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At ...             The Vampire Lestat (Rice, Anne, Chronicles of the Vampires, 2nd Bk.)352 reviews Anne Rice Ballantine Books, 1997 My favorite of the series! + Lestat gets to tell his story. + A Gothic Tale with A Modern Perspective In this book, you get to learn of Lestat's past, and how he became a vampire. The writing style of this series (the first 3 anyway), is what makes them my favorite vampire novels.             Cold Streak32 reviews Lewis E Aleman Megalodon Entertainment LLC., 2007 Wonderful + Fast paced, easy to read + I was not able to put this book down! + Demands To Be Read + Great Book             The Ruins (Vintage) (Vintage)986 reviews Scott Smith Vintage, 2008 Quality Horror + The Ruination of Sleep + A Good Read With Scott Smith's first novel A SIMPLE PLAN he took the literary world by storm. The novel received raves from all critics, developed a huge cult following and was called by many the best suspense novel of the year. 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