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I absolutely loved this book!!! I was originally going to give it four stars due to the fact that a few sections weren't written very well, but when a book manages to make a person feel like thay've come back home each time they open it, one can't really complain about petty things like that. So I'm leaving it at four stars, simply because it was an enjoyable and engaging read and has left me enthusiastic to read the rest. It also, surprisingly, had me putting aside a Twilight novel just so that
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Sookie Stackhouse is not your average everyday southern waitress. For one she is telepathic a trait she keeps secret and two she wants to meet a vampire. So when one comes into the returant she works out she is thrilled and awed. But when she discovers a plot to harm him and she saves his life, her life will never be the same. No sooner does she start to build a relationship with him when women in her town start to die. Women who have blue-color jobs and relationships with vampires just like Soo
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Okay I can tell this is going to be my next guilty pleasure. I just watched the first episode on HBO and I'm hooked.
I liked the book even more than I like the show, and that's saying a lot since it's my new favorite show. It's sort of like Twilight for grown-ups. It's more explicit in the violence and sex, that's for sure. Sookie is like a much more interesting Bella, who I have no problems rooting for. Bill isn't quite as perfect as Edward, but definitely more dangerous and intriguing. And so f ...more
I liked the book even more than I like the show, and that's saying a lot since it's my new favorite show. It's sort of like Twilight for grown-ups. It's more explicit in the violence and sex, that's for sure. Sookie is like a much more interesting Bella, who I have no problems rooting for. Bill isn't quite as perfect as Edward, but definitely more dangerous and intriguing. And so f ...more
Maybe it's just b/c I heard so many great reviews of this book, but I really thought it would be better written than this. It was more one-dimensional than I expected. The quality of the writing isn't superb, and the characters seemed shallow.
I enjoyed the idea: vampires by "virus", guests on Oprah, mainstreaming vampirism, synthetic bottled blood. All the foundations of a cool story.
Maybe it was the narration (audiobook) with the sing-song twang. I plan on reading the next installment, to see i ...more
I enjoyed the idea: vampires by "virus", guests on Oprah, mainstreaming vampirism, synthetic bottled blood. All the foundations of a cool story.
Maybe it was the narration (audiobook) with the sing-song twang. I plan on reading the next installment, to see i ...more
I read this after watching the entire first season of HBO's True Blood. The book was great-lots of fun. I can't wait to dive into the next one.
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The Twilight series didn't do it for me, but Sookie Stackhouse did!
I've already bought the second installment. ...more
I've already bought the second installment. ...more
Sep 27, 2008
chris
marked it as to-read
Jan 18, 2009
Kelly Lamb
marked it as to-read
