Vampire Books for Adults

As I mentioned in a previous post, I love paranormal books. I like the ones based on real life experiences but I really like paranormal fiction. My first love was vampires but I have expanded to witches and wereanimals as well. From my extensive paranormal library, I have chosen a few of my absolute favorite authors and story lines.

Anne Rice – I love Interview with a Vampire and read the series all the way through Pandora and Merrick before I lost interest. I feel like he story line climaxed around Memnoch the Devil and kind of went downhill after that.

Laurell K. Hamilton – Completely adored this series at first. Anita Blake is a great character and the whole world is fantastic but then….the stories got less paranormal and more about sex with as many people as could be fit into a scene. However, the first fiveish books are fantastic.

Charlaine Harris – Of course more people are familiar with her because of the HBO series but the Sookie Stackhouse books are amazing. That is all.

Jim Butcher – For a little warlocky fun the Dresden series is great. There are ghosts, demons, vampires, werewolves and all sorts of paranormal activity in these books.

What are your favorite paranormal books? I’m always looking for my next book fix!

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August 21st, 2009 by birdievogel | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Teen Paranormal Fiction

I’ve really started to enjoy some of the teen paranormal books that are out. I guess I got hooked on the Twilight Series, which has vampires and werewolves, first. Although, I admit I’ve always had a fondness for the vampire lore going back to scary stories and then Ms. Rice. Then I moved on to the Vampire Academy books and now I’m reading the Night World books, which have pretty much every sort of paranormal critter you can think of.

No, I’m not a teen. Yes, I read books for adults. Honestly though, these are well written with interesting characters and plot development. Also, unlike books written for a more mature audience these are not filled with explicit love scenes. Don’t get me wrong I like Laurel K. Hamilton as much as the next girl but sometimes you need a break from all of the, uhm…steam? Another good thing about the teen paranormal fiction books is that they are easy to read. I call them brain candy. For me they are quick reads that are still fun. Like watching a television show as opposed to a movie, if that makes any sense.

I know that I’m not the only Twilight fan out there for sure, so others must now have this same addiction. What is your favorite teen paranormal series?

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August 14th, 2009 by birdievogel | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)