In light of the recent New Year I have decided to start being a little more active, like most of the people in the world, but I needed something to keep my brain busy while I worked out. I decided on an audiobook to keep my brain entertained – an audiobook about Vampires (and no, I am NOT talking about Twilight).
I’m sick of vampires just as much as the next person, but there is something about the mythical creature that draws us in. What is it that makes them so enjoyable to read about? I would guess it’s their otherworldly strength and super-human powers that probably reel the reader in.
We’ve all heard of the HBO series TrueBlood about a telepathic barmaid named, Sookie Stackhouse who falls in love with Vampire Bill. The series holds many twists and turns and is very enjoyable to watch, but the books are even better.
(Above is the cast of the TrueBlood HBO series)
There are several books in the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Mystery novels. Many of the characters featured in the TV series either meet a different fate or are not even in the book series altogether – for example, in the books, Vampire Bill’s “child”, Jessica, does not exist.
I would recommend this series for anyone who enjoys to read fantasy books or if they are a lover of the HBO series as well. The author of the series, Charlaine Harris, paints a perfect picture of Bon Temps, Louisiana and builds a strong and caring in our heroine, Sookie Stackhouse who, with her supernatural friends, takes you on magnificent adventures.
Above is author, Charlaine Harris (kind of hard to imagine this woman writing some of the scenes in her books…)
Above is the series (which does not include her ninth installment Dead Reckoning) the tenth installment of the Sookie Stackhouse series is due out in May and will be titled, Deadlocked. The picture above is also missing other short stories written by Harris such as the novella, Sookie Stackhouse Companion. Harris plans to end the series after the thirteenth book is released.
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