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I can't be the only Twilighter who's experienced this: A year and a half after telling everyone about my new obsession, friends and family are just now coming up to me and asking, "Have you read 'Twilight'?" Welcome back to the world, cave-dwellers. I'll forgive them for not listening to me the first time, but now that they've all caught Cullen fever, maybe they'll pay attention to my other recommendations. After "New Moon" comes out this month, we're all going to be serious V-juice withdrawal. So, I'm going to stock the Book Report with plenty of bloodsucking novels to feed your addiction for the months to come.

And if, like me, you were constantly frustrated with the fact that, for all her bravery, Bella always had to rely on others to protect her from dangerous vampires, Richelle Mead's "Vampire Academy" is the perfect antidote. In this book and its three sequels, the vampires are the ones who need protecting from the likes of Rose Hathaway. She's a Dhampir, half human and half vampire, in training to be a guardian of full-blooded vampires called Moroi (yeah, all these special terms are annoying at first, but you get used to 'em), who are constantly in danger of being attacked by Strigoi — the evil, undead bloodsuckers along the lines of Dracula (you know, red eyes, kill people, can't go out in sunlight). But when we first meet rebellious Rose, she and her best friend, vampire princess Lissa Dragomir, they've been on the run and living among humans for two years. And though Rose hasn't finished her training, she's got an extra skill that helps her take care of her friend, she can slip inside Lissa's head, seeing what she sees and feeling her emotions.

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Tags Book Report, Richelle Mead, Rose Hathaway, Vampire Academy