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A friend of mine started me on the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris, which are the basis for HBOapos;s new series "True Blood". The TV series name identifies the main "what if?" that the books are based on. The premise is that a Japanese company invented a synthetic blood which provides all the nutrition vampires need. Because they can function without the need to bite people, some vampires are now trying to live among humans and are lobbying for vampire rights. (yeah, letapos;s not even discuss the political angle there. Iapos;m really hoping the HBO series ignores it, but thatapos;s not likely.)�

The second "what if?" is that Sookie, a waitress, is also a telepath. She hears peopleapos;s thoughts all the time and refers to her telepathy as a disability. Because of the constant noise in her head, it actually does function somewhat like a disability for Sookie, so when she meets her first vampire and discovers that she canapos;t hear his thoughts at all, sheapos;s thrilled. Here ensues the love story.

There are all sorts of great characters in the book, like Sookieapos;s boss Sam, who will undoubtedly feature prominently in the series as another person of unusual talents. Thereapos;s Lafayette, the gay black cook at the bar/restaurant where Sookie works, and Jason, Sookieapos;s brother, who picks up whatever girl he wants. However, I noticed that the TV series has added a new character: Tara, Lafayetteapos;s cousin and Sookieapos;s friend, who also has a big crush on Jason. �I suspect Tara was added to provide another minority character (sheapos;s also black) and for the dramatic potential of Taraapos;s unrequited love for Jason. Iapos;m not sure if Iapos;m going to stick with the TV�show, but I really liked the book.�

Iapos;m looking forward to reading more of the series. I�can imagine all sorts of interesting things Harris can do with these basic elements. Her writing is a little unpolished in this book, but Iapos;ve been assured that the books get better.�I had so much fun with this one that Iapos;m sure Iapos;ll like the next few.

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