The Complete Sookie Stackhouse Stories (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood)
"For the first time together in one volume, the complete short story collection starring Sookie Stackhouse--with a new introduction from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the series, Charlaine Harris. For the first time together in one volume, here is the complete short story collection starring Louisiana's favorite telepathic waitress, Sookie Stackhouse--from #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris. New fans can fill in the gaps in their Sookie lore while old friends can revisit some of their favorite moments and characters. From investigating the murder of a local fairy to learning that her cousin was a vampire, from remodeling her best friend's house to attending a wedding with her shapeshifting boss, Sam, Sookie navigates the perils and pitfalls of the paranormal world. Belly up to the bar at Bon Temps's favorite watering hole and hear stories that will make you wish Sookie never left, including... "Fairy Dust" "One Word Answer" "Dracula Night" "Lucky" "Gift Wrap" "Two Blondes" "If I Had a Hammer" "Small-Town Wedding" "Playing Possum" "In the Blue Hereafter" This definitive collection is the perfect binge read for people who like their stories with bite!"-- "Return to Bon Temps, Louisiana, with these reader favorites featuring spunky telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse and her paranormal friends: -"Fairy Dust"--from Powers of Detection and A Touch of Dead -"One Word Answer"--from Bite and A Touch of Dead -"Dracula Night"--from Many Bloody Returns and A Touch of Dead -"Lucky"--from Unusual Suspects and A Touch of Dead -"Gift Wrap"--from Wolfsbane and Mistletoe and A Touch of Dead -"Two Blondes"--from Death's Excellent Vacation -"If I Had a Hammer"--from Home Improvement: Undead Edition -"Small Town Wedding"--from The Sookie Stackhouse Companion -"Playing Possum"--from An Apple for the Creature -"In the Blue Hereafter"--from Games Creatures Play"--
Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Fiction, Romance, Fantasy. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.
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Fiction · Romance · Fantasy
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Balanced tone · Steady pace
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- ISBN-13
- 978-0-3995-8760-3
- Language
- English
- Edition record
- OL27099030M
A more thoughtful way into this book
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A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.
Begin with its place in Fiction, then notice where the book resists that label.
Read for connection, not completion.
Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.
Three questions to carry with you
- What does the central character want, and what do they misunderstand about that desire?
- Which detail or relationship changes how you interpret the story?
- What feeling or question does the book leave with you after the plot moves on?
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