The year was 1987 and I was yes, a Motorhead fan. (I still am a Motorhead fan, of course). As Christmas approached in 1987, my late mother had asked me what I would want for (potential) gifts. Well, most certainly they were Heavy Metal related gifts… vinyl albums, CD’s, posters and one very special book in particular. I was raised where you never received every gift on your list… so the bigger the list did not mean the more the gifts. So, with that thought in mind, I really crossed my fingers and hoped that this really cool book would be checked off of the request list that I gave to my mother. That really cool book was titled… MOTORHEAD. Oh yeah, Motorhead. Just the cover alone had me grinning from ear to ear, with Lemmy Kilmister, Philthy Animal Taylor and Fast Eddie Clarke in all of their Rock n’ Roll and goofy splendor. (See the really cool front cover pic of this book below, to see what I mean by that statement). To make a long Metal story short… my mother did buy me that Motorhead book for Christmas after all! I will never forget the smile on her face, as she saw the excitement in mine, upon my first opening that book up on Christmas day in ‘87. The sentimental link this book has to my late mother, plus it being a book that’s just about Motorhead… well, it’s priceless to me, both the memory and this book combined.
Wednesday, December 5, 2001
WANNA SEE MY MOTORHEAD BOOK? IT'S REAL COOL...
The Golden Peacock Award: Favorite Austenesque Books of 2009
Another year – another plethora of Austen inspired sequels, re-tellings, mash-ups and nonfiction fare. In 2009 we saw zombies invade Pride and Prejudice looking for brains and hitting the best sellers lists for months, Mr. Darcy go paranormal with Mr. Darcy Vampyre, and Jane Austen get some payback for everyone else making money off her name for 200 years in Jane Bites Back. Here are some on favorites from a year so diverse in reading adventures that Catherine Morland and Isabella Thorpe would have been delighted. And the Golden Peacocks go to…
Sequel, prequel or retelling
Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict, by Laurie Viera Rigler
Willoughby’s Return, by Jane Odiwe
The Private Diary of Mr. Darcy, by Maya Slater
Jane Austen Ruined my Life, by Beth Pattillo
Mr. Darcy’s Dream, by Elizabeth Aston
Regency inspired
The Grand Sophy, by Georgette Heyer
The Temptation of the Night Jasmine, by Lauren Willig
Ransome’s Honor, by Kaye Dacus
Nonfiction:
A Truth Universally Acknowledged, edited by Susannah Carson
Remarkably Jane: Notable Quotations on Jane Austen, by Jennifer Adams
Jane Austen: An Illustrated Treasury, by Rebecca Dickson
All Things Austen, by Kristin Olsen
Paranormal:
Jane Bites Back, by Michael Thomas Ford
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by, Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
Mr. Darcy Vampyre, by Amanda Grange
Debut authors:
Monica Fairview – The Other Mr. Darcy
Tracy Kiely – Murder at Longbourn
Marilyn Brant – According to Jane
Kathryn L. Nelson – Pemberley Manor
Mandy Hubbard – Prada and Prejudice
I would love to hear which Austenesque books you enjoyed in 2009 and which new author really blew your bonnet off. Great job by all of the author’s and here’s to another great year of Austen inspired reading in 2010.
Cheers, Laurel Ann