Book #7, Blog #1

This book is exactly what I was looking for in my next read. The pages turn quickly. The language is light and witty. The story is engaging enough, but doesn't suck the reader in. I would call it a "light page-turner". I am enjoying reading it and have read more than half of the book in the first day; however, I can put it down and live my life without Sookie Stackhouse.

So the story is that Sookie can read minds and vampires are legally "out of the coffin" and many are living on synthetic blood. Sookie meets Bill (a vamp, of course) and loves that she can't hear his thoughts. She saves his life, he saves hers. This is the stuff love stories are made of, no?

But someone is killing "fang-bangers" in and around their town and Sookie's grandmother ends up killed also. Murder, sex, vampires and Cajuns.

I mentioned this when I chose the book (having not read a page) that there were some similarities between Harris' Dead Until Dark and Meyer's Twilight...now I must admit how eerily similar they are in some ways. First, you've got vamp/human love (obvious - kind of like how many stories are boy-meets-girl...this is an acceptable coincidence). Next, you've got one party able to read minds, but not the mind of the love interest. However, I like that Sookie has the power, whereas in Twilight, Bella is clumsy and fairly normal (but an excellent shield). And of course, it is an attractive thing that they can't read their love interests' minds. There is even a group of "bad" vampires in Dead Until Dark consisting of two males and a female...hum....and they are causing trouble for Bill who wants to live "like the humans"....hum....

Anyway, just some interesting parallels. I'm not sure what I'll choose to read and blog on next (I will most likely finish this quick read today), but I'm thinking I will seek out something non-fantastical...no vampires, no time travel, no wizards, etc. etc. Maybe a classic that I have never forced myself to read. Thoughts/suggestions are appreciated.