Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 1) by Charlaine Harris

Jacket cover:

Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana, but she keeps to herself and doesn't date much because of her "disability" to read minds. When she meets Bill, Sookie can't hear a word he's thinking. He's the type of guy she's waited for all of her life, but he has a disability, too--he's a vampire with a bad reputation. When one of Sookie's coworkers is killed, she fears she's next.

This was a fun read.. but before i really get into this, some comments/questions/observations:

1 - Synthetic blood ?

2 - There is AIDS for the Vampires???!!
3 - I really like the way we accepted the poor grandmom's death and promptly proceeded to have sex

4 - there was something else but i just can't remember what

I guess the rest is ok, but, the grief sex ? i mean, she's never had sex before and suddenly she's having grief sex?

well, ok . i guess i was expecting a lot from this book if I'm questioning things like this. Maybe i was expecting a bit more of sanity in the book. But then again, her name is Sookie Stackhouse, and this is a book with Vampires, maybe sanity is not what i should be looking for.

Atleast there aren't any sparkling vampires (a.k.a. Twilight) and Glamor doesn't seem that bad a word :o)

Overall, this was a real good read. The Characters are interesting. The book was short enough to finish in a day (i wish it was longer actually) and the plot did make me abandon all my other work till i could reach the end.

I get that feeling that Charlaine Harris is going to be one of those authors i add to my completely mindless-but-still-addictive-enough-to-make-me-stay-up-all-night-to-finish list of reading material.

Can't wait to start the next one.