We all freaked out and went gaga for Edward in Twilight, right? A good vampire at last! Well some of us did, whilst some us( like me) kept shaking our heads going "What the...?"
As most people know, I don't do mythological creatures. NO fairies, ghosts,witches, goblins and vampires. It's not real. It is just a figment of your imagination really. I truly admire fantasy writers though cause of their imagination and creativity and ability to complete a book about vampires. It is amazing how all of that can come from a person's head. OK, yes I did read Twilight( and the two other books.Oh my freaking word I wanna get the fourth book, Breaking Dawn) but that is as far as it goes.
So after the whole Twilight craze had died down, I had begun to think that Twilight was the only vampire series. Oh Boy was I wrong. The Vampire genre in YA fiction has been there for decades. Do you remember 'Dracula' or 'Buffy and the vampire slayer'? And the genre has been gaining extreme popularity as other Vampire series have been appearing on book shelves( some even WAY before Twilight).
So I am kind off getting over my so-called obsession with Twilight, I noticed how crazy this vampire genre has gone when a few pupils from my school received book vouchers and we all went to the bookstore together.
As I entered the bookstore, I knew EXACTLY what I wanted. Something funny and light hearted to read( no mythological creatures). In fact, I knew I wanted a Meg Cabot book. When people asked me which author/book I wanted they were like "Uhm ok".
So while I was with my girlfriends, who were browsing at some books I left to go out on my own. Once everyone had chosen their books, we all met at the till to pay for our books.
I carefully observed what everybody had bought. The guys had gotten general interest books, you know Non fiction kinds stuff.
But the girls. OMG! I was amazed at how many of the girls got the SAME book! Yes,and they were all VAMPIRE series. One girl bought two books, from the House of Night series. WITH VAMPIRES. They were all the same author. I wanted to laugh cause almost all the girls had some vampire/romance novel. So there I was with my happy, cheerful Meg Cabot novel.
So all in all, I have observed that girls have this crazy thing for vampires. They just cant resist picking up some romance/vampire book. You have no idea how many times I see girls at my school reading some book about vampires or these days zombies. scary.
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