An Update on My “Sookie Phase”

I finished all 8 books already.

I’m currently rooting for Team Eric. 😀

I want to know more about Hunter.

I’m eager to get my hands on the 9th book, Dead and Gone (coming out May 2009). Downside of reading a series? The waiting part!!

 

Getting Crazy About Sookie

Finally!

For weeks, I was searching for something entertaining to read. Last weekend (albeit by chance), I came across author Charlaine Harris and her creation Sookie Stackhouse of the Southern Vampire Mystery Series. I first saw a boxed set of the first 7 books and got intrigued. However, without any means to look for reviews about the series, I decided to buy only two (2) out of the 7 books (Dead to the World and Definitely Dead), the ones with the catchiest titles and more interesting summaries among the 3 or 4 that are loose on the shelves.

I started on Definitely Dead and I finished it in a day. I googled Charlaine Harris and found out the order and number of books released in the series. There are now 8 books, with the 9th to be released this year (2009). Since I found the book enjoyable and entertaining, I immediately regretted not buying the boxed set. I called the bookstore where I saw it but alas, the 2 sets I saw were already sold.

So what did the Bibliophile in me do? I called the nearest bookstores and the ones that we can visit, and asked for the availability of the other titles. Out of the 9 bookstores I called, I was able to complete the first 7 titles by reserving books in 2 stores, where luckily, some titles are still available. (The more popular branches/bookstores were sold out.)

I think I can finish the books in a couple of days. And, knowing me, I’ll be eager for the next books in the series. Each individual title can stand alone on its own, but there are back stories so it is recommend to read the first book first. Definitely Dead, the first title I read is in the middle of the series. I still enjoyed it as it is but when I got the other books and read the first ones before it, I understood some scenes in Definitely Dead better.

The books are definitely entertaining! I posted here (above) the thumbnails of the covers, in order of release. The 9th book, Dead and Gone, is due for release on May 2009. The first chapter is available on the author’s official website, http://www.charlaineharris.com.

P.S. The HBO Series Trueblood is based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels. However, I haven’t seen the show nor am I suddenly interested to. I read Sookie was played by Anna Paquin. Can’t quite picture Anna as Sookie. But well, whatever works for the casting director!

 

First Love Fever

My friend and I were talking the other day and we discussed songs that are about first loves or early relationships. (Note: I guess this was a side effect of the book “Twilight,” which we both read a number of times. The reason? Two words: Edward Cullen. :-D) We agreed that we both like the songs “Million Miles Away” (Joey Albert), “Afraid for Love to Fade and Is She Thinking About Me?” (Jose Mari Chan), “Can This Be Love? (Smokey Mountain), “Looking Through the Eyes of Love” (Melissa Manchester) and “I Never Dreamed Someone Like You Could Love Someone Like Me” (Katie Irving).

Spurred by this retro feeling, I remembered the song “Stay” by Ric Segreto (deceased). I remembered the (love) story of a college friend who was with a guy who she had an “undefined” relationship with. The guy sent her a CD of this song. Being an old (cheesy) love song, it was unknown to her but when she listened to the song, she loved it. Whenever we would ride in her car, the CD was playing! I don’t know if they ended up together because that friend of mine and I lost track of each other. But theirs was a sweet love story.

Intrigued? There are postings of the song in Imeem. You can listen to it here.

 

Edward + Isabella

You say you love me
without boundaries
without reason
You say you love me
just because
there’s no sense
in life when
I’m not by your side

I say
I will hold you
for as long you want me to
for as long as it matters
I will never leave you
Throughout my existence
You own my heart

 

note: pardon the fangirling, as this poem is posted for cecille, who is currently devouring the twilight saga books, and is now living in edward and isabella’s world in forks.