A bit late today but sqeakin’ in my #vampire #drawlloween entry. This was a pretty easy one to choose, as Anne Rice’s #VampireChronicles were my first real introduction to vampire literature and despite everyone being super dramatic and selfish, I kinda really liked the over-the-top-ness of all the characters. “Vampire Lestat” was prolly my favourite, followed by “Interview with the Vampire”, so here’s Louis and Lestat having a long chat about doing things #traditionalart #inktober #annerice #lestatdelioncourt #louispointedulac
“Ah, greedy son. Is it not enough to be immortal with all the world your repast.”
I, your Friendly Neighborhood Librarian absolve you from all literary sins and encourage you to go and read what you like on the platform of your choosing.
Never feel guilty for reading fan fic at 3am. Everything is fanfic in the end. From fanfic you were made, to fanfic you shall return.
Read that which has been panned by literary snobs. Read novels churned out by the dozen by authors with a dozen pseudonyms.
Read your US and People. Flip through Popular Science just for the gadgets section. Read articles about the perfect chocolate chip cookie.
Read books outside your comfort zone. Don’t finish them if you don’t want. It’s the book’s fault, not yours.
Read in your comfort zone. Read a YA and romance and science if and fantasy.
Skip over the boring bits. Read it because you heard about it from Oprah or because everyone else is reading it.
Giggle yourself silly at something so poorly written and full of author wish fulfillment that you just can’t stop reading it.
Don’t listen to the keepers of taste and culture. Their reward comes every time they pat themselves on the back for their superior taste.
Don’t listen to the academics that bemoan the downfall of society and learning. They have been doing that since Socrates’ time.
Don’t listen to the tv presenters who insist you are not cultured if you haven’t read from this list of books.
Audio books count as reading. Ebooks count as reading. Fanfic of questionable quality counts as reading. Rereading books for the third time counts as reading. Reading to your child counts as reading. Reading from the back of the cereal box (and doing the puzzle) counts as reading.
TL;DR: read what you want. Don’t be ashamed. Never let someone try to make you feel bad for how or what you read and enjoy. Tell them that I, your Friendly Neighborhood Librarian have absolved you from your guilt and have given you special blessings. Go forth and read, my child.
Interview with the Vampire + Scream Queens
Fair enough but it’s Lestat doing most of the crying.
teensy font size for teensy note: I have a bunch of old (3+ months!! *facepalm*) birthday messages I want to reply to, Like this if you think there’s no time limit replying to birthday messages!
Late replies bc I didn’t want to spam the dash at the time and they got buried 😛
“And the only consistent indication that I am not human is my fingernails. It’s the same with all vampires. Our fingernails look like glass. And some people notice that when they don’t notice anything else.” – The Vampire Lestat
Look at this clear gel nail extension effect. It could be a great vampire makeup effect.
Very vampiry glassy, looks great on light or dark skin and against light or dark backgrounds:
Has anyone tried this themselves?
Agree to disagree.
