P.C. Cast is the co-author with her daughter Kirstin the popular young adult vampire series House of Night books and is the author of the Goddess Summoning and Partholon book series. ML: Before I ever read any of the House of the Night books I stumbled upon a picture of your covers and I have […]
Review: Teeth edited by Ellen Datlow and Terry Windling
November 9, 2011Harper Teen, 2011 ISBN: 978-0-06-193515-2 Available: New Paperback Teeth is a ripping collection of nineteen vampire stories contributed by proven authors, including Melissa Marr, Holly Black, Neil Gaiman, Garth Nix and Tanith Lee. Each one is dark and original, and many are ethnic tales, making the collection a great world legends anthology. There is some […]
A Brief Vampire Timeline
November 7, 2011So you like vampires, more than just the modern incarnation and don’t know where to start in your vamp-ucation? We’re more than happy to help! While many of these titles are not YA they are considered by many core books that in some way changed the genre and helped shape it to what it is […]
The Vampire Book List
November 6, 2011We just updated our Vampire Book List from the MonsterLibrarian.com site and brought it to Reading Bites! If you become aware of a vampire title that we have missed please send us an e-mail at monsterlibrarian@monsterlibrarian.com and let us know. Tweet
Vault Review: Drink, Slay, Love by Sarah Beth Durst
November 3, 2011Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2011 ISBN: 978-1442423732 Available: New Pearl, the star of Drink, Slay, Love, gets her kicks by having the neighborhood ice cream boy eat her ice cream flavor choice of the day before drinking from him. One day, while enjoying this treat, a unicorn prances by and stabs her. She wakes up to […]
Hey YA (especially paranormal YA) authors, We would love to hear about your new releases! We’d love to review your books! We’d love to interview you, hear about why you wrote your book or open our blog up to you for guest posts. Please send us a message at zombiemicheleATgmailDOTcom and tell us about your […]
YA-Inspired Pumpkin carving patterns
October 27, 2011These were just too cool not to share! Kate Hart has this great post up where you can not only download patterns for pumpkin carving YA covers but YA Highway is also holding a contest if you make a book-pumpkin. I’m partial to the Hex Hall pattern, because it’s one of my favorite books. But […]
Capstone Press, 2011 ISBN: 9781429654524 Available: New hardcover “Are vampires charming heartthrobs or evil undead”? That’s the question Jen Jones poses to her readers in The Girl’s Guide to Vampires. It’s pretty clear what her take is going to be, and it’s pretty clear who her target audience is, with photos from Twilight and The Vampire Diaries […]
How To: Easy Vampire Make up
October 25, 2011Halloween is just around the corner and vampire is one of the easiest costumes out there. In fact you can do it pretty simply with what you probably already have in your make up kit. What you need: Basic- Foundation (colorless works best) or white cream make up, baby powder, black eyeliner, brushes Twilight style- […]
Book review: Teeth edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
October 21, 2011Teeth edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling Harper Teen, 2011 ISBN: 978-0-06-193515-2 Available: New Paperback Teeth is a ripping collection of nineteen vampire stories contributed by proven authors, including Melissa Marr, Holly Black, Neil Gaiman, Garth Nix and Tanith Lee. Each one is dark and original, and many are ethnic tales, making the collection […]