Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris Book Review

Finally! The long wait is over.

The lastest installment of our beloved The Southern Vampire Mysteries later renamed TrueBlood Series and popularly known as the Sookie Stackhouse Series is out in the market.

It was released this 4th of May by Ace Hardcover, which really made the fans excited to have a copy.

Sure, the book was good and as with the other books in the series, it will get you hooked. Though, I found the prologue a bit weird, like it's not even Charlaine Harris who wrote it. But comes Chapter 1, all was well and normal.

In this book, we'll learn more of Eric, how he became such a vampire. What I've learned is that he's not high-handed after all. Yes, he is Eric, but he has his own weaknesses and vulnerability. From Book 1, I already know that he cares for Sookie the most and it is only he who can truly make her happy.

I knew that this is the last installment of the series, but now I'm not so sure. I think the author said something about writing additional books. I hope she does, because though the book was good, I'm not satisfied with it.

First, I think the weird feeling I felt came from mood of the book. It is entirely different from the earlier ones.

Sookie Stackhouse was no longer the same woman, nor was Eric, or Bill, and everyone else. I have no problem with that. Of course, people change. I just wish the author added more twists and turns to the story.

But I'm happy with what happened to Bill. Even after all that happened, I believe he loved Sookie and he deserves to be happy.

Another thing, it feels like there's something lacking. I mean, it ended just like that. Unlike the previous books, a problem starts in the beginning and ends in the end. With this book, there are still a lot of issues that needs closure. Which makes me think that probably Sookie's story is not yet about to come to an end.

Sookie Stackhouse has finally settled into a relationship with the Viking vampire Eric, and her errant brother Jason seems to have his life in order, too. But all the other people in Sookie’s life – Eric himself, her former lover Bill, her friend and boss Sam – are having family problems. Eric’s maker shows up with Eric’s ‘brother’ in tow, the ailing Bill can only be healed by a blood sibling, and Sam’s brother’s marriage is about to take place... or will it? The furor raised by the coming out of the two-natured has yet to settle; some people are just not ready to sit down to dinner with a man who turns into a dog. And Sookie herself is still recovering from her last ordeal. She’s definitely improving, physically and mentally, but she’s always going to have some dark moments now. The werewolves tell her that there have been strange and ominous passers-by in the Stackhouse woods; now Sookie is about to come face-to-face with one of her more distant relatives...

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The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella Book Review

Sometimes you don’t need a goal in life. You don’t need to know the big picture. You just need to know what you’re going to do next.

When I started reading this book, I wasn't that interested. I got a little bored. Well, the same goes with a lot of books that I've read. I read a few pages, then stop. The next day I'll read again, and then stop. Until I arrive at the exciting parts of the story, that's when I get obsessed.

Workaholic attorney Samantha Sweeting has just done the unthinkable. She's made a mistake so huge, it'll wreck any chance of a partnership.

Going into utter meltdown, she walks out of her London office, gets on a train, and ends up, in the middle of nowhere. Asking for directions at a big, beautiful house, she's mistaken for an interviewee and finds herself being offered a job as housekeeper. Her employers have no idea they've hired a lawyer; and Samantha has no idea how to work the oven. She can't sew on a button, bake a potato, or get the #@%# ironing board to open. How she takes a deep breath and begins to cope - and finds love - is a story as delicious as the bread she learns to bake.

But will her old life ever catch up with her? And if it does - will she want it back?

At one point in your life, you'll get into a crossroad. This is the stage where you have to make big choices. You have to choose well because time plays a very important role. Once you made choice, you either rejoice because you made the right decision; or realize that you chose the wrong road, but you can't just go back because life is not a game that you can reset to the time and place you started.

I like this love story. I like the moral. And even though I got bored at the beginning, I learned a ton in the end. I learned that you can't always run and beat deadlines. The best ways to enjoy life is by taking things slowly, one at a time. We don't live to work, we work to live. :)

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