Vampires

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris, published in 2001, is the first book in the Southern Vampire mystery series. Sookie Stackhouse, a barmaid from Bon Temps, Louisiana, narrates the story. Sookie has a gift: she can read minds. She considers her telepathy a disability because many of the townspeople consider her crazy. […]

Fans should be happy to hear that Anne Rice will give Lestat “one more book.” I’ve only read Interview With Vampire and remember trying to read the next book in the series but Anne Rice is just too wordy for me. Supposedly she abandoned her vampires for biblical fiction but she decided to resurrect Lestat […]

30 Days of Night, story by Steve Niles and illustrated by Ben Templesmith, published December 2004 by IDW Publishing. This graphic novel is a straight up horror story. You have a secluded town with more than 400 residents living in sub-zero weather where the sun doesn’t rise for 30 days. Welcome to Barrow, Alaska which […]

Blood Alone (vol.3) by Masayuki Takano, March 2007 first edition, $10.95.  Rated +13 and up, published by Infinity Studios. Unfortunately, this graphic novel has been somewhat difficult to find. Amazon.com lists this manga as being currently unavailable while my local Waldenbooks had five copies sitting on the shelf. This is one of my favorite love stories. It’s about a young […]

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer is available in hardcover and categorized as YA  and continues the much anticipated saga of Bella Swan and her vampire boyfriend, Edward Cullen.  Also there is the rest of the Cullen family: Dr. Carlisle and his wife, Esme, Alice and Jasper and Rosalie and Emmett.  The Cullens have been living in Forks, Washington for […]