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.Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)
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by: Stephenie Meyer

August 02, 2008
I loved this book as I did with the first 3 books. I really hope this isn't the last one.
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.Living Dead in Dallas (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 2)
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by: Charlaine Harris

March 26, 2002
this was just plain awful. I picked up the book after watching a couple of episodes of True Blood. This is one of the rare cases where the show is better than the book. The book has no plot, no character development, no allure. The only thing the book has to offer was sex. In fact, I felt as if she was shoving it down our throats. If you're interested in a true vampire love story, check out the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer.
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.Club Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 3)
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by: Charlaine Harris

April 29, 2003
So first off the only reason I'm even wasting my time with these books is because I am totally hooked on the HBO series and I don't want to wait years to find out what happens (even though the show is really nothing like the books)...SPOILER ALERT!!! The smartest thing Sookie has done thus far is when she "rescinded" (took back) the invitation into her house from Bill and Eric, which by the way I have never read a vampire book where that is even possible. I keep hoping one of these books will actually be a good read, but holy cow I'm having a hard time justifying the waste of time!
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.Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 1)
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by: Charlaine Harris

September 03, 2008
Dead Until Dark is the first in the "Sookie Stackhouse" series of books by Charlaine Harris. I had decided to buy the first book after watching the series, True Blood, on HBO which is based on the book. I was hopeful that the book would be well-written and I was rewarded. I couldn't put it down, and finished it the day after I received it (standard shipping and it was at my door in 2 days, nice work Amazon!). I've since ordered books 2 and 3 in the series.

The writing is solid, and the story is told from Sookie's point of view. Vampires have "come out" to the world after a synthetic blood was created for them in place of human blood. There are tensions between the recently outed vampires and human beings, but Sookie Stackhouse wants to meet one. ... Read More:
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.Dead to the World (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 4)
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by: Charlaine Harris

May 03, 2005
As I have said in my last three reviews on the previous books the only reason I putting myself through the time consuming cloud of these novels is because I love the show on HBO and don't want to wait years to find out what happens (even though the show seems like a different story at times). I was surprised though that this book was actually better then the first three. The story wasn't as choppy and Sookie seems to be acting her age and not like a baby. I am also surprised at how much I like Eric. The producers of the "True Blood" series didn't in my opinion choose the right man for the role. Here's hoping that every book in the series improves like this one did!
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.Anathem
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by: Neal Stephenson

September 09, 2008
Don't get me wrong...I love Neal Stephenson and loved his other work. But this book is utterly self-indulgent and unreadable. Even for a lover of Gene Wolfe whose books are characterized by esoteric language, Anathem is just not worth slogging through for me.

Neal, please write a sequel to Anathem instead of jumping the shark!
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.The Graveyard Book
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by: Neil Gaiman

September 30, 2008
Imagine Rudyard Kipling's "Jungle Book"... but replace the animals with ghosts, ghouls, werewolves and other such supernatural creatures.

Such is the concept of "The Graveyard Book," which cleverly turns Kipling's classic story into an exquisitely-written, darkly witty fantasy. While it starts as the assorted supernatural adventures of a young boy raised by ghosts, the story slowly evolves into a beautifully ghastly confrontation between Nobody Owens and the people who want to do him harm.

"There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife." A man named Jack kills an innocent family at night -- except for a baby boy, who toddles out to the graveyard.

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.Dead as a Doornail (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 5)
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by: Charlaine Harris

April 25, 2006
I am surprised that this series just gets better and better as you read it. This book makes a shift to focus more on werewolfes and shapeshifters and of course, most of them accept her. We also see a little more from the fairies.

The book picks up on the storyline that was laid in book 4. Eric has his memory back, but doesn't remember. Jason has been bitten by a werepanther and is waiting for the first full moon.

Someone is trying to kill werewolfs and shifters, the search for Debbie Pelt continues and there are attempts made on Sookie's life. While I would have liked to have seen more with the vampires in this book, we got to see enough of them and the storyline with Eric and Sookie is further developed. (love that) Lots of great and well developed plot ... Read More:
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.The Host: A Novel
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by: Stephenie Meyer

May 06, 2008
I love the twilight series, I could read them over and over again (which I have), they just completely suck me in, which is why I was so disappointed with this book. It was torture reading this book, I didn't get into it until the last 100-150 pages, maybe it just finally wore me down. I kept reading it thinking it had to get better and then I kept reading only because I paid money for it. How can an author be so amazing with one series and then crash and burn with another its almost like another person wrote it. I would not recommend this book to anyone. Do not waste your money.
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.Definitely Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 6)
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by: Charlaine Harris

March 27, 2007
I was a little disappointed in this installment of the Southern Vampire series. I didn't seem to have the flair that the others did.

Lots of vampire politics in this book, which is very intersting, but not as many intesting plot twists as in the previous books. Also, I really missed Bill and Eric. They really took a back seat in this one and I found I missed them.

There is some drama in this story. A twist on Bill, and also we find out more on Sookie's background. I still liked the story, but I don't see myself reading this one multiple times like I have the others in this series.

If you love this series, it's definetly worth your time, but it's not as enjoyable as the other 7 (so far).
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