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Intro: Club Dead is the third novel in the Sookie Stackhouse /Southern vampire series by Charlaine Harris. I loved the first novel, Dead Until Dark , and liked the second novel, Living Dead in Dallas , even more. I still haven't seen the HBO series True Blood , which is based on this series. Each season of the show is based on one book. Because this book is the third in the series, there will be some spoilers if you haven't read the first two books. Summary: Bill Compton is working on a secret project for the king of Mississippi, and he's afraid something will happen to him. In the event that he goes missing, he gives Sookie instructions on how to hide his work and what people to call. Naturally, Bill is soon missing. Most of this book takes place in Jackson, Mississippi, and the drama involves werewolves and shapeshifters as well as our beloved vampiers. Review: The simple truth: Club Dead is not as good as the first two novels in the series. For the first time, Soo...

I still haven't caught up on summer reviews, but I can't review a sequel until I've reviewed the first book. The tv show: You've all heard of True Blood , HBO's increasingly popular series based on Charlaine Harris' series of vampire mysteries featuring cocktail waitress and telepath Sookie Stackhouse . What is unique about True Blood is that each season takes on one book. I'm also a huge fan of Gossip Girl , who took the more usual approach of bringing the characters rather than the storylines to life. I haven't seen True Blood yet, but there are some obvious additions and deletions of characters. Still, this model of scripting is the closest to the books of any series I'm aware of. Dead Until Dark: Dead Until Dark grabbed me right away. Harris concocted a brilliant universe for BonTemps , Louisiana. Vampires are now legally recognized (partly due to the Japanese invention of synthetic blood that makes feeding on humans a joy rather than a me...