The Good Things in Life are Free

I just have to tell you about a great site I just found when hunting the net for free Audio Book downloads. I found Booksshouldbefree.com And it's excellent! It has a great library right there, free of charge and downloadable in mp3s or iPod format. Great, huh?

I've become a huge fan of audio books lately, since I'm doing quite a lot of walking, or at least try to. Great to be listening to a great story at the same time, right? Business and pleasure all at once. A total win-win situation. Check the site out!

True Blood Season 2

*Spoiler alert*  

If you haven't seen season two, and don't want to know about it, stop reading here.

I've finally had the time to watch all of the episodes of season two of True Blood. I probably should have let more time pass before I did it, because all I did now was to complain about how this and that didn't happen like that in the book. My hubbie became quite put out with me. "It's only based on the books," he said, continuously. And I didn't get to see Eric in lycra, well the sexparty-thingie didn't really happen like that in the book. Lafayette didn't even get killed. I have much trouble relating to the book now. The series is still good, but I think they have changed too much for my liking.

One thing I really liked was the relationship between Hoyt and Jessica, they were so sweet. Too bad Jessica went all vamp in the last eppi. I wander what is going to happen there.

And the thing with Maryann the meanad? I just didn't get that, so not what the book said. And Eric inviting Lorena, Bill's maker? What's that all about. I did, however, like the relationship between Eric and Godric. That showed a more sensitive side to Eric, which shows even more in the books. I like that side of him. He is not as ruthless as he seems.

I do still enjoy the tv-series, though I find the books even better. I can't wait to see what they have in store for us next season, which is to be aired this summer.

Picture borrowed from True-Blood.net.

Club Dead

The third book, Club Dead, in the Southern Vampire Mysteries takes Sookie to Jackson, Mississippi, to investigate the kidnapping of her boyfriend Bill Compton. With the help of the werewolf Alcide Hervoux she finds out that Bill is actually being tortured by his mistress, and former lover, Lorena. At Josephine's, or Club Dead as the weres call it, Sookie meets Alcide's former girlfriend Debbie who is not pleased to see her ex with a new woman, even if she is at the club celebrating her engagement to another man. Later, thanks to her ability, she saves the King, Russell Edgington, of Mississippi's right hand from being staked, only to be injured in the process. Thanks to that injury she is taken to his mansion, where they suspects Bill is being held. In order to rescue Bill, Sookie drinks Eric's blood to regain her strength and then some.

In this book Eric's interest for Sookie deepens and I think we get to see another, softer side of him.Then we have Alcide, the dark and sexy werewolf who shows great interest, much to his ex's dismay who actually tries to kill Sookie when she shoves Sookie into the trunk together with a very hungry Bill. Intrigues, intrigues.

These books just gets better and better!

picture borrowed from Wikipedia.

Living Dead in Dallas

The second of Charlaine Harris's series of Sookie Stackhouse, Living Dead in Dallas, takes our heroine to Dallas for a job. She's been hired by the vampires of Dallas to use her telepathic skills to find a missing vamp. She encounters the Fellowship of the Sun for the first time, she also finds out that there are more supernatural creatures out there aside from vampires. Such is meanads and shapeshifters/ werewolves.

I still have a very vivid image of a Eric Northman in Lycra. That must be a sight for sore eyes, right? Apparently, that is not in the TV-version. Such a shame. Would have liked to see Alexander in pink Lycra.

I really enjoyed this book. And I'm really starting to become very fond of Eric as a character. Maybe because he's more fun and dangerous than Bill. Bill is kind of meek in comparison.

And to be honest, I'm getting a wee bit embarrassed when listening to all the sex scenes...

Pic borrowed from Wikipedia.

What I like about Men in Cravat - New and Improved

Yup, I made a new version of this fanvid, starring three of my favourite men in cravat; Mr Lefroy, Mr Thornton and Captain Wentworth.

Oh, Darn it...

I have had a major celeb crush for a while on James McAvoy. Well, since Becoming Jane in fact. He's just so cute and lovable. I adore him. Still do, but not as fanatically as I once did. Perhaps because he's always seemed attainable. Even if he was married. But now, he's gonna be a daddy. That kind of make his edge go away. Of course I'm happy for him and his spouse, I mean, children are the greatest blessings of life. But, being a father makes him even more unattainable. You cannot leave as easily. Yes, I do have this fantasy that if he did meet me, he would totally go with me. ;)

Oh damn it. :P Who am I to fantasize about now? Well, I do have a vivid image of an Eric Northman (Alexander Skarskård) in lycra. Yes, I think that might suffice for a while...


Picture borrowed from Newsweek.

Men in Cravat Turn(s) Me On

I created a new Youtube-account today, to match with the new blogadress and email. Yey! So, I just had to make a fanvideo, starring Men in Cravats, and Jane Austen heros/ines as well as Gaskell's NS couple.

Enjoy!

Dead Until Dark

I have just finished reading (well, listening to actually) the first novel in the Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris, Dead Until Dark. As you may, or may not know, these are the novels that the popular Tv-series True Blood is based on. But I must say, the books are better. Even if we get to see everything through Sookie's eyes, and the fact that they have added  characters and events in the series. Of course I have the images of the cast in my head. Yes, I find Stephan Moyer's Bill Compton very attractive. And yes, I find fellow Swede Alexander Skarsgård very, very attractive as Eric Northman. Anna Paquin is great as Sookie.They have explored other characters in the series, even if the focus is on Sookie, we get to see more of for example, Sam and Jason in the Tv-series, which is good too.

The book is from a first person perspecitve and Sookie is the one we are following. I usually prefer it to be third person, because I would so like to know what everyone is thinking. I'm kind of nosy... :P I mean wouldn't you like to know what is going on inside of Bill's head? Or Eric's for that matter?

These books are a lot more juicy than say, Twilight, which is quite sweet in comparison (in the first two-three books anyway). They are more like Laurell K. Hamilton's series about Anita Blake. Rawer and much sexier. I like it. It has all the elements I like in a book; romance, vampires,  a little bit of violence, a whole lot of sex...

If you like the tv-series, read the books, I guarantee you won't be disappointed.

The pics: 
Dead Until Dark from Wikipedia
True Blood from True Blood News