Fight the Fight

So, it’s been a few weeks since I finished by last volley of books.  I read the newest Dan Brown book as well as the book series that the HBO show True Blood is based on.

The Brown book was typical, somewhat disappointing, and also a bit going back on foundations of previous works. It was typical and disappointing in that it was so formulaic based on the previous books from the girl to the villain to the drawn out feeling… It seemed disappointing in that the big reveal was at odds with supposed “facts” presented in DaVinci Code.  I’ll leave it at that in case you haven’t read it yet.  If you liked reading his other stuff, then you’ll at least get a good yarn out of it.  I was just hoping for something better.

The Charlaine Harris books (sometimes referred to as the Sookie Stackhouse Novels) are quick reads that build off an interesting premise that vampires are real and reveal themselves after a synthetic blood is made available.  This single premise is pretty interesting in some implications explored, but the books are too fantastical with too much being made up to take the novelty away from the initial premise of the books.  Much like the Twilight series of books, it’s written too much from a fantastical female perspective.  But they are quick reads with little bits of originality.  The show is much better largely thanks to a character that isn’t even really in the books (Lafayette)…

So anyway…  I need some reading now.  I’m not sure if I’ll re-read some old standby, or seek out something new.  I’m not really feeling the non-fiction, or else I’d trudge on a few other books I’ve been working on.  Send suggestions my way, or whatever…