Jayson’s Reviews > Dead as a Doornail > Status Update

Notes:
(1) Sookie gets three orders of flowers at once, from Tara, Calvin and Pam.
- I'd never peg supes as flower people... maybe fairies.
- You'd think a human, a shifter and a vampire would be more different.
- Food's usually the go-to get-well gift in these books—Sookie brings Calvin over some chicken and biscuits—though, I doubt any of these three cook… Pam especially.

Notes:
(1) "...New Year's Eve resolution: I wanted not to get beaten up. Note to self: I should have included 'shot.'"
- Nah, personally, I take any loophole I get.
(2) Claude is really rude to Sookie, which sort of tracks: He's gay, and so the only male supe in her orbit who doesn't want in her pants.
- Am I saying it's why the rest act so nice?... I'm not-not saying that.

Notes:
(1) Debbie's a bigger character here than she ever was.
- And she's not even in this one.
(2) "I was double rebounding. (If you rebound from the two men you've had so far, do you end up a virgin again? To what state are you rebounding?)"
- Uh, I don't think it works that way—you can't f*** your way back to virginity!
- Granted, she's still never been with a live one.

Notes:
(1) "[Dr. Tonnesen] knelt by the man and listened to various parts of his body. 'Yep, dead as a doornail,' she called."
- Stumbling upon titular lines will never not be fun :)
(2) "'I'm Sookie's fairy godmother,' Claudine said..."
- It explains why she hangs around Sookie so much—every other supe that drops by wants to get in her pants... not to say Claudine doesn't.

Notes:
(1) Until proven otherwise, I'm just going to presume Charlaine Harris came up with the name for pirate vampire Charles Twining whilst drinking tea.
- Twinings has the Royal Warrant, meaning it's the official tea of the British Royal Family.
- "Charles" could come from anything (e.g. Charlaine), though I'd like to think it's after Charles Grey, of Earl Grey tea fame.

Notes:
(1) Alcide: "I was so blind, I almost think [Debbie] used some kind of magic on me. Her mother's a spellcaster and half shifter. Her dad's a full-blooded shifter."
- Yes, if only we could all blame staying in a toxic relationship on ensorcellment.
- I'm skeptical. Imagine asking your mom to bewitch your ex? Awkward!
- Though he is rich... that's primo mom motivation.

Notes:
(1) "[Bill] preferred TrueBlood, the most expensive Japanese synthetic."
- If TrueBlood's the Dom Pérignon, what's the Kirkland Signature?
- Who am I kidding? It's probably called KirklandSignature. Costco has their own everything.
(2) "Red Stuff was the cheapest artificial blood..."
- Okay, there's my answer. You can tell it's cheap from the space between the words.

Notes:
(1) I don't remember anything about this from my first time around, except two things:
- It's the first one where the central plot/concept wasn't adapted by the TV show.
- It's my favorite book in the series—the only one I gave 4 stars.
(2) This will fulfill my last remaining reading goal for 2025:
- Read (not necessarily finish) a novel series of five books or more.