Somehow I just expected myself not to like it.
The Morganville Vampires series is one of those which I've put off reading for quite a while. I Alright, let's see if I can come up with a spoiler-free review. I guess what makes this series one of my favorites are the characters and their close friendship. And who would have thought, 9 books later I am still loving it. I had "Glass Houses" sitting on my shelf for months before I finally picked it up but as it turned out, I fell in love immediately. and Morganville.moreĪlright, let's see if I can come up with a spoiler-free review.
And when Claire's boyfriend, Shane, and her best friend, Eve, start treating her like a perfect stranger, Claire realizes she has to figure out a way to pull the plug on her experiment - before she forgets how to save herself. While developing a new system to maintain the town's defenses, Claire discovers a way to use the vampires' powers to help keep outsiders from spreading news of Morganville's "unique" situation once they've crossed the city limits.īut the new system has an unexpected and possibly deadly consequence: People inside the town start forgetting who and what they are - even the vampires. Because in Morganville, nothing is as it seems. Despite their obvious differences, the human and vampire residents of Morganville have learned to coexist, but that doesn't stop genius student Claire Danvers from keeping up her guard.
Despite their obvious differences, the human and vampire residents of Morganville have learned to coexist, but that doesn't stop genius student Claire Danvers from keeping up her gua Deep in the heart of Texas, Morganville is a small college town full of laid-back students and eccentric townies, not to mention the sort of creatures you wouldn't want to run into after dark. Editor: George Pozderec.Deep in the heart of Texas, Morganville is a small college town full of laid-back students and eccentric townies, not to mention the sort of creatures you wouldn't want to run into after dark. Vargo (Arcadia Publishing), in Trade Paperback, available via Amazon and Indiebound "Cerro Gordo: Images of America" by Cecile Page Vargo and Roger W.And to do my best, I'm willing to give it my all, you know?" "I just see myself as the current chaperone. "It was here before I was here," he said. Who knows? Maybe Cerro Gordo has one last boom in it after all… His priority, Underwood says, is to rebuild that town hotel that burned down so he can start hosting paying customers. For now, his cats, goats and alpacas will have to do for companionship. Of course, even Underwood's biggest fans eventually head back down the mountain. He's gained an understanding of Cerro Gordo that you can only get when you actually live there and experience it for an extended amount of time."
Underwood left his city life in Austin, Texas, where he ran a hostel, to live and work full-time at Cerro Gordo … and it is very much a full-time job.īurbank asked, "Do you know how to build things? Like, do you have a background in that?"īurbank asked Vargo, "Have you been pleasantly surprised at how he's thrown himself into it?" You know, this is my home." The abandoned mining town of Cerro Gordo, Calif., was purchased by Brent Underwood. "During my time up here, my parents sold my childhood home, and so when people ask me what's home now, it's Cerro Gordo. Over the years, a series of different owners lived here and maintained the town before 34-year-old Brent Underwood bought it.īurbank asked, "How long do you think you're going to stay here?" By the 1930s, Cerro Gordo was all but abandoned.
But like all booms, things eventually went bust. Various newspaper accounts had shootings once a week, stabbings, other kinds of violence."Īt its peak in 1872, Cerro Gordo generated roughly $150 million (adjusted for inflation) in silver and lead mining. "We talk about a wild west town right out of a Clint Eastwood movie. He co-wrote a book about it, along with his wife, Cecile. "Things during the silver period were wild," said Roger Vargo, an expert on Cerro Gordo.