I love the Sookie Stackhouse series. However, after finishing the latest book i felt, disappointed. I didn't feel like anything had Happened. Okay, she married Eric, on accident. She gets involved in a war between different factions of the Fae. Her grandfather leaves, seemingly never to see her again. That was sad. Oh, and Arlene helps plot to kill her. That pissed me off. But, i didn't like Arlene anyways.

Maybe it's because i'm a Bill supporter and Bill has practically become a secondary character. I get that he lied. I do. It would infurriate me also. But..how many books have you all read were the couple meets and one or the other is lying about their intentions in the beginning, then gets to know the hero or heroine and suddenly they have feelings for them and change their mind? Numerous. It's the base of half the romance novels out there. I dont get why we're still hating Bill. He has proven himself numerous times, and he loves her. Eric..is .. slick. He tricks her into marriage for crying out loud! It doesn't make sense to me that she'll accept things from Eric that when Bill did them or offered them she thew a fit.

My sister-in-law likes to go on and on about how Eric graveled her driveway because he was taking care of her and knew she needed it. When Bill set up an account for her at the clothing store he bought so she would have clothes for the vampire business he was taking her one she threw a freakin fit! She said she doesn't want to be taken care of, she doesn't want to be a 'kept woman' and that it made her feel cheap. So..clothes for work bad, gravel good? Huh?

Eric has a business. His vampire business is WAY more important to him than Sookie. He has manipulated Sookie so many times. Bill doesn't. He gives her the info and she gets to make her own decisions. He tried to keep her out of the vampire world once he started to care about her.

Ok. Ok. I'm not talking about the book anymore, i'm ranting. I've had this arguement with so many people. Anyways bottom line - book okay, not the best, but okay.

But that's okay, TruBlood premieres Sunday! Yay! Does anyone else get creeped out with how the actor playing Bill says "Sookie" ? Honestly it sounds like an explenative when he says it, like he spits it out. Verra Creepy. But Eric is hot in the series. Go figure, i can't be pleased.

Skin Trade

I did read a couple books before if started the Maggie award pile. I just realized i never wrote those ones up. As i mentioned earlier I'd read the entire Anita Blake series. It had been a goal of mine for awhile since accidently reading the Incubus Dreams without realizing it was a series. I was sooo confused, Who is this woman and why is she sleeping with 20 different men?? And upset about it?? I knew to truely appreciate the story i'd need to start at the beginning.

I'll admit i liked Anita best when she was celibate. Not that the sex scenes with Richard and Jean Claude weren't hot, but i liked that the story focased more on the case than the bedroom gymnastics. I love a steamy love scene and i'm not so much a prude to think it Has to involve one person and that one person Needs to be the girls One True Love..but i swear one book after the Audeur showed up took place entirely in one bedroom. And that is all they talked about. Sex, talk about the sex we just had, more sex, talk about some possible sex we may have to have later, surprise sex and then puppy pile. It was getting old for me.

However, I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I think we were 2/3rds of the way in before she fed the Audeur. And i like how she was having to deal with her reputation, i felt so bad for her. The usual cast of characters wasn't entirely present. Jean Claude, Richard, Nathaniel, and Michah were not in the book. She only spoke to Jean Claude on the phone a few times. Am i the only one that likes it when Jean Claude cracks and starts yelling? Anita goes to Las Vegas with Edward, Olaf, and Bernardo to try to catch a serial killer that has fixated on Anita. There was a little bit of uncomfortable accidental underage sex. Didn't like that. Neither did Anita. But overall the story was actually about the killer and not the musical chairs of bedpartners Anita has been dealing with for so long.

I truely hope there is an end or at least some control to this soon. Anita doesn't seem to be pleased with how many men she has to collect.

Overall, much happier with this book than the last one.

Haven't quit reading

I'm helping judge the Maggies again this year. Last year they sent me like 4 books to read and then rate. This year I ended up with 7 books. So that's what i've been doing for the last week, working my way through those books. I'm up to book #4.

At first i thought to operate as usuall, doing a write up of the books as i read them. But, i thought since I'm judging them I should probably wait to share my opinion until all the results are tallied.

At least this task isn't a hardship. I mean, Require me to read romance novels? The nerve! Lol. Wish me luck!