Journal Entry 1 by leeny37 from Melbourne, Victoria Australia on Sunday, January 24, 2010

Received through BookMooch.com - I mooched this specifically for the Southern Cross 2010 Monthly Exchange on BookObsessed.com.

From Amazon.com:
In Davidson's latest Undead romp, Betsy Taylor, Queen of the Vampires, is busy planning her wedding, babysitting for her new little brother, and feeding the feral vampire who crochets in the basement of the mansion where she writes a "Dear Betsy" column for a new vampire newsletter. Hunky Nick, a cop from her past, is heading up the task force to find the Driveway Killer, who targets women who look like Betsy. Betsy's best friend, Jessica, starts going out with Nick, and Betsy, who can get into enough trouble on her own, may wind up in over her head with the help of her crazy sister, the ghost of a Driveway Killer victim, and a cute college boy. 

Journal Entry 2 by leeny37 at Forest Hill, Victoria Australia on Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Released 2 yrs ago (5/19/2010 UTC) at Forest Hill, Victoria Australia

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Sending this wishlist book to Ms. July, jennymidget, as part of the Southern Cross 2010 Monthly Exchange on BookObsessed.com. Enjoy! :) 

Journal Entry 3 by jennymidget at Bellbowrie, Queensland Australia on Thursday, July 01, 2010

Leeny, you tease! Thanks very much! 

Journal Entry 4 by jennymidget at Bellbowrie, Queensland Australia on Friday, November 26, 2010

Oh, dear, I'm in two very polar minds about the "Undead" books - further polarised after the long break since I read Book 3.
The premise is gorgeous - vapid white girl becomes vampire and has hillarious man-candy adventures. Indeed, the description of "Stephanie Plum crossed with Anita Blake" is very apt, and if the authors of either of those series could somehow have a genetically created baby it would probably write something precisely like the "Undead" books are supposed to be.
But MaryJanice Davidson's writing is awful. Simply atrocious. Ideas are created and left hanging, characters have half-conversations where nobody (character or reader alike) should by any rights have any clue what's going on. Half the book is written in whining (e.g. "SIIIINCLAAAAAAAIRRR!) and interjected with such terrible teen-pop slang I half wonder if MJD has a teenage daughter whose phone she secretly bugged and then transcribed verbatim into the book. The editor of this series, assuming there is one, should really be shot, or at least forced to admit that he/she never bothered to read through the manuscripts after the first NYTimes Best-Seller letter came through.

In short, a fantastic opportunity squandered by terrible writing. There's a lesson in here, kiddies. We're not all meant to be authors. Maybe screenwriters...

Off to the US via BookMooch.