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This book was an instant buy for me since it contains novellas by three authors I read regularly: Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh and Ilona Andrews. Overall, great stories. I really enjoyed them and it was nice to be exposed to an author I’d never tried before. More on each specific story below.
The first story in the collection is The Britlingens Go to Hell by Charlaine Harris. It involves secondary characters from (I think) the seventh book in the series Altogether Dead. It’s a great little story and Charlaine Harris explores part of the Southern Vampire series mythology that’s really only touched on in the series, so the novella’s full of wonderful little details and surprises. Clovache and Batanya make excellent protagonists and it was really fun to learn more about Britlingens.
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Saturday, January 16, 2010
Must Love Hellhounds (anthology) by Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews and Meljean Brook
Friday, January 15, 2010
True Blood nominated for ACE award
One more feather has been added to the hat of True Blood in the form of a nomination to the Ace Eddie Awards. TrueBlood fans would be happy to learn that their favorite TV series’ Editor Louise Innes has been nominated for the Best Edited One-Hour Series for Non-Commercial Television. Louise was the editor of the Episode 6, Hard – Hearted Hannah and has been critically acclaimed for her work in the series. The ACE awards would be presented on the 14th of February at the Beverly Hilton. We hope the Valentine’s Day date proves to be lucky for the True Blood Team – Best of Luck!
Source: American Cinema Editors
Charlaine Harris to visit Columbia County, GA January 23rd
Author Charlaine Harris will visit Columbia County Georgia for a special event. She'll be at the Columbia County Library on January 23 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
Press Release:
Author Charlaine Harris to visit the Columbia County Library
Columbia County Library is pleased to present Charlaine Harris for our Winter Chills program on January 23rd at the Jabez S. Hardin Performing Arts Theater. Doors will open at 6:30pm and the program will begin promptly at 7:00pm. Admittance is free of charge.
Ms. Harris is the author of the Aurora Teagarden series of mysteries and the Sookie Stackhouse series which inspired the hit HBO series, TrueBlood.
To prepare for the main event, the Columbia County Libraries hosted book discussions for the 2010 Columbia County Reads Together books, Dead and Gone, a Sookie Stackhouse novel, and the Aurora Teagarden mystery, Poppy Dead and Gone.
Due to the overwhelming demand for the Charlaine Harris event, the library will be distributing 450 tickets on a first-come, first-serve basis at 6:00pm on the 23rd. NO TICKETS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED PRIOR TO 6:00pm. Patrons wishing to attend MUST have a ticket to be allowed admittance. The library appreciates your cooperation in helping to adhere to fire and emergency safety standards!
For more information, please contact the library at 706-863-1946
True Blood Music Video of the Day : Crazy in Love
Hang on to your pearls gals!
Thanks to the great, smvgrey74
Thursday, January 14, 2010
USA Today: “17% of all book sales tracked in 2009 were related to vampires”
From Twilight Source
There’s a new article online looking at popular books in 2009, and it reveals some interesting statistics related to the Twilight saga:
We have Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight vampires to thank, in part, for the fact that at least 17% of all book sales tracked in 2009 were related to vampires (and assorted other undead creatures, including zombies) or the paranormal (including paranormal romances). That was up from 14% in 2008, which in turn was way up from 2% in 2007.
Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels, which are the inspiration for HBO’s True Blood, had nine titles in the top 100 sellers of the year, and P.C. and Kristin Cast, the mother/daughter team who write the House of Night series, had six. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith is No. 48 on the list. Expect that trend to continue in 2010, again thanks in part to Meyer. She may not have a new book coming out (that we know of so far), but Eclipse, the movie based on the third book in the Twilight series, swoops into theaters in June, and the paperback reissue of her 2008 adult hardcover The Host is out April 13.
Interestingly, all four Twilight saga books sit at the top of USA Today’s Best-Selling Books of 2009 list.
USA Today: “17% of all book sales tracked in 2009 were related to vampires”
From Twilight Source
There’s a new article online looking at popular books in 2009, and it reveals some interesting statistics related to the Twilight saga:
We have Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight vampires to thank, in part, for the fact that at least 17% of all book sales tracked in 2009 were related to vampires (and assorted other undead creatures, including zombies) or the paranormal (including paranormal romances). That was up from 14% in 2008, which in turn was way up from 2% in 2007.
Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels, which are the inspiration for HBO’s True Blood, had nine titles in the top 100 sellers of the year, and P.C. and Kristin Cast, the mother/daughter team who write the House of Night series, had six. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith is No. 48 on the list. Expect that trend to continue in 2010, again thanks in part to Meyer. She may not have a new book coming out (that we know of so far), but Eclipse, the movie based on the third book in the Twilight series, swoops into theaters in June, and the paperback reissue of her 2008 adult hardcover The Host is out April 13.
Interestingly, all four Twilight saga books sit at the top of USA Today’s Best-Selling Books of 2009 list.
Exclusive - True Blood - Episode 3.04 - 9 Crimes - Casting Call
Thanks to Spoiler TV
Please note: As a courtesy, please do not reproduce this post to newsgroups, forums or other online places. Summary and Link backs only please.
[DEBBIE PELT] In her late 20s.. strung-out and stubborn, she is Alcide's beloved ex who's addicted to V...STRONG RECURRING (29) No nudity required. But will be seen in bra and panties.
[JANICE HERVEAUX] 32 years old, a fit.. tough-as-nails woman in biker gear, she is is Alcide's protective older sister. Somewhat New Age, Janice is into horoscopes and psychics...GUEST STAR (17)
[KITCH MAYNARD] 17 years old (submit 18 to play 17).. cocky, Golden Boy, he's the new high school football star who has replaced Jason as the hometown hero, and he enjoys rubbing it in Jason's face...GUEST STAR (16) RECURRING. Possible car ass type nudity.
[STRIPPER / ANN] Exotic and striking-looking, but dead behind the eyes, this scantily clad stripper is glamoured and devoured by three vampires...GUEST STAR. Topless nudity required. Submit strong actresses. (48)
[CHIP WELLING] This clean-cut, all-American Christian youth recognizes Jessica from Bible Study and is relieved to see her alive...GUEST STAR (31)
[DONNY] A road crew member with Jason, he kisses up to Kitch, the new high school football star...1 speech & 2 lines, 1 scene (14)
[FELTON NORRIS] Early 20s, this violent young punk is a relative of Calvin's who strips Lafayette's car and helps beat up Lafayette...1 line, 2 scenes (33 sptv050769) RECURRING
[TAMMY] 16 years old, she is Kitch's hot girlfriend who drives around with him in his sports car and giggles at Kitch's rudeness...1 line, 2 scenes (16) RECURRING
Read more: http://www.spoilertv.com/search/label/True%20Blood#ixzz0cdkBUmPK
Alan Ball Is Pro-New Blood on "True Blood"
Adding a new cast member to an already tight ensemble can be tricky stuff. Chemistry can be slow to build, storylines sometimes feel forced and viewers tend to revolt initially, preferring the stasis of the characters they've come to know and love. But fear not, "True Blood" lovers. Alan Ball wants to make sure everyone is a happy camper.
The third season of the HBO series is expected to see a major influx of new supernatural characters, including Alcide, a werewolf who complicates things with Sookie (Anna Paquin) and Bill (Stephen Moyer) and Sookie and Eric (swoon-inducing Alexander Skarsgard
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Charlaine Harris: 'I'm just a gruesome person'
The author behind infectious TV series True Blood has an unpleasant past, writes Catharine Munro.
Come out of the coffin ... Charlaine Harris introduces taboo topics to the mainstream.
Draining every drop of her deep Southern cordiality, Charlaine Harris holds out on explaining exactly why her latest heroine is involved in an incestuous relationship.
The author behind the popular HBO series True Blood isn't into psychoanalysing her sexy murder mysteries, even though their kinky characters cry out for it.
But otherwise thoughtful and conventional people who have found themselves glued to the television adaptation of Harris's work might need a session or two on the couch to explain why they can't get enough of a story based on sex with vampires. Vampires are, after all, creatures who are dead.
Necrophilia and incest are not themes you would usually associate with a 58-year-old churchgoing mother of three who has lived for 20 years in the Bible-belt state of Arkansas. "I'm just a gruesome person," she says, matter-of-factly.
But there's no avoiding the contradiction between the writer and her subject matter. Speaking from her home in Magnolia, Arkansas, she is unnervingly relaxed.
From Sydney Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/books/im-just-a-gruesome-person/2010/01/14/1263058321465.html
Vampires would royally f-up the health care debate
Every year, the first-year students at The Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky are broken up into different sectors of government — Department of Defense, Department of Justice, CIA, Health and Human Services, etc — assigned a diplomatic crisis scenario, and then asked them to make suggestions in the event of that crisis.
This year, their assignment was to imagine what would happen if the scenario played out in the HBO series "True Blood" (inspired, of course, by Arkie Charlaine Harris' books) — that vampires are among us and have outted themselves to the human population — was real.
Their conclusions seem roundly smart, but also, of course, pretty hilarious.
Check out HHS "we're-screwed" response:
Vampires will not fit within current human-oriented health administrative codes and regulations because, should they be granted full citizenship, they will have access to the national health care system. Their particular strength, lifespan, and sustenance needs would not fit into normal codes, and new ones must be developed, separate from human regulations to account for vampires’ unique condition. Medicare regulations will have to be severely restricted to vampires, as their life span is known to be far longer than average unaffiliated humans. Medicaid will also require adjustments, as human diseases afflict vampires to a far lesser extent.
http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/rockcandy/2010/01/vampires_would_royally_fup_the.aspx
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
'True Blood,' Lady Gaga and ABC among GLAAD nominees
Designer Tom Ford's dramatic feature film, "A Single Man," HBO's vampire series, "True Blood" and singer/songwriter Lady Gaga were among those nominated for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's annual media awards on Wednesday.
GLAAD nominated 152 television shows, movies, musicians, journalists and artists for their awards, which will be given out in three ceremonies starting in New York on March 13.
CNN
Sookie and Trends, triumphs of the 2009 book year
Book sales rise from these graves
We have Stephenie Meyer's Twilight vampires to thank, in part, for the fact that at least 17% of all book sales tracked in 2009 were related to vampires (and assorted other undead creatures, including zombies) or the paranormal (including paranormal romances). That was up from 14% in 2008, which in turn was way up from 2% in 2007. Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels, which are the inspiration for HBO's True Blood, had nine titles in the top 100 sellers of the year, and P.C. and Kristin Cast, the mother/daughter team who write the House of Night series, had six. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith is No. 48 on the list. Expect that trend to continue in 2010, again thanks in part to Meyer. She may not have a new book coming out (that we know of so far), but Eclipse, the movie based on the third book in the Twilight series, swoops into theaters in June, and the paperback reissue of her 2008 adult hardcover The Host is out April 13.
The new Seth Grahme-Smith book is of particular interest to us:
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Pre order today - it will be released March 2nd
'Diaries' "under pressure" from 'True Blood
The executive producer of The Vampire Diaries has admitted that he feels "under pressure" from True Blood.
Speaking to SFX, Kevin Williamson said that he is not worried about the show being compared to Buffy, but to Twilight and Alan Ball's Blood.
"The pressure doesn't come from Buffy, it comes from being caught between Twilight and True Blood," he said.
"They're the ones that are telling the same stories because there's certain tales that come with being a vampire. And we do try to pay attention to what True Blood is doing.
from Digital spy
http://www.digitalspy.com/ustv/news/a196112/diaries-under-pressure-from-true-blood.html
"For instance, the obvious storyline that's going to come up between a human and a vampire is what's going to happen when I grow old and he doesn't. True Blood's touched upon that, so we're going to try to hold off on that for a while."
He concluded by saying that he is "more concerned" about his characters - Damon, Elena and Stefan - than Twilight's Edward and Bella because the show has "carved out our own little corner".
Vampire Diaries returns Thursday, January 21 on The CW.
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