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Review: Southern Vampire Mysteries 5 & 6

Dead as a Doornail (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 5): I actually don’t remember anything outstanding about this one. Maybe it’s because I just speed-read through this one. Maybe it’s because I’m not as interested in the were-animal storyline. The whole sniper who’s out to get all the shape-shifters was yawn-worthy, and [...]

Review: Dead to the World

I dove right into Dead to the World (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 4) after finishing the previous book, Club Dead. In Dead to the World, Eric gets cursed with amnesia, witches appear, and more were-animal stuff happens. It’s good that Charlaine Harris paced the introduction of all the supernatural characters separately. Readers would [...]

Review: Club Dead

I’m voraciously going through the Southern Vampire Mysteries series, if you can’t tell by now.  This weekend, I finished Club Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 3).  The change of scenery and the introduction of werewolves was refreshing in this book, but Bill’s fall from grace was not. To say I was disappointed in his actions [...]

Review: Living Dead in Dallas

The Southern Vampire Mysteries series by Charlaine Harris moves right along, as evident by how quickly I finished the second book, Living Dead in Dallas. This time, Sookie Stackhouse takes on a small job in Dallas for the the vampires, or more specifically, Eric the sheriff of Area 5. But that’s not all. [...]

Review: Dead Until Dark

I started watching Showtime’s True Blood last year and really liked the first season, so I was curious to read the books the show is based on. A few people had recommended it to me. The first book, Dead Until Dark, is loosely what the first season of the show was based on.
It was [...]