Veiwers, Reader, Authors, many have already caught it.  These things spread from person to person.  VD - Vampire Diaries.  Very, very addicting to teens and adults alike.  Two handsome brothers, vampirism, and High School drama, what could be better?

Tell us what you think of the show?  Like Twilight better?  VD the Vamp saga for you?

Author Jerrica Knight-Catania  -  My husband and I jumped on the Twilight bandwagon a couple years ago and were definitely what I would call "Twihards." We lined up to see the movie, we read all the books in record time; we even dressed up as Edward and Bella for Halloween! We were getting geared up for the New Moon release this past fall when we discovered Vampire Diaries. Wow! The people were better looking and much better actors, and the plot lines far more interesting. We found ourselves on the edge of our seats every Thursday night, and we even started watching commercials just to make the show last longer! The show brings back an old-school feel of Hitchcock-like suspense - sort of "things that go bump in the night," if you will. And as an author of historical romance, I love the flashbacks to the 1800s. But the best part about VD? Damon, the greatest villian-you-love-to-hate you'll ever find!
www.jerricasplace.com

The Triple Threat Giveaway

Celebrating Twilight, Supernatural, and Vampire Diaries

Join us for the fun, games, and giveaways

Events

Supernatural Radio Show New Episode Rundown

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/terry-kate/2010/03/27/supernatural-new-episode-rundown

Scare Me Up Some Supernatural

Read what Authors have to say about one of our favorite TV shows.
http://romanceinthebackseat.com/paranormal/blog/2010/03/scare-me-up-some-supernatural.html

Sexy Sunday Contest and Giveaway

Team Edward - Hottest picture of Edward Cullen - Judged by author Veronica Blake
http://ritbs.blogspot.com

Sunday - Watch New Moon with Us

Terry Kate and the masterminds behind Teens Read and Write share their take on New Moon.  Get your DVD cued up and when we say play you will be joining us and hundreds others as we go through the movie together.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/terry-kate/2010/03/29/twilight--new-moon-with-live-commentary

Monday -

Vampire Diaries Discussion at Novel Reaction

Discuss the books that made the show - see where the series is going.  If you are watching the show are you reading the books?

http://novelreaction.com/

Tuesday -

What Readers have to Say on The Neverending Shelf

Twilight Lovers and Haters share your thoughts -
Twilight Lovers what is the worst part of the Saga
Twilight Haters, what is the best part of the Twilight Saga
http://www.theneverendingshelf.com/ 

Wednesday -

Twisted Fates Cafe

http://twistedfates.livejournal.com/

Thursday -

Battle of the Sexies on Backseat Nightmares

Sam vs Dean
Stefen vs Damon
Edward vs Jacob
On what side of the divide do you fall?
http://romanceinthebackseat.com/paranormal/blog/

Team Jacob on Book Faery

Hear who's team Tori is on.
http://book-faery.blogspot.com/

Friday
Giveaway and Discussion:

What is it about the Twilight Series & Movies that appeals/doesn't appeal to women?

Is it all about the pretty boys or is there more to it?

http://www.cheekyreads.blogspot.com

Saturday
10 ways to loose Bella - by Jacob Black

Author Tracey Mitchell shares what she thinks were Jacob's 10 biggest mistakes in his suit for Bella.

Share your ideas and enter to win a copy of Tracey's new release coming out this May!

http://www.darkofknightseries.com/apps/blog/

Sunday -

Sexy Sunday Contest and Giveaway

Team Jacob - Hottest picture of Jacob Black
http://ritbs.blogspot.com

Kate of The Neverending Shelf made me think about YA and the title that popped to mind was Twilight.  And the fact that I just picked up my copy of the DVD New Moon today.  So I decided to see who had and who had not joined me in consumer bliss.  Share if you have, have not, why, or why not.

Hi, my name is Kate. I am the author of the Young Adult Book Blog, The Neverending Shelf. I am a twenty something who is in love with all things Young Adult. On The Neverending Shelf, readers can expect honest reviews, author interviews, and some amazing contests. I began NES as a way to share my love of reading with basically anyone who would be interested in what I had to say. Now, almost a year later, I am proud to say the NES has outdone all of my expectations. I have meet a ton of amazing bloggie friends who share my love of books, and have a bunch of amazing followers that I am thankful for everyday.

So, now what you might be wondering is... why read and review Young Adult? Well, my question to you would be.. Why not? Growing up, I devoured romance novels. My love of reading actually really began with those novels and a boring summer. As I grew up, I began to discover the Young Adult scene and became captivated with these books and their authors. For me, there is nothing like a Young Adult novel. They are filled with themes and characters that seem to be lacking for the most part in Adult titles. They are novels about hope... love... and every other theme you can imagine. They are also for the most part about that first experience.

For many of the characters, the love that they experience, or the adventure, it is all a first experience. So in a way, it is like reliving a part of your innocence again. The reader is seeing all of these experiences with new eyes. And it is amazing to read about these characters and how they cope. It may not always be the way we might have done something, but it is great to escape from life and imagine. And that is what Young Adult novels are... they are a great place to let go of whatever is going on in real life and just imagine what could be. What if vampires or faeries were real? What if this uber, hot guy was into me? Stuff like this may not happen in real life... but in a Young Adult novel it does. Being a teen is/was a magical time in our lives. It may not always be the best or easiest time of our life, but in reading a Young Adult novel, it is easy to pretend it was/is.

See what Kate has going on at her site today -  http://www.theneverendingshelf.com/

Hello Erin,

Hi, Terry!

I want to welcome you to Savvy and you signed on so I hope you are ready to dish the good stuff.  Because our readers want to know.  I was checking out your new release from Samhain, which looks fabulous by the way, when I noticed your cover.  Is it representative of the story?  There are a few items there that could be seen in a naughty light.

Erin:  It IS representative of the book!  Literally and figuratively!

TK:  Do you play pool?

Erin:  I do, but I'm not very good.  Or any good.  At all.  I still find it fun!  That makes no sense, but it's true.

Erin:  Oh, boy.  Ben's hard to embarrass.  When you meet his friends, you'll see why!  I think he might be a little embarrassed by how tender and mushy he feels toward Jessica at times.  He wants to just take care of her, help
her relax, help her have a good time and watching her try to be tough all the time brings out a protectiveness in him that his friends would find amusing.  But I think he loves being in love once he figures it out.

TK:   What is the worst situation you have ever put one of your characters in?

say.  That was tough to put her through.  I really like this girl!  But they both have some tough spots to get through in this book.  (Imagine how I treat people I don't care about!).

Erin:  It's been a long time since I was caught without something to write with and on.  I was waiting for my daughter's basketball practice to finish and they were running late.  I had been brainstorming prior and everything was still rushing through my mind.  I ended up writing an entire scene on the back of the deposit slips in my checkbook!  Short hand, of course :)

Mine:  P.S. I Love You, While You Were Sleeping, A Lot Like Love--- anything mushy with a hot guy and a happy ending (and I write romance... hmmm, go figure!)

Heroine's:  Jessica wants to be a good girl, but there's always this temptation to be bad.  She likes tough girls who know what they want and can go get it.  Like Laura Croft.  She likes TV more... the tough girl cops who get to bend the rules--like Grace in Saving Grace.

Hero's:  Ben is a guy's guy.  He likes action movies, guns, car chases, the whole bit.  He doesn't do movies a lot though.  He spent time growing up and since med school in Africa doing missionary work so he isn't used
to things we take for granted like movies.

Erin:  Okay, anyone?  George Clooney, Matthew McConaughy and Gerard Butler.  Can you say deserted island? ;)

Erin:   Oh, Clooney for sure.  He's already had a darned good life! :)

Read About Erin  and her new Book Below

Jessica Bradford is affectionately known as the Little General in the emergency department at St. Anthony’s hospital.  She’s the best ER nurse they have and runs things with a perfection some envy, but it wasn’t always that way.  There was a time when “rebellious” was her middle name.  But when her father took a bullet for her, leaving her the sole guardian of her two younger siblings, Jessica decided to go straight.  She’s been successfully resisting temptation ever since.

Until Dr. Ben Torres comes along.   She’s drawn to the trauma surgeon who literally puts people’s lives back together.  He’s everything she’s convinced she wants: responsible, dedicated, selfless.  The tall, dark and handsome bit is just icing on the cake.

Ben’s kept his distance, knowing they couldn’t mix business with pleasure.  Until he finally decides he’s done playing the good guy. What’s being a trauma surgeon ever gotten him but late hours, patients who don’t remember his name and a whole lot of frustration? His sudden suspension ensures that work is no longer an issue.  Now he can teach Jessica all the things good girls should never know. 

Little does Ben know, Jessica could teach him more than a thing or two about being bad.  Jessica can’t believe Ben is acting more like a kid in a candy store than a man who’s about to throw his career away. When she’s manipulated into babysitting him, she does her best to keep him out of trouble—except trouble is all Ben’s interested in. And suddenly Jessica’s having trouble remembering why that’s a bad thing…

Warning: Contains hot love in a store dressing room and in the front seat of a car—at the expense of a very nice strawberry patch, unfortunately—oh, and hooker boots. Can’t forget the hooker boots.

Find out more about Ben, Jessica (and Erin Nicholas!) at

www.ErinNicholas.com

http://erinnicholas.blogspot.com/

http://ninenaughtynovelists.blogspot.com/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ErinNicholas/

and http://samhainpublishing.com/authors/erin-nicholas