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Author's Science Fiction BookClub?
Aakaakaak:
Yep, the same.
meg_evonne:
Yes, aak3 recommended it in this post.* So you haven't read them either? I've made a comment that in the television series (I've only seen series 1) Sookie seems too perfect and without flaws, then there could be discussion that so far in the tv series she doesn't actually kick butt. So there are some beginning discussion points such as, Is she too perfect? But if so and they are still well received--then why? Is she too passive? But if so, why are they received so well by women?
Plus it might be fun to get into the whole 'set in the south' theme and how she protrays that in her descriptions.
Pretty sure the libraries would have them right?
What thoughts do other people have?
Edited: as aak3 just confirmed!
LizW65:
I could certainly get talked into re-reading the first Sookie book, as it's been several years--I think I discovered Harris just before Jim, which was around mid-2006! I could also go for a REALLY bad book--maybe some pulp fiction "masterpiece" from the 1950's, or something along the lines of The Eye of Argon.
(Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure I disqualify for this reading group, as my writing genre of choice is murder mystery with no fantasy or SF elements, although there's a lot of crossover between genres, so maybe an exception could be made...?)
snowbank:
--- Quote from: meg_evonne on June 18, 2010, 08:41:38 PM ---How about a compromise... I personally haven't read any of Charleine Harris. Certainly well read, appreciated, sells like hotcakes. What if we started with her first book? Thoughts? Also, I don't think Ms Harris is a poster, right? Still our comments would need to be up to writer beta standards with comments meant to crit, not ridicule. I think we are all on that same page?
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Charlaine Harris has written a lot more than Sookie Stackhouse. She has 2 traditional standalone mysteries; a cozy mystery series (librarian Aurora Teagarden) of about 10 books in length; a short, harder-edged series (Lily Bard); and most recently another series with a protagonist who was struck by lightning as a teenager who sees the moment of death when she stands on a grave (Harper Connelly), which was written alternating with Sookie books.
She also has a website similar to Jim's, although not as extensive. A lot of her writing is internal, as Sookie has a lot going on inside that doesn't show. That's part of the passivity, perhaps. She's not perfect, but she tries.
Apocrypha:
--- Quote from: meg_evonne on June 18, 2010, 09:15:45 PM --- So you haven't read them either?
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No, I haven't. Mind you, till this True Blood show made its way north of the border, I hadn't heard of Sookie before either.
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