Freaky Friday :|: 64

Title: Dark Reunion, The Vampire Diaries #4
Author: LJ Smith
Published: May 1992
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 320
Summary:

Love Can Kill Elena: transformed, the golden girl has become what she once feared and desired.

Stefan: tormented by losing Elena, he's determined to end his feud with Damon once and for all - whatever the cost. But slowly he begins to realize that his brother is not his only enemy.

Damon: at last, he possesses Elena. But will his thirst for revenge against Stefan poison his triumph? Or can they come together to face one final battle? (from bn.com)

These keep sounding better and better. So long as I keep them detached from everything that is recent it should be fine. No TV series, no market flooded with schmoopy vampire romance. Stand alone, it could be great. I might have to find out for myself.

Freaky Friday :|: 63

Title: The Fury, The Vampire Diaries #3
Author: LJ Smith
Published: November 1991
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 320
Summary:

Love Can Kill Elena: transformed, the golden girl has become what she once feared and desired.

Stefan: tormented by losing Elena, he's determined to end his feud with Damon once and for all - whatever the cost. But slowly he begins to realize that his brother is not his only enemy.

Damon: at last, he possesses Elena. But will his thirst for revenge against Stefan poison his triumph? Or can they come together to face one final battle? (from bn.com)

You know, this series really doesn't sound so bad. Nothing says awesome like a chick getting tossed around like a little pawn. So long as someone gets hurt, I'm good.

Freaky Friday :|: 62

Title: The Struggle, The Vampire Diaries #2
Author: LJ Smith
Published: October 1995
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 320
Summary:

Torn between two vampire brothers Damon: Determined to make Elena his, he'd kill his own brother to possess her.

Stefan: Desperate for the power to destroy Damon and protect Elena, he gives in to his thirst for human blood.

Elena: The girl who can have anyone finds herself in the middle of a love triangle...

one that might turn deadly (from bn.com)

Just to get on the bandwagon, I think I'm going to have to read these books. But I need to do it with the original bindings. It's like getting into the head of the 90s. Gives it a whole different feel for me. Don't ask.

Freaky Friday :|: 61

Title: The Awakening, The Vampire Diaries #1
Author: L.J. Smith
Published: September 1991
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 320
Summary:

A DEADLY LOVE TRIANGLE Elena: beautiful and popular, the girl who can have any boy she wants.

Stefan: brooding and mysterious, desperately trying to resist his desire for Elena...for her own good.

Damon: sexy, dangerous, and driven by an urge for revenge against Stefan, the brother who betrayed him.

Elena finds herself drawn to both brothers . . .who will she choose? (from bn.com)

Sigh. How original that was back in 1991. I'm sure this is all a little . . . familiar. LJ Smith's been around for a while so it should be no surprise she has a spot in my Freaky Friday. Still haven't read the series yet but I have one of the original paperbacks sitting in my TBR.

The CW Has Fangs

Publisher's Weekly is reporting that the CW Network (which hosts shows like Supernatural and, um, Supernatural) has picked up a pilot that's based on LJ Smith's The Vampire Diaries series. Kevin Williamson (think Dawson's Creek) will write the screenplay and be an executive producer on the series.

Now I know these are actually pretty old (in the publishing world, anyway) books that have been recently re-released (due to the Twilight insanity, I'm sure). I vaguely remember seeing these around when I was younger but I've never read them. I have heard people say pretty good things about the books but I'm not too sure about the premise myself.

Anyone that has read them, what do you think? Think this'll fly as a series?