From: Julie Ranelli <jranelli>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:34:29 -0400

Sharon,

I have to agree... I think the romance mixed with vampires appeals to many "Twilight" readers. This summer I put out a display of 15 books with a sign recommending them to teens who were waiting for their copy of "Eclipse." The display was gone in 2 or 3 days.

Here are the books, not all of which I have read myself, so I can't say which fit better with horror and which with romance, but I do think a lot of them have that mix.

Valiant by Holly Black A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray By These Ten Bones by Clare B. Dunkle Stardust by Neil Gaiman Faerie Path by Frewin Jones Blood and Chocolate; Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier Vampire High by Douglas Rees New Policeman by Kate Thompson Book of Shadows by Cate Tiernan Peeps by Scott Westerfeld Poison by Chris Wooding

I compiled these books after a discussion on the YALSA listserv.

Julie Ranelli

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At 04:56 PM 10/23/2007, you wrote:
>Stephenie Meyers is hugely popular at my library, but I wonder if it
>isn't the mix of romance and vampires that makes Twilight appealing.
>As an avid vampire story reader, I felt that I waited a long time
>for that scary thrill (when it finally came, it certainly packed a
>big punch) and that's what makes me think perhaps the romance is
>pulling them into the story and making them stay for the scary bits.
>
>Sharon Grover
>Head of Youth Services
>Hedberg Public Library
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>Today's Topics:
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> 1. Horror Stories (Megan Schliesman)
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>From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman at education.wisc.edu>
>Subject: [CCBC-Net] Horror Stories
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>**Today we'll begin our discussion of the CCBC-Net topic for the second
>part of October: Horror Stories.
>
>Stephenie Meyer?s hugely popular ?Twilight? series is the first vampire
>story many teens have read. What do those who find the book?s gothic
>qualities as appealing?or even moreso?than its romance read next?
>
>And to what books do younger readers with whom you work turn--or do you
>turn yourself when offering up tales of horror or other scintillating
>scares?
>
>Megan
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Julie Ranelli Children's/Young Adult Librarian Queen Anne's County Free Library Kent Island Branch Stevensville, MD jranelli at quan.lib.md.us
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