re: #34 EdDantes
I read Interview With The Vampire in 1977 and was fascinated. I read almost one chapter of The Vampire Lestat and was bored to the point of considering becoming a vampire. Some authors are in love with the words pounded out on their typewriters/word processing software.
For vampires, you really need to go with Brian Lumley. Swaps the efete pasty pansies for “OH GOD, IT ATE MY FACE”.