My oldest wanted to read them when she was about 9 or 10. I reluctantly read them first because I wanted to make sure they were appropriate for her. I'm just a little embarrassed to say I got completely sucked into them within the first couple pages. Completely. And yes, I've re-read them a few times.

Please don't judge me.

Good escapism.
However adore the Anita Blake series. Vampires and Shape Shifters for adults.

LOVE them! I have all dvds and anything to do with vampires, zombies, etc. I got.. But if I had to pick, True Blood is the best vampire series out there to date.

Only saw the movies so I can not comment.

My wife was a fan so I got dragged to the theater for the films. They started OK but got progressively worse and "Breaking Down" was by far the worse.

I'm with team Van Helsing to wipe out both vampires and werewolves in that series. Just kidding. I've not watched one movie.

I didn't care for the movies. I enjoyed the books. For me The Host was a great sci-fi book. I like Stephanie Meyer because to me she's extremely visual. She should have made a series of The Host for me.

I've read them. They were good. I own the DVDs too.

I read and mostly enjoyed the wierdness - simple fast reads - until the last book which was full on crap.

My teenage granddaughter wanted me to read them so I could talk to her about them. I did, and thought them about right for a teen. When I was her age, I was just getting out of fairy tales and King Arthur. Didn't seem to hurt her. When my other granddaughter read them, I was just glad to see her reading ANYTHING.

It was an a young adult thing.... i didnt get to in to it...sorry.

I admit it - I read them. A fun bit of fluff, nothing more nothing less

I hated them from the start. I grew up playing Ravenloft campaigns in AD&D and studying traditional folk lore so the idea of sparkly, teen angst vampires repulsed me from day one. I never read the books and a friend convinced me to watch the first movie with them. Before it started I told them exactly what would happen, politely sat through the whole thing and when it ended just said "well, I called that."

Good reading for early teens.

I haven't read them

Vampires that shimmer...no, just no.

Crap. Can't say anything more.