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Teaser Tuesday is brought to you by Should Be Reading. I haven’t taken part in this the past month or so because I haven’t had anything that’s jumped out at me as a tease. But leave it to Sookie Stackhouse to get me going again.

Dead as a Doornail pg 114

“Pulling a stethoscope from a pocket, she knelt by the man and listened to various parts of his body. ’Yep dead as a doornail,’ she said”

I am always a sucker to find in a book or a movie where the title came from.

What are you reading this week?

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This week’s question is: Where do you keep any books borrowed from friends or the library? Do they live with your own collection, or do you keep them separate? Do you monitor them in any way?

I just recently got my first library book in years. I immediately read it, so it didn’t have a chance to mingle with the others, but I do have a place for borrowed books. I have a book shelf just for books “to be read”. The first shelf holds books I’ve bought. The second shelf contains my Sookie Stackhouse series as well at the Private series. On this shelf, I also put books I’ve won, received from an author/publisher or books I borrow from people.

I try to take extra care of books that I win/borrow/get from library. Unless I love it, I am getting into the habit of hosting giveaways for books I’ve won or ones I’ve received from the publisher. I am trying to keep my shelf space open for ones that I can’t live without

Release: May 4, 2004

Dead to the World is the fourth in the Sookie Stackhouse series. The book starts on New Year’s Eve (that’s actually the day I started reading it as well). Sookie is traveling home from a night of work when she spots a man, stark naked, running down the road. Little did Sookie know until she stopped and got a good look that this was the most powerful, oldest and most prominent vampire in their area. And, there’s a little problem: He’s lost his memory! And it’s up to Sookie to keep him safe until they can find out how to get it back. But this isn’t Sookie’s only problem. Her brother Jason is missing and there was blood on the deck. Cougar blood. That’s never good! So now, Sookie has to keep her vampire safe, find her brother and stick to her resolution which is not getting beaten up. Oh and I almost forgot to mention that another supernatural being is thrown in the mix.

I really enjoyed this book. There was drama from start to finish and while one plot unfolded, the other got messier. I had an idea about how things would go, but it didn’t take away from the book that I was on the right track.

Once again, Harris introduces us to more craziness. Not only are there vampires, shape shifters, Weres etc., now there’s also witches and fairies. I can’t imagine who she still has to add. There are 5 more books. I can’t think of any other Supes.

All of my favorite characters were back in this book. I love Alcide and Bubba and I love the new Eric! But this series started out as a vampire series and this book was a little different. Yes, the plot was around saving a vampire, but there were so many other Supes in this one, it didn’t really seem as much as a vampire book.

This series is reminding me a lot of the Stephanie Plum series, but while Stephanie fights real bad guys, Sookie fights supernatural ones. They both want to get through the day alive and always end up in the middle of the drama. They also always think about the days before the drama started. As I imagine I would too. I’m glad for the similarities. I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to fill the void of
Miss Plum but now I have.

I give Dead to the World 4 bookmarks.

The Sookie Stackhouse Series:
1. Dead Until Dark
2. Living Dead in Dallas
3. Club Dead

Released: April 29, 2003

As I read this book, it made me think a lot of the Stephanie Plum series. But before I tell you why, let me tell you what happens in this book.

Trouble is once again brewing for Miss Sookie. And this time her mind reading duties have to save her beloved vamp Bill. Who would’ve thought that she, a crazy mortal, would be able to save the undead? For this, she heads to Mississippi and plays pretend girlfriend to another unhuman. There’s death, there’s destruction, there’s blood and of course, there’s some heat (in more than one way).

When I said this book reminded me a lot of the Stephanie Plum novels, it is for a couple of reasons.
1. Once again Sookie is in trouble. It’s dangerous, but she does what she has to do. No matter the scenario, Stephanie also always finds herself in trouble, and always gets through it.
2. There are so many scrumptious men that Sookie has to choose from. In this series, Bill reminds me of Morelli. Eric reminds me of Ranger and Alcide reminds me Diesel.

And while we’re on the Stephanie Plum page, I have realized how much I really like how authors who write a series keep us informed without repeating too much. I like how in this series, as well as the Plum series, if you miss a book (how dare you) or haven’t read one in a while, you won’t miss out. Everything will be explained as if it was the first in the series, but it’s never repetitive. I really, really like that!

One thing about this book that I really liked was we FINALLY found out who Bubba is. I’m not going to spill it for you if you haven’t read it yet, but I think you’ll be pleasant surprised. I sure was. I know that is a silly reason for me to like a book, but it’s the little things!

I also liked that with the start of each book, we get another “creature” if you must. First we were introduced to the vampires. In the second book,we were introduced to the maenad and in this one, we meet werewolves and even a goblin. The only thing about all the different players is a few times I had to re-read parts to remember who was what.

And when it came to the weres, there was a time or two where it said “were” as in werewolf and I read it as were (We were going). I was sooo confused about the grammar until I realized I was the wrong party

I actually got through this book quicker than the other ones in this series. I liked Sookie from the get-go, but I’m really liking her now. She’s kicking butt and taking names. I was not a big fan of Bill in this book. He did some things that would’ve made me not want to save him. Sookie may be more of a woman than I am. But I like the variety of other characters we get to meet. They make not take a swim in every book, but I like that we get a little splash from them and others I expect to see again later, or at least I hope so.

This has been my favorite Sookie book so far. I give it 4 bookmarks.

Sookie Stackhouse Series
1. Dead Until Dark
2. Living Dead in Dallas

Living Dead in Dallas is the second book in the Sookie Stackhouse series, which is now TrueBlood on HBO. As I mentioned in my review of the first book, I had heard a lot of great things about this series, and although I liked the first book, I didn’t love it. I did like the second one better.

In this book, Sookie gets a job on the side using her “gift.” She made a deal with a top vampire to help when there were problems and the latest problem is in Dallas. A vampire goes missing and it’s up to Sookie to help find him. She doesn’t quite realize what she’s gotten herself into though until she’s locked in a dungeon of a cult that hates vampires.

I think one of the main reasons I liked this book was because while vampires were involved, it wasn’t focused on vampires. Yes, I love me some vampires, but I’m learning that getting a little taste every now in then has me yearning for more. I love Sookie’s “gift” and how she can turn it on and off and how after years of locking it in, she’s now using it to help.

This book has a lot of action. I got to a point and couldn’t imagine what could happen next and there were still almost 100 pages left. Little did I realize, the BIG action was still to come.

I am seeing a trend in this series, that I love. I love not knowing who the bad guy is until the last few pages. In the last book, I had suspects the whole time. In this book, there were a couple of different plots, so I kind of forgot about a murder until we got to the end.

Speaking of plots, how can you not love one about a religious group doing all they can to get away from the vamps? All I can think about is Jim Jones and The Peoples Temple of Jamestown.

While I liked this book, I still didn’t love it. Yes, I liked it more than the first one, but I still don’t feel like it’s a 4 star book. I give Living Dead in Dallas3 bookmarks. One thing I’m still not kosher with is all the sex. I know that adults have sex, but it’s just not something that was an open topic when I was growing up. Yes, I went to college and saw it all, but the older I get, the more I feel like I am a prude. I know it’s natural, but it still makes me uncomfortable to sit and read it. And this book was packed with it – not just the main characters. When I wrote earlier about ACTION PACKED – you’ll know what I’m talking about when you get back into Louisiana!

I am taking a break from Sookie for the week. I have been saving the last book in my A-Z Challenge for Halloween. I know that the Sookie Stackhouse series is full of Halloweenesque characters, and while I’m sticking with the vamps, I going retro and reading Interview with the Vampire.I am only on page 4 and I’m already intrigued.  Are you reading anything spooky for Halloween?

Sookie Stackhouse Series
1. Dead Until Dark
2. Living Dead in Dallas