A Few Bites for the Menopausal Woman

I have been thinking about Vampires lately. With all the movies, TV shows and books, who hasn’t? Like Vampires, I don’t want to be exposed to lots of sunlight. Like Vampires, I have to be mindful of my dental hygiene. Like Vampires, I am nocturnal because I do not sleep well. Even with all these similarities, I have come to the conclusion that menopausal women do not become vampires. I would not want to live forever having night sweats and hot flashes!


Vampire stories have always been popular. In 1994 the movie, from Anne Rice’s book, ‘Interview with the Vampire’ came out starring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Christian Slater and a child Kirsten Dunst. That movie was sexy and a bit creepy.

Fast forward 10 years and the ‘Twilight’ books by Stephanie Meyer are all the rage. Her third movie is about to be released. I tried to read the Twilight books and just could not relate to all that teenage angst. http://twilight-eclipse.movie-trailer.com/

I tried to read the Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlain Harris, but we just didn’t click. I rented a DVD to watch Sookie, but it wasn’t for me. http://www.charlaineharris.com/

One of my favorite funny authors, Christopher Moore has joined the band wagon with ‘You Suck’ and ‘Bite Me’. I enjoy and laugh at just about anything he writes and loved his take on the vampire allure. http://blog.chrismoore.com/

I just read another Vampire Book, ‘Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter’ by Seth Grahame-Smith. This book I think has set the bar higher in Vampire Books with a fictional historical account. I loved it! I now think of other historical figures and conclude they too could be Vampires, or Vampire Slayers. Seth brings back the mild creepiness to Vampires with less angst. I am hoping for another Vampire story from Seth, maybe starring Gold Meyer, or Eleanor Roosevelt, Bette Davis or some other post menopausal woman! A vampire who feels the menopausal woman’s angst, now that would be literature!

A couple of bites to enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X58RPS665V0


http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/132032/Interview-With-the-Vampire/trailers