True Blood Marathon

I think I love True Blood. I am just finishing a True Blood Marathon.

Here's the story. I have read the Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris for years. I think the books are great and am really eager to read them as they come out.

When I heard that the series was going to be a television series I was interested. When I heard it was going to be on HBO I was less excited because I don't get HBO. I read lots of blogs where people talked about the series and said it was good.

I bought the first season as soon as it was available on DVD but then just didn't watch it. I said I would watch an episode while I walked on my treadmill. Of course, I hate walking on my treadmill and so I only watched the first episode. Then the DVDs just sat. I bought season 2 as soon as it came out too. I brought both seasons home with me for my summer vacation and they were sitting in my boxes of books until yesterday.

A friend came to visit and I threw in the first DVD to watch with her. We both got hooked. We watched the first six episodes before she had to leave. I watched another two before bedtime. I got up this morning and have watched another two already. I am on the last disk of season one.

These stories are interesting. I don't however remember as much sex and nudity in the books as there are in the series. I like the portrayal of Sookie. She seems very like the Sookie of the early books. Thus far, Bill is like the books too. I really like Sam though my friend and I both thought that he seemed too young. We were thinking that the book Sam was older. The new characters - Tara and Amy - add interesting story lines.

And I still have season 2 to go. I think I'll wait a while though. I haven't read more than a few pages since Tuesday. What do you think? Do you like the series?