The fairy war was a bit of an anticlimax
Dare we post some clips? ;)
I have never read the Twilight series. It is geared toward teenagers. I did see the first film and thought it was incredibly boring. The first part could have been a teenage "coming-of-age" film and the end part could have come out of the "Angel" television series.
I enjoy the Southern Vampire series because it blends campiness, humor, horror, mystery, fantasy and romance.I also enjoyed the television series "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer" and the series "Angel." I liked them for the same reasons I like Charlaine Harris's novels. I loved the novel "The Historian" which dealt with the search for Dracula. As a child, I remember watching the re-runs of "Dark Shadows," a 'scary' soap opera about the Collins family and it featured vampires, witches and werewolves. Oddly enough, I do not like horror films.
I read the books one right after another too. With exception of the "Hadley affair," the books flowed into each other very well. Hadley was a surprise. I've ordered the short stories so I can "catch-up" with the left-out details. Charlaine Harris has a wonderful imagination. I especially enjoy how she blends humor into scenes which are really horrific and gory moments. For example: Sookie dancing with Quinn (I think) and a bloody head flew past spraying blood and signaling the start of a fight in New Orleans.
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Who should Sookie end up with? I am hoping for Eric, but not the nice version of him.
So far, it's been Bill (Vampire), Alcide (Werewolf), Eric (good vampire), Quinn (Were-tiger), and Eric (bad vampire)
I don't have HBO so I have not watched "True Blood." I have seen bit of it on You Tube. I think I like the books better. Dare we post some clips? ;)
I guess, Bill, that I see things happening in America that are reflected in the books.
We have similar issues over here, but I don't try to over-analyse at 11pm when reading in bed (about the only chance I get to read a book)
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From what I understand, the maened plays a bigger role in the series than she did in the book "Living Dead in Dallas."
You're not kidding! The whole second season has the maened storyline, having introduced her toward the end of season 1. I don't remember much of her/it in the book, other than when she/it attacked Sookie.
Alcide abjured Debbie. What I thought was great was how the Werewolves of Shreveport chose their "Packmaster. And I love "Fangtasia!" Harris really has a great imagination. She has put a lot of thought into these books.
I knew it wasn't 'shunned', but late at night and using the iphone to read the posts, I could not remember the word.
It would be interesting to see how they would film the Packmaster challenge, especially the climax!
We have similar issues over here, but I don't try to over-analyse at 11pm when reading in bed (about the only chance I get to read a book)
You're not kidding! The whole second season has the maened storyline, having introduced her toward the end of season 1. I don't remember much of her/it in the book, other than when she/it attacked Sookie.
It would be interesting to see how they would film the Packmaster challenge, especially the climax!
'Grave Sight' is getting quite interesting.
It's all way too highbrow for me, all these books and stuff. I remember when we sued to post funny things. :(
Hey, I've got a degree in English lit, so I am used to analyzing what I read sometimes. ; )Is that English Literature or American Literature? Is there a difference (other than in spelling)? I is thick, cos I don't have a degree.
About the maenad: Basically, she was the creature in the woods who wandered around the world and was aroused by debauchery. She wanted Eric to pay tribute to her presence in his area and sent the message by those poison claw marks on Sookie's back. (The healing was certainly interesting.) I really was not sure how the maenad killed the orgy-goers except that she seemed to drive them mad and that is why Eric and Bill pressed Sookie between them. Didn't the maenad also have a fling with Sam? That seemed pretty strange.The series has her taking Tara under her wing, getting everyone into lustful orgies, excessive drinking and eating, etc, etc. She knew Sam when he was a kid, and is now trying to sacrifice him. The last thing episode had Sam escape from the jail by becoming a fly, and the maenad going into Merlotte's and demanding everyone find him and bring him to her. They were all under her spell, black eyes and all.
Do you think the creative license that is pretty evident in True Blood makes the series better than the books? From what I have seen via the clips and from what I have read about the series, I think I would not enjoy the series so much.I think they are dragging the storyline out and have added new bits (Tara is completely different than in the books). However the imagery relates well to the books.
I will have to get Grave Sight.Just finished it and starting on the second one tonight.
As someone who worked on Duckula (as an animator) I didn't even think of it as a vampire thing.
- The Peepmaster's had work published, and I'm sure someone bought it.
Wow, the show's writers are really padding and re-inventing the stories.They are missing out some minor bits, but keeping to the main storyline.
I noticed from some clips that Sookie's brother has a prominent role in the series. He was a minor character in the novels until he became a panther-man. Tara was also a minor character. They are only in book 2 and the series has been on for two years? I can't imagine the series lasting more than four years.There's enough material for at lease 5 series, even if they double up the books, but it would be difficult to stretch it to one book a series (year). The books have only spanned a few years (2-3) so far.
There are 10 books, not counting the short stories. At the rate the television series is moving they will never get through everything.I presume you mean the 10th one being released in June.
I'm guessing they are upping the sex and violence for the audience.OHH YEAHH! (in a deep Barry White/Earl Jones type voice)
Speaking of Sam, I loved the scene in the first book (I think) where Sookie discovered Sam was a shape-shifter. I mean go to bed with a collie on the floor next to you and wake up with a naked man beside you was priceless. After that, and knowing he can turn into a lion, I can't see him turning into a fly - that's just silly.The scene was in the series, and well done too (true to the book). I can't remember (senility kicking in again) what else he's been, but he was a collie for the whole of series 1. He does have to see a creature to get the idea for changing, but I presume, once tried, he can do it anytime. I do agree that the fly was an issue for me - where has the mass gone - probably to fairyland (this might get an interesting response - or not!).
I could not get anything but a black page from the link you posted.It works for me but try www.hbo.com/true-blood . It might take a while to build the page as it is predominantly black.
When I start reading Grave Sight we can discuss that series.Waiting out ...
Just following up my last post, I have to say, this place is terribly bad for a person's self esteem. You've got:
- Roger, who writes the Internationally Renowned comic strip that brought us all here in the first place.
- Malc, who I'm pretty sure has at some point worked on a whole bunch of stuff I've always liked.
- Tarks has also done a whole bunch of stuff, some of which I've probably liked without even realising who was responsible for it.
- The Peepmaster's had work published, and I'm sure someone bought it.
- Bilthehut was in Indiana Jones. I think. Someone here was, and I think it was him.
- Diane, who seems to do upwards of a million different activities, and be brilliant at all of them.
I wouldn't be at all surprised at this point if Tom were to reveal he's actually Tom Selleck, star of Magnum P.I.
Well, one day I'll do something remarkable... maybe become Emperor of Earth, or something. That'll show ya.
I concur wholeheartedly with Diane. That was an excellent game in the true spirit of this forum. Well done again, Jack.Just following up my last post, I have to say, this place is terribly bad for a person's self esteem. You've got:
- Roger, who writes the Internationally Renowned comic strip that brought us all here in the first place.
- Malc, who I'm pretty sure has at some point worked on a whole bunch of stuff I've always liked.
- Tarks has also done a whole bunch of stuff, some of which I've probably liked without even realising who was responsible for it.
- The Peepmaster's had work published, and I'm sure someone bought it.
- Bilthehut was in Indiana Jones. I think. Someone here was, and I think it was him.
- Diane, who seems to do upwards of a million different activities, and be brilliant at all of them.
I wouldn't be at all surprised at this point if Tom were to reveal he's actually Tom Selleck, star of Magnum P.I.
Well, one day I'll do something remarkable... maybe become Emperor of Earth, or something. That'll show ya.
Jack, you have to remember your great Beau Peep online game - that was brilliant. You just need me to do your P.R. for you.
... I wouldn't be at all surprised at this point if Tom were to reveal he's actually Tom Selleck, star of Magnum P.I...
When Mince gets a new book, he also buys new crayons to do the colouring-in. ..0
When Mince gets a new book, he also buys new crayons to do the colouring-in. ..0
The two new Sookie books arrived today. I can't wait to read them!
That must have been fun.
Hadley was introduced as a 'friend' of the Queen in the last two episodes of Season 2. Just have to wait now for Season 3 - and book 10 (in June).
impatient.
Knowing these two, they probably went to a bar afterwards!
No, they were playing Yahtzee with Bill, then Eric. I think Eric has taken Bill away from Sookie, just after he proposed to her. Might have something to do with 'taking care of the problem' he promised to the Queen, after she found out that Eric was selling V (but did not know that the Queen was supplying it to Eric). I must re-read the books to reacquaint myself.
Bill, I finished "Touch of Dead." I really liked it. I've started "Dead in the Family."
My copy has not arrived yet from amazon.
Knowing these two, they probably went to a bar afterwards!
No, they were playing Yahtzee with Bill, then Eric. I think Eric has taken Bill away from Sookie, just after he proposed to her. Might have something to do with 'taking care of the problem' he promised to the Queen, after she found out that Eric was selling V (but did not know that the Queen was supplying it to Eric). I must re-read the books to reacquaint myself.
Bill, I finished "Touch of Dead." I really liked it. I've started "Dead in the Family."
My copy has not arrived yet from amazon.
My copy of Dead in the Family has yet to arrive from Amazon.
It's arrived! I like the dust sheet.
No, I think Dermot opened the car door so the two fairies could drown Sookie's parents.Yup, you are right.
I think adding Hadley's ex-husband and child into the mix is basically filler and somewhat unnecessary though.Concur. CH would have to skip a few years to really make them useful.
I hope the Sookie series does not go the way of Lilian Jackson Braun's "Cat Who..." series - by that I mean that the later books just become quiet, little nothings, or. worse, resemble the author's first draft. Sometimes a series should wrap things up and go out on top.Don't know the series. I'm reading Terry Pratchett's latest Discworld missive, 'Unseen Academicals' .
Started the first Sookie book again and reached the part where Bill (not me - I'm not a Vampire) went all the way with Sookie.
I now realise that Sookie's cousin Hadley is mentioned in this book as well as her bad uncle.
Anyone else read the series, other than Feather or myself? Or do you have another series of books you might recommend to the BP community?
Oh yeah, and not just descriptive of violence.
Still on the first book again and Sookie has just identified the thief at Fangtasia, and got covered in vampire goo.
The other series of books I enjoy and can read over and over again are Sophie Kinsella's "Shopaholic" novels.I'm not sure they would be my kind of books. I'm really into SF, especially Heinlein, Asimov.
Has anyone read the Aurora Teagarden books by Charlaine Harris? If so, what are they like?
Has anyone read the Aurora Teagarden books by Charlaine Harris? If so, what are they like?
Bill, I thought of another series you might like: Lilian Jackson Braun's "Cat Who..." series. It's a light, fun mystery series. The last several novels in this series of something like 20 + are not so great, but that is most likely because the author is now in her 90's, if she is even still living, and the last three or four novels were either her rough drafts or were written by a very poor ghostwriter.
I have to agree with you, Feather. As a little light reading, these books aren't bad.
Bill, look!
http://www.amazon.com/Sookie-Stackhouse-Companion-Novel-Blood/dp/0441019714/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1287503250&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Sookie-Stackhouse-Companion-Novel-Blood/dp/0441019714/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1287503250&sr=8-1)
This is probably one of the longest threads ever on this site and I haven't a clue what you're talking about. I like the sound of a "graphic fling" though.
No, it's when Scotsmen do the Highland Fling and their kilts fly up.
I would like to re-read them, but my friend still has the first one and I'd like to start from the beginning to pick up on what I missed on the first readings. I read that HBO is going to have Eric lose his memory like in the book and run around in pink spandex (which I don't remember happening). However, I also read that Bill and Sam are going to have a little graphic fling. You see, this is where I think HBO is going for more "shock and awe" for ratings rather than sticking with the books. This type of encounter did not happen at all in the book. It was not even alluded to, if I'm remembering the plots correctly. Eric and his maker, yes, but Bill or Sam? Nope.