Yeah baby, more Sookie!!! ;-)

From amazon:
"In bestseller Harris's perky sixth Southern Vampire novel to star Sookie Stackhouse, the telepathic waitress of Bon Temps, La., is off to (pre-hurricane) New Orleans to close out her dead cousin Hadley's apartment. Hadley's death six weeks earlier had been unexpected, since, as a vampire, she was already dead. Still, she'd led a lively existence as the main squeeze of the Queen of Louisiana, an omnisexual vampire, whose political marriage to the King of Arkansas occurred the night before Hadley's demise. Sookie and Amelia Broadway, Hadley's landlady and a pretty cool witch, immediately discover a mess of trouble left behind in Hadley's closet, and Sookie's soon neck-deep in even more. Though most of the intrigue doesn't come till halfway through, Harris keeps the action going nonstop in this bubbly brew of supernatural spice and whimsical whodunit that's more fun than a barrel of beignets."

Isn't it amazing how some books capture you so much that you basically
eat them up in a day? Well, this newest Sookie-Adventure is definitely
one of them... It sneaked up it's way on my Mount TBR and I just finished
reading it. It was definitely un-put-downable!

Good Lord, now I'm dying to know what's going to happen next and
there's not even an announcement for the next book out yet! Help! I'm
a Sookie-addict! LOL

Great new characters - Amelia is very promising!, some loose ends were tied
up and new storylines started... We learn more about Sookies nature
and her relation to Claudine... And did I mention that I LOVE tigers? ;-)
Bill is even a bigger jerk than I thought and I love to hate him. Alcide is pretty much out of the picture and Eric - well, not sure what's the deal with him. But who needs those guys when you can have Quinn... YUMMY!

I sure hope Mrs. Harris has more ideas ready and is busily writing new Sookie-Adventures! :-)

This book will be made into a Bookray.

Some guidelines:
1. Please journal the book when it arrives (so we know it's safe and sound with you), once you read it (to let us know how you liked it) and when you ship it off (so we know it's on its way to the next reader).

2. Please PM the next person in line before shipping the book off, not only for the adress, but also to ask if they are still interested in the ray!

3. You may always write to me and ask to be bumped down on the list.

4. Surface shipping is perfectly acceptable.

5. Try not to take longer than four to eight weeks to read the book. But we all understand that sometimes life (and bookrings...) just happen. :-) In that case, please make another journal entry to let us know that the book is not forgotten.

6. And the most important thing: Have fun!

Here are the participants so far. If you would like to join once the ray is started, please PM me. As long as I can fit you in with the shipping preferences you're welcome to join.

Rianonne (AT) / Europe
Amberkatze (AT) / Europe
cathepsut (EG) / Intl.
terra57 (US) / Intl.
synergy (US) / US/CA
BooksnBeer (US) / Intl.
explorer1118m (US) / US
Maurean (US) / Intl.
MinervaBCN (ES) / Intl.
CandyDarling (FI) / Intl.
sweetf (UK) / Intl.
amberC (AU) / AU
Woosang (AU) / AU (Intl. if necessary)

RELEASE NOTES:

This Ray is now started and travels to Vienna...

Woohoo, Sookie has arrived once again in Vienna! I already had withdrawal syndromes ...
I will try and read it as fast as possible because I'm meeting Amberkatze on the 20th October at our monthly BC-Ladies Night and love to give her some BookRings and -Rays ;)

To give you hope Morgaine - here is what I found on Charlaine Harri's website: May 2007 ALL TOGETHER DEAD (Sookie Stackhouse). Still a long time to go but we can sit it out with some other books, don't we !??!

Another great installment of the Southern Vampire series where I just had to get lost in it whenever possible :)

I look forward to what Sookie gets herself into next as there are a lot of loose threads with this book...

1. Will Sookie and Quinn remain together and, if so, what can we expect? Quinn is just too good to be true ...
2. Will Jason continue to thrive as a Were-Panther and will he marry Crystal?
3. What role will Amelia play as she is moving in with Sookie ?
4. What will happen to Bill?
4. What role will Eric play in Sookie's future?
5. Where does Sam fit in?

Now May 2007 seems to be too far away ... *sigh*

Thank you Rianonne for passing this on to me and thank you Morgaine77 for making this bookring!

I have the urge to forget everything and just read this till the end. However I will make myself finish the book I am reading and then get some sleep before starting this one. However I am sure there will be a journal real soon saying I am finished with it :)

WOW!!!!! I loved this! The series just gets better and better!!!

I loved the whole tiger thing and it was great to have a change of scene in this book as well. I loved the new characters and it was great to hear about all the old ones too. I really can't stop thinking about the Queen being Kirsten Dunst from Interview with a Vampire :)

I am really looking forward to the next book and will most likely pre-order it ;) It will be interesting to see what happens at the conference, wedding and what happens between all the 'relationships'. However I think I will keep quiet now because I may spoil it for all the others :)

I will pm cathepsut now and will get the book out to her on payday! (next week!).

Thank you so much for letting me take part in this one Morgaine77!

Received 2 days ago, on my birthday, perfect timing! I like the card with the little fold-out coffin, cute! I just started reading The Historian and haven't gotten very far yet. Plus I am reading really very slowly at the moment. So it might be a while. Perhaps I'll sneak Sookie in between....

Drumroll = my book #50 of this year!

I don't mind about the intrigue only coming half way through. I don't read these books for the suspense anyway - it's more to read about all the messes Sookie gets in and about the humour. Enjoyable and comfortable reading. I looked it up, the next one, "All together dead", is due to be published in March 2007.

Edited this by making the font colour white, as it's a bit of a spoiler. If you want to read it, just select the paragraph with your cursor:
Seems like an awfully long wait to see, how that vampire conference will play out. Will Peter Threadgill be there? And will Sookie and Amelia get along, so close together? And will Bob be turned back successfully? And will Jake appear again? Will HE turn? And what does that mean for Sookie, after all he bit her! Will Bill hang around? And when are we going to get some hot steamy sex between the new love interest and Sookie? And what about Sam? He is such a nice guy, will he ever get a shot?

And what the heck is a beignet?

On the way to the US, enjoy!

Received this today and will read asap. Yay another Sookie and right when I need her.

Well this was really worth the wait. Sorry it took so long to get to it but wanted to be feeling better so I could enjoy.

This is the best Sookie book yet. Not only did it clear up a few things in Sookie's life but yum yum to the men she catches. You can put a little tiger in my tank, LOL!

I was glad to see less confusion with having so many men fighting over Sookie and it was nice to see that she can still find her share of trouble without even looking for it. This was great from the first page to the last and I can't wait for the next book.

Will have this out to synergy on Jan 29th. Thanks for sharing this with me.

Cathy check this out on the beignet. They are totally out of this world delicious.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beignet

This came in the mail yesterday! I'm in the middle of another book, but I think I'll start this one immediately. The other's too long for this one to wait! :)

2007 Book #5 - Southern Vampire (Sookie Stackhouse) 06: Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
I've said this before and I'll say it again, I love this series. When I became jaded with the Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton I switched to this one and haven't looked back. It's what I was looking for in one of these types of books. Some fantasy and mythical creatures with a little bit of mystery and not too much heroics from the main character. Here's the bit from the inside flap:

As a person with so few living relatives, Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse really hated to lose one. But she never guessed that would be her cousing Hadley - a consort of the vampire queen of New Orleans. After all, technically speaking, Hadley was already dead. And now, as unexpected heir to Hadley's estate, Sookie discovers the inheritance definitely comes with a risk.

Someone doesn't want Sookie looking too deeply into Hadley's past - or for that matter, Hadley's possessions. And they're prepared to do anything in their power to stop her. But who? The range of suspects runs from the rogue weres who reject Sookie as a friend of the pack to the vampire queen herself, who could be working through a particularly vulnerable subject - Sookie's first love, Bill. Whoever it is, they're definitely dangerous - and Sookie's life is definitely on the line...

For a little bit there, I have to admit that I was starting to think that maybe Harris was going the way of Hamilton, though. For a bit there were too many males vying for Sookie's attention, especially in a scene where Sookie has to fake having sex with someone to fool some dangerous vamps. I recall this same scenario happening repeatedly in Hamilton's books. The difference is that the context saved it for being written and hopefully Harris won't start finding more and more pretexts for this type of thing like bad porn where the plot is just a vehicle for the "main event."

Even though there were more than the average number of guys after Sookie I think it was handled well. I think what I like most about her character is how down-to-earth she is. She's not overly "sophisticated." That is, she's just a girl from small-town Lousiana and she has yet to get too big for those britches. The resolution was great and Sookie was quite clever. Hey! I'm trying not to give any spoilers! But the ending left me impatient to see what happens next when Sookie goes to a special vampire "conference." Do you think they'll have Powerpoint presentations and droning speakers? :D

I apologize for keeping this book so many months. That'll teach me to take a book in a bookring while working full-time and going to school part-time. I have the address for the next person and it'll be in the mail Friday morning.

This book is finally in the mail. I was holding onto making the trip to the post office to send off another book to someone else, but that's looking like it's never going to happen and it's inexcusable to hold onto this book more. BooksnBeer should get it by Wednesday at the latest.

Thanks again for the opportunity to read my favorite vampire series!

Received this in today's post. I just wish the book before this would come in the post. I have one bookring in front of this, maybe it will show up before I finish that ring.

This is a really fun series - I can't wait to continue the Sookie adventures.

I Definitely enjoy this character. This book is a fun romp through that alternate reality that is Bon Temps. I enjoyed the character of Quinn. I also really believe that Sookie gets shoot and punched a lot for a human. Stand-by maybe she isn’t?? A sign of a good book for me is getting into the characters and this series does pull me in. I can’t wait for the next one – I’m going to check my library this weekend.

I’ll pass this along as soon as I have an address.

I''ll be putting this into the mail today. Sookie is traveling again.

Happy,Happy,Joy,Joy - my friend loaned me the next book in the series.

ohhhh! The next Sookie book! I just love this series and can''t wait to delve into this one! Thanks for sharin'' this Morgaine; I will journal again as soon as I''m through.

Fabulous.

I love this series! - I love the characters, I love the small-town feel of Bon Temp (and the change of scenery to the Big Easy is nice, too), and I love the humor that Harris injects - I think this was one of my favorite installments and I, too, can't wait to see how Charlaine answers all those questions posed by the previous readers!

Thanks so much for sharing this, Morgaine; I am awaiting MinervaBCN's addy, then I will send it out to continue its journey.
8/31 - both Minerva & CandyDarling have asked to be skipped; I am Pm-ing nxt in line now.
9/o8 - mailed to sweetf in UK

As usual I loved it, although to be honest, I wasn't really feeling that Quinn was all that until nearer the end of the book, I guess it just took a while for me to get into his character. Can't wait for the next one.

A lovely surprise waiting for me when I got home from work today. It will be next to be read.

As usual I loved Sookie's adventures. Now I have to get my hands on the next one.

Posting this to woosang tomorrow.

Arrived safely and as no one os after me, it will wait for other rings/rays ahead of it.

RELEASE NOTES:

posting to Shawnna as I have not read this series in a long time and it looks like I am not going to any time soon. Hope it cheers you up!!!!