Introducing FANDOM FRIDAYS & the Black Dagger Brotherhood.

Welcome to our first installment of FANDOM FRIDAYS here at TT.    Each Friday, will be visiting various areas of Pop Culture that are reminiscent of The Twi Saga, and then some other things that we just think are cool and you might enjoy given our similar tastes.  Come back each Friday to see what we have in store for you! This week we have a new challenge, and an amazing book recommendation!  Read on:

Twilight did a wonderful job at capturing our hearts and minds, and bringing us into a world we may not have ever dreamed of before.  Who knew a vampire could be so loving, caring and passionate?   (As an avid reader of paranormal romance, I know first hand how wonderful it is to immerse myself in a world so similar and still so different from my own!)  Twilighters ache for Edward.  Now I offer you a new series that has gripped several of our faithful readers in our Books With BITE forum (focusing on paranormal fiction & romance), the Black Dagger Brotherhood, by JR Ward.  If you have read the series, you know what I am talking about.  While this series is similar to Twilight in a few obvious ways: vampires living in current-day America, living on the fringe of society but not ‘known’ to them, passionate characters – this is not your teenager’s Twilight!  These are adult vampires, using adult language and living very grown-up lives.  While I loved Twilight as much as anyone, I can only relive my high school years so long before I start to feel old!  The BDB books captured the ‘feelings’ I got from Twi, and I can honestly say that these are my favorite series books.  The writing is unique and vivid and the characters are to die for.  You will get to know each Brother as though they were real.  If you have not read this series, I highly recommend that you visit our BDB forum for links, reading order and ‘ratings’ – and quick links to Amazon to order your copies fast!  ***Just to be crystal clear, this in NO way replaces Twilight in our TT.com hearts!  Fear not, Twilighters!***

Having made my suggestion, I am excited to offer up the first Black Dagger Brotherhood challenge.  As I mentioned before,  after I recommended this series in the BITES forum, we quickly got a passionate following.  And, really, this series has *the* most passionate fans I have ever seen!  Our debut challenge will be simple and based upon the first book, Dark Lover, the story of Wrath, the reluctant king of the Race.  Until you have the opportunity to read this first novel, please enjoy the challenge and the artwork of our faithful readers!

Theme: Dark Lover. This is the first book in the very unique and intense series of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, by JR Ward.

 

Please join in and play along with us! If you do, here are a few guidelines to follow:

For posting to a blog: Please indicate that you are playing along with the Twilight Tuesday Black Dagger Betherhood Challenge on Twilighttuesday.com and please provide a link back to our site.

For posting on another gallery, such as Splitcoast Stampers or Flickr: Please indicate that you are playing along with the Twilight Tuesday Black Dagger Brotherhood Challenge on Twilighttuesday.com and please provide a link back to our site. Please use the appropriate keywords for our challenges; an example is TTBDB1 for challenge 1. No number signs (#) or spaces are needed in the keyword. You can also add in more general keywords for Splitcoast/Flickr (such as Twilight, Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge, Black Dagger Brotherhood Challenge etc.). Thank you for your help with this!

Comments/Posting your link: Please leave a comment with the link to your challenge piece to tell us that you played along with us! Then we can all visit you and leave lovely comments for you. (We are no longer using Mr. Linky as we were having quite a few spam issues and downtime.) We are big fans of comments around here! 

 

 

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  By Leigh Ann Baird, September 18, 2009 @ 10:05 pm

  I did it. I’m insecure about it too. LOL! I enjoyed this challenge!

  http://stampingwithannieb.blogspot.com/2009/09/fandom-friday.html

  

  Tia Reply:
  September 19th, 2009 at 4:05 am

  I think it’s fantastic…

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  By Tia, September 19, 2009 @ 4:03 am

  we did good..ok..since I didn’t get to explain my card..here goes…back when Beth suggested this challenge..of course, I started thinking of my Zsadist card..;)..anywhoo…started thinking of clever little titles…I originally was going to use “love is Blind”to describe how Bella overlooks his scars..but thought it was better for Wrath…the skull was to represent the first brothers skull in the temple..the hovering crown..because he is reluctant to put it on..the wild glowing green eyes..the font is old English..I kept wanting to add more..but Wrath is so not froo froo la la…even if he has to put up with that crazy furniture..

  

  Leigh Ann Baird Reply:
  September 19th, 2009 at 8:57 am

  I love your card! I’m already thinking of what I’ll do for Rehvenge–he’s my man. Maybe it’s the mohawk…
  Leigh Ann Baird´s last blog ..Fandom Friday

  

  Alison Reply:
  September 21st, 2009 at 3:12 pm

  I love all of your symbolism! Fantabulous!
  Alison´s last blog ..Introducing FANDOM FRIDAYS & the Black Dagger Brotherhood.

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  By Tonya, September 23, 2009 @ 11:14 am

  I just downloaded and started listening to this story today…can’t wait to see what all the fuss is about!!
  Tonya´s last blog ..Another Sneak Peak! I am under Morgan’s Spell!

  

  Beth Reply:
  September 23rd, 2009 at 12:39 pm

  Of course the story is AWESOME! Let us know how you like it – a fresh reader and new POV!
  Beth´s last blog ..I’m MOVING!

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