Mistress read and liked Wealhtheow's review of From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8):

"This is the eighth book about Sookie Stackhouse, psychic barmaid, and it shows. There is a lot of history and a whole mess of background characters and ex-love interests clogging up the works. But the premise that made these books so popular holds ...more This is the eighth book about Sookie Stackhouse, psychic barmaid, and it shows. There is a lot of history and a whole mess of background characters and ex-love interests clogging up the works. But the premise that made these books so popular holds true. Sookie remains a good, though far from perfect, person, and I enjoy reading her adventures from her kind-hearted but slightly catty point of view. Although Sookie's mind-reading gives her an edge in many situations, she's wildly underpowered compared to the rest of the supernatural creatures she rubs elbows with. Sookie worries about the violence and manipulation that comes with being friends with vamps and weres, but her loyalty toward her friends always pulls her back into dangerous situations.

The plot is wobbly and far from air-tight. Both the weres and the vampires are involved in bloody struggles for power, but each conflict fizzles, with little build or climax. (less) "

Mistress read and liked Spiderboy's review of Twilight (Twilight Saga #1):

"At the risk of losing my man card, I will admit that I liked this book quite a bit. I could read over almost all of the cheesy lines and I started thinking, Man, this stephanie meyer is a f*&%ing genius. she tapped into the teenage-girl psyche so wel...more At the risk of losing my man card, I will admit that I liked this book quite a bit. I could read over almost all of the cheesy lines and I started thinking, Man, this stephanie meyer is a f*&%ing genius. she tapped into the teenage-girl psyche so well that she's sold 70 million copies of her books. wow~

I am always bothered when authors make things happen that would never happen in real life though. Like, for example, a 100 year old vampires going to high school. It would have been more believable if it were done in university, but then the younger teens couldn't relate. so it was a good decision on her part. no question. I also had to ignore my gut instinct that Edward, the old man vampire, was getting it on with a 17 year old girl.

Okay, but I managed to push those thoughts from my head and I didn't hate it afterwards (less) "