11 Reasons To Read The Sookie Stackhouse Books (via @EricSookieLover)
For my last and final fangalicious (Day 30) Fangathon 2012 post *sniff, sniff*, we’re going to be focusing on the books once again. I wanted to end this on a positive note, and I haven’t posted about the books for the last week or so.
Before I get into this, I just wanted to let my staff know how much I appreciate the encouragement and support I received from them during this fangathon. They were really sweet…always asking me; if I wanted to use certain ideas or topics in my posts, and letting me use them, when it might’ve been easier for them to do it themselves. They also acted as a sounding board to bounce ideas from. Thank you so much, ladies! I also want to thank you; Eric and Sookie lovers, for participating and (I hope) enjoying the posts!
Now it’s time for the very last one. I just wanted to point out one more thing before I get started…this is harder than it looks! LOL
Are you ready? Let’s get it on! (Those that subscribe to The Gracious Plenty, know what that means! 
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This last and final Fang-A-Thon post takes a look at the 11 reasons why you should read the books (if you haven’t read them already). This was NOT written by me, but when I came across it, I thought I would share it with you. I think you’ll enjoy reading what this person has to say about the series.
This was written by Annie Agle from Everyday eBook;
With season five of “True Blood,” the HBO adaption of Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels, premiering this month, we think it’s high time you got into the book series as well. Here are eleven reasons why the Sookie Stackhouse novels are our vampire mystery/romance/action series of choice.
1. Unlike some other vampire novel series intended for a young adult audience, the Sookie Stackhouse novels actually have main characters that are over the age of eighteen — so you don’t have to deal with all that teenage angst! Plus, those character crushes you’ve developed are a little less creepy.
2. It takes place in the South (Bon Temps, Louisiana, to be exact), which really makes you want to go hang out there and do Southern things like cook biscuits, go to Baptist church, fight off gators, and tan with Sookie.
3. Sookie could kick Bella’s butt.
4. ERIC NORTHMAN: Be seduced by the smoldering bad-boy vampire who always has the perfect witty quip. Just see if you aren’t hooked by the end of book one.
5. The writing is actually good! Finally, guilty-pleasure books without the occasional episodes of nausea, induced by overtly saccharine plotlines and adverbs.
6. Speaking of guilty pleasures — we all know a main reason to read these books is for the romance. Harris definitely delivers, with a slew of relationships, love triangles, and steamy plotlines that involve — just to name a few — humans, fairies, vampires, and were-panthers. After reading these books, normal human romance novels seem so … dull.
7. Pam. Eric’s right-hand woman and vampire progeny is the most badass person you will never meet because she’s fictional. She’ll make you want to cast off reality and become her BFF in fiction land. And her interactions with Sookie, a mixture of amusement and condescension, crack us up.
8. Sookie is funny. Name one other female character in a vampire series that has a sense of humor … that’s right, you can’t.
9. Sookie is no damsel in distress. Just after defeating a malevolent batch of memory-stealing witches, she has to take out crazed, jealous, werewolf psychopath, Debbie, with a shotgun. Does Sookie whine and moan? Nope, she just gets it done, and has Eric bury the remains in the woods. Her non-human kill count would impress the toughest Navy SEAL sniper.
10. With twelve books in the series, and more to come, you won’t run out of your Sookie fix so quickly! No trilogies here — read on!
11. Oh … did we mention Eric Northman?
Numbers: 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 and 11 are my personal fave reasons for reading the books! There’s nothing we could add to this list, which hasn’t already been stated. The person who wrote this is obviously an Eric and Sookie lover, just like us. I wonder if she knows about our site?
As someone who is sick and tired of hearing about Twilight, Edward and Bella…it warms my heart to read someone saying that Sookie could kick Bella’s butt – because she COULD – in a heartbeat! As for what she said about Eric…well, who am I to argue? We could probably write a novel on how much we love Eric Northman. The man is a Viking God!
Now my fangathon has come to an end…hope you enjoyed these 30 days/nights as much as I enjoyed writing them!
What are your favorite numbers, and what do you think of these 11 reasons? Share your thoughts
True Blood Females: Drained (via @DarlingSookie)
If you have ever heard me speaking on True Bites, you know how much I dislike what Alan has done to the character, Sookie Stackhouse. That is why I wrote A Telepathic Barmaid: A Tale of a Realistic and Modern Heroine. Because I love the character that Charlaine Harris created.
Sookie Stackhouse is a strong-willed, independent character who would risk everything, including her own life to protect and save those she cares for. She is extremely humble and good-natured. But in the imagination of Alan Ball, she serves as nothing more than a pawn. She is merely there as a seductive prospect to many of the males around her. There is little depth and even some of her more admirable qualities have been discarded. A prime example is her insistence at Pam paying her to babysit Eric. Sookie was embarrassed when Jason suggested such a thing in the books and this was extremely out of character for her.
In fact, Alan Ball tends to have a love for his male characters and very little appreciation for the female ones (hence Pam’s fall from grace last season). Perhaps I can suggest that he fears the idea of a strong, independent female character outshining the men around him?
Honestly, I have no clue what Alan Ball’s problem is in this respect. All I know and have seen is that he has left all of the female characters, with the exception of Jessica Hamby, as one-dimensional, fully defined by their male-counterpart, whiny, annoying, characters.
Unfortunately, that’s just the way the cookie has crumbled.
Male vampires = IMPORTANT
Dead-end storylines = IMPORTANT
Large cast = IMPORTANT
Strong, inspiring, independent female characters (with the exception of Jessica) = *hears nothing but the breeze blowing by*
Why has Jessica been spared?
Well, I do believe the simplest answer is probably the correct one. Alan Ball created Jessica Hamby. There is not a single character in the Southern Vampire Mysteries (SVM) series that even remotely resembles Jessica. Therefore, he is free to run wild with his own creation and with her, it has worked.
Charlaine has gone on the record and said she loves the baby vamp and I have to admit, I agree with her. Though it feels like sometimes Alan tries too hard to get her involved with everything.
For example, the Vampire A-Team sequence, why was Jessica even there? (Thanks JB for bringing up this point in one of your blogs)
I think this scene is a perfect example of how Alan operates. Jessica, a completely brand-new baby vampire who has shown no affinity for weapons or their use, is sent to rid the downtown area of Shreveport of their little “witch” problem?
On the other hand, you begin to watch Pam, who has been physically falling apart, begins to crumble before your very eyes. Her insane jealousy and desperation shows in every curse-filled insult and line. She truly is diminished within minutes of screen time. All because Alan Ball has no concept of how to handle Charlaine’s female characters.
Fortunately for us, the destroyer of all things Sookie (aka Alan Ball) will be gone after this season. The downside? The damage has been done and there may not be enough True Blood to save those who have been destroyed in the wake of Alan Ball’s attempt at fanfiction.
So, while I am excited for Season 5 to return, I am not holding my breath. After 4 seasons, I know what to expect and unfortunately, I’m sure I will have plenty of things that will upset me this season. I just look forward to those moments that I enjoy.
Such as
- Sam Trammell pretending to be Tommy, who is skinwalking as Sam.
- Nelsan’s performance as a Lafayette when he’s been possessed and so daintily picks up his shoes before walking outside.
- Tommy’s (brief and short-lived) attempt at redemption.
- Eric and Sookie finally getting together
- Bill and Jessica finally finding their way to being Maker/Childe
- Ginger riding Pam’s coffin
- Many of Pam’s one-liners and outfit choices
And those are just some of the many things I enjoyed last season. So, I hope y’all are excited and maybe, just maybe this season will be the best one ever!
Where did the SVM/TB vamps come from? (via @mswriteok)
Here’s a poser.
What is the mythology of vampires in the Charlaine Harris/Alan Ball universes?
There are several back stories of how vampires came to be in literature and movies that I know, but most authors now make up their own origins for their bloodsucking men and women.
The Fellowship of the Sun I believe go with the Judas myth.
After Judas betrayed Jesus, he hung himself, flinging the 30 pieces of silver on the ground around his hanging corpse. He was not, however, allowed to die, but was forced to walk the earth, sustaining his life by living on the blood of others. His weakness to silver was caused by the “blood money” he was paid to betray Christ. The one thing missing is the fear of the cross.
Still, Harris makes clear that is just what the FOS believes, not how they really came about.
Now, in some stories, a vampire can only be killed by the same kind of tree that Judas used to hang himself.
Anne Rice went even further back to create her vampires. She used Egyptian deities Akasha and Enkil. Now, from what I remember, Enkil was cut into pieces and when he was reassembled, his penis was not found, which is why no male vampire from the Rice universe can have sex.
Now that’s a big trade off: you can live forever, but you can never have sex again. Can you see Bill or Eric agreeing to that?
I now must admit I’ve never read any of the “Twilight” books (I have seen the movies) so I have no idea where those vampires come from either, or why they sparkle in the light.
I only know that “Vampire Diaries” vamps can walk in the sun if they own one of those rings.
As for Vlad the Impaler, aka Count Dracula, take your pick. I go with the story that he drank so much of the blood of those he killed it turned him in some fundamental way, making him both immortal and a creature of the night, hating crosses, garlic and stakes of wood and robbing him of his reflection in mirrors.
As for True Blood and the Southern Vampire Mysteries, I have no idea.
But, since those universes contain all kinds of other supernatural beings as well as us lesser mortals, they can come up with any story they like and it will be just fine.
A Telepathic Barmaid: A Tale of a Realistic and Modern Heroine (via @DarlingSookie)
In a world filled with supernatural beings just hiding within the shadows of the human world, a likely suspect for a heroine might be one of the all-powerful supernatural. But in the world created by Charlaine Harris, a young woman who is seemingly normal with the exception of her peculiar eyes and strangely tense smile stepped up as such a heroine.
Sookie Stackhouse is just your average mid-20′s Southern gal. She pays taxes, works a steady job, has plenty of friends and cares for her family. Of course, she’s got a bit of a “disability” (as she likes to refer to it), she is forced to hear the thoughts of those around her.
One wouldn’t suspect that such a simple character could ever rise to become a heroine of a sorts, but from my point of view, Charlaine has created the perfect one in her creation of the young Miss Stackhouse.
Continue reading via A Telepathic Barmaid: A Tale of a Realistic and Modern Heroine.
Fangathon Post (via @LuvBONESnTBlood)
I see alot of posts for people’s favorite book of the series or favorite episodes or seasons, etc…
I tried to comment on the favorite book and I found I just couldn’t, yet?
I loved so many different things that one book doesn’t cut it!
So my Fangathon post today is just simply that.
My most memorable moments/characters for me so far whether they are good,
bad, sad, or ugly are:
#1 Top of My List without having to think is:
Eric and Sookie: making love, having sex, kissing, caressing, or anything, anytime anywhere for any reason!
then the rest in no necessary order:
Sookie met a Vampire! (Granted not probably the one most wanted her to meet first but it had to play out that way..start slow and work your way, way up!)
Eric meets Sookie! (Now that is a jump sized plus for sure!)
Eric stakes LongShadow (I myself like the True Blood version of Bill doing it thus getting Jessica)
Adele Stackhouse (Poor beloved grandmother of Sookie and Jason was in the wrong place at the wrong time and was killed by Rene. That was sad for me!)
Normally some would say Rene getting caught was great but not for me I loved the version on True Blood as he was killed by Sookie!
The Orgy (Who didn’t love that 
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Dallas (I loved Godric/Godfrey, his death was sad. Eric posing as Leif)
Bubba (I just love Bubba as a constant…he’s like a favorite teddy bear you bring with you everywhere as a child then keep him on a shelf, or like,as an adult. He’s never too far away for you to smile)
Bill/Lorena/Sookie/Debbie (The whole thing made me sick, still does. So glad both bitches are gone)
The Weres (Alcide, Tray, Debbie) There were tons more but these three stand out for me. Alcide was all over for me. I liked him, then hated him, then just dealt with him. Tray was cute, fun, and it was sad to loose him. Debbie I hated from the beginning to the “happy” ending.
Charles Twining (really liked his story line…his personality and ultimate death in Merlotte’s)
Quinn (What can I say he’s warm blooded! A Tiger! Has Purple Eyes! Sexy Bald! But, has serious family issues.)
Amnesiac Eric (The Viking that can feel) That whole storyline was wonderful!
BIll’s reveal (forced to tell the truth of his betrayal! Loved it! Sad for Sookie but happy for Eric)
Rhodes (The whole thing was exciting, sad, and made me angry. From Evil Andre to the bombs to the blood exchange. Sookie saving Eric Pam and Bill, and others.)
Queen Sophie Ann (I definitely liked the Book version a HELL of a lot better)
Were War (Sam as Mufasa love it!)
Niall Brigant and the fairies (Liked Claudine the best)
Fae War / Breandan (That was violent, scary, sad, tragic. All of it so horrible) Poor Sookie and Eric)
Didn’t really care for the whole Hot shot mess storyline at all. Crystal, Calvin, Mel, etc
Felipe de Castro (Mostly hate him!)
Victor Madden (I’d love to drop in a wood chipper!) Sookie really wanting to kill Victor!
Vampire Ceremonial Knife (I want one! I have no problem handing it over to Eric anytime!)
Appius – Only way to describe him is from the auther herself
“Appius Livius Ocella made mistakes in his whole long existence. Perhaps changing Eric was his finest hour. He created the perfect vampire. Eric’s only flaw is you.” ― Charlaine Harris, Deadlocked
Coleman/Alexei – a confusing mess but I did love how it turned out.
Redeeming Dermot – I love his ever trying spirit in redeeming himself. I just want to hug him sometimes
The Queen we all can’t stand (Keep your hands off the Viking!)
via Fangathon Post.
UPDATE: Latest On The Status of Charlaine Harris and “Deadlocked” (via @EricSookieLover)
For today’s (Day 20) fangalicious Fang-A-Thon 2012 post, I figured I’d focus on the books once more, because Charlaine Harris updated her status on Facebook (with a special message for you), and we have an update on where “Deadlocked” is sitting on the New York Times Bestseller List!
First, we’ll share with you Charlaine’s Facebook status:
Thanks to all of you for letting me know you enjoyed the book. I’m hard at work on the last one. I put up a new Book & Blog on my website (www.charlaineharris.com). Got the advanced readering copies for “An Apple for the Creature,” the next anthology I co-edited with Toni L.P. Kelner.
Now let’s see where “Deadlocked” stacks up on the New York Times Bestseller List! A version of this list appears in the June 3, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending May 19, 2012.
Below, are the Top 5 Books under Hardcover Fiction, which represents new or just released books and doesn’t take into account ebooks, etc.
This Week Last Week Hardcover Fiction Weeks
on List1 STOLEN PREY, by John Sandford. (Putnam, $27.95.) When a Minnesota family is murdered, the Minneapolis investigator Lucas Davenport believes a Mexican drug gang is involved. 1 2 1 11TH HOUR, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club investigate a possible serial killer. 2 3 2 DEADLOCKED, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace, $27.95.) The telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse investigates a murder that has more to do with her than she imagines. 3 4 THE COLUMBUS AFFAIR, by Steve Berry. (Ballantine, $27.) The daughter of a disgraced journalist is held by a man who wants to force her father to help him discover a secret left by Columbus. 1 5 7 CALICO JOE, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $24.95.) A pitcher beans a promising rookie, ending both their careers; years later, the pitcher’s son brings them together.
If you’re worried and/or are disappointed that “Deadlocked” is slipping in the rankings…don’t be. It’s perfectly understandable. I’m sure many of us have read it by now or have at least purchased it, even if you haven’t read it yet. It’s okay, #3 isn’t bad either, especially because the book has only been on the shelves for 3 weeks.
If you read Charlaine’s Book & Blog, you might find what she says about some of the books she’s reading interesting and she also talks about Memorial Day and what it means for her. You should definitely check it out!
Thoughts? Please share ‘em below!
via UPDATE: Latest On The Status of Charlaine Harris and “Deadlocked”
Podcast – Charlaine Harris Talks “Deadlocked” (via @EricSookieLover)
For today’s (Day 17) fangalicious Fang-A-Thon 2012′s post, I thought I would switch it back to the books once again! This time, it’s to share with you this podcast where Charlaine Harris talks about “Deadlocked” with Stephen Usery from Book Talk.
It’s a very interesting interview by someone who has read the books (there are no stupid questions) and understands the world Charlaine has created.
You can listen to the podcast here: Book Talk
I found it very entertaining to hear how Charlaine did her “research” of male strippers. *wink, wink – nudge, nudge” She should’ve taken the stripper up on his offer to watch him in action as part of her “research”. It’s interesting to find out the reasons why she created the cluviel dor. She mentions it will play a “big important role in helping Sookie discover her true feelings” at the end. Hmmm…I wonder what she means by that?
I also enjoyed hearing more details about her graphic novel, “Cemetery Girl” with Christopher Golden, and how she came up with the idea of “Bubba” in the series. There is so much more she talks about in this interview, but you should definitely listen to it yourself. It’s a really great interview, IMO.
What are your thoughts? Please share ‘em below!
How I Would End the Final Book, Part 1 (via @mswriteok)
I’m not Charlaine Harris and I’m glad I’m not, but if I could creep into her consciousness long enough to write the final Sookie Stackhouse book, “Dead Ever After,” here’s what I would do.
I’d set it five years from the end of “Deadlocked.”
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Sookie would by lying outside her much-improved home on her chaise, soaking up the sun, and not far away would be a kiddie pool with two small children splashing away.
Sam would walk out the front door, carrying a plate of raw hamburgers and hot dogs. The grill would be heating up nearby and he’d stop by the chaise and give Sookie a loving kiss right on the mouth, saying, “Hey there, Sook.”
“Hi, honey,” Sookie would answer. “You might want to put a little more sunscreen on Sammy and Adele. The last thing they need is a sunburn.”
“Sure,” Sam said. “Right after I get this meat on the grill.”
As the meat sizzles, Sam picks up his twins and with a lot of giggling and hugs, he re-applies suncreen to his little blonde children.
“What’s up for tonight?” he asks.
“I think Eric and Bill both are coming over to see their ‘teacup human’ godchildren, and Jason and Michelle will be bringing Jason Jr. over and they’re going to babysit so you, me, Eric and Bill can go out for dinner tonight to celebrate our anniversary.”
“Which one?” Sam asks with a twinkle in his eye.
“Oh, all of them,” Sookie replies airily.
Closing her eyes again, Sookie thinks back to how this all came about. She never thought it would end like this.
Five years ago tonight, she brought back Sam from the dead, using the Cluviel dor. Eric wouldn’t return her calls and Bill was impressed she had stood up to the Viking. She knew Bill expected that she would run back to him right after Eric said he was going to marry Freyda.
Eric surprised everyone. He broke of all contact with the Queen of Oklahoma and came back to Sookie, expecting for her to forgive him like she always had.
He was in for a shock. So was Bill.
She remembered the private conversation she’d had with each.
Bill checked in first, as always.
He’d come by as soon as he was up, showered and dressed. Sam and Sookie were in the house, getting ready for bed in separate rooms. After Sam was alseep, Sookie took a deep breath and walked into her living room.
She had told him then that breaking their bond was the best thing she had ever done. She was free to be with her human friends, to do things that lasted all afternoon into the night without worrying about who would think what when a vampire walked in.
She hugged him then, a warm, close hug, and whispered into his ear, “Bill, I will always love you because you were my first love, first in so many things. You made me the woman I am today, but I will never be yours. Never.”
Bill was quite surprised, but stepped back and took a good look at her.
“You’ve changed,” he said, stunned. “I believe you mean this.”
“Oh, I do, Bill. I do,” she said.
The handsome vampire stayed a while longer, drinking a glass of True Blood and considering what the woman he would love for eternity had said. He began to realize she meant it.
After a few hours, he bade her good night and with a kiss to her forehead, he left.
She was asleep on her couch in front of her TV when she heard another knock on her front door. She had no doubt who it was.
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Day 8: Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris (via @Eric_NorthmanTB)
I finally finished “Deadlocked” by Charlaine Harris. It took me a while to get through it. I found the majority of the book to be drawn out and dry. About 90% of the book was a play-by-play of Sookie’s life, i.e. “I went to pick up the mail. I went inside and put my mail on the table where I opened my electricity bill. Then I went upstairs and took a nap before getting up and putting on some make up so I could go out……etc.”
Sookie is still questioning her love for Eric and flipping between men again. Eric, Bill, Quinn and Alcide all made an appearance in this book.
The plot seemed to drag out for me. It seemed like very little was accomplished in this book, other than giving readers the low down on Sookie’s everyday life. That being said though, I still enjoyed the book, although not as much as I enjoyed the earlier books in the series. It’s obvious to me that Harris has run out of things to do with the series. To me, this book felt to me like Harris knows she’s under contract to write two more books and this book was just full of filler material. I worry that is what the last book is going to be like too.
While I have mixed reviews of this book, I’m always happy to return back to Sookie’s world. “Deadlocked” gets 3.5 stars out of 5 from me.
Day 8 #fangathon2012 Southern Vampire Mysteries vs The Mortal Instruments (via @SassyJessOB)
Day 8 and I’m starting to have a fangover, I’m running out of ideas for my posts and I wish I had Sookie Stackhouse’s number on speed dial so I could ask her what’s happening in Bon Temps, but sadly I don’t, I also don’t have Charlaine Harris’s number for any questions on what I could write so i have come up with this….
Sookie Stackhouse vs Clary Fray
This new blog updating is to warn you I’m a big fan of both and will be comparing the differences between two fantastic series. And how the southern vampire mysteries will top any book I have yet to see beat them.
Sookie Stackhouse, she’s part Fairy and has luscious blonde hair, she’s twenty eight and after the last book Deadlocked we see Sookie officially own one third of Merlottes (but I’m not telling you how). As the books develop we see Sookie become such a strong character.
Sookie lives in a small town of Louisiana, she’s a cocktail waitress, she doesn’t go out much… Not because she’s not pretty but because she isn’t a big fan of her disability or as what we know her telepathic ability.
Sookie stands out with her telepathic ability and it’s something Clary doesn’t have, we also see how Sookie befriends vampires, wear wolves and other wear animals and also shifters where as clary most of the time is fighting the supernatural world including also her own kin the shadow hunters.
The one thing Sookie and Clary have in common is that they both have a supernatural best friend, Sookie has her boss and best friend Sam who is a shifter and Clary has her best friend/newly turned vampire Simon.
However why does Southern Vampire Mysteries triumph over The Mortal Instruments?
I’ll tell you why, as The Mortal Instruments is based on a 15 year old perspective however like twilight, Clary’s best friend Simon is known as a ‘daylighter’ so yeah…. The vampire can walk in the sun and it’s not like the Vampire diaries where they have to wear a special ring, I’m mean genuinely this guy named Simon can walk in the sun without burned and lives on animal blood.
Clary fray is an ordinary Brooklyn teenager till she meets the half angel half human person named Jace, who turns out to be a shadow hunter, when clary finds out her mother jocelyn has been abducted she desperately hopes Jace will be able to help. Clary too realises she’s got the powers of a shadow hunter as well but can she harness them in time to save her mother?
So as making that major point even though the mortal instruments my second favourite series nothing beats traditional vampires, I like the thought of vampires coming out in the evening and being awake through the night, vampires are not able to walk in the sun.
Alan ball then bought it all in to perspective with the first series of True Blood which I adore and it all took off.
Sookie’s world is supernatural and chilling in some moments but with it being in adult perspective we see the complications of relationships when were adults that we can all relate to, we see some kick ass action scenes and some full on mind blowing sex scenes.
So from reading both books and all of them from the series, the southern vampire mysteries will top my book shelf and be number 1 any day. I adore Sookie and would love to have her as a best friend.
And on my shelves currently the southern vampire mysteries is the first thing I’ll reach for in the mood of a good read. I can read them any day and never get bored!
via Day 8 #fangathon2012 Southern Vampire Mysteries vs The Mortal Instruments.
Day 7 #Deadlocked – My review. (via @SassyJessOB)
Deadlocked….
When I last wrote about this book I was half way through, having finished it last night quite happily I was in complete shock with the turn of events.
Many things are revealed in this book however most people seem to just want to know who Sookie is going to end up with and live happily ever after with in the next book.
This book sets the second foundation since Dead Reckoning the previous book and the way it was written gave me a lot of second thoughts.
My first thought is… Who is Sookie going to end up with in the next book? Now I have my theories.
1) it could be Sam. They could both finally realise together that as we all know is that Sam loves Sookie in one way and there the best of friends with what happens at the end of deadlocked I feel like there could be sparking some serious feelings after Sookie saves him.
2) It could be Quinn. Now Sookie has an up and down relationship with Quinn in the last few books, however they both never quite got to progress there relationship any further as Eric came into Sookie’s life and Quinn went and fell in love with someone else. But when Quinn called Sookie to say happy birthday and share his news with her, I felt sorry for him but I also knew that this is an opening, Charlaine Harris has put this back in to maybe make Sookie think she can maybe help Quinn and maybe fall in love with him again but this is just a theory.
3) However after also reading Deadlocked I’m afraid to say that I think Eric and Sookie’s relationship is going to fall apart as Sookie didn’t use cluviel dor for his situation, however I also think that maybe since the bond has been broken between Eric and Sookie that Sookie can no longer give an excuse for her feelings, she clearly and deeply loves Eric but if Charlaine is going to give Sookie everything she wants in the next book then maybe Eric is going to be able to give her children or something too. But to me that sounds silly and I feel stupid even writing about it.
There was a lot of pregnancies and engagements and so on in this book, maybe Charlaine was just pointing out to Sookie what she’s missing.
Either way I hope Sookie ends up with the right person.
I’m also glad to say that I’m really relieved that the Fairys have gone back now to there own world and won’t be in the next book at all. I was sad to see the departure of Dermot as he’s been nothing but a sweetheart to Sookie but we can officially rule out that she won’t end up with a Fairy.
The book has given me a lot of guessing to and from and it’s got a lot of problems going on but I’m happy to say that I’ve enjoyed reading it throughout. I will be sad to see how the series ends next year but I’m sure it will be worth the wait.
So get reading if you’ve been reading the other books!
SPOILER ALERT: What’s In A Name? (via @EricSookieLover)
For today’s (Day 7) fangalicious Fang-A-Thon 2012 post…we’re focusing once more on the Southern Vampire Mysteries. This won’t be a Quopic of the Day, like I previously planned because…guess what? Charlaine Harris has revealed something you will find very interesting in regards to her last and final Sookie book, Dead Ever After!
This is what I would definitely call a MAJOR spoiler.
WARNING: If you don’t want to know – don’t read below!
As we’ve revealed in some of our posts from various Charlaine appearances and book signings, Eric’s other child (EOC) will be making an appearance in the last and final book, Dead Ever After. We know she will have blonde hair and blue eyes, just like Sookie and Pam. We also know that she is fierce, just like Pam, only worse.
This is what Charlaine herself revealed in the forum at her website a little while ago!
3084 Maker – 2012-05-17 12:20
I will reveal Eric’s other child’s name. It’s Karin.
Charlaine Harris
The definition of the name Karin means: pure. It originated in Greece.
This got me interested in finding out what Eric and Pam’s names mean too.
The definition of Pamela means: honey. It also originated in Greece. Eric means: honorable ruler. It (of course) originated in Scandinavia. Just for kicks…I looked up Sookie’s name, but not surprisingly nothing came up.
Now it’s time for speculation…if Pam’s name means, honey…and we know what kind of vampire/character she is…imagine what someone who’s name means, pure will be like if it’s in a similar context? I have NO idea…but I’m dying to find out. I just hope she likes Sookie too.
What are your thoughts? Feel free to share your speculation below!
Lions and tigers and shape shifters, Oh my! (via @mswriteok)
I’ve been reading all the Fangathon blogs and I’ve noticed something: Sam’s pretty much a no-show, so today, I’m writing a love letter to Sam Merlotte, owner of Merlotte’s bar and grill in Bon Temps.
Well, we all knew that, and we know he’s a shape shifter. We also know he has been sweet on one of his employees since day one.
Even in the first book, Charlaine Harris made it plain that Sam has it bad for Sookie. He was about ready to ask her out the fateful night Vampire Bill walked into his bar.
Makes you want to compare Sam to Rick, the world weary bar owner in Casablanca.
“Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world he walks into mine.”
First, Bill breaks Sookie’s heart. Then, she and Alcide are always out of step. She’s interested, he’s not, and vice versa. Then, Eric wins her over when he can’t remember what he did. In the book, Quinn and Sookie have all the right intentions of having a relationship, but a bomb literally blows that relationship to kingdom come. Eric steps back in, but the in book does something much more surprising than anything imagined in True Blood.
Actually, way back in the early days of both the books and the show, Sookie and Sam kiss, but that’s quickly quashed by an extremely jealous Bill.
In the book, Sam has dated several other women, ending with werewolf Jannalynn, the Shreveport Pack’s enforcer. If you’re read “Deadlocked,” you know how that turns out and you also know there is a very big “IF” left at the end of the book, leaving fans practically drooling for the final Sookie Stackhouse novel, “Dead Ever After.”
In True Blood he had a standard booty call with Tara. Other than that, most of his relationships end badly. The jury is still out on how his relationship will go with Luna, a fellow shape shifter who was married to a werewolf, who happened to be Shreveport’s Pack Leader. He’s gone now, thanks to Alcide, so the jury is out on how this will affect Sam and Luna’s dating life.
I like the way Sam is described in the book. I love the “red gold” description of his hair, the way he is always just a tiny bit scruffy. He’s a good-hearted guy, the kind most girls would be happy to take home to mom and dad. He just doesn’t seem to ever get that far, which I find sad.
Did I mention he has a killer smile?
I’ll go out on a limb here and flat out say that I wish Sookie and Sam would wind up together. So many people think I am insane, that either Bill or Eric would be better for her because she can’t read their minds, but she has trouble reading Sam’s a lot of the time too.
Sam has never hurt Sookie. (Well his brother did when he was pretending to be Sam in the show, but Sam himself never has). He respects her as a person and her decisions, even when he disagrees with them. He doesn’t make decisions for her, like both vampires have.
Also in his favor, he has saved Sookies like more than once, just like Bill and Eric. In my world, he’s a serious contender. In the book, he shifts into a lion to defend Sookie. A LION. Now that’s someone willing to protect you in any way possible.
And, since he still has a beating heart, he can stay out in the sun, something Sookie won’t give up. She loves the daylight and she can only share it with Bill and Eric if they get a big ole Sookie cocktail before they step outside, and even then they can only stay a little while.
And hey, if they had a fight and Sookie told him he was in the doghouse, he should simply shift to Dean to collie and go for it. What more could a girl want?
So Sam, this blog’s for you. You’re a great guy, you deserve a great girl and I hope you find one. Personally, I hope it’s Sookie, both in the book and in the series.
Charlaine Harris (via @EricNorthmanSVM)
Without her I wouldn’t even be doing this. Without her I wouldn’t have waited with toe curling anticipation each year for the release of the next book. Without her there would be no True Blood.
I have to confess that Dead Until Dark was a bit dicey for me. There were interesting aspects to it and I enjoyed her spin on the vampire legend. However, at first, I found the detailed descriptions of Sookie’s wardrobe and her daily routine uninteresting. Then I gave the Living Dead in Dallas a try and fell in love with Sookie’s pluck, Eric’s fascination with her and learning more about vampire culture and heirarchy. Not all of the successive books were good but when they were, they were exciting, unexpectedly funny and very sexy.
What I’ve enjoyed the most from the books is the development of Eric and Sookie’s relationship. They argue. They fight side by side. They surprise each other. They fall in love. It’s an adult relationship where they talk and respect each other. Oh and there’s lots of monkey sex.
So Charlaine, there’s only one book left. I refuse to speculate as to what will happen in Dead Ever After. I’m putting my full faith in you that, no matter Sookie’s fate, it will be a fun, touching and leave me wanting more just like a good story should.
via Charlaine Harris
Dead as a Doornail isn’t Dead in the Water (via @lynntulloch)
‘Dead as a Doornail’ is the fifth book in Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire Series and it’s quite an exciting book too. The book concentrates on Sookie wanting a bit more of a quiet life. After all, so far, Sookie has had a friend murder her grandmother, fallen in love and been betrayed, been raped, slept with two vampires, been blown up, discovered that not only are vampires real, but werewolves, shapeshifters and witches too, had her brother attacked by werepanthers (its only at the beginning of this book that we find out he will shift at a new moon unlike the TV series).
There is a pack master challenge in Shreveport and the very wonderful Alcide asks Sookie for help. He needs her there to listen to people’s thoughts and make sure no one will cheat, cause Jackson Herveaux is Alcide’s dad and he’s in the running.Great, used by Sam, used by Alcide.
After being Franklin Mott’s bit of fluff in book 3, Tara has been passed off by him to another vamp called Mickey who is not really emotionally stable. She needs help to get away from him.Alan Ball’s Addition (via @TrueBloodMame)
Alan Ball has in some ways given us even more than Charlaine Harris did in her Book: Dead To The World:
I’d almost said, “Hi, honey,” but caution kept me mute. “Sookie,” he said slowly. “Am I in your house?” I was glad I’d gotten dressed. “Yes,” I said, regrouping like crazy. “You’ve been here for safekeeping. Do you know what happened?” “I went to a meeting with some new people,” he said, doubt in his voice. “Didn’t I?” He looked down at his WalMart clothes with some surprise. “When did I buy these?” “I had to get those for you,” I said. “Did you dress me, too?” he asked, running his hands down his chest and lower. He gave me a very Eric smile. He didn’t remember. Anything.
“No,” I said. I flashed on Eric in the shower with me. The kitchen table. The bed. “Where is Pam?” he asked. “You should call her,” I said. “Do you recall anything about yesterday?” “Yesterday I had the meeting with the witches,” he said, as if that was indisputable. I shook my head. “That was days ago,” I told him, unable to addthe number of them up in my head. My heart sank even lower.
“You don’t remember last night, after we came back from Shreveport,” I pressed him, suddenly seeing a gleam of light in all this. “Did we make love?” he asked hopefully. “Did you finally yield to me, Sookie? It’s only a matter of time, of course.” He grinned at me.
—Charlaine Harris “Dead To The World”
In True Blood Eric remembered everything at once, and they both acknowledged their love for each other, which didn’t happen in the books for a long time.
Radio, not TV (via @TB_PamR)
Call me old-fashioned but I’m just not a television kind of girl. I don’t understand the attraction of watching images of people on a small box. People are small enough in person, they don’t need to be shrunk down any further. Besides, it’s a gigantic waste of time, with the exception of that entertaining show about the vampires on summer Sunday nights. That’s a good way to start the week.
Given the choice I prefer the radio, books or, of course, the internet. No doubt you’ll be happy to point out that these are all, potentially smaller boxes than a television. That’s true, they are. But they don’t pretend to give you the full picture and experience of me. Which is the promise TV makes but can never deliver.
On the radio you only get my voice. In a book you just see me through the eyes of Charlaine Harris. And on the internet…well that might just be where you see the most of me, thanks to this blog, my Live Journal, my Facebook fan page and Twitter.
Tonight, at a new time 8 p.m. CDT, @DarlingSookie and I will take to the online airwaves to discuss the reason for all the discussions, the True Blood 30-Night Fangathonon True Bites Online Radio via BlogTalkRadio. Whether you are blogging with us or not, this is a chance to hear some of what we’ve found most amusing, innovative or just plain odd about the True Blood fandom…since May 11, 2012. -smirks- The time limit was necessary because otherwise the show would never end, there’s so much to talk about when it comes to Truebies and their True Blood passions.
So who cares if Eric is the more TV-friendly? Maybe confining him to such a small space is the only way people can even begin to understand him and appreciate his larger than death charisma. He can have it. I’m happy online and on the radio, especially when he joins me….
So don’t be shy, pets. Give us a listen, maybe even give us a call. I promise to have Lunch before we go on the air. -fangy grin-
via Radio, not TV
Deadlocked into Dead Ever After (via @DarlingSookie)
Pam and I were honored to be joined by Eric and Sookie Lovers very own Erika for last week’s episode of True Bites.
We got right down to business and discussed the topic that everyone’s been debatin’ over for years…
Who will Sookie Stackhouse wind up with?
Of course, Erika was convinced it will be Eric. Pam whooped us all upside the head with the theory that Sam would be the best for Sookie. And of course, I rounded things out with my theory that Sookie will either wind up with Eric or completely alone.
But that’s not all we discussed and to hear it all just tune in to Deadlocked into Dead Ever After.
Tune into tomorrow’s all new episode of True Bites called All about the Blood.
Why the hate, AB? (via @JBDuRoneTB)
Ok – here’s my personal horror story; in 2008, I watched a few episodes of the new HBO drame “True Blood”. Having liked what I saw, I decided to read the books series it was based on; The Southern Vampire Mysteries (SVM) by Charlaine Harris.
Long story short, I liked the books, too! I thought S1 of TB was faithful to the books and loved each in their own regard. TB isn’t a direct adaptation of SVM, which is ok; they don’t have to be. However, it’s obvious to me that Alan Ball is thumbing his nose at book lovers through the story lines on TB.
Most obvious example; to Eric fans, the highlight of the SVM series was the amnesia SL in Dead to the World (book 4). The shower scene with Sookie and Eric reverberated around the SVM community and continues to be a favorite. So, what did AB do with this SL? Well, he…
- Gave the shower scene to Bill and Sookie in Season 3
- Eric and Sookie DID have sex, but it was in some stupid fantasy/dream/Narnia setting
- At the end of DttW, when Eric regained his memory, some of the boy-like Eric remained, along with some affection for Sookie. On TB, Eric reverted to his old self and turned completely away from Sookie
Those are pretty big departures for SVM fans. AB went out of his way to piss off the fans, IMHO.
Other examples include Hot Shot/Calvin Norris (as I mentioned in a prior post), the whole Sookie/Bill dynamic instead of the Sookie/Eric dynamic and, lastly, while the hell isn’t Arlene in jail yet?
Before you jump to conclusions, I’m not hung up on the Eric vs. Bill thing. My own personal opinion is that all supes are bad for her; they’ve brought her nothing but trouble. Sookie needs to find a nice, natural guy to settle down with. Too bad the best in Bon Temps has been snatched by Tara Thornton. ; )
So, Alan Ball – why the hate? Why go out of your way to piss off the SVM fans? Haven’t I read that Charlaine Harris has distanced herself from your writing because you’ve gone too far off the deep end?
Look, you made a wreck of the series in S4 because, as I’ve pointed out here, you went out of your way to pervert the Eric amnesia story line. Couldn’t you have put more effort into writing original but good material?
Day 3 Sookie vs book Sookie. (via @SassyJessOB)
Having read all the Southern Vampire Mysteries so far, and having watched all the seasons of True Blood I have to put up this little debate (which I would also love to hear your thoughts on..)
True Blood’s Sookie Stackhouse played by the gorgeous Anna Paquin…
She’s had a tough old life so far, from running away from Renè in season one with him trying to kill her because she’s been with a vampire, and let’s face it as we also know in the books and the show Sookie has lost a fair few people that’s close to her as we see in many of times, from breaking up with Bill Compton to losing her grandmother Adele Stackhouse.
But who do I like more, Fictional Sookie or True Blood’s Sookie…Well that’s a good question, so I’m starting with book Sookie.
We all know Sookie enjoys sunbathing, reading, and enjoys working at Merlottes, but the difference between book Sookie to True Blood’s Sookie is the one thing I think Alan Ball has screwed up a tiny bit…
Sookie’s flashy hands!
Continue reading via Day 3 Sookie vs book Sookie.
Charlaine Harris Interview SciFi Now UK (via @vs4as)
SciFi Now UK spoke with Charlaine Harris and the interview and page scans are in the gallery below. She speaks a bit about the end of the Sookie Stackhouse series. Dead Ever After is due out May 2013 and will be the final installment in the series. She also speaks of the faux pas committed by Alan Ball during a press conference. She had confided in him that she was contemplating having the character of Bill Compton die in an upcoming book (book 9). Well good old Alan Ball let that one slip at Paley Fest 2009. The way he said it was just unbelievable. It mislead fans a bit. So glad she finally said something about this!!
The page here on the site has the full size scans link here:
Gallery has the page scans:
Happily Never After Pamela Swynford de Beaufort
It will come to no surprise to anyone who has ever listened to True Bites, but I am not a fan of True Blood’s Pamela Swynford de Beaufort.
Now before you start judging, please read what I just wrote. Notice how I used a full name?
This is because I am not referring to Pam Ravenscroft. I adore (love even) Pam in Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire Mysteries. Pam and Eric are two of the liveliest characters in the books, which of course is ironic, since they are both (un)dead.
No, the Pam I referring to is that of Alan Ball’s creation. The whiny, repugnant, pathetic excuse for Eric’s child…
Continue reading via Happily Never After Pamela Swynford de Beaufort.
Day 2: A Tale of Two Vampires (via@mswriteok)
Like so many others, I have a thing for tall, blonde and handsome vampires.
Charlaine Harris In SciFiNow Magazine (via @EricSookieLover)
In my Day 2 of my fangalicious FangAThon posts, I figured I’d focus once more on the Southern Vampire Mysteries, but this could be based on True Blood as well! I guess you get a 2-4-1 deal this time ’round!
Charlaine Harris was featured in the latest issue of the UK magazine, SciFi Now. In the interview, she revealed some very interesting things about the Sookie series and Alan Ball, which you might find extremely interesting after reading her answers!
Below, are only some highlights from the interview!
Continue reading via Charlaine Harris In SciFiNow Magazine.
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