Recently I visited the B. Dalton Bookstore at the Circle Center Mall in Indianapolis. They are going out of business at that location so all books where 50-70% of the cover price. So after about 3 hrs of shopping and $150.00 buck later I left with 2 heaping bags of books. 1 of the books I found was Dead Roses For A Blue Lady by Nancy Collins. I have been a Sonja Blue fan for years and was very surprised to find this collection that I had never read.(and 70% of was nice too). Nancy Collins created the Sonja Blue character some years ago and this collections has some stories that are brand new to this collection and a few that have appeared in past chap-books and special magazines. Sonja is a vampire, but a vampire with a conscience. She hunts and destroys other vampires and various dark creatures. Over the years the Blue Lady stories have never disappointed and these new new short stories cover all aspects of the character, and the first story in the book even pre-dates the Sonja stories with some background on the origin of Sonjs's sliver blade. Nancy Collins' style is very narrative and at times with a touch of the erotic. Other collections are The Sonja Blue Collection which collects the first few books and other single stories like A Dozen Black Roses and In The Blood.
Another purchase this week was Astonishing X-Men Vol 2 : Dangerous. This is the second part of the first 12 issue arc written by Joss Whedon with art by John Cassaday. Joss is best know as the creator or Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, FirFly and Serenity. This trade is really amazing and is some of the best X-Men stories out today. Joss has taken the X-Men and brought them back to their base roots, back to team dynamics and back in costume (the X-movie leather look was really getting old). Here we learn more about Emma Frost, some more relationship building between Kitty and Pete and Wolverine doing what he does best. Cassaday's art really brings the characters to life and the details are truly amazing. Just make sure you pick up the first trade before diving into this one. Also the last page really gets the reader pumped up for what will happen in the next 12-issue arc starting this month.
Recently I visited the B. Dalton Bookstore at the Circle Center Mall in Indianapolis. They are going out of business at that location so all books where 50-70% of the cover price. So after about 3 hrs of shopping and $150.00 buck later I left with 2 heaping bags of books. 1 of the books I found was Dead Roses For A Blue Lady by Nancy Collins. I have been a Sonja Blue fan for years and was very surprised to find this collection that I had never read.(and 70% of was nice too). Nancy Collins created the Sonja Blue character some years ago and this collections has some stories that are brand new to this collection and a few that have appeared in past chap-books and special magazines. Sonja is a vampire, but a vampire with a conscience. She hunts and destroys other vampires and various dark creatures. Over the years the Blue Lady stories have never disappointed and these new new short stories cover all aspects of the character, and the first story in the book even pre-dates the Sonja stories with some background on the origin of Sonjs's sliver blade. Nancy Collins' style is very narrative and at times with a touch of the erotic. Other collections are The Sonja Blue Collection which collects the first few books and other single stories like A Dozen Black Roses and In The Blood.
Another purchase this week was Astonishing X-Men Vol 2 : Dangerous. This is the second part of the first 12 issue arc written by Joss Whedon with art by John Cassaday. Joss is best know as the creator or Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, FirFly and Serenity. This trade is really amazing and is some of the best X-Men stories out today. Joss has taken the X-Men and brought them back to their base roots, back to team dynamics and back in costume (the X-movie leather look was really getting old). Here we learn more about Emma Frost, some more relationship building between Kitty and Pete and Wolverine doing what he does best. Cassaday's art really brings the characters to life and the details are truly amazing. Just make sure you pick up the first trade before diving into this one. Also the last page really gets the reader pumped up for what will happen in the next 12-issue arc starting this month.
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I like the sound of the Sonja Blue character, must look for it next time I'm at the book shop. Nothing like getting some bargains. Enjoy!
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