Well, you know I'm a vampire fan. XD It wasn't a book which first sparked my interest, but a movie: specifically, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, which..."somehow, this is awakening something in me" (I'm kidding, mostly; I know exactly what parts awakened something in me and they totally track, but it is funny that it was a horror comedy instead of one of the many pieces of sexy vampire media which exist that did it). ANYWAY, after I saw that I was hooked on vampires. I remember devouring some non-fiction books on vampire lore from the library, and I forced myself through Dracula, even though I didn't like it that much. (Nor did I upon re-reading as an adult; it took Dracula Daily and Tumblr memes to get me to truly love it!)
Eventually I found Interview with the Vampire (maybe saw some of the movie on TV?? I forget, but I think I read the book before seeing the full film), and became obsessed with it. I read all the Vampire Chronicles books that were out at the time. I stopped reading new ones long before Rice's death, but I still love the universe and some of the books, my favorite being Queen of the Damned. Not long after this I also discovered the Buffyverse and became even more obsessed with that. And I read the Anita Blake books in there, too; they were recommended by some people in a Buffy fan group, actually. I really loved them for a while, though I never much cared for Anita as a character, and it drove me crazy the way every time she changed her clothes we got pages of information about: what she was wearing, how she felt about what she was wearing, what weapons she could wear with the outfit, how well or poorly the weapons would be concealed, and how she felt about those weapons. But, y'know, it was an interesting world with a lot of interesting and very pretty characters, and I was there for it until it really went off the rails. (And for a while afterwards, as I slowly lost interest and then hate-read them for a couple books.)
Anyway! It's fun to remember my nostalgic vampire fan origins; thanks for asking the question and for sharing yours. :D
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Date: 2024-10-01 05:48 pm (UTC)Eventually I found Interview with the Vampire (maybe saw some of the movie on TV?? I forget, but I think I read the book before seeing the full film), and became obsessed with it. I read all the Vampire Chronicles books that were out at the time. I stopped reading new ones long before Rice's death, but I still love the universe and some of the books, my favorite being Queen of the Damned. Not long after this I also discovered the Buffyverse and became even more obsessed with that. And I read the Anita Blake books in there, too; they were recommended by some people in a Buffy fan group, actually. I really loved them for a while, though I never much cared for Anita as a character, and it drove me crazy the way every time she changed her clothes we got pages of information about: what she was wearing, how she felt about what she was wearing, what weapons she could wear with the outfit, how well or poorly the weapons would be concealed, and how she felt about those weapons. But, y'know, it was an interesting world with a lot of interesting and very pretty characters, and I was there for it until it really went off the rails. (And for a while afterwards, as I slowly lost interest and then hate-read them for a couple books.)
Anyway! It's fun to remember my nostalgic vampire fan origins; thanks for asking the question and for sharing yours. :D