I was dubious at first, but I'm really starting to like it too.

I read the books awhile back. I was stuck in a hotel all weekend and this show with cool credits came on and then the characters' names started sounding familiar...

Anyway- nice surprise.

I did get bored of the books eventually. I hope that doesn't happen with the show.

I can't wait to rent it. . .since I don't have cable.

Always room for more vampires, no?

danf- I feel the same. I've been watching it on various Japanese websites.

Haaa, I just found out about that show the other day. In my journalism class, we had to write reviews; on books, TV shows, whatever.
Three or four girls in the class did reviews on the Twilight series, romance vampire books apparently.
Two or three did reviews on True Blood.

Until then, I had never heard of either of them. Apparently they both have quite a big following!

Remember when Anna Paquin was a cute brunette kid?

hee- yup!

Remember her attempt at a southern accent in X-Men? For about 10 seconds, before she gave up on it altogether?

True Blood's supposed to be Louisiana, right? Any comments on her accent this time around?

the show or the books small? i'm in desperate need of a entertaining fix.

They're pretty different. I'd say both, but the books first, or at least a couple of them.

They're a light snack. I think they took me about 3 hours each to read.

i hear actual New Orleaners are very picky about people faking the accent, but it's somewhat diverse so one person's idea of dead on isn't someone else's. Faking Cajun doesn't usually turn out great.

So do you think they're keeping it or have they already sealed the deal to keep it going?
Have you seen any of the other new HBO shows?

Check out Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum mysteries, too, for more light snacks. They're ridiculously silly. I've read all of them, I think. I'm not sure because I read them all out of order.

For something else compulsively readable, but not particularly silly, (though it's got humor in it), I recommend Martin Cruz Smith. I just read Wolves Eat Dogs and liked it a lot.

I also just read Forever Amber, which was a hugely scandalous romance novel from the 40s. A fairly unlikeable, Scarlett O'Hara-esque heroine sleeps her way to the top, leaving a trail of enemies, affairs, and abortions, all while wearing the latest mid-1600's fashions. I enjoyed the first 500 pages but it became repetious after that. I still finished it, but I skimmed a lot.

And I read Gabaldon's "Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade," which was unfortunately pretty dull, even the sex scenes. She just doesn't do sex well, imo. I say this with all due respect, because I adore the Outlander books, but the Lord John series just isn't doing it for me.

ethylene, I don't have cable at home, so I'm always the last to hear about things. I just ended up catching this while I was compulsively flipping channels* in the hotel.

*This is why I don't have a TV. I have NO self-discipline around televisions.

and obviously not a lot of self-discipline around novels, either.

And now I've watched 5 episodes and feel like I ODed on Twinkies. I guess I'll take a break for awhile.

I read the books this summer, and have been watching the on free tv websites since it began. I like it a lot: deeper than the books, really.

I liken Paquin's accent to Holly Hunter's.