The Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse series)

The Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse series)
By Charlaine Harris

When vampires announce their existence, thanks to the discovery of synthetic blood, Sookie Stackhouse felt nothing but excitement. Being a telepathic barmaid in a small Louisiana town, she wanted some adventure in her life, and she got exactly that.

Through her vampire boyfriend, her world expands to werewolves, fairies and witches – all who need her telepathic powers to solve various mysteries. Each adventure brings a new supernatural suitor and some romance – leaving Sookie in a growing love triangle throughout the series.

Series order:
1. Dead Until Dark (HBO’s “True Blood, season 1)
2. Living Dead in Dallas
3. Club Dead
4. Dead To the World
5. Dead as a Doornail
6. Definitely Dead
7. All Dead Together
8. From Dead to Worse
9. Dead and Gone (released May 2009)

Nest Book Club Facebook Group

Yeah, we're official and stuff now that we have a Facebook group, right? Right.

To join, just search for "Nest Book Club" in groups and request to be added. This is a private group because we have our nest names posted, but our admins are pretty nice girls, so most likely they'll let you in! 

That's all. 

List of Book Fairs

With all the talk of gtgs and book fairs I thought I'd post this here for anyone who missed it. Ceresas posted this link to the Library of Congress web site. It lists a ton of book fairs and events by state. So check it out if you're interested. Even if not for a gtg then at least for yourself. And maybe another nestie or two would be interested and you could do your own little mini gtg.

All Mapped Out

Just wanted to post the map that we've worked out over the last few days.

There are a lot of NBC members represented. If you aren't, but want to be either leave me a message here or contact me on The Nest.

Here it is! 

--Jacki

Harry Potter Read Along Update

It's discussion time for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone! The discussion is taking place on the new Harry Potter board. We're talking about the book and the movie, so come join us!

And get ready to start Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on Feb. 2. We're planning to have the book done by Feb. 21 and then watch the movie. The discussion will be the week of Feb. 23.

So put on your robes, grab your wand, and come talk Harry Potter!

Info on the Challenges

Since there has been some confusion with the challenges Jacki and I thought we should clarify.

There are 3 challenges dealing with number of books read in 2009. They are: 25 books, 50 books and 100 books. If you want to do one of these all you have to do is pick which one you want to do, start reading, and keep track of your books however you want (goodreads, a spreadsheet, whatever). There will be some checkins on the board to see how everyone is doing. Feel free to add the graphics to your siggy as well.
One thing that has been asked a lot is whether re-reading a book counts. This is the decision of the board: if it is the first time you have re-read the book this year it counts, anything more than that does not. Other than a multiple re-read this year any book that you read counts toward these challenges. The point of these challenges is to simply encourage us all to read, not dictate what we read. We want everyone to have fun!

The other challenge is the Winter Book Challenge. You can find the information for that in the book challenge blog, the link for that is on the right of this page (scroll down).

Goodreads/ PBS Log is available

Thanks to everyone who gave me their PBS/Goodreads info.  Now we have it all together in one place. 

Here it is. 

If there is a problem with your entry or you need added, leave a comment here or PM me or Kayash on The Nest & we'll get it changed!