As a fan of the show True Blood, I've decided to go ahead and read the books in their entirety since as an Eric and Sookie fan I mostly skipped to their parts and never went back and read the rest. For those that don't know the books are written by Charlaine Harris. The first book in the so far 10 set series is titled Dead Until Dark. I read between classes today and got to page 14. For those that haven't read the books nor seen the show this will contain spoilers so continue reading at your own risk. ;)
So for the most part I was pleasantly surprised with how closely the show had followed the book. I literally felt like I was reading one of those movie based novels and it was great. I got to the part where Sookie helped Bill with the Rattrays and where he offered his blood which was in vials to her after he'd been drained a bit. In the show it was recently revealed that Bill let Sookie get beat within an inch of her life to get her to drink his blood. I've been told is not in the books. From what I take of this Bill tried to get Sookie to drink his blood from the vials but when it didn't work he let them beat her. Bill also seems less like the humanized vampire the show later portrayed him as and more vampire. Not feeling sucked in yet but I do want to keep reading.I'm sure that I'm reading because I want to compare it to the show and not because these type of books are the kind I usually read because they're not. So it's hard for me to describe whether had there been no show would I'd gotten this far into the book because it does take until like page 8 for some real action to happen. Normally either the first page has to grab me and if it doesn't I'm done.
As for music, I finally purchased Sia's We Are Born and I'm so glad I did as this is the album I always wanted Sia to make. For those that don't know Sia is of Zero 7 fame from the song In the Waiting Line which was played on Sex and the City and Garden State. Most recently she collaborated on Christina Aguilera's bomb Bionic so that didn't help her any but really didn't hurt her either. Anyways the tracks are upbeat and Sia's voice is amazing; she really soars on a number of songs. I do consider We Are Born to be better than Bionic, so if you're a fan of Bionic I highly suggest picking up Sia's album as it's the superior album. I bought this album out of desperation as the album I really want won't be out until October and thats KT Tunstall's new album. Her previous album Drastic Fantastic was considered a dud but I found the songs on their to be superior than some on Eye to the Telescope and definitely better than her acoustic album. The main problem with her last album was the first single released from the album was the song I liked least so that was definitely a bad choice for a first single. 'Fade Like a Shadow' is her single here in the states and its catchy and fun but still not as great a single as one of her bigger hits 'Suddenly I See' best known from the film Devil Wears Prada. Her UK single 'Still a Weirdo' is excellent. I can't wait but at the same time I have no choice unless it leaks early. Here's hoping!
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Melissa
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