Finished Touch of Dead

Reading Charlaine Harris again was like going back home. I love her style of writing and reading her books is always so comforting to me. I LOVED this book which is a collection of five short stories, Fairy Dust, Dracula Night, One Word Answer, Lucky and Gift Wrap. They are extensions of little happenings that took place between the books. Below is the order in which they occur, which Charlaine states in the beginning of the book.

Fairy Dust - takes place after book 4, Dead to the World
Dracula Night - also takes place after book 4 and before book 5, Dead as a Doornail
One Word Answer - After book 5
Lucky - After book 7, All Together Dead
Gift Wrap - Before book 9, Dead and Gone

Charlaine goes into a little more depth about the events that took place in the other books when the short stories were written. This book is very small, so it is a very fast but very fun read. No major action with     Big E, but a little something in Gift Wrap! I really loved having some of my favorite characters back in the storyline and cannot wait to see what Season 5 brings and book 12!

Fang Rating: VVVVV

- Mon

Finished Sookie Companion

Wow, what a nice breath of fresh air this book was! Came in perfect time too since I was still going through True Blood withdraw. There is a great short story called, Small-Town Wedding, where Quinn comes back to win Sookie back. I loved having Quinn back because there was so much going on when they ended their relationship in the books and we got to revisit that. Besides this story however, there is not a whole lot of dialog in this book. It has a timeline, literally a play by play of happened each day, for all of the books, then interviews with Charlaine and Alan Ball answering questions from fans, which I enjoyed more than the timeline. This book has everything including a recipes! But by far, my favorite part of this book were the "Secret Dialogues of Bill and Eric". They had me laughing out loud! It also mentions all of the other Sookie short stories and the order in which they should be read of the books...which prompted me to download, A Touch of Dead. I guess a real fanatic could go back and read each book and the short story that follows it in order..however, I am a mom and don't have THAT much free time :) This book is a great resource, one I wish I had when reading the books! Five fangs for this companion, it had a little bit of everything!

Fang Rating: VVVVV

-Mon

Dead Reckoning Sookie Book 11



Just finished Sookie book 11.  I thought it was great once again Mrs Harris did not disappoint.
What a cliffhanger.... She really does leave you wanting more.  Can't wait till the next book comes out
-Cat

I love the book, it gave me what I needed but was totally cut in half! She left so much hanging. I thought the ending could have been better so much that I didn't feel like it was a complete book. Can't wait to read the next book, knowing that the series is coming to end soon!
-Mon