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Great news fellow bookworms! A whole bunch of young adult vampire books are hitting the shelves this month. Hurray! Check out what’s already out and what’s on the way: Crusade by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié For the past two years, Jenn has lived and trained at Spain’s Sacred Heart Academy Against the Cursed Ones. …
Yet another success for the vampire team, vampires are now situating themselves within the world of literature for children. Their first success: Dick and Jane and Vampires. I can’t help but get a kick out of that. “See Dick run. See Jane flirt with the vampire. See vampire eat Jane.” That’s not a real excerpt… …
Sweetblood is a fantastic young adult vampire book. I read it when I was a teenager, and felt really connected to the main character, Lucy Szabo. She’s a girl who feels like she is different from others, and thinks that no one can really understand her. Unique, right? But in that common experience, this book …
The YA vampire series, Vampire Academy, by Richelle Mead, has it all; action, romance, hot young vampires, and even some evil vampire action for the classicists in the audience. Plus, there are some nifty references to actual vampire folklore, –you don’t see much of that anymore, –with the evil Strigoi, and the happy-go-lucky Moroi. There …
On my most recent trip to the bookstore I spotted a box set titled Blood Sample which contained seven books by seven of the biggest names in vampire fiction (most of them are New York Times bestselling authors). Clearly such awesomeness needs to be shared, so here are the goodies found in this box set. …
Oooh! I’m so excited! Stephenie Meyer has just announced that she is going to be releasing a new book on June 5, 2010! One reason I’m so excited is because that is so, so soon. But another reason is because this book, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, focuses of course, on Bree Tanner. …
It’s been a couple months since I’ve done a “Leech Lover Facts” post, so I’m bringin’ it back! Here’s your bloody dose of random vampire facts. Animal Hides: Various kinds of animal skins were used in some countries, particularly by the Gypsies, to cover the body of a vampire before staking it. You see, they …
Need a new vampire novel to read this month? Even if you already have several piled on your shelf that are waiting to be read, you can always add more, can’t you? Here are some of the new vampire book releases coming out in March. Because you’re thirst for vamp literature should never run dry! …
A little while ago, we had a post on writing vampire novels. But, if you don’t think you have a way with words and don’t necessarily want to write one, would you like to star in one? This is exactly what Teen Book by You does with their vampire book First Bite. Teen Book by …
There are lots of people who think that they have better ideas of what a vampire should be than Stephenie Meyer, Laurell K. Hamilton, or even Anne Rice. But do you really? Do you really think that you could write a vampire novel better or more popular than these best-selling authors? You just might, and …
Vampire Diaries,ever since it came out last year, has been one of those things that I’ve been desperately trying to avoid and it seems that it’s just there no matter where I turn. That might not turn out to be a bad thing. I mean, that’s how my obsession with Twilight started too. And also …
Danger, darkness, evil, blood, lust, sex… and vampires. What a perfectly wicked mixture. Thanks to the latest vampire craze vampire books are coming from publishers in massive waves, taking over book stores. But most of these vamp books are sweet romantic stories about star-crossed lovers, and I bet some of you are sick of that, …
With the vampire popularity still on the rise the people in the entertainment world are coming out with as many vampire books, movies and shows as they can for us bloodthirsty fans. If you thought True Blood and The Vampire Diaries were the only shows we were getting you were mistaken. It appears that a …
Vampires ooze sexuality and desire – the power, the experience, the breathtaking sexiness – what’s not to love about them? Here’s my personal list of the top 10 vampires I’d love to spend a night, or two, with. Leave a comment and let us know who would be on your list, or even who would …
The Darkangel Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce is a set of classic books that have been loved and admired by many fans – young and old, for ages. The difference between these vampire books is that these are pure fantasy; they aren’t set in normal modern times like Twilight or Sookie Stackhouse. They are set …
The ongoing Cassandra Palmer series by Karen Chance is an excellent vampire series that has everything a vampire fan wants in a vamp book. You’ve got a strong female lead, magic, mystery, passion, time travel, fast paced action and a totally unique story like none I have read thus far. One of the great things …
Tempted, the latest book in the young adult House of Night vampire series by P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast comes out soon, October 27 to be exact. For those that haven’t read this popular series it’s about a school for newly marked vampire teens, a school that teaches them how to live as vampires in …
With the season two DVD release of Blood Ties coming up (October 6) I thought I’d give the underrated vampire crime show some love. Blood Ties is a Canadian show based on the Blood Books by Tanya Huff (the books rock all things awesome, so check them out). It premiered in the United States on …
Ok ok so I am a little late with this post since Talk Like a Pirate Day is September 19, my apologies, but either way this excellent book series is going to get mentioned in honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day. Today’s book spotlight is on an ongoing series that has been out for …