After Twilight Saga... and anyone read Sookie Stackhouse series - Page 2

[SparklingGemini]

Originally Posted by Aquitane

For YA - Tanith Lee had a series of Wolf books called Wolf Tower, Wolf Queen, etc., but they weren't about werewolves or anything. It was a sci-fi/fantasy type book. I liked those too.

Oh yes! These were great fun!

[holyhelianthus]

I'll sum it up this way- Twilight is a Twinkie and the Sookie Stackhouse books are a t-bone steak. Neither really are all that great for you (the t-bone on it's own, meaning and the size of the plate). One is pure fluff and the other is a bit, well, meatier.

Guess it depends on what you are in the mood for.

[raksmama]

I'd like to bump this tread up!
and Just want to say I am up to the 5th book now, "Dead as a Doornail" and I am really enjoying the series. It took me awhile to get into them straight after Twilight because they are so different, but now that I have started I can't stop. Sookie Stackhouse is addicting!
I also want to mention that Twilight is the first time I ever got into Fantasy fiction. It was never the type of literature that attracted me until now.

[Pinoikoi]

The thing that I have been wondering... is.. in Twilight, it seemed like the vamps were pretty trendy (so they could fit in).. pixieish haircuts and such.. but then some of them were technically over a 100 years old.. so obviously their haircuts HAD to change over time, right?

In the Sookie Stackhouse series, Sookie's first boyfriend is described as having very long sideburns because that was how he looked when he changed over (ie he can't change it).

Now my understanding is that hair follicle is made of dead cells right, so the 'undead" wouldn't be producing any more dead cells for hair to grow, since they aren't alive in the first place.. so the question remains.. how in the heck does Alice end up with cute haircuts? How do the Cullens stay trendy from a hairstyle point of view?

I am seriously at a loss on that one.. My hair needs products to look good.. if my body (and cells) was as hard as stone (or harder?) would a flat iron even work on my hair?

[raksmama]

Somewhere on Stephanie Meyer's website there is a part where she answers questions like that. I remember her saying that once there is a change-over the hair does not grow any more. Regarding Alice, Meyer specifically says Alice was in an asylum when she was alive and for this reason her hair was cut short and that is the reason why Alice always has short spiky hair.

Originally Posted by Pinoikoi

The thing that I have been wondering... is.. in Twilight, it seemed like the vamps were pretty trendy (so they could fit in).. pixieish haircuts and such.. but then some of them were technically over a 100 years old.. so obviously their haircuts HAD to change over time, right?

In the Sookie Stackhouse series, Sookie's first boyfriend is described as having very long sideburns because that was how he looked when he changed over (ie he can't change it).

Now my understanding is that hair follicle is made of dead cells right, so the 'undead" wouldn't be producing any more dead cells for hair to grow, since they aren't alive in the first place.. so the question remains.. how in the heck does Alice end up with cute haircuts? How do the Cullens stay trendy from a hairstyle point of view?

I am seriously at a loss on that one.. My hair needs products to look good.. if my body (and cells) was as hard as stone (or harder?) would a flat iron even work on my hair?

[Mrsboyko]

Originally Posted by jalilah

Somewhere on Stephanie Meyer's website there is a part where she answers questions like that. I remember her saying that once there is a change-over the hair does not grow any more. Regarding Alice, Meyer specifically says Alice was in an asylum when she was alive and for this reason her hair was cut short and that is the reason why Alice always has short spiky hair.

Yea, the asylum is the reason for Alice's hair. I don't think they made true mention of it in the books or the movie, but it was my assumption.

But in the SS books they do make mention that they CAN change their hair, but it will always go back to the same style/ length. So while they can shave a beard, it will be back as it was pretty fast. Funny becasue this is the one thing that bothered me about the True Blood season 2 premier, Eric is having his hair died and cut. Yea, it looks great now, but it just doesn't make sense in a vampire kind of way.

[raksmama]

Funny! It takes getting used to the differences in vampires in the books!
I have not seen true blood. I want to check out the DVDs of the first season but did not want any spoilers. I am near the end of "Dead as a Doornail" How far does season 1 go?
I like the imagery of the books I am afraid the series will be a lot different.

QUOTE=Mrsboyko;14086229]
Funny becasue this is the one thing that bothered me about the True Blood season 2 premier, Eric is having his hair died and cut. Yea, it looks great now, but it just doesn't make sense in a vampire kind of way.[/QUOTE]

[Mrsboyko]

Season 1= book 1

[raksmama]

Book One only? I had a look at the True blood Thread and I thought I read about characters who don't even appear until the 2 or 3 book? Gotta check out those DVDs!

Originally Posted by Mrsboyko

Season 1= book 1

[amrijane128]

Ok, getting out of the "twilight fog" is seriously difficult. I praise anyone who has tried? Myself? It took me many months. I would read half of a book then go back to twilight. Eventually I forced myself to read an incredibly long dissertation on Shakespeare. After that, anything else was interesting an easy. Lol.

But the best thing I did? Fell back to Harry Potter. Re-read the series. And have since then moved back on to my adult novels. I only read a Twilight or Harry Potter book about once a month now. :

[Mrsboyko]

Originally Posted by amrijane128

Ok, getting out of the "twilight fog" is seriously difficult. I praise anyone who has tried? Myself? It took me many months. I would read half of a book then go back to twilight. Eventually I forced myself to read an incredibly long dissertation on Shakespeare. After that, anything else was interesting an easy. Lol.

I get that. I am attempting to go twilight free till the new moon movie comes out. It is a challenge. That and I loaned out "twilight" to a friend so if I want to read the series again I have to start from New moon on and that is just wrong.

As it is I have 4 new books to get thru before going there again. Maybe I will read Harry Potter. I avoided it when it was new becasue, well, I am not into that kind of fantasy books ( um, yea right, that is what i told myself anyways)

[HappilyEvrAfter]

I agree....IS THERE REALLY A READING LIFE AFTER THE TWILIGHT SERIES?!?!?!?

Lol. I sort of brushed off the Teilight books for so long because of life stuff, but I just read the whole series in 4 days...work was tough after a four day weekend of no sleep. ROFLMAO!!

Guess I'll try with the True Blood series. Nevery really got into the show, though.
I keep trying to break the Twilight spell by reading Inkheart, but I'm almost through it by force and I'm still Edward and Bella spellbound....::sigh:::

[raksmama]

You might try some of the books that the Twilight author Stephanie Meyers likes herself.
Here is a list from “Stephanie Meyer's List of Books You Should Read”:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/lis...TF8#height=204

1.Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
2.Speaker of the Dead by Orson Scott Card
3.Rebecca boy Daphné Du Maurier
4.Anne of the Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
5.The Glass Lake by Mauve Binchy
6.Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
7.Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
8.Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson
9.Dragonflight by Anne Mc Caffrey
10.The Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
11.Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
12.Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
13.Princess Bride by William Goldman
14.One for the Money by Stephanie Plum

It is my understanding that Pride and Prejudice influenced or inspired Twilight, Romeo and Juliet: New Moon and Wuthering Heights: Eclipse. I don't remember which book Meyers said was the inspiration for Breaking Dawn.

I don’t think Meyers would like the Sookie Stackhouse books because they would be too R rated for her taste. They managed to get me out of the Twilight obsession. They are really fun to read.

[fullofgrace]

I forgot to recommend checking out Goodread's lists and groups. I've found some great paranormal lit that way!

Best Paranormal & Fantasy Romances -- http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...ntasy_Romances

Best Paranormal Romance Series -- http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...Romance_Series

Best Urban Fantasy -- http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5..._urban_fantasy

Best Paranormal/ Urban Fantasy Authors -- http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...antasy_Authors

With my new Kindle (DH got it for me for a birthday + Mother's Day present) and my recent paranormal/fantasy obsession I have read many of the books on all of those lists.