Return of the Vampires: ‘True Blood,’ ‘Twilight,’ and Other Reads
With just one week until the June 14, 9 p.m., season two premiere of the HBO series True Blood, based on Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse / Southern Vampire Series. And another five months after that until the November 20 premiere of the second movie based on Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series, The Twilight Saga: New Moon. While you get back into the vampire swing with one show, and await the arrival of the other film, take some time out to enjoy some other vampire novels; all of these are recommended by Barnes and Noble.
For Vampire Romance try:
* Skin Trade, number 17 in the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series by Laurell K. Hamilton
* Lover Avenged, number 7 in the Black Dagger Brotherhood Series by J. R. Ward
For Classic Vampire stories check out:
* Dracula by Bram Stoker
If you want a Vampire Thriller read:
* The Strain by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan
* Deadly Desire, number 7 in the Riley Jenson Guardian Series by Keri Arthur
For Graphic Novels about Vampires look for:
* Dark Hunger, number four in the Dark Series, written by Christine Feehan and illustrated by Zid
* Vampire Knight, Volume 6, written by Matsuri Hino and illustrated by Matsuri Hino
If Vampire Horror is more your taste feast on:
* All four of Anne Rice’s vampiric reads, available in a boxed set titled The Complete Vampire Chronicles, including Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, and The Tale of the Body Thief.
* Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist, translated by Ebba Segerberg
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