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Club Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 3)
Charlaine Harris
Ace Books, 2003
Gripping Story - I can't get enough of this series
I liked this almost as much as my favorite so far in this series, (book 4 - Dead to the World).
Sookie's boyfriend, Vampire Bill goes out of town on business and turns up missing. Sookie agrees to help find him and works with Eric (Bill's Vampire Boss) and ...
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Dead to the World (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 4)
Charlaine Harris
Ace, 2005
What a thrilling series!
There are so many summaries I'm submitting an opinion review only. These books are wonderful. CH has created a warm, funny, irresistable world that draws you in and that's it---your hooked!
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Dead as a Doornail (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 5)
Charlaine Harris
Ace, 2006
Another Fabulous Installment
I am surprised that this series just gets better and better as you read it. This book makes a shift to focus more on werewolfes and shapeshifters and of course, most of them accept her. We also see a little more from the fairies.
The book picks up on the storyline ...
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From Dead to Worse (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 8)
Charlaine Harris
Ace Hardcover, 2008
Can't Get Enough of This Series
I can't get enough of this series. It's one of the best I have read so far. I don't want to give away too much, but I will summarize. Bottom line, you won't be disappointed.
The vampires are dealing with the aftermatch of the Vampire Summit and reorganizing ...
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Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
Stacey O'Brien
Free Press, 2008
A book of awareness
Almost a year ago I lost my precious Dove (Heaven) and at times still find it difficult to explain to others what she meant to me. This book does exactly that. Not to mention helping to make more people aware how intelligent animals can be. Also, how they can change ...
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All Together Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 7)
Charlaine Harris
Ace, 2008
Another thoroughly enjoyable chapter in the adventures of Sookie Stackhouse
I have now read all but the most recent Sookie Stackhouse novel, FROM DEAD TO WORSE (which I just ordered from Amazon -- I had intended to wait for the paperback in March 2009, but after the big events at the end of this one, I decided I couldn't wait until then), and ...
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)
Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, ...
Harper Perennial, 2008
A guide to change your eating
Barbara Kingsolver uses her very readable style to encourage us all on a journey to understand the effects of the standard American diet on our own health as well as the health of the earth. This book is a fun and heart-touching read that also contains great recipes ...
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Living Dead in Dallas (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 2)
Charlaine Harris
Ace Books, 2002
Read with caution - This series is addictive
I read the first in this series, "Dead Until Dark" and loved it. This installment "hooked me".
Sookie finds herself seriously attacked by a "creature" and is saved from a certain death by the vampires by a quite unusual approach. Sookie and Bill find themselves ...
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Definitely Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 6)
Charlaine Harris
Ace, 2007
Best book yet in a very fine series
While I've loved all of the Sookie Stackhouse novels up to this one, DEFINITELY, DEAD might be the best of the bunch. It isn't just that the novel tells a great story; it contains several game changing elements. Of those in a second. Before I move forward let me ...
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Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 1)
Charlaine Harris
Ace, 2008
Dead Until Dark is Very Much Alive
HBO is showing a new series this year titled "True Blood." The TV show is based on Charlaine Harris's book Dead Until Dark.
Based on is perhaps not true. The series follows the book almost exactly. I suspect that the first season is the first book in Ms. Harris's ...
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No Country for Old Men (Vintage International)
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage, 2007
The Coin Has No Say
Cormac McCarthy has a unique and memorable writing style. What you read stays with you because it takes a little effort to internalize it. His storytelling is largely symbolic, as well. If you can read what's between the paragraphs, you'll get the rest of the story.
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Serena: A Novel
Ron Rash
Ecco, 2008
The rapacious ruthlessness of the robber barons and baronesses who let nothing stand in their way
The setting is 1929 and the newly married George and Serena Pemberton have taken the train back to the wooded section of North Carolina where George has a logging business. Their goal is to create a business empire and they are of one mind when it comes to their ...
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The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
Vintage, 1991
Difficult and Complex
The Sound and the Fury / 0-679-73224-1
Difficult and complex, The Sound and the Fury details the slow decline of the American South through the metaphor of the fictional Compson family. This book is so complex and rewarding because Faulkner introduces the concept of ...
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Christmas with Southern Living 2008: Great Recipes - Easy Entertaining - Festive Decorations - Gift Ideas ...
Oxmoor House, 2008
The Christmas experts at Southern Living magazine continue the holiday tradition with this all-new 28th edition of Christmas with Southern Living, the cooking, entertaining, and decorating classic that's steeped in gracious Southern style. One-hundred forty brand-new recipes?the most ever in this book series?include ultimate show-stopping ...
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2002
American Classic
Harper Lee wrote only one novel. And it is probably one of the best books ever written. It's a beautiful story of the South and one incredible and emotional year, all told through the observant and innocent eyes of a little girl called Scout.
This is a great book ...
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