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[amanda_lodden]

5. Real Murders by Charlaine Harris
A quick read. I started it around 6:30 this evening, when I got tired of sitting in front of my computer and wanted to do something else. I finished it a few hours later. It wasn't a "omigod I've got to know who did it!" sort of thing-- I put the book down to eat dinner, and a second time when I decided that I wanted a shower tonight instead of tomorrow morning. It was good but not the gold standard of excellence. The heroine was more "real" than many, and I may pick up more books in this series just because of her (though shame on her for not telling either of her beaus that she had accepted a date from the other).

Incidentally, murder mysteries are books that I consider not-worth-keeping, in that I can't be bothered to read them a second time, knowing who did it. So if you're local and interested in a free book and like mysteries, let me know. Otherwise it will end up in a library book sale or something.

Comments

[estarsign.livejournal.com]

I just noticed the author was Charlaine Harris. Did you read any of the Sookie Stackhouse series also by her? Just wondering how her other writing compares to this series, as I really enjoyed it.

[amanda_lodden.livejournal.com]

I deliberately avoided the Sookie Stackhouse series when I was book shopping, on the grounds that John is utterly hooked on True Blood and I get sucked in sometimes (I don't have the same "I must watch it Right Now!" that he does). I know that the books and series go in different directions, and I know that I have issues with watching a movie and reading the book at the same time, so I'm pretty much waiting until True Blood is no longer a vivid memory before reading the books.

I did like this book, and if you want to read it and see if you like it, you're welcome to it.

[estarsign.livejournal.com]

It's interesting, it took me a while to get into the true blood series because there are plot lines in the television series that are in no way a part of the books. I'm okay now with appreciating the series in it's own right and am waiting for Season 3 (not that I have HBO, but I will see it all the same!).

Normally mystery is not a genre I really read/get in to, but the Sookie Stackhouse series is sort of a fantasy/mystery/whatever genre (I'm not even sure where it fits!). I did an amazon search and read the description of the book and it doesn't really sound like it's my thing. Plus apparently it's a series and I'm not sure I want to follow yet another series (I'm already following like 5 of them!). Thank you for offering the book though!