Book Review

My new favorite telepathic cocktail waitress is back for another mysterious adventure (yeah I know the book was written in 2002 but give me a break I'm just now reading it). Living Dead in Dallas gives a little more incite into political vampire world. Sookie and the Vampire Bill have been invited to Dallas (urr rather forceably). The Dallas Viking Vampire Eric (yumm) needs Sookie's mind reading ability. Sookie feels obligated to help Eric (did I say, yumm?)as he has recently saved her after an encounter with a very menacing creature that has given her a poisonous thrashing (a maenad). (Although said encounter was all Eric's fault!) So off to Dallas she and Bill go.
Unfortunately Sookie has another case of bad luck and meets a very scary group of religious zealots and a determined suicidal vampire. To complicate life even more, before she leaves she finds one of her co-workers toes up in the back of a police car. Sookie's knew life will never be simple now that she's dating the vampire Bill, but she never expected such calamity.

I must say I wasn't very impressed with the first book but was left curious so decided to read on. The second was more suspenseful so Charlaine Harris has suckered (oops,pun!) me to read the next and probably the next...

Intro to Romance

I'm new to reading the romance genre. I was one of those women who couldn't get past the stupid ass covers with the Fabio type men and buxom women. Then a friend of mine (Meg) told me to read Christine Feehan's Lair of Lion and yank, I was hooked. Then she force fed me some Kathleen Woodwiss and Johanna Lindsey which I must say: slurp, I digested them just fine. Next thing I knew I had somehow gotten ahead of her on our book list. I snarfed up everything in sight. I guess I've slowed down a bit now because well it's hard to find a good book sometimes and lately I've bought up a lot of heinous books. I mean shit! I picked up Carly Phillips first book because I remembered way back when Kelly Rippa went on and on about The Bachelor. Well Brazen hit the wall after I couldn't get past the third chapter. I couldn't identify with the wimpy heroine HAVING to marry a man she didn't love. I mean damn she's the reason I never picked up romance before Meg. I don't know if I will even give The Bachelor a chance now.
I was reading a blog by bookseller chick and couldn't resist commenting. She was talking about authors you don't really like anymore but can't put down and I have a few of my own.
Laurell K Hamilton- I liked her books for about a month. Then all the porn started getting to me. Who will Anita and Merry not screw? But damn it, I still have her books on auto buy. It's like a train wreck... I can't look away.
Christine Feehan- I loved her Carpathian men, but come on, where did the originality go? If you read one the rest follow the same formula. (Still on auto buy...crap).
Connie Mason- Whimpering anemic women are imperative (snivel), but did you read Caress and Conquer? The heroine, Amanda should have flogged the "hero" for all the horrible things that happened to her. Double damn I couldn't put the book down and I still may buy Mason's books.
Amanda Quick- Actually... never really liked her books, but read a few. Ha! Not on auto buy.
Anne Rice- Uh... stopped at Blood and Gold, but never read any of those second vampire series (Armand, etc.) Not on auto buy anymore. Yay.
Janet Evanovich- Actually still like her. Just wish Stephanie would choose a man. On auto buy.
What I'm reading now? Charlaine Harris' Living Dead In Dallas... just started it but it's another that I'll have to add the list of autobuys way after the romance is over. I hate to lose that lovin' feelin'.