Okay, yes I have read the Twilight books (and have seen the movies) and I do watch Vampire Diaries, but I swear I am not a Vampire nut! More than anything I would have to say it’s the peer pressure of pop culture that has me into Vampires.
With that said, I drove to Houston this past weekend and I share an audible account with my friend Emily and I decided to see what books she had on there I might want to listen to as I drove. It’s amazing how fast a drive goes by when you’re listening to a book. I decided to go with “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.” I saw the preview for this movie when I saw the Hunger Games and while the movie looks a little odd and evoked laughter from 90% of the theater crowd, I actually heard the book was pretty good.
Author Seth Grahame-Smith also wrote “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,” which I also could have listened to. But somehow Jane Austen and Zombies just don’t go together in my mind.
Believe it or not, “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer” is actually pretty interesting. Now, I’m only about halfway through the book and with no road trips planned in the near future, I’m not sure how quickly I will get through the rest of this book.
I have to say, the concept of this book seemed odd to me, but as I listened to the story I could see how Grahame-Smith could come up with such a concept. I have no idea how many of the “facts” in the book are actually facts or just details added to help the story line, having never really spent much time studying Abe Lincoln I don’t know much about his history. The things I believe to be true about Abraham Lincoln: he was really tall, he had a beard, abolished slavery, was president, is from Illinois, was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth and his face is on the penny. Good thing I’m not a history teacher!
It will be interesting to see how Grahame-Smith transitions Lincoln from Vampire Hunter to President of the United States and if he continues to be a Vampire Hunter once elected to office.
Anyone else out there read this book?
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