Dead Until Dark

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Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. Until the vampire of her dreams walks into her life-and one of her coworkers checks out....

Maybe having a vampire for a boyfriend isn't such a bright idea.

A fun, fast, funny, and wonderfully intriguing blend of vampire and mystery that's hard to put down, and should not be missed. (Susan Sizemore)

Our first book of the month- despite the lateness of this post. Thanks to Mandy for getting us started!

Edited by Kate
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Well, I read all 8 of the books. That's what I did all break. Mostly because I liked them, and partly to put off some pre-class studying I have to do.

I liked Bill alot in this book. I mainly kept envisioning True Blood. I liked less of Jason, but I do miss his abs. I like Eric too. This feeling grew as the series went on. Especially in book 4. Everyone needs to read that one. Bubba's okay, but it's really annoying how she introduces him in all of the books. I don't know if there's some sort of copyright against the world Elvis, but I don't like it. And the killer still isn't obvious in the book, but he isn't too influential in her life, until the end anyways. Not really sure what else to say...Sookie seems pretty naive. I know vampires are new in her life, but come on, they live by different rules and you can't expect them to only follow yours. Compromise, geez. Maybe it's just shocking and she needs time to get used to some things. Oh well

Well I had Wed. and Thurs. off so I started to read and finished the book in two days. I really didn't expect to finish so quickly because I wasn't that interested in the book to be honest, but I really enjoyed it.
I watched the first episode of True Blood with Kate and since I don't have cable that was the only episode I could watch. It was so long ago but I just remember Bill as being more distant and cold in that first episode so it was a while before I could really see him and Sookie together. From what I remember about True Blood I think I like the book better. I liked that Sookie was able to control her "disability" in the book, in the show it seemed like she could hear everybody, including her boss.
I was suspecting Sam pretty early on. I really thought it could be him but I couldn't figure out why he would want to kill all the people that were wanting to work for him. When Sookie was in his office and going through the files I thought I was right and pretty proud of myself. Then he just turned out to be a freaking dog.
It was kind of hard to not compare this series to Twilight. I mean they are in a way, intended for two seperate audiences. But they really are so similar.
Regular girl, doesn't have much expierence in relationships, falls for a vampire, has a friend who she doesn't realize is in love with her and oh yeah he can turn into a dog. Not to mention the fact that a lead character in the book can read minds.
But anyway, I didn't really mind Jason in the book, I mean this book doesn't really bring out his best qualities but I thought he seemed like an ok guy. I didn't really care for Sam, but that is probably left over frustration that is supposed to be directed at Jacob.
I liked Arlene and felt bad for her in the end. I liked Terry a lot too. But I also really liked Rene, I thought he was nice and I liked that him and Arlene still had a little thing going. Oh, well
I prefer Edward to Bill, maybe that's just me. I was surprised that Sookie never even really doubted Bill. I mean I even doubted him when he was in the room with the Grandmother.
I hated that she had to kill off the grandmother, and the cat. I mean I can see where that helps the series because Sookie doesn't have to really be tied down to protecting her and it gives her more independence. But it was still sad and I didn't like reading about it. After the cat died, and then she found Jason all bloody, I was like "What the Hell is she doing to this poor girl!?!"
I liked Sookie. I didn't understand why Sookie got so upset towards the end when Sam tells her that Bill doesn't have a "virus." I mean come on how does that really change anything? But she might have been a little dence about some things but as least she didn't have that inner dialogue that just goes on and on. I like books written in the first person piont of view but like with Twilight there were entire chapters that were just Bella's thoughts. This book went much faster so for that I was grateful.
I liked that the author leaves you with the idea that maybe people are just born that way. I mean she doesn't really explain why Sam is the way he is or why Sookie is the way she is. Maybe that is something she explains later.
I was surprised that Eric didn't have a bigger role in this book because I thought that he would but I guess the author was just laying ground work for the other books.
I didn't really like the ending. I mean I liked the way that they ended Sookie's story but to have Bill come in and start talking about elections and then having Eric flying outside the window, it just left me going "what?"
I would rather Bill have just come back and when Sookie asks him, just to say "Buisness in New Orleans is completed but I'll tell you about it later." I mean that would end the book with a guestion but the way it is now I'm just left wondering what the hell he was talking about.
To be honest, I didn't pick up on the whole Elvis thing. When it got to the part about Bubba and they were saying he looked like the guy from Memphis, I thought that they were talking about some tourist that had come into the bar earlier in the book and I just forgot about him. I was going to ask about that until I read the post Amanda left, then I was like "that's who that was? Really?"
All in all, I really liked this book. I would like to eventually read the other books, but I'm not really in a hurry.