false 301082 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755m/301082.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755s/301082.jpg ]]> 301082 29 479517 book 1 5 2001 Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) total:27842|5:7865|4:10770|3:7008|2:1712|1:487| 27842 107340 36885 4972 17061 3.93 193874 18152 20287532 395599 301082 0441008534 9780441008537 4450 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755m/301082.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755s/301082.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301082.Dead_Until_Dark 3.87 25743 ]]> 2001 5 33 false Thu May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 07:34:16 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 10:53:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 73511283 1055856 301082 0441008534 9780441008537 4450 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755m/301082.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755s/301082.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301082.Dead_Until_Dark 3.86 27842 ]]> 2001 2 21 false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 09:33:49 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 11:52:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 32059592 113980 301082 0441008534 9780441008537 4450 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755m/301082.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755s/301082.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301082.Dead_Until_Dark 3.86 27842 ]]> 2001 1 45 true Thu Sep 04 20:59:38 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 03 01:06:30 -0800 2009 True Blood, the new HBO series based on these books. Dark, however, loses points from me right away because the two most interesti...more...]]> 43477144 1578083 301082 0441008534 9780441008537 4450 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755m/301082.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755s/301082.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301082.Dead_Until_Dark 3.86 27842 ]]> 2001 3 41 false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Jan 18 12:05:28 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 12:18:06 -0800 2009 1
I confess - I picked this up at the bookstore for a few reasons:
1. The cover was sparkly and I liked the art.
2. Vampires! Having spent a huge chunk of my youth hoping the vampires in Anne Rice's novels would knock on my window ...more...]]> 9601773 635159 140081 184149299X 9781841492995 29 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140081.Dead_Until_Dark 3.91 204
Sookie Stackhouse is a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. She's quiet, keeps to herself and doesn't get out much. Not because she's not pretty. She is. It's just that, well, Sookie has this sort of 'disability' --- she can read minds. And that doesn't make her too dateable. But then along comes Bill. He's tall, dark, handsome --- and Sookie can't hear a word he's thinking. He's exactly the type of guy she's been waiting for all her life.

But Bill has a problem of his own: he's a vampire. With a bad reputation. He hangs with a seriously creepy crowd, all suspected of --- big surprise --- murder. And when one of Sookie's co-workers is killed, she fears she's next . . .]]> 2001 1 19 true Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 27 09:19:37 -0800 2007 Fri Apr 04 08:34:22 -0700 2008 In this volume, we meet Sookie, cocktail waitress, k...more...]]> 40125016 190396 301082 0441008534 9780441008537 4450 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755m/301082.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755s/301082.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301082.Dead_Until_Dark 3.86 27842 ]]> 2001 1 28 false Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 22:13:41 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 19:29:33 -0800 2008
It i...more...]]> 9260823 348655 301082 0441008534 9780441008537 4450 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755m/301082.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755s/301082.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301082.Dead_Until_Dark 3.86 27842 ]]> 2001 1 17 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 18 00:29:55 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 08 04:27:16 -0800 2007 more...]]> 37128957 1310564 301082 0441008534 9780441008537 4450 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755m/301082.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755s/301082.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301082.Dead_Until_Dark 3.86 27842 ]]> 2001 3 9 false Fri Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 12:20:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 10:19:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 43062366 1125683 4602032 0441016995 9780441016990 294 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593780m/4602032.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593780s/4602032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4602032.Dead_Until_Dark 3.65 1053
Maybe having a vampire for a boyfriend isn't such a bright idea.

A fun, fast, funny, and wonderfully intriguing blend of vampire and mystery that's hard to put down, and should not be missed. (Susan Sizemore)

Praise for Charlaine Harris:

Harris writes neatly and with assurance. (New York Times Book Review)

An author of rare talents. (Publishers Weekly)]]> 2001 4 15 false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 16:38:41 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 04:55:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 45914851 847802 301082 0441008534 9780441008537 4450 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755m/301082.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755s/301082.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301082.Dead_Until_Dark 3.86 27842 ]]> 2001 2 12 false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 04:32:35 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 18:03:14 -0800 2009
How can a book including a vampire, a mind-reading waitress, and at least four murders be so boring? (I was go...more...]]> 42625876 1051989 301082 0441008534 9780441008537 4450 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755m/301082.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755s/301082.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301082.Dead_Until_Dark 3.86 27842 ]]> 2001 5 6 false Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 18:52:34 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 23:29:51 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 41492165 787748 301082 0441008534 9780441008537 4450 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755m/301082.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755s/301082.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301082.Dead_Until_Dark 3.86 27842 ]]> 2001 5 4 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 09:44:30 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 09:44:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 33418839 571440 301082 0441008534 9780441008537 4450 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755m/301082.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755s/301082.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301082.Dead_Until_Dark 3.86 27842 ]]> 2001 3 8 false Thu Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 06:41:48 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 05:10:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 788541 64014 301082 0441008534 9780441008537 4450 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755m/301082.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755s/301082.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301082.Dead_Until_Dark 3.86 27842 ]]> 2001 2 3 false Thu May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 19 01:02:37 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 18:10:59 -0800 2009
I like many of the premises of this tale, the main one being ho...more...]]> 28171965 1343061 301082 0441008534 9780441008537 4450 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755m/301082.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755s/301082.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301082.Dead_Until_Dark 3.86 27842 ]]> 2001 4 3 false Sun Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 11:17:19 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 15:56:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 6463255 396235 301082 0441008534 9780441008537 4450 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755m/301082.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755s/301082.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301082.Dead_Until_Dark 3.86 27842 ]]> 2001 1 9 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 17:20:25 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 23 18:40:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 44902340 1797862 4602032 0441016995 9780441016990 294 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593780m/4602032.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593780s/4602032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4602032.Dead_Until_Dark 3.86 27842
Maybe having a vampire for a boyfriend isn't such a bright idea.

A fun, fast, funny, and wonderfully intriguing blend of vampire and mystery that's hard to put down, and should not be missed. (Susan Sizemore)

Praise for Charlaine Harris:

Harris writes neatly and with assurance. (New York Times Book Review)

An author of rare talents. (Publishers Weekly)]]> 2001 1 4 true Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 17:23:57 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 12:40:57 -0800 2009
And... is it just me, or are there quite a few similarities between this and the Twilight Saga? Seeing as how Dead Until Dark was published in 2001 and Twilight several years later (05 I think?)...
Sookie Stackhouse can read minds. Hm. She's a vir...more...]]> 51901369 2199779 301082 0441008534 9780441008537 4450 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755m/301082.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755s/301082.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301082.Dead_Until_Dark 3.86 27842 ]]> 2001 2 6 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Apr 07 22:51:09 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 23:05:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 59379231 640401 301082 0441008534 9780441008537 4450 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755m/301082.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755s/301082.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301082.Dead_Until_Dark 3.86 27842 ]]> 2001 2 3 false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 04:37:46 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 19:10:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 36509757 369169 301082 0441008534 9780441008537 4450 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755m/301082.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255593755s/301082.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301082.Dead_Until_Dark 3.86 27842 ]]> 2001 5 5 false Wed Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 29 14:44:18 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 19 08:45:52 -0800 2008 This novel has taught me to Never.Ever.Ever. judge a book by its cover Ever.Ever. again!

I would see these books all over Borders and Barnes and Nobles and never give them a second glance.

Not because it was sci-fi (which I like). Not because it was Vampire sci-fi (wh...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=301082