Charlaine Harris is the new darling of my keeper shelf. Her Sookie Stackhouse series has it all. It makes me laugh, it makes me sigh and every once in a while it makes me get a little teary eyed. Sookie is a telepath who has always felt like she was on the outside looking in — until she finds out about the supernatural world. She gets herself mixed up in vamp and were politics on a regular basis and there is always high jinx involved. Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 1) begins the series and so far there are 7 Sookie stories (and some short novellas too!).  The Sookie series is supposed to be coming to HBO  and the show will be True Blood.  But the darned writer’s strike has put a crimp in things so who knows when it will actually air!

I’ve tried CH’s Harper Connelly series and I’m not sure it’s my cup of tea. It’s hard sometimes to shift mental gears with an author you love and they write different characters and stories. She also has done the Lily Bard “Shakespeare” series and the Aurora Teagarden series (which I think are cozies but I could be wrong). I do have the first in the Lily Bard series in my TBR pile Shakespeare’s Landlord (Lily Bard Mysteries, Book 1). Maybe I’ll give Real Murders (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, Book 1) a go and see how I like it. The Aurora Teagarden series is being reprinted throughout 2008.

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