Heh. Buffy was another one I couldn't get into. I watched maybe the first half of the first season. It seemed like something I might like, but it just didn't click for me.

Otoh, my bro and sis-in-law are fans. Of course, they're Joss fans in general. My bro insisted I watch "Hush" which is an excellent ep, Buffy fan or no, and the one where her mother died, which was pretty exhausting and kinda creepy if I remember correctly.

Seems I've seen the Anita Blake books at the bookstore, too. the author's name certainly looks familiar.

I've only read one Anne Rice book, Rameses the Damned, which I really liked when I read it. In fact, it was based on that book that I figured out what was going on with soulless Sam. (Well, a combination of that and a comment from Jensen.)

I'll have to put them on my reading list. Thanks for the recs!