Twilight came out last year (2 years ago?) and then was made into a blockbuster movie, the town of Forks, WA, which is where it was set, is making a bundle off of tourism (and I say "Go Forks!"), other vampire movies and tv series' are jumping on the bandwagon, and everyone is vampire crazy. Twilight, the book and the movie, were awful with an awful premise of a sexy, sweet vampire, his close-knit mainstream vampire clan, and a really stupid teenage girl who likes being stalked by him-not a great role model in my opinion. And, I have to admit, that I've never found vampires to be either sexy, adventurous, or even particularly interesting so this trend bores and annoys me. I heard an interview on the radio with S.E. Hinton and was intrigued so I picked up her latest book called Hawkes Harbor. NOWHERE on the cover or the blurb does it say this is about a VAMPIRE!!! You know there is a mystery coming and, in spite of the fact that it just wasn't a very compelling start, I waded through about half of it anticipating the mystery behind Hawkes Harbor only to find out it was a vampire. That's where I gave up on the book.