But first, an apology: I’ve been missing in action, which I’m sure you’ve noticed (Please, say you’ve noticed). I was on vacation, then I started grad school, then I dealt with some serious time-management issues. I think I’ve sorted out the kinks, however. So she’s back! Onto some fun vamp tidbits that you’ll most likely never have use for in real life … kind of like math.
The Historian I don’t know where I was in 2005, but apparently not in the vampire section at Borders because I missed one hell of read. This is not your run-of-the-mill vamp romp. This is some serious lit that employs all kinds of conventions: post-mod history, epistolary story telling, Indian Jones-type adventure, supernatural elements and more. Boiled down, the young female narrator goes on an epic, globe-trotting search to find the answer to Dracula’s mysterious origins: Did he really live? Does he still? It’s a fantastic antidote to the new legion of vampires thatare googly-eyeing their way across the silver screen as of late(she says, clutching her purchased-a-month-ago tickets for New Moon).