100 Free Audio Books You Should Have Read By Now

Carol sends us this fabulous list- if you aren't watching the parades you can listen to one of these while you chop onions at 6 am getting that bird in the oven tomorrow morning.

100 Free Audio Books You Should Have Read By Now

With so much school work to do, it may seem impossible to get any extra reading in, but luckily, there are free audio books available to help you out. Whether you need to catch up on reading that you skipped over in high school or would enjoy expanding your horizons with books you haven’t read but feel you should have, download these books and listen any time.

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A Look at Werewolves from WOLF MAN to NEW MOON

From Salon Magazine- it's great that everyone will be ready for Alcide!

My wife and I went to see New Moon yesterday and we both enjoyed the blockbuster sequel to Twilight. It's good to finally see some werewolves getting screen time next to those ubiquitous vampires.

The werewolf has been a popular monster in movies and television for generations. Some look like humans in shape, walking upright and maintaining mostly human faces, while others (like the design from New Moon, seen above) look more like the real animal (in New Moon's case, jumbo-sized.)

Here's a look at some of the werewolves from TV and movie history that I particularly enjoyed.

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Happy Birthday to Charlaine Harris and Bill Compton !

Happy Birthday!! We know Charlaine uses names in her books from real- life friends and family members but did you know she always gives the characters in her Sookie novels the same birthdays as family members in her own family?

She decided to share her birthday with the Bill!

True Blood Music Video of the Day: Perfect Day by Lou Reed

Q- Dallas , why do you start every single day with a True Blood Video ?

A- Because everyday Dallas recognizes talented , dedicated fans of True Blood. All the videos aren't top notch and many are the first attempts at video editing but ALL of them take hours and hours of work and I appreciate that and appreciate the fans that make and share them ....we are coming up on a very special anniversary in a few weeks 1 year ( 365 days) of posting a new video every single day !

They are all here

Perfect Day by Lou Reed

Thanks, SanskuRas

CampBlood "House of Horrors" Ep. 3: Cannibal Thanksgiving!

We're roasting more than turkey in this very special (and slightly nauseating) Thanksgiving episode of House of Horrors. We take a look at the tradition of family meals, particularly the ones in horror movies like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Cannibal Holocaust and Serial Mom. And you thought your family was nuts!

But the main course of this ep is our recipe and how-to for a deliciously disgusting - and budget-friendly - alternative to a roast turkey...

A Turkey Meat Face!

Yes, we've taken a tip from our cannibal cousins and whipped up a gory centerpiece that is sure to turn heads (and stomachs!) at your holiday table.

Joining us this week in the kitchen is cartoonist and illustrator Tim Piotrowski (the Glitch series, Kool Aid Gets Fired), who shares some knife-sharpening tips and teaches us how to dice an onion in about 10 seconds.

To watch the episode, check out the CampBlood.org Blog (full link: http://campblood.org/Newblog/?p=1363). Please feel free to share with your friends/enemies/readers/colleagues!

And don't forget to subscribe to the CampBlood Channel on YouTube for future eps!

We hope you enjoy and have a safe and happy Thanksgiving - no matter whom you have for dinner!

All the best,

Buzz and the CampBlood Staff

www.campblood.org

We're Here, We're Queer, and We're Going to Eat You.

The Vampires in My Life

From Reading Amongst chaos blog

I hate to have to admit inspiration from an E! countdown, but the other day I saw them do 'Top 10 Vampires We Love' and I just couldn't take it. Some of their picks I agreed with but because they were only focusing on TV/Movie vampires I feel like they left out a lot. And, since I'm a girl (duh!) and my vampires don't have to appeal to anyone other than me, I've decided to do a list with just male vampires. Different ages and genres, along with a wide range of different methods of distribution to the public, but here is a list of the Top Vampires in My Life, along with a couple runners up that I thought were definitely worth mentioning.

11. Simon, The Silver Kiss - People love to talk about Twilight as the epitome of teen vampire romance and angst, but I think that's mainly because they haven't read about Zoe and Simon in The Silver Kiss. I think there is no truer expression of love then in this book, where in spite of her desire to be changed, Simon sticks to his guns and his understanding of what being a vampire actually means and refuses to make Zoe a vampire. Instead, in one of the most poignant goodbyes ever, he sits with her to see his last sunrise.

http://readingamidstthechaos.blogspot.com/2009/11/vampires-in-my-life.html

Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer wedding set for February in Mexico ?

Meanwhile, Anna Paquin is preparing for her wedding to her True Blood co-star Stephen Moyer, reportedly in just four months. No, there's not going to be a vampire theme - the pair are set to have a low-key event in Mexico, WD reports.

"It feels organic," Paquin says of the couple's wedding plans. "It's more about being family than becoming Bridezilla overnight and wearing some big meringue wedding dress. That would scare the shit out of me."

Wearing a wedding dress scares you, Anna, but dating a 173-year-old blood-thirsty vampire from another century is sweet as? Your priorities are out of whack.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/3093226/What-the-Kiwi-gossip-mags-say

Superhero story lured Kwanten back to Oz

True Blood star Ryan Kwanten could have his pick of projects since his career skyrocketed.

But it was an independent Aussie film by a first-time director that he was begging to be a part of.

Kwanten stars in the title role in Griff The Invisible, which director Leon Ford believes might be Australia's first superhero film and definitely our first superhero romantic comedy.

Griff is a meek office worker by day, but at night he turns into a crime-fighting superhero.

It lured Kwanten back to Australia from the US during a brief break before filming the hit vampire TV series True Blood.

"This film was something that went straight to my core," Kwanten told AAP in Sydney.

"It's the kind of story that you read and, even if I hadn't got the role, it would have stuck with me.

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I'm just saying that sleeping all day looks familiar

From Globe and Mail

What do all these vampires in pop culture resemble? Showbiz types and artists

Yesterday, in the big, important section of the paper, the distinguished professor Mark Kingwell opined on the current vampire fad. He mused in a joking manner on the possible interpretations of the craze, and offered a series of “meanings” for it all. You will note, first, that in the big, important section of the paper, authors opine and muse. Hereabouts we merely rant, harangue and bluster our days away. You should note, secondly, that one possible meaning of the vampire craze was missing from the distinguished professor's list. I put it to you that vampires are stand-ins for performers, showbiz types and artists.

There is good reason to wonder about the meaning of the vampire craze. The critters are everywhere. We're tripping over vampires. There's that Twilight movie franchise. (CBC's The National devoted acres of time to it the other night, presumably because it is of national importance.) There's Vampire Diaries (Thursdays, The CW, A Channel, 8 p.m.) which is one of the few hit shows of this new TV season. There's True Blood (currently in repeats, tonight, HBO Canada, 10 p.m.) which is the best show on TV, bar none.

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True Blood Music Video of the Day: Oh Fortuna !

Haha this will wake you up!




Oh Fortuna

Thanks, xkam57913

True Blood Crossword Puzzle: S2 E11 " Frenzy"

Frenzy

Thanks Kristie

Pains in the neck

Get the garlic! Vam pires have invaded movie houses across the nation in the form of "New Moon," which Post critic Kyle Smith gave a measly 1½ stars in his review.

But fans of this movie don't care what Smith or any other critic thinks. They're going to plop down their money no matter what.

This is as good a time as any for a brief survey of the vampire genre, which owes its existence to Bram Stoker's 1887 novel "Dracula."

The earliest surviving vampire flick is "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror," a 1922 silent by German F.W. Murnau.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/pains_in_the_neck_z7X6WwD8sqg8RGivfuSRYN#ixzz0XhZcBqN4

True Blood Music Video of the Day: Love profusion by Madonna

Love profusion by Madonna

Thanks , saroufim93

The Etruscan Roots of The Twilight Saga

hmm... Tuscany or Shreveport....? Hard decision ;-)
From Independent UK

Were there vampires in Volterra? Probably not, but the Etruscans had their own brigade of gods and demons representing night, death and resurrection.

'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' release fuels vampire mania around the world. While teenagers go completely nuts over the film's hunky vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) – one wrote 'bite me' on her face as she queued with 5,000 others to see him in London last week – other die-hard fans of the Twilight books, written by Stephenie Meyers, are also descending on the small hill-top town of Volterra, in Tuscany, where some of the action of the film is set (even though filming actually took place in Montepulciano, 70 miles away). As a result, hoards of teenagers have been visiting Volterra – a town with Etruscan roots and its own heritage of Etruscan demons, gods and goddesses associated with death, resurrection and the night.

The Twilight Saga isn't the only vampire story to grace our screens lately. The popular US series True Blood – about a young woman in Louisiana who also falls in love with a vampire – based on the The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, also gathered cult status, adding to the growing body of vampire fiction on our bookshelves and on our screens. The nineties saw the likes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Interview with a Vampire, Bram Stoker's Dracula as well as From Dusk Till Dawn. The 21st century has seen vampire fever take over with Van Helsing, more Buffy and now Twilight and True Blood.

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Another Vampire Spoof

Thanks Kelly

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

'Twilight,' 'True Blood' take opposing approaches to vampire sex

From the Dallas Morning News ( right here in Area 6)

Edward, the undead hero of the Twilight movies and books, broods and simmers like a James Dean starter kit. Jacob, his werewolf foil, sports six-pack abs and looks as if he's been bench-pressing pickups. But they might as well be hanging out in a nunnery for all the action they get. Their chaste love interest, Bella, can only pine.

Then there's Sookie Stackhouse, the spitfire waitress at the heart of HBO's cult series True Blood (based on novels by Charlaine Harris). As Bella chills in the Pacific Northwest, Sookie gets hot and heavy with her vampire beau Bill in steamy Louisiana. No repression here: The deliciously campy True Blood, which enters its third season next year, just says yes. (It also indulges in every last one of HBO's relaxed content allowances. As the ads say, it's not TV.)

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Bella Bella! Beauties and their beasts

From Independent UK

A record-breaking number of filmgoers has been bitten this weekend by the film New Moon, the latest instalment in the Twilight saga. Teenage hearts both sides of the Atlantic have been set fluttering by the vampire tales featuring the British actor Robert Pattinson.

His co-star, Kristen Stewart, has her own, growing following. She reprises her role as Bella Swann in the new film, continuing her celibate on-screen love affair with Edward Cullen, a vampire with a heart.

The couple's chemistry – and the fact their passion is unlikely to be consummated – is driving the film's success, as it did the multimillion-selling books they first appeared in.

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