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  <title><![CDATA[Sookie Stackhouse, Books 1-7]]></title>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2008</original_publication_year>
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This review covers books 1-8.<br/><br/>These are a lot of silly fun, and more than a little addictive. They are decently well written (despite some continuity issues) but pretty much what you'd expect from a romance/mystery novel. Sookie's &quot;voice&quot; works better in some books than in others,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42799390">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, I should probably start by saying I love vampires.  I've loved vampires since I was old enough to know what they were.  I have dreamed a lot of dreams about vampires, even before David Boreanaz made them sexy as hell.  The dreams changed a bit after that, of course.<br/><br/>I started TIVOin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45156555">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 29 16:53:48 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 29 16:54:18 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[These books are addictive and just so much fun! <br/><br/>I was able to polish off each book in about 1-2 days, so the last couple weeks have been filled with vampirey goodness. The series reminds me of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in its overly dramatic combination of romance, humor and bloody carnag...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44798824">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sat Oct 24 22:41:13 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[        I spent a good long time having mind-debates with myself on weather or not I should read these books.  On the one hand they were on &quot;Mom's self&quot;, and therefore unfit to be read by my naive fourteen-(and-a-half)-year-old self.  On the other hand Mom said she‘d really, really liked...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75644765">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60289037">
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jun 19 07:57:18 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 08 08:03:29 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I’ll start out by saying that the three stars are for the writing, not the entertainment value.  And I’ll be the first one to admit that I’ve given some atrociously-written books all sorts of stars, but I just didn’t in this case.  These books were lots of fun, though.  I don’t really have...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60289037">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63292119">
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good ol' fashioned slutty fun! I have been addicted to these silly books from the moment I picked one up. There is no real arc to the story line accept when you find out why supernatural beings are so interested in Sookie, but each book is set up as an individual adventure in which our heroin is con...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63292119">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="58838934">
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 08 05:33:46 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 05 09:04:55 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Why am I so obsessed with vampires lately!?! I just love all things supernatural I suppose - it's the closet fantasy reader in me. I'm now on the second book in the series; the first was fun, silly, titilating and bloody. Sometimes it feels so right to read something a bit sexy and silly. It reminds...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58838934">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48064154">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 02 19:09:47 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 11 18:40:56 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[As a fan of vampire books, I was open to starting this series after a friend recommended it. These books are extremely addictive and very enjoyable. Although, my family is very glad I finished reading them. What I enjoyed about this series is how Ms. Harris brings the genres of Paranormal Romance an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48064154">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59660030">
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, I know, this is WAY out of my normal genre.  At first I was a little uncomfortable with the mystery/romance thing, I might have blushed a bit at some very graphic scenes, but I more than got through it-- I got through one a day!  Vampire fiction is one of my hidden guilty pleasures that I migh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59660030">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76731000">
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 04 14:17:56 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 04 14:20:48 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, I'm going to admit this, but I read all SEVEN books during Sept. and Oct. They were given to me as a gift. I enjoyed the show and didn't realize they were a book series. Yeah, I know, I'm a dork. I did read them and found them more interesting than the show and the plot lines more fun. That's ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76731000">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51262341">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 02 09:36:58 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 02 09:38:18 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you were as embarrassingly addicted to Twilight as I was then this will certainly be a quick fix to your seperation anxiety once you've finished the Twilight saga. I think these are much better though b/c they're based on adults and have some pretty steamy scenes! Harris is definitely not the gre...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51262341">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54492237">
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  <date_added>Thu Apr 30 11:51:06 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am the type of a reader who likes &quot;serious books,&quot; but I am sooo happy I came across these fun, entertaining and light-hearted books. I haven't watched the HBO show so I can't compare the two, but the books are great, very easy read. Highly recommend. I gave them 4 out 5 stars only becau...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54492237">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="57134363">
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    <body><![CDATA[I haven't seen the HBO series, but plan to watch them on demand in the next few weeks.<br/>This series ain't exactly rocket sacience, but it is a fun easy set of reads.  Usually a good mystery built in, just to entice you to finish if the rest of the story isn't worth it.<br/>I must say, Sookie's ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57134363">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun Dec 07 09:28:57 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This series is on my 5 Star list--it's funny, it's southern, it's sexy without being sleazy, and most importantly, it's vampires!  Anyone who loved the HBO series True Blood will go crazy opening this on Christmas day (though you may not see them again until sometime in January because these books a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39513607">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="70497404">
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I became super obsessed with this series because I was always hoping that Sookie would get back together with Eric.  He's my favorite on the show and I really like him in the book.  I think he has an awesome dry sense of humor.  All in all it is a total no-brain read and I really enjoyed it.  It got...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70497404">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63652467">
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    <name><![CDATA[Hanh]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed Jul 15 17:36:13 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Admittedly, in addition to books 1-7, I have read to books 8 and 9 also.  Incredibly, I read these all during a stormy week in Connecticut while dog sitting for my sister. While I don't always agree with Sookie, I do love the crazy world Harris has created.  Those looking for intellectual fodder nee...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63652467">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My mom said these were &quot;like crack&quot; and sent them to me for my birthday.  Were I ever to remove its hermetic, $55 polyethelyene seal, the period juice of Sophia of the pleroma would rain down only to blind me with, well, boredom and loathing.  My mom has actually convinced several people t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62836657">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm a fan of both the books and the TV show.  What I love is that the television show appeals to both audiences: the ones who have read the books and the ones who have not.   They are definitley light reads but entertaining and every book leaves you anxious to read the next.]]></body>
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