The recurring theme of vampires is once again popular with the younger generation. What is this facination with vampires? What are vampires anyway? Are they real?
According to Wikipedia: Vampires are mythological or folkloric revenants who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living.
Our grandkids and all other kids their age are very excited about the upcoming vampire tale movie Twilight releasing on November 21st. They are great fans of author Stephanie Meyer and have read all of her books so far.
We watched an interview with the author on CBS last month, she said the idea for the story came to her in a dream:
"The girl, who would become Bella in the novels, was just an average teenager. The boy, Edward, was a vegetarian vampire, constantly fighting his desire to drink human blood."
I have never been a fan of the vampire stories, but I can remember back in grade school my friends rushing home after school to watch vampire Barnabas Collins on the daily gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. Does anyone remember that?
So vampires are back once again, the kids are reading and excited about reading, hey this might be the best thing since Harry Potter!
