Well, I've got the vampire bug. After caving in and reading all the Twilight books and late finding myself waiting in line at 7 p.m. for a midnight showing of Eclipse, I decided that I needed MORE vampires.
I bought the first season of True Blood and was quite leery of it. I mean, I was convinced that my love of Twilight was a fluke (and maybe had more to do with Robert Pattinson and my fascination with Mormons than vampires). It took me about five episodes to finally get into True Blood, but now I'm hooked. I love it. I really admire people's ability to create alternative worlds. "Out of the coffin" is just so freaking clever.
My mother-in-law, of all people, informed me that True Blood was based on a book series. I know, who has a mother-in-law that is into True Blood? I do. She's also mostly responsible for inspiring my love recipes.
So, I up and bought a box set of the first eight books in the Sookie Stackhouse series.
Dead Until Dark is the first book. Like the show, it took me about 150 pages to really get into it. I don't know why that is. I was amazed at how close the book and Season One compare. It's pretty dead on. EXCEPT there is one fairly major character in the TV series that is not in the book, Tara. I'm gathering she's based on (and named after) a few different characters in the series. Kudos to HBO for creating her and adding her to the story, because I just love Tara.
Book Two, Living Dead in Dallas, was much more action-packed than Dead Until Dark. I haven't seen Season Two of True Blood (doesn't come out on DVD till May), but if it's as good as the book, then we're in good shape.
It's a fun story with fascinating characters. So far, they're easy reads - good escape stuff, you know? I've decided that individual posts for each of the books is unnecessary. Either you'll read the whole series or not. If you enjoyed Twilight and are curious if other vampire stories are your thing, then I strongly suggest giving the Sookie Stackhouse series a try.
Keep in mind, though, Twilight is for a young adult audience and Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood is written for adults. They're, umm, more graphic in both gore and sex.
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Yay, glad you like the Sookie Stackhouse books! I got addicted to them after a friend loaned me the first one. And then I promptly went out and bought the boxed set, because I couldn't not know what happened next! :) You might also like the Patricia Briggs books. Not as vampire-heavy, but if you like the Alcide parts of the Sookie books, you'll probably like these!
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