Austin Locksley is a studious, book-loving high school senior whose safe world is turned upside down when she's drawn to the hero of our story, Grizz Grizz, an immortal vampire whose dangerous 'unlife' is both frightening and fascinating. Their friends Lonnie and Stevo advise and support this starcrossed pair as they begin a turbulent relationship.
What you just read my friends is none other than an excerpt from the book “First Bite” a customizable novel you can buy at www.bookbyyou.com. ‘First Bite’ is the slimed down version of ‘Vampire Kisses’ another customizable book for your reading pleasure.
Before I continue, Allow me to give you another free sample from this literary gem
Austin could feel the heavy shelves wobble and tilt precariously. Before she could even think of escaping out from underneath, she heard the sound of sudden footsteps and the slap of wood against flesh. She looked up, surprised. A young man in a dark brown leather jacket smiled at her, one arm stretched mere inches above her head as it held back the skewed bookcase.
“Pardon me,” Grizz murmured with a slight smile, and with a movement as smooth as a dancer’s, he turned and tipped the heavy bookshelves back into their proper position.
Her heart hammering, Austin scrambled to stand up. She was so shaken she nearly tottered back off her feet, but the stranger reached out to steady her, his touch lasting only seconds. But it was enough.
“Are you all right?”
Like his clothing, his voice was soft and rich. The light fell gently on him almost like an aura—very appropriate for a guardian angel, Austin thought as she pushed away some messy strands of gray hair from her face. “Thank you,” she said after a few speechless moments, one hand patting her heart to calm herself. “Those shelves could’ve killed me.”
Once the Twilight series started to become a mainstream success, teen vampire novels sprang up by the gallons. Now I am not saying the nice folks at BookByYou.com have anything to with the Twilight craze.
Just look to their site
“Fans of Twilight and Vampire Diaries will love starring in their own immortal romance!”
BooksByYou.com has taken this to the next level. No longer do you have buy white-out and edit your favorite novel to have your name in it, they do it for you!
Now at first, this seems like a really cleaver idea, and a fun gift to give someone that likes the subject matter.
But when you deep dive into the situation, it gets very creepy. These books are supposed to let you live the fantasy of your favorite situations, but if you put your name in the book, your ‘character’ follows the predetermined path that everyone’s ‘character’ would. You would read the book and observe yourself, making choices that you might not make yourself in a weird schizophrenic personification sort of way. It’s almost like reading Mad-Libs after a very selfish person filled out the blanks. What quicker way to get your kids down the path of not thinking for themselves then to load them Mainstream Monorail of pop culture on the way to MTV town.
Living the fantasy is quite an odd slogan, it’s like they direct this product to people without imagination but, if you did not have imagination your probably would not be reading a book in the first place.
Attention reads, if the fairer sex ever teases you for playing Dungeons and Dragons again, just get them this novel and the will never be able to tease you again, for ever.
So as Twilight inspired this quirky (but admit it, it would be funny to buy this for someone) book, BookByYou has inspired me to create BookWithYouInIt, JPF Style.
Book 1, Dr.Suess, Red Fish Blue Fish
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Austin.
Book 2, Uncle Wigglys Adventures
Uncle Wiggily The Grizz, the nice old gentleman rabbit, hopped out of bed one morning and started to go to the window, to see if the sun was shining. But, no sooner had he stepped on the floor, than he cried out:
"Oh! Ouch! Oh, dear me and a potato pancake! Oh, I believe I stepped on a tack! Londo must have left it there! How careless of him!"
Book 3 The Divine Comedy: The Vision Of Paradise, Purgatory, And Hell (Canto 8)
Never was arrow from the cord dismiss'd,
That ran its way so nimbly through the air,
As a small bark, that through the waves I spied
Toward us coming, under the sole sway
Of one that ferried it, who cried aloud:
"Art thou arriv'd, fell spirit?"—"Grizz, Grizz,
This time thou criest in vain," my lord replied;
"No longer shalt thou have us, but while o'er
The slimy pool we pass." As one who hears
Of some great wrong he hath sustain'd, whereat
Inly he pines; so ShortStack inly pin'd
In his fierce ire. My guide descending stepp'd
Into the skiff, and bade me enter next
Close at his side; nor till my entrance seem'd
The vessel freighted. Soon as both embark'd,
Cutting the waves, goes on the ancient prow,
More deeply than with others it is wont.
So there you have it people, If you don’t like Vampire books, just head to Project Gutenberg, find a book you like, and do a find, replace all with your name and your done.
BONUS!
Look at this horrible photoshop job from the website!
Pop Culture - Anytime!
Tuesday, 01 June 2010 08:58 | 
Author: ShortStack | 
