New Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles book announced

[carrie's younger brother]

I'm not sure if I am happy or leery about this. This is supposed to be a true sequel, picking up where The Queen of the Damned left off. While I am enjoying her Wolf Gift Chronicles novels of late, I had tired of her Vampire stories after The Queen of the Damned. Books like Memnoch the Devil and Blackwood Farm bored/irritated me. Hopefully she gets back on track and this new book will be a solid installment in the Vampire Chronicles.

Lestat is back: Anne Rice announces new 'Vampire Chronicles' sequel - TODAY.com

 

[Haunted]

I am loving her Wolf Gift series and with this news of more Lestat my books to buy calendar is filling up.

 

[skimom2]

I'm really hoping she forgets everything vis a vis Lestat after THE VAMPIRE LESTAT. I liked Queen of the Damned all right, but Lestat wasn't the same character--he was window dressing.

 

[kingricefan]

Having read all of her Vampire/Witch novels, of course I will have to get this one! She definately was scraping the bottom of the literature barrel after Memnoch The Devil- I mean, seriously, where can you go after you've had your main character meet God? Really, where? I really enjoyed Tale Of The Body Thief, I thought it was a great story idea. I have her first book in the 'Wolf' series still in my TBR pile. I enjoyed her 'Christ' novels, they were quite interesting to me.

 

[carrie's younger brother]

Having read all of her Vampire/Witch novels, of course I will have to get this one! She definately was scraping the bottom of the literature barrel after Memnoch The Devil- I mean, seriously, where can you go after you've had your main character meet God? Really, where? I really enjoyed Tale Of The Body Thief, I thought it was a great story idea. I have her first book in the 'Wolf' series still in my TBR pile. I enjoyed her 'Christ' novels, they were quite interesting to me.

I liked the Christ novels too. I was disappointed she never did the third and final installment in the series.

 

[Chuggs]

I like Lestat, and I like Memnock. I read Armand and liked part of it.

As far as being bored goes, Anne does that to me quite often, even though I basically have enjoyed the stories that I've read. They are just hard to get through.

 

[HollyGolightly]

I'll give it a try if one of you find it good. I agree- she drifted a bit for a long while - Blackwood Farm was almost comical. I loved The Witching Hour and Servant of the Bones. I'd like to see a collection of stories about all of the stuff the Talamasca has archived.

 

[carrie's younger brother]

I'll give it a try if one of you find it good. I agree- she drifted a bit for a long while - Blackwood Farm was almost comical. I loved The Witching Hour and Servant of the Bones. I'd like to see a collection of stories about all of the stuff the Talamasca has archived.

Blackwood Farm is the book that made me stop reading her. "Comical" is a great way to describe it, sadly.

 

[Haunted]

Blackwood Farm is the book that made me stop reading her. "Comical" is a great way to describe it, sadly.

I wondered off the farm after slogging through that one.

 

[EMARX]

I read the intial book in the series and I seem to recall enjoying it. The Witching Hour was compelling, though the ending left me wanting.

 

[HollyGolightly]

I read the intial book in the series and I seem to recall enjoying it. The Witching Hour was compelling, though the ending left me wanting.

And the follow ups weren't that great: Taltos and Lasher weren't what I wanted at all.

 

[Becks19]

I enjoyed her Wolf Chronicles, and look forward to more in that series. ( I didn't really like her vampire series( the later books) and totally missed the Christ series)

 

[carrie's younger brother]

And the follow ups weren't that great: Taltos and Lasher weren't what I wanted at all.

I agree.
In general, I am not a fan of book series. I always feel authors do a great job with the first book, then steadily go downhill from there. There are some exceptions though: SK's DT series and JK Rowling's Harry Potter books come to mind. Though I must say, I did have to get used to the change in writing style and pace of the DT series after the stark beauty of The Gunslinger. And I was very disappointed with the ending of the Harry Potter series.

 

[kingricefan]

I agree.
In general, I am not a fan of book series. I always feel authors do a great job with the first book, then steadily go downhill from there. There are some exceptions though: SK's DT series and JK Rowling's Harry Potter books come to mind. Though I must say, I did have to get used to the change in writing style and pace of the DT series after the stark beauty of The Gunslinger. And I was very disappointed with the ending of the Harry Potter series.

Did you read recently that Rowling said that Hermione should have ended up with Harry?

 

[Neesy]

I read the intial book in the series and I seem to recall enjoying it. The Witching Hour was compelling, though the ending left me wanting.

I need to get my eyes checked. I quickly scanned the title of this thread and I thought it said:
"New Anne Rice Vampire Cookbooks"

 

[kingricefan]

I need to get my eyes checked. I quickly scanned the title of this thread and I thought it said:
"New Anne Rice Vampire Cookbooks"

'Now, just add a dash of fresh blood and remember to save the liver! Save the liver!'

 

[carrie's younger brother]

Did you read recently that Rowling said that Hermione should have ended up with Harry?

Yes I did. Not sure how I feel about that. In general, I disliked the fact that she tied it all up and brought them into the future. I'm not one for pat endings. I'm sure she did this though so that she could continue the series at some point with a fresh group of students and their years at Hogwarts.

 

[AnnaMarie]

Having read all of her Vampire/Witch novels, of course I will have to get this one! She definately was scraping the bottom of the literature barrel after Memnoch The Devil- I mean, seriously, where can you go after you've had your main character meet God? Really, where? I really enjoyed Tale Of The Body Thief, I thought it was a great story idea. I have her first book in the 'Wolf' series still in my TBR pile. I enjoyed her 'Christ' novels, they were quite interesting to me.

I loved the vampire novels. I read a few of the witch novels and lived them...not sure how many. I never started the Farm book. But Tale of the Body Thief I enjoyed.

I decided not to read the Christ books. And I just got busy with other books and never got around to her Wolf books.

 

[Agincourt Concierge]

Oh lordy ... I'm the odd man out here .... I liked Menoch and Lasher .... I thought the concept of the devil preparing souls for heaven was interesting ....

 

[carrie's younger brother]

I loved the vampire novels. I read a few of the witch novels and lived them...not sure how many. I never started the Farm book. But Tale of the Body Thief I enjoyed.

I decided not to read the Christ books. And I just got busy with other books and never got around to her Wolf books.

If you don't mind sharing @annemarie, why did you decide not to read the Christ books? They are quite interesting, whether a believer or not.
Anne has always struggled with Catholicism. When writing the Christ books, she pretty much renounced the vampire books. Then she had a "falling out" with the church and decided not to continue the Christ story. Now she's back to writing about vampires. She's an odd one, that Anne Rice.