tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339009608152299571.post6050810139628581422..comments2024-02-20T05:13:40.565-05:00Comments on The Maiden's Court: Interview with Karen Essex Part 2Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609161113240681299noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339009608152299571.post-5725611241158561862010-08-28T11:23:26.404-04:002010-08-28T11:23:26.404-04:00Library Pat - I thought the video was very well do...Library Pat - I thought the video was very well done and I think she did some wonderful research!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609161113240681299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339009608152299571.post-81340341467887218792010-08-28T01:53:20.071-04:002010-08-28T01:53:20.071-04:00What a great interview and video comment by the au...What a great interview and video comment by the author. Karen is a most interesting woman. Her dedication to her research so she could get the right feel for the time period is commendable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339009608152299571.post-69422120054389251532010-08-26T20:52:06.175-04:002010-08-26T20:52:06.175-04:00Audra - I really think that she did a great job at...Audra - I really think that she did a great job at the research behind this novel.<br /><br />Ryan G - I'm glad we are slowly convincing you - I can't stand Twilight either and have no desire to read it or see it. But I don't think this book is anything like Twilight. <br /><br />Ibeeeg - This fall is a prefect time to read it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609161113240681299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339009608152299571.post-75129594642870529052010-08-26T20:10:25.567-04:002010-08-26T20:10:25.567-04:00Audra, You guys are slowl convincing me but I don&...Audra, You guys are slowl convincing me but I don't know. I'm always reluctant to try out this new vampire mold that's been going on. I can't stand Twilight and even most of the new vampire movies, for lack of a better phrase, lack bite.<br /><br />I'm going to read it, I promise and when I do I will let you guys know what I thought of it.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17786139533776263328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339009608152299571.post-65509085183603221802010-08-26T19:09:24.783-04:002010-08-26T19:09:24.783-04:00@Ryan -- I can appreciate your reticence but I wou...@Ryan -- I can appreciate your reticence but I would encourage you to bump this one up higher on your TBR. In a deliciously sneaky way, Ms Essex explores the mores of that era in a way Stoker couldn't (literature wasn't that honest, really) and it makes for a delicious mirror to the original.Audrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07511122937603890352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339009608152299571.post-89201704235472554762010-08-26T19:07:38.513-04:002010-08-26T19:07:38.513-04:00Great conclusion to the interview. Despite my mis...Great conclusion to the interview. Despite my misgivings of another vampire "lite" novel I'm back on the side of giving this one a shot. It won't be at the top of my list but I will read it someday. I want to thank both of you guys for an interesting week so far.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17786139533776263328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339009608152299571.post-71706310362154076102010-08-26T12:13:10.348-04:002010-08-26T12:13:10.348-04:00Fantastic interview. I truly liked all the questi...Fantastic interview. I truly liked all the questions and the answers were great.<br /><br />I do appreciate an author who researches what they are about to write. More times than not, those book where research was done are the greater for it.<br /><br />I also appreciate Ms. Essex's approach towards the sexuality of the times and of vampires. It makes complete sense to me.<br /><br />I now, more so than before, have a strong desire to read this book. Perfect timing, as the Fall is approaching and I am gearing up to do some horror type reading.ibeeeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222760102843468991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339009608152299571.post-17277941357296697222010-08-26T11:07:47.440-04:002010-08-26T11:07:47.440-04:00Great, great interview! I'm half through Drac...Great, great interview! I'm half through <i>Dracula in Love</i> and adoring it -- the research Ms Essex did is so clear in the novel. I think many people forget that the Victorian era was one of such double standards -- repression yet obsession with sex, etc -- and Ms Essex really draws that out. <br /><br />I would die of joy for a sequel to this book!<br /><br />Thank you for the interview.Audrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07511122937603890352noreply@blogger.com