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I Am Legend 521 reviews
Richard Matheson
Tor Books, 2007
A "legend"ary story
+ Enjoyable Vampire Story (and Sci-fi Horror combo)!
+ The classic tale of the last man on earth
+ Where Have You Gone, Charleton Heston?
+ ... worth it.
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The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, Book 2) 352 reviews
Anne Rice
Topeka Bindery, 1999
My favorite of the series!
+ Lestat gets to tell his story.
+ A Gothic Tale with A Modern Perspective
In this book, you get to learn of Lestat's past, and how he became a vampire. The writing style of this series (the first 3 anyway), is what makes them my favorite vampire novels.
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The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel583 reviews
Diane Setterfield
Atria, 2006
Beautiful book
+ A Modern Gothic Romance
+ "When one is nothing, one invents. It fills a void"
+ A little heavy on the dysfunctional, but still a great read
+ A book for book lovers
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Peeps52 reviews
Scott Westerfeld
Razorbill, 2006
Peeps
+ My first teen lit... since I was a teen.
+ Great Concept!
+ Peeps: More then just sugar-coated marshmallows
+ Original, sharp and fun!
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Thirsty 53 reviews
M.T. Anderson
Candlewick, 2008
Interesting but flawed
An interesting take on the whole vampire legend. In Chris's world, vampires have always existed. People are wary of vampires, and lynch them when they find them. As his hometown prepares for the annual Sad Festival of Vampires with an ancient ritual (held in a Whitehen Pantry) that keeps ...
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The Historian1422 reviews
Elizabeth Kostova
Hachette Audio, 2008
Brilliant
+ The Historian
+ Angieville: THE HISTORIAN
+ This is how The Da Vinci Code should have been written
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The Last Vampire: Phantom No. 4 (The last vampire)16 reviews
Christopher Pike
Hodder Children's Books, 1996
Necessarily complicated.
+ The Best One!!!
+ ~da best~
I read this book and all his others when I was growing up, probably beginning around age eleven. And that was also around the time I began writing my own stories, which until recently have been pretty strictly literary fiction. I went to college, then grad school at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, ...
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Vlad the Impaler: The Real Count Dracula (Wicked History)2 reviews
Enid A. Goldberg, Norman Itzkowitz
Childrens Press, 2007
8th grade students can't put it down
+ Easy read...a few "facts" questionable.
We are supposed to start our school day with 20 minutes of silent reading, and this is not an easy sell for 8th graders. I bought a couple of these books and the students actually fight over who gets to read them! I read the book myself and was deeply interested in spite of myself. I was ...
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The Last Days22 reviews
Scott Westerfeld
Razorbill, 2007
Not as good as Peeps but worth reading if you enjoy Westerfeld's work
Ok, so I will just be upfront here. I loved Peeps, and I was disappointed on the first page of this that it was not more of the same characters. Even though the Peeps characters appear, they are side characters, not the stars, which made me grumpy from the get-go. I like getting to know a character ...
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The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Vol. 1)41 reviews
Joss Whedon, Andy Owens
Dark Horse Comics, 2007
Awesomeness made even more awesome
+ Welcome back Buffy!
+ BTVS The Long Way Home
+ A void filled
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The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Vol. 1)41 reviews
Joss Whedon, Andy Owens
Dark Horse Comics, 2007
Awesomeness made even more awesome
+ Welcome back Buffy!
+ BTVS The Long Way Home
+ A void filled
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Vlad the Impaler: The Real Count Dracula (Wicked History)2 reviews
Enid A. Goldberg, Norman Itzkowitz
Childrens Press, 2007
8th grade students can't put it down
+ Easy read...a few "facts" questionable.
We are supposed to start our school day with 20 minutes of silent reading, and this is not an easy sell for 8th graders. I bought a couple of these books and the students actually fight over who gets to read them! I read the book myself and was deeply interested in spite of myself. I was ...
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Thirsty53 reviews
M.T. Anderson
Candlewick, 2008
Interesting but flawed
An interesting take on the whole vampire legend. In Chris's world, vampires have always existed. People are wary of vampires, and lynch them when they find them. As his hometown prepares for the annual Sad Festival of Vampires with an ancient ritual (held in a Whitehen Pantry) that keeps ...
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The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, Book 2)352 reviews
Anne Rice
Topeka Bindery, 1999
My favorite of the series!
+ Lestat gets to tell his story.
+ A Gothic Tale with A Modern Perspective
In this book, you get to learn of Lestat's past, and how he became a vampire. The writing style of this series (the first 3 anyway), is what makes them my favorite vampire novels.
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I Am Legend521 reviews
Richard Matheson
Tor Books, 2007
A "legend"ary story
+ Enjoyable Vampire Story (and Sci-fi Horror combo)!
+ The classic tale of the last man on earth
+ Where Have You Gone, Charleton Heston?
+ ... worth it.
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The Last Vampire: Phantom No. 4 (The last vampire)16 reviews
Christopher Pike
Hodder Children's Books, 1996
Necessarily complicated.
+ The Best One!!!
+ ~da best~
I read this book and all his others when I was growing up, probably beginning around age eleven. And that was also around the time I began writing my own stories, which until recently have been pretty strictly literary fiction. I went to college, then grad school at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, ...
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The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel583 reviews
Diane Setterfield
Atria, 2006
Beautiful book
+ A Modern Gothic Romance
+ "When one is nothing, one invents. It fills a void"
+ A little heavy on the dysfunctional, but still a great read
+ A book for book lovers
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The Historian1422 reviews
Elizabeth Kostova
Hachette Audio, 2008
Brilliant
+ The Historian
+ Angieville: THE HISTORIAN
+ This is how The Da Vinci Code should have been written
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Peeps52 reviews
Scott Westerfeld
Razorbill, 2006
Peeps
+ My first teen lit... since I was a teen.
+ Great Concept!
+ Peeps: More then just sugar-coated marshmallows
+ Original, sharp and fun!
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The Last Days22 reviews
Scott Westerfeld
Razorbill, 2007
Not as good as Peeps but worth reading if you enjoy Westerfeld's work
Ok, so I will just be upfront here. I loved Peeps, and I was disappointed on the first page of this that it was not more of the same characters. Even though the Peeps characters appear, they are side characters, not the stars, which made me grumpy from the get-go. I like getting to know a character ...
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