What did everyone think about the latest Laurell K. Hamilton, Anita Blake book Hit List? I don't know about you, but I was glad she got back to real writing and away from the sex. Don't get me wrong I love some erotica/romance/sex thrown in, but she was just taking that too far.

How are you guys missing The Strain? Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan wrote a series of books about real deal scary vampires that don't sparkle or try to mate with you. It's a great mix of scifi and horror. It kicks Twilight in it's sparkly junk.

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How are you guys missing The Strain? Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan wrote a series of books about real deal scary vampires that don't sparkle or try to mate with you. It's a great mix of scifi and horror. It kicks Twilight in it's sparkly junk.

Whaa? I had no idea?!!! Thanks for the heads up!

I will admit to loving vampires as much as everyone else. I started reading Anne Rice when I was a teen and loved it! Except Loius! He was too whiny for me. In the end, I think my biggest pet peeve with vampires are the whiny ones. If you are going to be a monster then I prefer it if you kind of act like one. I suppose that is why I enjoy Anita Blake, because (despite the fact that they are always having orgies nowadays) they vamps are totally monsters. I will admit to reading humorous vampire romances too, like the ones by Lynsay Sands, Kerrelyn Sparks, and Katie MacAlister, totally not vampy, but quite addictive. Aslo, Kim Harrison I like, and I have tried out J.R. Ward (who I plan on continuing to read) and Charlaine Harris. With Harris, I might need a little more push to move on, I didn't like the main guy (what is his name again?) and that threw me off.
I tried the first Twilight book and...*sigh*...not my thing. Its definitely hits my pet peeve. Edward is a pansy, and I truly hate Bella. I don't care if other people love Twilight, to each his own and all, but I think Bella is a moron.
Also, I have read Dracula. It was OK, I definitely don't see the romance in it and mostly found Dracula to be perfectly monsterous and gross (dude smells bad).
And Buffy was fun to watch as well. However I find myself drooling over Giles rather than the vamps (well, ok Spike too).

Liked Vampire D, but the Hellsing anime is my favorite vampire anything of ALL TIME! I highly recommend it to anyone.

Phew! That's all the vampire crap I can think of right now! Sheesh. I am sad.

What did everyone think about the latest Laurell K. Hamilton, Anita Blake book Hit List? I don't know about you, but I was glad she got back to real writing and away from the sex. Don't get me wrong I love some erotica/romance/sex thrown in, but she was just taking that too far.

I stopped reading Anita Blake awhile ago (ummm...The Harlequin was the last one I read). I was so tired of the sex. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind a good sex scene, just not one every two pages. The books used to have a real story line instead of just setting up the next scene for Anita to spread her legs. All the original stuff about Anita got lost. She used to wear practical clothes because she might have to fight (seriously there is now way she can do that in stilettos, thigh high stockings and skirt that maybe (maybe) covers her *kitten*), she used to raise zombies, she was a cop (kinda). I'm all for a character growing and evolving but she just grew into a porn star.

Agreed! Anita was lost in the sex. I don't know if you read the latest one, but she got back to writing like she used to. It's quite good!

I always liked Forever Knight.

[making a supersonic sound that only dogs can hear]

Have you guys seen the trailer for Depp's "Dark Shadows?"

OMG! It looks freaking awesome! I never watched the old Dark Shadows so I can't say as to how they are following the storyline, etc. But I love everything Tim Burton does anyway!

Dresden Files vampires are the best to me... they clearly define different types of vampires who feed on different 'things'... blood, life force... and have different 'courts' that don't necessarily get along. Very cool.

Forever Knight was great! Almost forgot about that show.

I'm totally not into Twilight at all, I don't think Edward is cute and Jacob looks like a llama.

I love Blade 2 :ohwell:

I really like Dresden Files vamps too! And loved Forever Knight also!

OMGoodness I had carrot come out of my nose when I read Jacob loos like a llama lmfao.