Tome-ridden Tuesday

First of all, to my good friend Lady T: read this article about XKCD. Don't forget to click through the slideshow!

Then, I just want to say that while I thought I wasn't a vampire groupie, I was apparently wrong. I got to thinking about all the vampire-laden books, movies, and TV shows I like, and there are a LOT. This revelation was spurred on by this link found in cleolinda's journal: I Vant to Suck Your Broccoli. I feel very in tune with cleolinda, considering we both automatically thought of Bunnicula when we read that title.

And THAT got me thinking about how many other awesome takes on vampires there are. Like Sunshine, by Robin McKinley, which I loved. And I also thought about how many bizarre children's books there are. AND it's almost Halloween, so.... my question today is:

What are some "spooky" books that you read as a kid that you loved?

What are your favorite "spooky" monsters/stories/movies?

'Cause y'all know I have some weird thing for zombie stories.

I also read this vampire book once--it was highly disturbing to my teenaged mind--about a guy who arrives at a new school and falls in love with this girl who is bitten by a vampire and they try to figure out how to keep her from becoming one but she just ends up dead at the end.

If anyone knows which book I'm talking about, I'll write you fic. Perhaps even spooky Halloween fic.

Tome-ridden Tuesday

First of all, to my good friend Lady T: read this article about XKCD. Don't forget to click through the slideshow!

Then, I just want to say that while I thought I wasn't a vampire groupie, I was apparently wrong. I got to thinking about all the vampire-laden books, movies, and TV shows I like, and there are a LOT. This revelation was spurred on by this link found in cleolinda's journal: I Vant to Suck Your Broccoli. I feel very in tune with cleolinda, considering we both automatically thought of Bunnicula when we read that title.

And THAT got me thinking about how many other awesome takes on vampires there are. Like Sunshine, by Robin McKinley, which I loved. And I also thought about how many bizarre children's books there are. AND it's almost Halloween, so.... my question today is:

What are some "spooky" books that you read as a kid that you loved?

What are your favorite "spooky" monsters/stories/movies?

'Cause y'all know I have some weird thing for zombie stories.

I also read this vampire book once--it was highly disturbing to my teenaged mind--about a guy who arrives at a new school and falls in love with this girl who is bitten by a vampire and they try to figure out how to keep her from becoming one but she just ends up dead at the end.

If anyone knows which book I'm talking about, I'll write you fic. Perhaps even spooky Halloween fic.