Vampire Diaries.

So. All this hype about vampires. I just want to set the story straight, since sixth grade (yes, eight years ago) I have been obsessed with vampires. Well, reading about them and watching movies and what not. But I'm one of those people that isn't so happy when everyone else starts obsessing over one type of book in a genre...namely, the Twilight series. Now, don't get me wrong, I loved them when they first came out, yeah, my freshman year, when i got made fun of for liking vampires, before the "beautiful" Robert Pattenson was going to play Edward Cullen, who by the way, is much more attractive in my head than no-emotion-Robert could ever be.

Annnnyyyway, to get away from my rant.
I admit I was curious about the Vampire Diaries. But I didn't want to be like those Twilight fan girls that I so hate. So I decided if I read them I wasn't going to make a big deal out of how awesome they may or not be.
I wasn't going to pretend like I discovered this awesome novel of amazingness.
No.
And I'm still not going to do that, because I haven't made a final decision yet.
But I am really enjoying the book.
And despite myself, I'm also loving the WB television series (but I suspect that's simply because I love the way that Ian Somerhalder smiles). But I do like the Elena of the television persuasion better than the Elena of the book, thus far.
Blasphemy, I know.
But we'll see if this becomes an addiction, or just a pleasant series to continue with.
I'm hoping for the latter, but knowing myself, I'm suspecting the former.