The Syndicate

When vampire mania hit through Twilight etc., my feeling was more, 'Wait didn't we just do this? Does no one remember Buffy?" Granted I was a big Buffy fan back in the day. Apparently I had no idea how crazy it would get. You cant pick up a book without a vampire, werewolf, angel, demon, dragan, whatever theme at this point. Makes it hard to find books that are actually worth reading. I like a good fantasy novel, but wow there's a lot of new bad ones.

Lafayette is a much needed character for humor on the show. Someone was telling me he was supposed to be kiled at the end of season 1? 2?, but he was too popular with the fans, so they brought him back.

Mongoose wrote:Also: An honest to goodness YA book that has the same gothic themes as True Blood but has a much more cogent storyline is The Raven Boys. I thought it was going to be Twilighty or like that Beautiful Creatures tripe, but it was damn good. I could not believe how good it was!

Now I want to read this book. Since it's part of a planned quartet, I may wait because I hate having to wait for the next book. Twilight drove me nuts. Such bad editting and writing. Why? Also ebooks in general are just horribly edited.

Ok, True Blood. Haven't watched all of the last season. I am definitely more a fan of Eric at this point, but have a soft spot for Alcide naturally. It just keeps getting crazier and crazier and I don't understand Bill's motives at all now. Not sure if I will go back to watching, but a planned series ending always helps. Sam and Tara are some of my favorite characters for sure. I am always rooting for Sam it seems. The tongue-in-cheeck aspects of the show are great, but Having no idea where the series will end up is part of why I am not watching anymore.