Hellren

An unofficial group of folks who follow the vampire warriors of the Black Dagger Brotherhood

Finally! A new podcast!

This one is a departure from the previous podcasts in that this is not only a solo flight by Carolyn but a Trivia Quiz centered around Lover Avenged.

I also used a number of sound effects to add a bit of fun and these are both noted at the end of the podcast and can be found here, the freesound.org attribution page. It gives credit to the three samples I used in the podcast.

It’s short, only about 22 minutes but fairly fast paced.

If you’d like a file containing all the questions and answers please email me at email@hellren.com.

Have fun!

Wow, it’s been a while since we posted a new podcast. Rebecca’s had a lot of (good) life changes and we’ve really gotten off track. Soooo, I’m writing up a trivia quiz on the BDB audiobook I happen to be listening to right now, Lover Avenged.

Some really easy Q’s, some pretty tough ones (I hope!)

Soon, true?

Hellren Discussion

Character Development

Intro 0:0 – 0:38
Podcast 0:39 – 36:37
Outro 36:38 – 38:10

Discussion of the major characters and what we have learned about them in the first 100 pages (and it’s a lot!).

Hellren Discussion

Chapters 9 and 10

Discussion of several new books:

“Vampire Empire”, Susan and Clay Griffith’s upcoming Trilogy

“Elsewhere” by Gabrielle Zevin

“Before I Fall” by Lauren Oliver

“Pride, Prejudice and Zombies” and all the other books by Seth Grahame-Smith can be found here.

Wikipedia entry on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” TV Series

Mr. X begins to develop his strategy for attacking the Brotherhood. Wrath and Beth share tender moments.

Hellren Discussion

Time 0:00 – 11:43

Thanks to listener Mayra from San Diego who poses the question under discussion: Should the Brotherhood books be in the “Romance” section at the bookstore? Or is there a better classification?

Brenda Joyce’s Deadly Series can be found here
Hush, Hush can be found here (and I think they should be nominated for best cover!)
Shiver can be found here (note: Shiver has been optioned for a movie)

Hellren Discussion

Discussion of Chapters 7 and 8.

Time 0:00 – 35:54
We learn more about the Lessening Society and the evil Mr. X. Wrath and Beth have their second encounter which, happily, turns out much better than the first one! All part of Dark Lover, the first book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.

Hellren Discussion

A short conversation concerning “Twi-Rock” and a trivia contest. The trivia question revolves around Rehvenge and a “personal detail” of his (G rated!). The first person to email the answer to email@hellren.com will win a paperback version of “Lover Avenged”. Good luck!

The Twi-rocker we mention is Bella Rocks! and their MySpace page can be found here. You will also find them on iTunes which is where I purchased “What’s up with These Forks Boys?”.

Sorry my voice is so deep introducing the triva quiz – it’s not my Katharine Hepburn imitation, like most of the people in New York this time of year, I have a cold.

Hellren Discussion

Hellren Podcast Episode #4

Discussion of Chapters 5 and 6.
We are now on iTunes! Search in the podcast section for Hellren.

Part One (Time 0:00 – 21:34)
For the first half of the podcast, we discuss our impressions of Chapters 5 and 6 of Dark Lover, the first book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.

Break Music (21:35 – 21:56)

Part Two (Time 21:57 – 40:09)

What are your Top Ten vampire movies? We discuss a list found recently in a Twilight Fan Mag.

Among others we talked about
Buffy
Lost Boys
Nosferatu
Underworld
Let the Right One In
Love at First Bite
Once Bitten
and
Blade

and let’s not forget
Van Helsing
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Twilight
30 Days of Nights
Lifeforce
Nick Knight
Interview with a Vampire

Any that we missed?

Hellren Discussion

Hellren Podcast Episode #3
We are now on iTunes! Search in the podcast section for Hellren while we figure out how to add a feed button.

Part One (Time 0 – 18:05)
For the first half of the podcast, we discuss Chapter 4 of Dark Lover, the first book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.

Carolyn got a new toy! A “playaway” device of the entire novel. You can find these at Playaway. The narrator Jim Frangione is fabulous. You can get the audio book here

We discuss the characters of all the Brothers. You can read the Warden’s own descriptions here.

Break Music (time 32:25- 32:48)

Part Two (Time 18:29 to 48:54)
In the second half we delve into a discussion of some of the cultural icons of vampire lore. We took this slide show from the Chicago Tribune as a jumping off point.

Here’s the movie Rebecca mentions – From Dusk till Dawn by Quentin Tarantino

The Karen Moning website for the Fever series.

The Night Watch Series by Serei Lukyanenko.

Jim Butcher, the Dresden Files, can be found at Amazon.

The House of Night novelsby PC Cast and Kristin Cast.

Melissa De La Cruz, Blue Blood Series.

What’s your favorite vampire book? Email us!

Barnabas Collins arrives at Collingwood!

Found it YouTube so no copyright infringement intended, yada yada. From the 1970 movie “Dark Shadows”. Filmed at Lyndhurst which is practically in my backyard.