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My library has it listed as True Blood: Dead Until Dark and sometimes True Blood: Book 1 so it might be worth looking for that.

I almost completely agree with you Stephanie, although it is my least favourite of the four books, but I still love it, and am happy to re-read it. I tend to skim through Book Two, and would also have preferred Book Three to be a separate book and heard more of

For me, I think it's because a re-read is no longer about what will happen, it's either to try and gain a better understanding of the plot or characters, but more often about recapturing the feeling and emotion I felt during the first read. The best way I can describe it is that it's like eating my favourite ice-cream - I know it's what it's going to taste like, and that I will enjoy it. I could go and try a flavour I've never had, and it might taste better, or it might taste worse, but I know with my favourite that it will taste good, and it will be a pleasure.

94 days and counting ...

Pizza - after a bad day at work ReadyBrek or soft-boiled eggs and soldiers - when I'm feeling under the weather and sorry for myself.

It's bizarre how many of us have struggled to find something else to read that captures the imagination like these books. I too struggled, although I took the excellent BCF advice and read the Kelley Armstrong Women of the Otherworld books afterwards, and this kept me going for a while, and was then in exactly the same situation. It's been tricky getting interested in any other books, but thankfully I've now found something completely different that I'm hooked on.

It absolutely makes sense, and I agree 100%

Nice to see it's recognisable parts of the book as well, as sometimes film adaptations move far away from the original, but it's looking good! Can't wait

I've just checked the Charlaine Harris website, and it says it's a collection of previously published short stories, but I've never read or seen any short stories, only the full novels, so I'm not sure where they were published before.

Just found an entry on fantasticfiction for a new Sookie book due out in October - it's called A Touch of Dead and is a collection of sort stories. Details here: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/charlaine-harris/touch-of-dead.htm

Snap! Snap! I haven't seen it yet. I do want to but I'm not a huge fan of Frances McDormand and I'm a bit concerned it will have had the Hollywood treatment.

"They tried to set you up with him and you said no?" Dena sounded incredulous "I was dating Simon." The truth was I probably would have declined anyway - money and Republicans and sausage did not strike me as a particularly tempting combination. American Wife - Curtis Sittenfeld

Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day has been my favourite so far, but oddly enough, Marianna is the top of my Persephone wishlist, so I'll be buying it on my next trip to an indy bookshop!

I couldn't agree more - it's the perfect size and I love the deckled edges to the pages.

Misuse of the word myriad

I've seen most of them, but Best In Show is definitely my favourite - Fred Willard's commentator makes me chuckle just thinking of him! I haven't seen For Your Consideration yet, as I tried to record it when it was on the tv recently but it cut off about 10 minutes at the beginning, so it's on my list of DVDs to buy soon.

Thanks, but I haven't had much reading time this weekend after all, and I've been gripped by another book (American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld), so I haven't had chance to start it yet. Looks like it'll probably be next weekend before I get to it now.

I was just going back through this thread, and wondered if you'd come across The Art of Penguin Science Fiction website? It's fascinating looking at all the original covers of some of these iconic books.

I'm becoming a huge fan of Persephone books. I think I've read five now, and all have been wonderful. They are quite expensive though, and I tend to save them for a treat when I indulge in one of my favourite independent bookshops where I have to pay full price for books!

Have I made terrible mistakes? American Wife - Curtis Sittenfeld

I think the first series was his best, when he'd had years to dream about all those Doctor Who stories he would write if the series was still going, and he wasn't under the time pressure of exec producing and writing at the same time. After the first series, I think he should have handed over more episodes to other writers. My favourites of his are Boom Town, Love and Monsters and Tooth and Claw. I think his most disappointing stories were the season finales, trying to be too big and epic, and throwing everything except the kitchen sink into them. There are scenes in all of the them I love but on the whole I think they were average at best (and I'll never forgive him for Last of the Timelords). Doctor Who Online - I joined because I used to listen to The Whocast, and they linked up after a while. I even sent in some reviews and was one of the live reviewers on a few episodes of the podcast during series three.

I've only read 100 pages in the last three days Succumbed to the 2 for

You're right, his Doctor Who pedigree is amazing, and he's set himself such a high standard of writing that I hope he can live up to it. That said, I'm actively avoiding my usual Doctor Who forum until the next series airs, as I'd like to avoid as many spoilers as possible before the new series airs, and I'm intrigued to know how he's going to handle balancing the exec producer responsibilities with the writing ones. I'm hoping he doesn't go along the RTD route and try to write too many episodes in the series.

Going along those lines, I suspect it should really be called "Russell T Davies' Doctor Who's Greatest Moments"! I'm thinking it was a good excuse to get all the old team back together for a few days (RTD, David Tennant, Julie Gardner, Phil Collinson plus directors, crew and actors), on the premise of recording some interviews, then have a huge party to celebrate the end of an era.

Anyone desperate for a Doctor Who fix? The Doctor Who Confidential team have produced three new hour-long documentaries, Doctor Who's Greatest Moments. The episode titles are The Doctor, Companions and Enemies, will include interviews with David Tennant, Freema Agyeman, Georgia Moffett, David Morrissey and John Barrowman and will be shown in the UK on BBC3 on Thursday, 20 August 2009 at 8:00 pm.