authors over a year ago. JR Ward was the only one on my buy list and now she shifted to the library list because of LU.
In the last while, I’ve mainly been reading general fiction and some of my favourite Harlequin Presents.
I’m working my way through Kelley Armstrong’s Exit Strategy and it’s like a breath of fresh air because there are no werewolves, vampires, or demons. Just a psycho going around killing people.
Natty
October 8
7:01 pm
Oh my god, hallelujah! Finally someone said what I’ve been saying! I’ve been so sick of paranormals for months and months (excluding Nalini Singh, still love her writings). It’s really annoying to walk down the romance section at Barnes and Nobles and see nothing but vampire this, shapeshifter that, demons included. Plenty of times where I walked out empty handed! I used to love vampires and shapeshifter but now it’s like you read one book, you’ve read them all.For a person who loves to read and do read a book a day, it’s like I was constantly pmsing! It gotten so bad for me that turn to and now hooked on Harlequins! But all in all, I have to really thank all the authors who did jump on the paranormal bandwagon because I found Jaci Burton, Maya Banks, Shasha White, and all others who books are incredibly hot and steamy. When are we going to see more releases of good ole contemporary, or romance suspense? Hell I’m even dying to read about the tons or about a debutante being force to marry some handsome young duke in order to pay off her parent’s gambling debt or something! Just anything not PARANORMAL! I just want normal!
Thank you for allowing me to vent.
Anonymous
October 9
1:13 am
A couple of paranormals are still autobuys for me, but I draw the line at neck biters. That said, I bought an anthology for Marjorie Liu, and really enjoyed the short by Meljean Brooks. Just don’t know if I liked it enough to jump into the neck biting world, however.
–Jackie L.
Anonymous
October 9
1:17 am
I would probably buy Demon Cum Dumpster regardless.
–Jackie L.
avidbookreader
October 9
2:01 pm
If you ever see me post a review on a book with a demon or a vampire in it, it’s because it was a damn good one. Right now, I see no chance of that happening since I am not reading paranormals at the moment. The book would have to scream at me (no pun intended) for me to read it. It’s like this sub-genre is overcrowded. Also, I’m sure there are some pretty good paranormals out there but since the genre is so inudated with them, they tend to not stand out from the rest, unfortunately. Peace.
Keishon
Marianne LaCroix
October 10
12:32 am
I am really tired of paranormals too, to be honest. It is probably why I am writing historical these days. I can’t bring myself to even think of writing another vampire. Been there, done that. And it is disheartening to walk down the romance isle at BAM and see all the vampires…Dark this…Dark that… I had started a series years ago and I have no intention to continue it….it would be like so many others out there flooding the market. Give me a good Viking, Rake or pirate any day.
Angelia Sparrow
October 10
12:39 am
Oh dear…
And I just finished the “undead stripper in love with his demonic boss” piece. And my editor contacted me about a YA, GLBT paranormal.
Am currently taking suggestions at my LJ for ways to NOT make the YA totally sucktastic cliche of “my locker partner is a vampire but I have to come out, which is worse.”
Barbara B.
October 10
12:13 pm
Marianne said-“I had started a series years ago and I have no intention to continue it…It would be like so many others out there flooding the market.”
Thank you! It’s a pity that every author who has nothing original or meaningful to add to paranormal romance won’t move on. I guess the same could be said about any subgenre, but paranormal romance writers are the biggest offenders. Closely followed by romantic suspense writers.
Bonnie Dee
October 10
3:49 pm
I definitely enjoy a good historical, both reading and writing them. Almost any time period interests me as long as it’s well researched. With so many different time periods to explore, historicals never get boring–or they shouldn’t. I can’t say Regencies don’t get repetitious.