Status Updates From All Together Dead (Sookie S...

Notes:
(1) "If I just stay away from the vampires for a while … and hang around with humans, and leave the Weres alone, I'll be okay."
- Yeah, sure, that'll happen. It's the least believable thing in this book... and this had people bobsledding coffins down the side of a pyramid!
(2) In sum, this bites off more than it can chew with multiple murder mysteries.
- Mysteries "solved" by speculation and conjecture.

Notes:
(1) What? No titular line this book? That's disappointing.
- Possibly that convention's put on pause after Ms. Harris went nuts with it last time.
(2) Sookie describes the book's climax as like the Twin Towers but "smaller and more contained."
- Really, it's almost exactly like the Gunpowder Plot—"Remember, remember, the fifth of November"—had it been successful... and if Guy Fawkes were a self-hating vampire.

Notes:
(1) "...residue of Kyle Perkins was bagged up and taken away, with one vampire remaining behind to wield a little handheld vacuum."
- Who knew decapitation's the cleanest way to kill a vampire? Relative, I know, but at least ash doesn't stain.
(2) "I felt sort of urban and glamorous, driving around such a large and famous city."
- "Large and famous"? It's at this point I realized Rhodes, Illinois is fictional.

Notes:
(1) "To me, vampires sort of glow, just a bit."
- Thank goodness they don't sparkle... glowing (just a bit) is silly enough!
(2) "It sounded like Henrik was talking about Kevin and Britney, rather than two ancient and crafty vampires."
- By my count, this is the second Britney Spears reference in this series… one for each husband—well, the first two at least.
- I wonder if Gen-Z readers even know who Kevin is?

Notes:
(1) "[Quinn] looked like a genie who'd just popped out of a really big bottle."
- By my count, this is the second time Quinn's been likened to "a genie," though the first time in this book. I guess it's his thing.
- Goofy or not, it's definitely a clear mental image.
(2) "Quinn ... was still in his Aladdin's genie outfit."
- Yup, definitely his thing.
- Apparently, Quinn is to "genie" as Sam is to being short.

Notes:
(1) Barry: "My real name is Barry Horowitz. Now I just call myself Barry Bellboy."
- "Barry Horowitz"? Someone's a pro-wrestling fan… or else Ms. Harris googled famous people named Barry.
(2) "I'd been expecting a woman like the fangbangers who hang around at Fangtasia, but Carla Danvers was another kind of creature entirely."
- "Danvers"? Someone's a comic book fan… I wonder if she's related to Carol or Kara?