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Book series worth re-reading (a.k.a. admitting our obsessions)

The other night a reader asked us for book recommendations that would be worthy of re-reading. She told us she wanted to limit her budget, so she wanted books that wouldn’t just collect dust. It was all too easy for us to churn out series (and specific novel) suggestions for her. We opened it up to our Twitter followers, too, and many went with the same addictive series we did. Of course the first words...

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Plot fireworks to make you ooh and aah

Happy 4th of July to my U.S. readers! (And an early happy Canada Day to our friends to the north. Those of you in outside North America, how’s your Sunday?) In honor of America’s Independence Day and the big fireworks displays we’ll be attending tonight, Vampire Book Club rounded up a handful of our favorite vampire novel plot fireworks — the moments that made you go “Yes, finally!” “Oh, God, no!” and the...

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Review: Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse #10)

Dead in the Family Charlaine Harris Published: May 4, 2010 Purchase at: The Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 3 stars Ed. note: If you have not read the previous Southern Vampire novels, this review will give away key plot points in earlier books, however there are no Dead in the Family spoilers. I’ve always enjoyed the Sookie Stackhouse/Southern Vampire Mysteries series by Charlaine Harris,...