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The Vampire of Venice Beach: A Novel
by Jennifer Colt | Mystery & Thrillers
Registered by jennifercolt of Santa Monica, California USA on Thursday, October 26, 2006
Average 8 star rating by BookCrossing Members 

status (set by CandyDarling): reserved


7 journalers for this copy...

Journal Entry 1 by jennifercolt from Santa Monica, California USA on Thursday, October 26, 2006

10 out of 10

Who is killing the undead of Venice Beach?

The hilariously dysfunctional crime-fighting duo, Kerry and Terry McAfee, somehow survived the Butcher of Beverly Hills and the Mangler of Malibu Canyon. But will they be able to shine some California sunshine onto the Vampire of Venice Beach?

-Broadway Books, March 2007 

Journal Entry 2 by busybooklover on Tuesday, October 31, 2006

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN! The Butcher has come to call!.. along with the MANGLER and the VAMPIRE... How perfect could the timing be!!! I am going to start a triangle of rings for these three books by this author who I prodded into sending these onto a bookcrossing adventure. She is on MYSPACE and I was an instant fan. I will keep the rings USA only at first then after 10 readers each,,, they can go international to see where the world takes them. I would PLEASE request these were donated ESPECIALLY TO BE RINGS.. not to become part of your personal collection... they are to travel and meet readers all over the United States and then beyond. You can post your comments here and know that the author will get to see the journal entries. =) I don't know her personally but I've decided she has a great sense of humor and was reluctant to PUSH her books which is why I like her even more. A HUMBLE WRITER!!!! Well.. She mailed me some cool postcards and bookmarks that will travel with the bookrings... take one and pass the rest along... a souvenier from the author lest ye be tempted to KEEP THE book. Don't you dare or the Butcher The Mangler or the Vampire ARE SURE TO FIND YOU.... ♥ bbl ♥
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These are the three books and the links to each the rings... in case you want to see where they are...

THE BUTCHER OF BEVERLY HILLS
5 of 5 stars on amazon so far out of 10 reviews.: From Publishers Weekly
What if Stephanie Plum had an ex-cokehead for a sister? Gorgeous twin crime fighters battle a bunch of shady dudes in screenwriter Colt's vivacious debut, the first in a planned trilogy. Kerry and Terry McAfee are both tall, lanky and red-headed, but the similarity stops there: Terry's done time for cocaine possession and has a thing for dangerous women; Kerry's a UCLA grad with a fondness for dark, funny men. Together they're the L.A. PI firm Double Indemnity Investigations, a two-woman, perpetually broke organization dedicated to solving crimes, no job too big or small. When their aunt Reba, the Canasta Queen of Beverly Hills, sends her wealthy friend Lenore to ask the twins for their help in finding the $10,000 her playboy husband ran off with, Kerry and Terry find themselves up to their matching leather jackets in trouble. All roads lead to Dr. Hattrick, a pill-dispensing plastic surgeon who performs face-lifts on the Beverly Hills ladies-who-lunch crowd, but a cast of similarly menacing ne'er-do-wells, including a gun-toting Russian moll, a sleazy lawyer and a cop with a mullet and an attitude, keep the surprises coming. This is a fast-paced, gum-snapping, snarky chick-lit mystery with sparkle to spare. (July)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

MANGLER OF MALIBU CANYON
4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon right now
From Publishers Weekly
After kicking some hijackers' butts on a plane arriving at LAX, PI twin sisters Kerry and Terry McAfee get on their pink Harley, zip onto the Pacific Coast Highway and cruise into Malibu for their second crime-solving romp (after 2005's The Butcher of Beverly Hills). Their wealthy great-aunt, Reba, and her middle-aged Ding Dong–addicted son, Robert, who's missing from a posh rehab facility, are in big trouble. After a headless corpse turns up rolled in a rug stashed in Reba's new Malibu digs and Robert surfaces with the matching head, both relatives are arrested and hustled off to jail. In their search for the real killer, the sleuthing sisters dodge a deadly over-the-hill TV actress, mobsters, New Age chicanery, far-out cosmic connections and a cheesy film producer. If the slaphappy plot defies believability, Kerry (the boy-crazy twin addicted to law enforcement types with big guns) and Terry (the twin who goes for leggy ladies) provide plenty of laughs. (June)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

THE VAMPIRE OF VENICE BEACH
THIS IS A 2007 PUBLICATION DATE BOOK!!!! So there are NO reviews yet on AMAZON.. YOU lucky dogs...I got it early!!!! WOW!!! He He He... Here's the blurb
Book Description

The hilariously dysfunctional crime-fighting duo of Kerry and Terry McAffee somehow survived the Butcher of Beverly Hills and the Mangler of Malibu Canyon. But will they be able to shine some California sunshine onto the Vampire of Venice Beach?

The action kicks off when the twins’ pal Darby Applewhite, a.k.a. Ephemera, Queen of the Undead, hires them to escort her hearse through the organized bedlam of the annual Venice Goth Parade. As a way of promoting the opening of the highly anticipated Dark Arts Gallery, Ephemera has planned to pop out of her coffin just as the hearse passes in front of the gallery. But while the twins are working crowd control, Ephemera suddenly pitches forward out of the coffin and onto the street—and Kerry and Terry are shocked to discover that the Queen of the Undead is in fact dead after all.

The stunt-gone-wrong gets more mysterious when the girls spot fang marks on Ephemera’s neck. Suddenly the parade of harmless misfits is transformed into a stream of potential suspects and the sleuthing sisters are plunged into a nefarious world of dentists specializing in prosthetic fangs, and a goth cult led by a blood drinker with a forked tongue. Will a host of welcome and unwelcome distractions—threats scrawled on their Harley in blood, vampires climbing through their skylight at night, amorous advances from Kerry's sometime love interest Detective Boatwright, and a litter of new puppies—derail the twins from getting their ghoul? Not bloody likely.
 

Journal Entry 3 by busybooklover on Tuesday, October 31, 2006

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Bookring Order:

1. Me ;-)
2. vraciousrdr
3 katintheboots
4 solittletime
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10 NancyW1

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1. jacksmum2004 Shropshire United Kingdom
2. CandyDarling FINLAND
 

Journal Entry 4 by busybooklover on Sunday, January 21, 2007

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This entry space reserved for review... passed on to next reader today- Great read!!!. I just want to write up a more complete review later. 

Journal Entry 5 by busybooklover at Somewhere in Vista-- a surprise =) in Vista, California USA on Sunday, January 21, 2007

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Released 5 yrs ago (1/22/2007 UTC) at Somewhere in Vista-- a surprise =) in Vista, California USA

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Left this book on the doorstep of the next in line ;) ENJOY!!! 

Journal Entry 6 by vraciousrdr from Vista, California USA on Friday, March 16, 2007

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Ok apparently I totally forgot to journal when I receive this. Not only that but the poor thing has been sitting next to my desk under a pile of books for about 1 1/2 months.

Now that that's settled, about the book:
What can I say, I like the twins, despite the unrealistic story lines. They're funny and entertaining. My favorite part of the book, "Her High Holy Higness, Boss of the Universe" describes me to a tee. LMBO!!

Sending off to the next person.... 

Journal Entry 7 by vraciousrdr at postal release in Ventura, CA -- Controlled Releases on Friday, March 16, 2007

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Released 5 yrs ago (3/16/2007 UTC) at postal release in Ventura, CA -- Controlled Releases

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sending off to katintheboots 

Journal Entry 8 by katintheboots from Ventura, California USA on Monday, March 19, 2007

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I found this in my mailbox this evening. I'll start reading it immediately. 

Journal Entry 9 by katintheboots from Ventura, California USA on Thursday, March 22, 2007

7 out of 10

I finished this last night, and I must say I probably enjoyed it more than the first two books in the series. The publicity stunt at the beginning definitely reminded me of the Halloween party/parade that occurs every year in Hollywood and Santa Monica. I've been in that furniture/home decoration store, it's just down in PB, not in LA. This book kind of left me wondering though...will there be another book in the series? Or is this the end? Everything seemed so wrapped up in the last few pages that it could easily end here. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

I'd also like to note that this is a galley, not the consumer binding. Galleys are definitely not meant to be read this much, and the binding is well on its way to falling apart. Most of the pages are at least halfway detached from the binding, and some whole sections are detached as well. I didn't lose any pages, but that may get to be a challenge for the next few readers.

I'll send this on to solittletime next week. 

Journal Entry 10 by katintheboots from Ventura, California USA on Monday, April 02, 2007

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It took me a little longer to get this in the mail than planned, but I sent this off to solittletime this evening via media mail. 

Journal Entry 11 by wingsolittletimewing from Portland, Maine USA on Friday, April 06, 2007

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Well, it didn't take long to arrive here. I received the book today and will read and re-send it on its way soon. 

Journal Entry 12 by wingsolittletimewing from Portland, Maine USA on Friday, November 23, 2007

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I've written again to NancyW1, in case she didn't get my first PM, to make sure she wants the book and to get a mailing address. Will send the book out as soon as I get a response (or move on to the next on the list). 

Journal Entry 13 by wingsolittletimewing from Portland, Maine USA on Friday, January 11, 2008

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Wrote jacksmum2004 for a mailing address as no response to three PMs to NancyW1. 

Journal Entry 14 by wingsolittletimewing from Portland, Maine USA on Thursday, March 13, 2008

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The book is in the mail!

(And in case anyone's interested in sending it to him later, I see that this book is on our fearless leader, Redsoxbookguy's, wish list.)

Edited to add: Released for the 4 Elements Release Challenge, hosted by Firegirl.

And for the March 2008 Oh, the Places We Can Go Release Challenge, hosted by Secretariat.
 

Journal Entry 15 by jacksmum2004 from Shrewsbury, Shropshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, March 18, 2008

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Thanks very much! I have been looking forward to reading this book, but also a little sad as it's the last in it's series, lol.

I can see that this book has been well loved on it's travels! Lol.

I should be starting this one oin a few days, and it will be on it's way soon after. 

Journal Entry 16 by jacksmum2004 from Shrewsbury, Shropshire United Kingdom on Sunday, April 06, 2008

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This book is brilliant! So funny, as with the others in the series.

The storyline is just ludicrously funny, something the average person would not think of, vampires who really get their teeth capped and toungues split. eeeew.

The story was easy to follow, and dispite the subject being something i know nothing about, and frankly don't want to, I didn't get confused.(Which is a great acheivement for me these days as im such a ditse these days - preggy brain).

I loved the 3 Bruces, what a fun little addition to the team. They were really funny. Where do Kerry and Terry find these people, lol.

And Reba. What can I say? She's like the Aunt or Mother you see on comedy films, like Bridget Jones' Mum or someone. Very funny, and highly silly.

All in all, I loved this book, and i actually think this one was the best so far!

10/10

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I will get this in the post to CandyDarling in the next couple of days. 

Journal Entry 17 by jacksmum2004 at mail box in to fellow BookCrosser, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Tuesday, April 08, 2008

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Released 4 yrs ago (4/8/2008 UTC) at mail box in to fellow BookCrosser, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom

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Posted onto the next in line - enjoy! 

Journal Entry 18 by wingCandyDarlingwing from Helsinki, Uusimaa Finland on Saturday, April 12, 2008

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Received this in the mail yesterday, thanks jacksmum2004. Busybooklover, what would you like me to do with the books when I'm done? I've sent a few PMs to you, but haven't received a reply.

Apparently these advance reader copies aren't meant to be shared, as this book is literally falling apart! I'll be careful with the book. 



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