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My very favorite book that involves vampires is Let Me In by a Swedish author named John Ajvide Lindqvist. The story takes place in Stockholm, Sweden during the 80's and the main characters are a 12-year-old named Oskar and a girl named Eli who appears to be around the same age. Oskar is terribly bullied at school and has a morbid obsession with collecting newspaper clipping of horrific murders. Oskar and Eli become friends and, while the bond that forms between them is really beautiful, the events surrounding them are extremely graphic and gruesome. This is nothing at all like the typical vampire story!
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If you like true stories and ill-fated expeditions, I think you might enjoy Between a Rock and a Hard Place. The author, Aron Ralston, recounts the 127 hours he spent fighting to survive after an unimaginable accident while hiking alone in Blue John Canyon in Utah. He slipped and dislodged an 800 pound boulder, crushing and trapping his right hand between the boulder and the canyon wall. At 27, he was a seasoned and accomplished mountain climber, but this time, he hadn't told anyone where he was going and had very little with him in the way of supplies. After five, unbelievably excruciating days, he amputated his right arm with a dull, multi-purpose tool. A wonderful, true story of courage and the immeasurable, primal will to survive!
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also love books like that! One of my favorites is A Year
in the World by Frances Mayes who also wrote
Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany.
In this book, she and her husband travel to several different
locations and in each place, they usually rented a house so they
could reside there for a while and get a true sense of the landscape
and the people and their culture. Also, she loves exploring the local
food and has actually included many recipes in the book! There would
certainly be quite a bit to discuss with this book!
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My very favorite book that involves vampires is Let Me In by a Swedish author named John Ajvide Lindqvist. The story takes place in Stockholm, Sweden during the 80's and the main characters are a 12-year-old named Oskar and a girl named Eli who appears to be around the same age. Oskar is terribly bullied at school and has a morbid obsession with collecting newspaper clipping of horrific murders. Oskar and Eli become friends and, while the bond that forms between them is really beautiful, the events surrounding them are extremely graphic and gruesome. This is nothing at all like the typical vampire story!
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