The Blonde Diaries

I was never one to really be into vampires but then I saw Twilight and read the book (about 1 year ago) and then started to watch the Vampire Diaries on the CW.  Now I am hooked on Vampires.  I just wish they didn’t eat people so darn often.  In any case, I heard about a few other series that are out there and decided that I should introduce myself into the Vampire world of books as it is a genre I haven’t tried before.  I am going to aim for Level 1 – Vampire Newbie with the hopes of actually reaching Level 2 – Vampire Addict before the end of 2010. We’ll see how it goes.  I am hoping to read the Sookie Stackhouse books, the House of Night books, and maybe the first Vampire Diaries book.

For this challenge you will read according to your preferred level of participation. Choose ONE (1) of the following 4 levels:

Level One: Vampire Newbie ~ read Book 1 of three (3) different vampire series (for a list of series’ featuring vampires, see my All In Order blog, or check out Kathrin’s list here –but note that some of the ones she mentions may not be series books). So, for example, you could read: “Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer (book 1 in the “Twilight” series), “Evermore” by Alyson Noel (book 1 of the “Immortals” series), and “City of Bones” by Cassandra Clare (book 1 of the “Mortal Instruments” series). NO re-reads allowed for this level, as you’re supposed to be introducing yourself to new vampire series.

Level Two: Vampire Addict ~ Choose either to: reread 2 vampire series books you’ve already read; OR read 2 more books from a vampire series that you’ve already started reading. For example: if you’ve already read books 1 & 2 of the “Twilight” series, now go and read books 3 & 4. OR, if you’ve already read the whole “House of Night” series by P.C. Cast, go back and read 2 of the books from that series.

Level Three: Vampire Enthusiast ~ Read 6 books from any series featuring vampires as key/main characters. This can be a mix of different series, or you can read all 6 books from one series, or whatever.

Level Four: Vampire Lover ~ If you’re really feeling crazy about vampires, this is the level for you! Read 3 full series featuring vampires as key/main characters. Example: The whole “House of Night” series, the whole “Twilight” series, the whole “Vampire Academy” series, or whatever. Totally up to you. And, I don’t care if you’re re-reading them. So long as you read the whole series.

Other rules:

• rereads are allowed, EXCEPT for Level One (Vampire Newbie).
• ebooks & audiobooks are allowed
• the challenge will run from January 1st through December 31st, 2010.

February 2010 Update:

So far I have read the first two Sookie Stackhouse books and have enjoyed them. As soon as this series is done I’ll be moving on to the Vampire Diaries.

Tags: Books, challenge, fantasy, fiction, reading, Vampire