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My favorite books: Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

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When the Twilight series came out everyone I know who loves to read went crazy. So I read them. I read them all. And contrary to a lot of people, I thought they were good books. The only issue that I truly had with them was that they weren’t really books about vampires.

If you want a genuinely scary book about vampires this is the book for you.

Born as an 18th-century lord, Louis who is now a two hundred year old vampire, tells his story to a reporter. Suicidal after the death of his family, he meets Lestat, a vampire who persuades him to choose immortality over death and become his companion. Eventually, gentle Louis resolves to leave his violent maker, but Lestat guilts him into staying by turning a young girl– whose addition to the “family” breeds even more conflict.

Interview with the Vampire was published in 1976. Can you believe that? I found it in the late 1980’s and have been terrified to go outside in the dark alone ever since.

You know that my opinion is that the book is always better, but I do have to say that the movie adaptation of this book was pretty dead on. It didn’t hurt that the starring cast was Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Christian Slater and Kirsten Dunst.If you are looking for a dark, haunting, terrifying fantasy about evil vampires, this is your book. And then you can join me in my world of “I can’t go outside…..it’s already dark”……

When you’ve petrified yourself with this book, there are ten more in the series to make sure that you don’t ever go outside again. My family wonders why I scream when they walk up behind me when I am unaware. This is why. Maybe you shouldn’t follow me down this rabbit hole….

What are you reading right now? What are some of your favorites? I’m always looking for a good book!