Status Updates From A Touch of Dead

Notes:
(1) "My cousin Hadley, the cheerleader, had become a vampire lesbian voodooienne. Who knew?"
- I find vampires and cheerleaders, oddly, tend to go together. Buffy was a cheerleader, right?—Kristy Swanson for sure.
- I don't know about lesbians though, it seems like vampire culture leans decidedly bisexual…
- But then, if the queen says no men, you can't really argue.

Notes:
(1) "I got a little pocketknife out of my glove compartment and slit open the envelope..."
- I wonder if that's a Southern thing or a Sookie thing?
- All things considered, it might be more practical to keep a stake in there.
(2) "When DJ Duke of Death took over, the music changed to something with a beat."
- I guess, in addition to puns, vampires enjoy alliteration.

Notes:
(1) "Fairies are allergic to lemons and limes, like vamps are allergic to silver and garlic."
- I wonder if fairies get scurvy?
- Coincidentally, pirate is Claude's stripper persona.
(2) A solid cozy murder mystery—to the extent a story about strippers and crotch-shaving can be cozy.
(3) Sookie still has no clue she's part fairy.
- Apparently, neither do the fairies.

Notes:
(1) Back during my first go-round with the series, I only read the short stories in this collection. Since I was reading in publication order, I only got to this after "Dead and Gone."
- I should have read the short stories in chronological order, between the main books—while not strictly essential, it would have been really helpful to know!
- So, I'm doing that now.