I got a head start on my summer reading by beginning Jane Bites Back by Michael Thomas Ford. This book is about how Jane Austen, the world famous author of Pride & Prejudice and Sense & Sensibility, is actually not dead but has been secretly living as a vampire.
I picked up this book because I really enjoy Jane Austen (she's one of my favorite authors) and I love to see what people have to say about her almose 200 years after her death. In this book, she's a vampire who owns a bookstore and she has some massive issues with people using her name in vain in order to cash in on the Jane Austen legacy.
What I am finding funny as I have read the first couple of pages is how Jane HATES all of the people who are using her hard work as a quick cash making machine. Also, her friend is named "Lucy" which is funny because in Dracula, Lucy is Mina Harker's best friend. I just thought that it was too much of a coincidence.
I have a feeling that this book isn't going to take very long to read. The writing is not very complicated so it seems to me like this is going to be another piece of "brain candy" for me. Which is fine. I mean, really, should you start your summer reading with something complicated and emotionally challenging??
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