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True Blood Full Reviews
Posted by: | CommentsIf you’re interested in learning what happened in each True Blood episode, I’ve listed all of my reviews below. Beware, there are some spoilers here. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!
| EP. | Episode Title | True Blood Episode Reviews |
| #1 | Strange Love | True Blood Episode 1 Review |
| #2 | The First Taste | True Blood Episode 2 Review |
| #3 | Mine | True Blood Episode 3 Review |
| #4 | Escape From Dragon House | True Blood Episode 4 Review |
| #5 | Sparks Fly Out | True Blood Episode 5 Review |
| #6 | Cold Ground | True Blood Episode 6 Review |
| #7 | Burning House of Love | True Blood Episode 7 Review |
| #8 | The 4th Man in the Fire | True Blood Episode 8 Review |
| #9 | Plaisir D’Armour | True Blood Episode 9 Review |
| #10 | I Don’t Wanna Know | True Blood Episode 10 Review |
| #11 | To Love Is To Bury | True Blood Episode 11 Review |
| #12 | You’ll Be The Death of Me | True Blood Episode 12 Review |
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Sookie Stackhouse Book #9 – Dead and Gone
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The new cover for the latest Sookie Stackhouse book has been released! The book, titled “Dead and Gone” will be available for purchase May 5th but can be pre-ordered now.
Here’s a description of what happens in the book:
“For Sookie Stackhouse, the day-to-day activities of the vampire and were communities in and around Bon Temps, Louisiana, are of vital interest. She’s blood-bound to the leader of the vamps, a friend to the local were pack, works for a man who is a shifter, and has a brother who walks on 4 legs each month.
Most of the humans in Bon Temps view vamps as mysterious and seductive creatures – they don’t even know that weres exist.
Until now. The weres and shifters have finally decided to follow the lead of the undead and reveal their existence to the ordinary world.
At first it seems to go well. Then the mutilated body of a were-panther is found in the parking lot of the bar where Sookie works. The victim is someone she knows, so she feels compelled to discover who (human or otherwise) committed the murder.
What she doesn’t realize is that there is a far greater danger on the horizon. A race of inhuman beings that are older and even more powerful than vampires or werewolves is preparing for war. And Sookie will become a pawn in their deadly battle for power . . .”
Sounds great doesn’t it? I’ve placed my pre-order for Dead and Gone since it’s now on sale for 40% off. Your turn.
Sookie Stackhouse Books – A Quick Summary
Posted by: | CommentsDon’t you love the Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris? I certainly do. As such I’ve put together a list of all of the books in the Southern Vampire Mystery series along with the main characters from each book and a general summary of the main highlights. Enjoy!
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Title: Dead Until DarkMain Characters: Sookie, Bill, Eric, Jason, Sam General Summary: Sookie meets Bill Compton, a vampire; a string of murders occurs in town; Sookie’s brother Jason is a primary suspect; someone close to Sookie is killed. |
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Title: Living Dead In Dallas General Summary: a friend of Sookie’s is brutally murdered; Sookie uses her special talent to look for the killer; Sookie is attacked by a rare supernatural creature; Sookie uses her talent to help a master vampire in Dallas; Sookie learns (the hard way) about The Fellowship of the Sun; Sookie learns about werewolves. |
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Title: Club Dead General Summary: Bill leaves town to allegedly work on a task for the vampire queen of Louisiana; Sookie meets Alcide, a gorgeous trustworthy werewolf; Sookie receives assistance from Bubba; Sookie meets the vampire king of Mississippi; Sookie learns that Bill has betrayed her. |
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Title: Dead To The World General Summary: Eric loses his memory and is taken in by Sookie; Sookie goes up against a coven of evil, shape shifting witches; Jason goes missing; Sookie learns about a local group of weres; Sookie ends up killing an enemy; Jason suffers through a a life altering experience. |
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Title: Dead As A Doornail General Summary: Jason goes through a transformation; a sniper is targeting the local shape shifter community; Sookie helps Alcide’s father attempt to secure the alpha position in his pack; Sam gets injured; Sookie’s house is seriously damaged and Sookie almost perishes in the disaster. |
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Title: Definitely Dead General Summary: Sookie learns that a relative of hers is a vampire; Sookie befriends a really cool witch called Amelia; Sookie and the incredibly gorgeous were-tiger, Quinn, get closer; someone (or something) is stalking Sookie; Sookie is kidnapped. |
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Title: All Together Dead General Summary: Sookie travels to the city of Rhodes for a vampire summit; Sookie helps the vampire Queen of Louisiana and puts herself in a murderer’s sights; vampires mysteriously begin turning up dead; Sookie is still mad at Bill about his betrayal; Sookie meets up with Barry the Bellboy again; The Fellowship of the Sun is present and may be involved in a sinister plot again Sookie and her friends. |
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Title: From Dead To Worse General Summary: Sookie’s main squeeze Quinn is missing; Sookie becomes involved in a battle between the Louisiana vampires; Sookie learns more about her family history; Sookie is betrayed by someone close to her; Sookie discovers 2 new living relatives – but are they human? |
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Title: Dead And Gone General Summary: The weres and shifters have decided to come out of the closet to the world like the vampires; a were-panther that Sookie knows is found dead in Merlotte’s parking lot; a race of creatures older and more powerful than vamps or werewolves is waging a deadly war that Sookie gets pulled into. |
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Best Selling Fantasy Books for 2008
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This past year fantasy books have topped the best seller lists like never before. Writers like Stephenie Meyer and Charlaine Harris have led the way in introducing a new audience (and in the case of Twilight, a new generation) to urban fantasy. In honor of a great year I’ve put together a list of the best selling fantasy books. I decided to cover several fantasy subgenres, not just urban fantasy.
Please Note: these lists are based on data obtained from a sole source, Amazon.com. Cumulative data for the entire year was not available from the NY Times or USA Today and neither source provides subgenre sales information. The lists are basically meant to serve as guides for introducing fantasy book fans to new titles and new fantasy subgenres and to get people talking about some of the great fantasy books they’ve read over the past year.
So, without further fanfare, here are the best selling fantasy books of 2008 organized by subgenre:
Alternate History Fantasy Books
- Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell
- Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin
- A Meeting at Corvallis by S.M. Stirling
- The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
- 1633 by Eric Flint
- Weapons of Choice (The Axis of Time Trilogy, Book 1) by John Birmingham
- Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War by Newt Gingrich
- Planetary Vol. 3: Leaving the 20th Century by Warren Ellis
- Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant: The Final Victory (Gingrich and Forstchen’s Civil War Trilogy) by Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen, and Albert S. Hanser
- In War Times by Kathleen Ann Goonan
- Into the Storm: Destroyermen, Book I by Taylor Anderson
Fantasy Book Anthologies
- Many Bloody Returns (Sookie Stackhouse) by Charlaine Harris, Tony Kelner, Kelley Armstrong, and Jim Butcher. Edited by Toni L.P. Kelner and Charlaine Harris.
- Backup by Jim Butcher
- Mean Streets by Jim Butcher, Kat Richardson, Simon R. Green, and Thomas E. Sniegoski.
- The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman. Kudos to the artists: Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III, Chris Bachalo, Michael Zulli, Steve Parkhouse, Kelley Jones, Charles Vess and Colleen Doran, and Dave McKean.
- Bite by Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, MaryJanice Davidson, Angela Knight, and Vickie Taylor.
- My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Charlaine Harris, L. A. Banks, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine , Esther M. Friesner, P.N. Elrod, Lori Handeland, and Susan Krinard. Edited by P. N. Elrod.
- Tales from the Perilous Realm by J.R.R. Tolkien. Illustrated by Alan Lee.
- Unusual Suspects: Stories of Mystery & Fantasy by Charlaine Harris, Carole Nelson Douglas, Simon R. Green, and Laurie R. King. Edited by Dana Stabenow.
- Men of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong (available January 27, 2009)
- On the Prowl by Patricia Briggs, Eileen Wilks, Karen Chance, and Sunny.
- WarCraft Archive by Blizzard Entertainment, Richard A. Knaak, Jeff Grubb, and Christie Golden.
Arthurian Fantasy Books
- The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Le Morte D’Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table (Signet Classics) by Sir Thomas Malory
- The Winter King (The Arthur Books #1) by Bernard Cornwell
- The Book of Merlyn: The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once and Future King by T.H. White
- The Eagles’ Brood (The Camulod Chronicles, Book 3) by Jack Whyte
- Lady of Avalon (Avalon, Book 3) by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- The Lance Thrower (The Camulod Chronicles, Book 8 ) by Jack Whyte
- Mary Stewart’s Merlin Trilogy by Mary Stewart
- Sword at Sunset by Rosemary Sutcliff
- Enemy of God (The Arthur Books #2) by Bernard Cornwell
- The Eagle (The Camulod Chronicles, Book 9) by Jack Whyte
Contemporary Fantasy Books
Amazon distinguishes “contemporary” from “urban” fantasy books. Let’s see if they really differ:
- From Dead to Worse (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 8 ) by Charlaine Harris
- At Grave’s End (Night Huntress, Book 3) by Jeaniene Frost
- Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 1) by Charlaine Harris
- All Together Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 7) by Charlaine Harris
- Definitely Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 6) by Charlaine Harris
- Dead to the World (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 4) by Charlaine Harris
- Dead as a Doornail (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 5) by Charlaine Harris
- Living Dead in Dallas (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 2) by Charlaine Harris
- The Ghost in Love: A Novel by Jonathan Carroll
- Club Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 3) by Charlaine Harris
- Swallowing Darkness (Meredith Gentry, Book 7) by Laurell K. Hamilton
Urban Fantasy Books
- Definitely Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 6) by Charlaine Harris
- Dead as a Doornail (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 5) by Charlaine Harris
- Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1)
- Lover Unbound (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 5) by J.R. Ward
- Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, Book 1) by Patricia Briggs
- Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, Book 1) by Jeaniene Frost
- Kiss of Midnight (The Midnight Breed, Book 1) by Lara Adrian
- The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
- Neverwhere: A Novel by Neil Gaiman
- Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, Book 2) by Jim Butcher
- Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 4) by J.R. Ward
Dark Fantasy Books
You decide if all the entries on this list are “dark” fantasy books.
- All Together Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 7) by Charlaine Harris
- Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1) by Jim Butcher
- Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, Book 1) by Patricia Briggs
- Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 3) by J.R. Ward
- The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
- Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 4) by J.R. Ward
- Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, Book 1) by Ilona Andrews
- Song of Susannah (The Dark Tower, Book 6) by Stephen King
- The Good, the Bad, and the Undead (The Hollows, Book 2) by Kim Harrison
- Dream Country (The Sandman, Vol. 3) by Neil Gaiman, Malcolm Jones III, Kelley Jones, Charles Vess, Steve Erickson
- The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 6) by Laurell K. Hamilton
Epic Fantasy Books
Although a few of these books probably shouldn’t fall into the “epic” category I have to admit that a few of the real epic novels look really interesting.
- A Dance with Dragons (Song of Ice and Fire) by George R.R. Martin
- His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman
- Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 1) by Charlaine Harris
- Living Dead in Dallas (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 2) by Charlaine Harris
- The Sword of Truth, Boxed Set I, Books 1-3: Wizard’s First Rule, Blood of the Fold ,Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind
- Cry Wolf (Alpha and Omega, Book 1) by Patricia Briggs
- Princeps’ Fury (Codex Alera, Book 5) by Jim Butcher
- The Sword of Truth Box Set, Books 4-6: Temple of the Winds; Soul of the Fire; Faith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind
- Sword of Truth, Boxed Set III, Books 7-9: The Pillars of Creation, Naked Empire, Chainfire by Terry Goodkind
- The Final Empire (Mistborn, Book 1) by Brandon Sanderson
- A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) by George R.R. Martin
Historical Fantasy Books
- Dark Mission: The Secret History of NASA by Richard C. Hoagland and Mike Bara
- The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern’s Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure by William Goldman
- The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Grendel by John Gardner
- Laurell K. Hamilton Set – Guilty Pleasures, The Laughing Corpse, Circus of the Damned and The Lunatic Cafe by Laurell K. Hamilton
- Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, Book 4) by Naomi Novik
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Victory of Eagles (Temeraire, Book 5) by Naomi Novik
- Taltos by Anne Rice
- Heir to Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Fantasy Books Series
- Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) by Stephenie Meyer
- The Sword of Truth, Boxed Set I, Books 1-3: Wizard’s First Rule, Blood of the Fold ,Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind
- Confessor: Chainfire Trilogy, Part 3 (Sword Of Truth, Book 11) by Terry Goodkind
- The Sword of Truth Box Set, Books 4-6: Temple of the Winds; Soul of the Fire; Faith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind
- Sword of Truth, Boxed Set III, Books 7-9: The Pillars of Creation, Naked Empire, Chainfire by Terry Goodkind
- Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1) by Jim Butcher
- A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) by George R.R. Martin
- The Dark Tower Boxed Set (Books 1-4) by Stephen King
- Making Money (Discworld Novels) by Terry Pratchett
- Debt of Bones (Sword of Truth Prequel Novel) by Terry Goodkind
- The Gypsy Morph (The Genesis of Shannara, Book 3)
So, there you have it – the top 11 books in 9 different fantasy book subgenres. Since that only adds up to 99 books I’ll include the overall bestselling fantasy book in 2008, which happens to be an urban fantasy book! This book is the top seller at both Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble:
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) by Stephenie Meyer!
On Sale: Sookie Stackhouse True Blood Box Set
Posted by: | CommentsTrue Blood lovers and Urban Fantasy Books Readers:
The Sookie Stackhouse Box Set is available at a great price.
If you like the True Blood series or have read other Charlaine Harris fantasy books you should get this series. The box set contains the following 10 fantasy books:
- Dead Until Dark
- Living Dead in Dallas
- Club Dead
- Dead to the World
- Dead as a Doornail
- Definitely Dead
- All Together Dead
- From Dead to Worse
- Dead and Gone
- Dead in the Family
Get the New Sookie Stackhouse True Blood Box Set!
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The NEW Sookie Stackhouse 10-Book Boxed Set is now ON SALE. The boxed set contains the following books:
- Dead Until Dark (Book 1)
- Living Dead In Dallas (Book 2)
- Club Dead (Book 3)
- Dead to the World (Book 4)
- Definitely Dead (Book 5)
- Dead As a Doornail (Book 6)
- All Together Dead (Book 7)
- From Dead To Worse (Book 8)
- Dead and Gone (Book 9)
- Dead In The Family (Book 10)
The great thing about this boxed set is that it contains the NEW True Blood book covers! Each book cover features a True Blood Character (Eric’s cover is yummy). Get all 10 books together and save money!
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We Have a Winner in the True Blood Book Contest!
Posted by: | CommentsWe have a winner in the True Blood book contest! The winner is:
Jen of Pop Culture Curmudgeon! Congratulations!
Folks, go check out Jen’s site. It’s a cool site about the latest in pop culture. I just spent the last few minutes getting my gossip on. It’s an addictive site.
Jen, check your email for a message from me.
Thanks to everyone that entered the contest. I plan to have another contest to give away other books as well. I tend to buy so many books I end up purchasing duplicates. As such I’ve got duplicates of some really good urban fantasy books that I plan to give away.
Tootles.
