{"id":4200,"date":"2013-11-25T20:43:29","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T01:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=4200"},"modified":"2021-12-16T09:10:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T14:10:16","slug":"blood-and-bullets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4200","title":{"rendered":"Blood and Bullets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005JSZPD0\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B005JSZPD0&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=randomreading-20\">Blood and Bullets<\/a><\/em> (2012) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/Tuck_James.php\">James R. Tuck<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005JSZPD0\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B005JSZPD0&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=randomreading-20\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Blood-Bullets.jpg?resize=185%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Blood-Bullets\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4201\" \/><\/a>First off, I actually enjoyed this. I was looking for mind candy, and this succeeded.<\/p>\n<p>Second, I laughed when I saw a picture of the author. Deacon Chalk is quite obviously how the author seems himself, right down to the goatee. That&#8217;s not a bad thing per se, but I do have a hard time take an author seriously when the main character is so very obviously a stand in for the author.<\/p>\n<p>But, it really was a nice romp, and there were several things the author did that I really liked. First, there was his description of how vampires smell.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Vampires smell like big snakes, all venom and shed skin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That is a very interesting description&#8211;very visceral. Second, I liked his commentary on the occult world.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Vampires, lycanthropes, Nephilim, and Fey&#8211;those are the ones with the biggest fan clubs. I mean, you never find a fan club for a Chimera or a troll. Trolls get no play at all.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Unless, of course, you love Discworld. I am quite the fan of <a href=\"http:\/\/discworld.wikia.com\/wiki\/Detritus\">Detritus the troll<\/a>. But that&#8217;s neither here nor there. (However, I am NOT a member of the Nobby Nobbs fan club. I DO have standards.)<\/p>\n<p>I liked the consideration put into going through a building. The strength of doors, weak points of doors, etc. And I also liked the fact that Deacon Chalk was observant Catholic and still in love with his dead wife. I do, however, find Tiff a bit&#8211;inexplicable. <\/p>\n<p>But first and foremost, it was an amusing romp that pulled me in. (I&#8217;ve started a couple books that had me rolling my eyes in irritation with the main characters.) Flawed but fun.<br \/>\n<strong>Rating: 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Published by Kensington Books<br \/>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/avg_rating_widget\/17409107\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blood and Bullets (2012) James R. Tuck First off, I actually enjoyed this. I was looking for mind candy, and this succeeded. Second, I laughed when I saw a picture of the author. Deacon Chalk is quite obviously how the author seems himself, right down to the goatee. That&#8217;s not a bad thing per se, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,16],"tags":[313],"class_list":["post-4200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-supernatural","tag-vampires"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-15K","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1441,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/1441","url_meta":{"origin":4200,"position":0},"title":"100 Bullets: First Shot, Last Call","author":"Michelle","date":"October 27, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"100 Bullets: First Shot, Last Call (2000) Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso I'm not sure how I feel about this. 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