Fangtastic Fiction Challenge

Despite what some might think, there is more to vampire fiction than Dracula, Interview With The Vampire and Twilight, and so, with a little help from Pam @ Bookalicio.us, I am hosting a vampire reading challenge!

Oh, and do forgive the puns.

Challenge Levels/Goals

The base challenge here (“Newly Turned”) is to read four books, one from each of the four categories below: classic, horror, romance and young adult. If a book can fit into two categories (or more), simply pick one category and then read another.

Once you have completed that, you can go wild with what books you read for your challenge list, so long as they have vampires in some form as a prominent part. For every additional four books you read, you go up a level. Where the base challenge is the equivalent of the first stages of a vampire, think of each four books as a century added onto their existence.

How old can you go?

First Blood

This is the category for vampire tales that were written prior to 1900. Examples of such books would be:

  • Dracula – Bram Stoker
  • Carmilla – Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Things That Go Bite In The Night

This is the category for works firmly entrenched in the horror genre. Examples of such books would be:

  • Salem’s Lot – Steven King
  • Let The Right One In – John Ajvide Lindqvist

Kiss Of The Vampire

This is the category for all books that have romance as one of its main genres/focusses. Examples of such books would be:

  • Dead Until Dark (etc) – Charlaine Harris
  • Jessica’s Guide To Dating On The Dark Side – Beth Fantaskey

High School Is Hell

This is the category for all vampire books that fit in the young adult category. Examples of such books would be:

  • The Vampire Diaries – L.J. Smith
  • The Morganville Vampires – Rachel Caine

Bonus Challenge/Activity: Screams On Screen

As a bonus challenge/activity, why not take in vampires on the large and small screens as well? Keep track of how many movies or TV seasons you watch, whether it’s Buffy, True Blood or The Vampire Diaries on your TV, or Lost Boys, Underworld or any film adaptation of a vampire novel, and see how many you can total up during the year!

Other Information

This challenge runs the entire length of 2010, so from January 1 to December 31.

Along the way (most likely quarterly), Pam and I will be running mini-contests and challenges. We will be scrounging up some prizes for this, but if you are an author/publisher/other kind person and would like to sponsor a prize of some sort, please do contact me.

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15 Comments »

  1. Pam van Hylckama Vlieg said on 19 December 2009 at 10:09 pm Reply to this comment

    Ha! Going for newly turned but will probably be up to a 17th century rich Machiavellian vamp in no time!

  2. Catherine said on 19 December 2009 at 10:56 pm Reply to this comment

    @Pam van Hylckama Vlieg: Those are the best kind. :D

  3. Therese Ferguson said on 19 December 2009 at 11:05 pm Reply to this comment

    Thank you for creating this challenge. Looking forward to seeing how many books I can read throughtout 2010.

  4. I Heart Monster said on 19 December 2009 at 11:11 pm Reply to this comment

    Fun! :)

  5. Catherine said on 19 December 2009 at 11:12 pm Reply to this comment

    @Therese Ferguson:You’re welcome, and thanks for taking part!

    @I Heart Monster: I hope it will be! :D

  6. Robbie said on 20 December 2009 at 10:22 am Reply to this comment

    I approve of this challenge, and will help promote it. I don’t *do* challenges, though, so I shall not be partaking. That being said, I’ve read Dracula, and have the Vampire Diaries on my list. So…sort of kind of in part way but not really.

  7. Catherine said on 20 December 2009 at 10:25 am Reply to this comment

    @Robbie: Who knows, you might end up accidently completing the base challenge quite by accident? :P That base one is meant to be easy, and just push the boundaries of some by just a little (like the classic and horror categories).

  8. Pam van Hylckama Vlieg said on 21 December 2009 at 9:32 am Reply to this comment

    @Robbie oh come on just put your name in the little Mr. Linky you know you are going to read at least 4 vamp books this year the whoooole year :P

  9. Ley said on 25 December 2009 at 4:37 pm Reply to this comment

    Are we allowed to reread a novel? I’d love to reread Anne Rice’s Queen Of The Damned. I think it’s been at least five years since I last touched it.

  10. Sharli said on 31 December 2009 at 4:09 pm Reply to this comment

    Perfect challenge! Have some already on my wish list

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  12. Kiara said on 20 January 2010 at 6:10 am Reply to this comment

    This is great! I love vampire books! I read eleven vampire books in 2009! :P
    I posted this on my blog (is in spanish, I’m from Chile).

  13. Julie said on 27 February 2010 at 8:52 am Reply to this comment

    I was planning on reading a bunch of vampire books this year so this challenge is perfect!

  14. Yesenia said on 15 March 2010 at 5:54 pm Reply to this comment

    I’m sure I have atleast one of each on my shelf and more in my TBR list. It’s going to be a busy year.

  15. Rachelle (Bibliobabe) said on 24 March 2010 at 8:03 am Reply to this comment

    I posted a page with ALL current reading challenges. Let me know if you want me to add any other information to your challenge. I hope it brings even more readers to your challenge!

    Reading Challenges.

    Rachelle (Bibliobabe)

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