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Staked (Void City, Book 1)
by J. F. Lewis | Science Fiction & Fantasy
Registered by cheesygiraffe of Florence, Alabama USA on Monday, August 31, 2009
Average 9 star rating by BookCrossing Members 

status (set by Thalasse): travelling


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3 journalers for this copy...

Journal Entry 1 by cheesygiraffe from Florence, Alabama USA on Monday, August 31, 2009

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UNREPENTANT. UNIMPRESSED.AND TOTALLY UNDEAD.


Eric's got issues. He has short-term and long-term memory problems; he can't remember who he ate for dinner yesterday, much less how he became a vampire in the first place. His best friend, Roger, is souring on the strip club he and Eric own together. And his girlfriend, Tabitha, keeps pressuring him to turn her so she can join him in undeath. It's almost enough to put a Vlad off his appetite. Almost.

Eric tries to solve one problem, only to create another: he turns Tabitha into a vampire, but finds that once he does, his desire for her fades -- and her younger sister, Rachel, sure is cute. And when he kills a werewolf in self-defense, things really get out of hand. Now a pack of born-again lycanthropes is out for holy retribution, while Tabitha and Rachel have their own agendas -- which may or may not include helping Eric stay in one piece.

All Eric wants to do is run his strip club, drink a little blood, and be left alone. Instead, he must survive car crashes, enchanted bullets, sunlight, sex magic, and werewolves on ice -- not to mention his own nasty temper and forgetfulness.

Because being undead isn't easy, but it sure beats the alternative. 

Journal Entry 2 by cheesygiraffe from Florence, Alabama USA on Tuesday, November 10, 2009

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Reading next and using this for my November PUF swap reveal. ;) 

Journal Entry 3 by cheesygiraffe from Florence, Alabama USA on Saturday, November 14, 2009

9 out of 10

Best vampire book I read in a long time. Eric is a no bull crap kind of vampire. He isn't a pretty boy but he isn't a monster either even though he turns into one. It's still amazing after over 40 years as a vamp he doesn't know who his sire is and who his friends really are. By the end of the book he sorta finds out about one of these. 

Journal Entry 4 by cheesygiraffe at PUF, BookObsessed Swap -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, November 19, 2009

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Released 2 yrs ago (11/19/2009 UTC) at PUF, BookObsessed Swap -- Controlled Releases

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Mailed to Potok-fan who got it in the November PUF swap @ BookObsessed.com. 

Journal Entry 5 by potok-fan from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Friday, November 27, 2009

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Thank you, cheesy! :) 

Journal Entry 6 by potok-fan at Kortteliravintola Kerttu in Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Thursday, November 04, 2010

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Released 1 yr ago (11/4/2010 UTC) at Kortteliravintola Kerttu in Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

I'm afraid I didn't make it past the first chapter or two. But there might be another bookcrosser in Turku who would enjoy this. I'm taking it along to our local miitti.  

Journal Entry 7 by wingThalassewing at Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Thursday, November 04, 2010

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A vampire called Eric, owning a bar? Sounds familiar... Let's see if this vampire is similar to his namesake from the True Blood books/show! 

Journal Entry 8 by wingThalassewing at Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Tuesday, November 23, 2010

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I enjoyed very book very much; the story was entertaining, exciting and even funny (I laughed out loud a few times!). I liked the dry humour, and Eric was such a likeable character. He was a little bit clueless but fortunately he is very hard to kill. Also Talbot the were-cat was an intriguing character. The ending of the book was a little bit disappointing, because it lacked a big closure.

At first I couldn't help comparing the book with the Sookie Stackhouse books, but then the story started to stand on its own. Lewis has invented original stuff into the vampire genre, like the four different kinds of vampires and the fact that vampires enjoy food porn (they love watching humans eating food).

Apparently this is the first book in a series. I would very much like to know what will happen to Eric in future. He was in a pickle in the very end! 

Journal Entry 9 by wingThalassewing at Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Wednesday, January 19, 2011

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Released 1 yr ago (1/19/2011 UTC) at Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland

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I gave this to a non-bookcrosser friend to read. :) 



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