I have been so enjoying the Sookie books by Charlaine Harris that when I saw there was a collection of the short stories starring Sookie I just had to get it from the library.
A Touch of Dead (Sookie Stackhouse: The Complete Stories)
The stories in this collection are "Fairy Dust," "One Word Answer," "Dracula Night," "Lucky," and "Giftwrap."with a great little introduction from Charlaine Harris. I love introductions that talk right to the reader and lets them in on the process of writing, this one does just that.
There are other Sookieverse stories out there that are not included in this book which would be nice to have in a collection one day that is also in chronological order because for a person like me that came into the series late it is easy to get the full novels in order but a bit harder to find all the short stories in the right order. A collection one day that has ALL the short stories in order would be awesome but for now A Touch of Dead starring Sookie is a great read and a must read for anyone reading the Sookie series.
Book Review - A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris
Story Review - Dracula Night by Charlaine Harris
In Many Bloody Returns
Product Description from Amazon:
From cakes to stakes, a celebration of everyone's favorite bloodsucking subculture by a baker's dozen of favorite authors. Each of these thirteen original stories offers a fresh and unique take on what birthdays mean to the undead. From Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse attending a birthday party for Dracula to Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden battling bloodsucking party crashers, these suspenseful, surprising, sometimes dark, sometimes humorous stories will ensure paranormal fans will never think of vampires or birthdays quite the same again.
Story Review - Tacky by Charlaine Harris
In My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding
So far I am just reading the Sookies stories in these collections but maybe after I finish all the Sookie books I will come back and read the rest of the stories in these collections.
Story Review - One Word Answer by Charlaine Harris
Now that I'm getting near the end of the Sookie Stackhouse series (only two more to go) I've started to pick up the short stories at my local library.
One Word Answer shows us how Sookie found out about her cousin's passing and when she first meets Mr. Cataliades. I kind of wish I had read these in chronological order but either way it's great to go back and relive parts of the story that are in the past, it keeps the whole storyline fresh in my head.
Product Description for Bite:
A never-before-published Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter story from New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton. A brand-new story from New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris, featuring the much-loved Sookie Stackhouse.
A hot new novella from USA Today bestselling author MaryJanice Davidson, set in the world of Undead and Unwed's Betsy Taylor, the newly, and reluctantly,crowned Vampire Queen.Introduced in the collection Hot Blooded, and on the heels of the wildly successful Master of the Night, Angela Knight has created a fascinating universe of Arthurian Lore and erotic vampirsim. And a sexy original story from Vickie Taylor, a new addition to Berkley Sensation.
If you are loving the Sookie series don't neglect the short stories, they are great additions to the world Charlaine Harris has developed.
