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So, I wrote a long ol' bit here and 😹 came along (pay me attention mum!!!) plopped herself down on the keyboard and not only deleted it but changed the page so I had no chance to recover it. Cats.. can't Iive with 'em, can't live without 'em!
😂 oh yeah, we’ve got two of our own and can totally relate!
Bite Me! Challenge (In Memoriam Anne Rice)
January - March 2022
My Bite Me! Challenge (msg 5)
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1. Vampire Tropes
n. Vampire owns nightclub ➺ Circus of the Damned ➺ 03.15 ★★★★
m. Vampire hunter ➺ The Renegade Hunter ➺ 03.31 ★★★★
2. List of vampiric creatures in folklore
d. Revenants ➺ Phantom Kiss ➺ 03.17 ★★★★
i. Vampire/Vampyr/Vampir ➺ The King ➺ 02.11 ★★★★
3. Achilles Heels
b. Stake through the heart ➺ Undead and Unemployed ➺ 01.17 ★★★
g. drained by another vampire ➺ Kitty and the Silver Bullet ➺ 02.13 ★★★★
4. Preternatural Powers
a. Brainwashing/mind control ➺ Immortal's Honor ➺ 03.03 ★★★★
f. Super reflexes, speed, strength, senses ➺ Hunt the Darkness ➺ 03.11 ★★★★
SOS: Serious Overload of SeriesBite Me! Challenge (In Memoriam Anne Rice)
Duration: 5/1/2023 - 7/31/2023
Progress: 0 out of 10
Anne Rice passed away on 12 Dec 2021. She was 80 years old. Anne Rice's vampire novels were among those that got me back into reading, for which I am grateful.
Let's take a bite outta some books to celebrate her impact on the genre!
DURATION: 3 months (on/after 13 Dec 21; user defined dates)
GOAL: Read 2 books for each category; 8 books total + 2 w/Bonus option
Did you find a trope, type, Achilles heal or preternatural power not listed here or on the full list(s)? Share it with us and your book qualifies!
CATEGORIES
1. Vampire Tropes
List the trope with your book choice
Common Tropes include ...
a. Daywalking vampire (immune to sunlight)
b. Dhampir (½ vamp, ½ human)
c. Dracula
d. Fang Thpeak (speech impeded by fangs)
e. Feral vampires (kill indiscriminately)
f. Glowing eyes
g. Blood hunger cravings upon vamp birth
h. Inhuman beauty
i. Long-Lived (not immortal, but hard to kill)
j. Must be invited inside someone's home
k. Young looking, but very old aged
l. Stronger with age
m. Vampire hunter (vampire hunting vampires)
n. Vampire owns nightclub (or bar)
o. Virus/Viral Transformation (a bite turns someone)
p. Voluntary victim (someone willingly lets vamps feed from them)
q. Weakened by sunlight
r. Wooden stake (vamp is vulnerable to staking)
s. Turned into a vampire against their will
t. Born vampire
2. List of vampiric creatures in folklore
List the type with your book choice
Common regional vampire types include ...
a. Bruja
b. Chupacabra
c. Dhampir/Dhampyr/Dampyr
d. Ghoul
e. Incubus/Succubus
f. Rakshasa
g. Revenants
h. Strigoi
i. Vampire/Vampyr/Vampir
3. Achilles Heels
List the method of death with your book choice
Read 2 books featuring a vampire whose death was due to ...
a. Sunlight
b. Stake through the heart
c. Decapitation
d. Fire
e. Vampire Hunter
f. Cross or Holy Water
4. Preternatural Powers
List the vampire's power with your book choice
Common powers include ...
a. Brainwashing/mind control
b. Dream weaver/walker
c. Control over element(s)
d. Hypnotic eyes
e. Immortality
f. Super reflexes, speed, strength, senses
g. Ability to shape-shift (into animal, smoke, etc)
h. Quick healing or ability to heal others with their blood
Bonus: Read 2 books by Anne Rice (preferably those written about vampires)
Hope you find some good vampy reads :)
Finished - the last one in the very nick of time! Lots of vampires! Need a vampire break :-)
SOS: Serious Overload of Series
Books mentioned in this topic
Undead and Unemployed (other topics)Kitty and the Silver Bullet (other topics)
Circus of the Damned (other topics)
The Renegade Hunter (other topics)
Phantom Kiss (other topics)
More...
In Memoriam Anne Rice
Anne Rice passed away on 12 Dec 2021. She was 80 years old. Anne Rice's vampire novels were among those that got me back into reading, for which I am grateful. DURATION: 3 months (on/after 13 Dec 21; user defined dates)
GOAL: Read 2 books for each category; 8 books total + 2 w/Bonus option
Did you find a trope, type, Achilles heal or preternatural power not listed here or on the full list(s)? Share it with us and your book qualifies!
CATEGORIES
1. Vampire Tropes
List the trope with your book choice
Common Tropes include ...
a. Daywalking vampire (immune to sunlight)
b. Dhampir (½ vamp, ½ human)
c. Dracula
d. Fang Thpeak (speech impeded by fangs)
e. Feral vampires (kill indiscriminately)
f. Glowing eyes
g. Blood hunger cravings upon vamp birth
h. Inhuman beauty
i. Long-Lived (not immortal, but hard to kill)
j. Must be invited inside someone's home
k. Young looking, but very old aged
l. Stronger with age
m. Vampire hunter (vampire hunting vampires)
n. Vampire owns nightclub (or bar)
o. Virus/Viral Transformation (a bite turns someone)
p. Voluntary victim (someone willingly lets vamps feed from them)
q. Weakened by sunlight
r. Wooden stake (vamp is vulnerable to staking)
s. Turned into a vampire against their will
t. Born vampire
(FULL LIST LINK: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...)
2. List of vampiric creatures in folklore
List the type with your book choice
Common regional vampire types include ...
a. Bruja
b. Chupacabra
c. Dhampir/Dhampyr/Dampyr
d. Ghoul
e. Incubus/Succubus
f. Rakshasa
g. Revenants
h. Strigoi
i. Vampire/Vampyr/Vampir
(FULL LIST LINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...)
3. Achilles Heels
List the method of death with your book choice
Read 2 books featuring a vampire whose death was due to ...
a. Sunlight
b. Stake through the heart
c. Decapitation
d. Fire
e. Vampire Hunter
f. Cross or Holy Water
4. Preternatural Powers
List the vampire's power with your book choice
Common powers include ...
a. Brainwashing/mind control
b. Dream weaver/walker
c. Control over element(s)
d. Hypnotic eyes
e. Immortality
f. Super reflexes, speed, strength, senses
g. Ability to shape-shift (into animal, smoke, etc)
h. Quick healing or ability to heal others with their blood
Bonus: Read 2 books by Anne Rice (preferably those written about vampires)
NEWS ABOUT HER PASSING:
* "Gothic Horror Writer Anne Rice Dies at 80"
https://gizmodo.com/gothic-horror-wri...
* "The Devastating Death Of Anne Rice"
https://www.looper.com/704579/the-dev...
MORE INFO: May 2020 "AMC Networks has acquired the rights to Anne Rice’s best-selling book series “The Vampire Chronicles” and “The Lives of the Mayfair Witches,” Variety has learned exclusively." (https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/vamp...)