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We’re ready for tomorrow’s premiere of True Blood’s season 4. We’re also nervous because we so very much love Charlaine Harris’ Dead to the World, on which the season is loosely based. Regardless if you’re a fan of the TV show, too, we want to chat about the novel. This month’s group read gave us Sookie Stackhouse becoming more ingrained in the supernatural world, getting tougher and getting busy with a... 
Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse #4) Charlaine Harris Published: 2004 (Ace) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 5 stars Note: Spoilers lie ahead. Normally, we avoid them like the plague, but it’s just too much fun to talk the finer points of this one. However, we have flagged the big “damn, why’d you tell me” moments, if you want to brave it. I’ve always named Dead to the World...
Note: To those who have yet to read Pleasure Unbound, the comments here will most certainly contain spoilers. We encourage you to read our spoiler-free review of the novel instead. Because we were so busy with Alpha Showdown and, you know, life, we were unable to hold a group read chat on Twitter this week. So, instead we’re going to have an all-weekend discussion here on the site. We’ll use the comments...
I’ve always loved the Southern Vampire Mysteries (or as they’ve been relabeled as of late the Sookie Stackhouse books), particularly the first eight novels. And even when Eric was being a creepy, manipulative jerk in the early books, I kept thinking “I wish they would get together.” Because I love the complicated bad boys in novels. Eleven books later, Eric is still manipulative and arrogant and I still,...
Larissa Ione’s Demonica series tends to appear paranormal romance must-read lists for a reason. She writes interesting characters, has a vivid world and some seriously hot interaction between her hero and heroine. As we pointed out in last week’s review: “Larissa Ione’s Pleasure Unbound will give you goosebumps and keep you turning pages for more. As we’ve said before, the Demonica series is perfect for...
We always enjoy diving into the Richelle Mead’s writing, and in re-reading her first Georgina Kincaid novel Succubus Blues for the April group read we remembered why this series is so fun. Georgina is Mead’s heroine who really wants to be normal. She wants to love. And meeting Seth all over again? Oh, we loved it. And we want to talk about all that, plus Roman (!), the crew at the bookstore and a certain... 
Succubus Blues (Georgina Kincaid #1) Richelle Mead Published: 2007 (Zebra/Kensington) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 4 stars The Georgina Kincaid series is Richelle Mead’s lightest work, in terms of tone. Often witty with plenty of laughs, Succubus Blues will still bring you to the edge with coiled intensity. Georgina Kincaid is a succubus. Her immortal life is sustained by...
As my affinity for all novels written by Richelle Mead is well-documented, let’s lead this off with reminding everyone that I don’t pick our group reads. Each month we put up a poll with six options (three adult titles and three YA) and leave it up to you guys. What can we say, you guys have good taste. The April group read is the first novel in the Georgina Kincaid series, Succubus Blues. While Succubus... 
Help us pick the April Group Read! This month all but one of the options are the first book in the series. After those teasers for The Deathly Hallows Part 2 this week, we decided a re-read of the final novel might be necessary. Also we’re including A Game of Thrones in preparation for the HBO adaptation. That said, we’re up for any of them. We’ll leave the poll open through March 31 and announce the... 
