LBP Ep. 5 of 2013 – As Always, Team Sookie Forever…

Kelly and Maria discuss the latest news and spoilers for all the shows, movies, and books that you love. As well as recap the season-enders to Doctor Who, Once Upon a Time, Grimm, Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries, Arrow, and Beauty and the Beast. They also give you the deets on the new shows that will be on the networks during the fall, i.e. Almost Human, Dracula, Tomorrow People, Sleepy Hollow, and that is just the tip of the iceberg.

For SBLC, the ladies finally recap Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris and you find out why they give it two thumbs up. Plus, Maria explains why Iron Man 3 not only trumps Iron Man 1 &2 and the Avengers, but it also trumps Star Trek into Darkness.

You can download the podcast here or via iTunes or the Zune Marketplace a.k.a. Xbox Music!

This podcast was recorded on 05.29.2013.

Enjoy and thanks for listening!

Good Morning Everyone,

We knew this day was coming, but now that it is just a few hours away… it will be a bittersweet day. What I am talking of is the last book in the Southern Vampire Mysteries a.k.a. the Sookie Stackhouse series.

This series, no matter if you had issues with it or not, was always something that took us out our day-to-day for a couple of weeks in May. It allowed us to live vicariously through this young southern barmaid who had an extraordinary ability that made her very attractive to vampires, werewolves, and everything else that went bump in the night.

In her triumphs and pitfalls in love, we cheered her on as she loved and lost.

Through all the ups and downs of being a telepath and being embroiled in the local shenanigans of the supernatural population in Louisiana, we kept hope alive that one day she would be done with this part of her life and on to a life that she deserves.

And here we are, at the end of our tether to this universe. Will we all be happy with the end of this series? Probably not.

This podcast and site has always been pro-Sookie from the get-go. Yes, we may have fallen in and out of love with certain characters, but we always wanted Sookie to have a Happily Ever After. I think that is the one thing we, Sookie fans, and Charlaine have always looked eye to eye on.

As you know, this is not really the end… we still have one book. The coda, After Dead, which will be released on October 29, 2013.

Charlaine Harris stated the following regarding the coda: “It will be a slim book containing what happens AFTER “DEA” to many of the characters I’ve created over the years. And Lisa is drawing a Sookie alphabet for the book. There are several other features under consideration for this volume, which is intended as a stocking stuffer.”

Maybe, we’ll finally learn what happened to Barry the Bellboy.

Kelly and Maria are back and they spend a bit of time on the latest murmurings about Alexander Skarsgard leaving True Blood as well as who Sookie Stackhouse picks at the end of the Sookie Stackhouse series. Is it Eric, Bill or Sam…???

During SBLC, Kelly reviews Lover at Last by J.R. Ward and she loved it!

In movies, Maria destroys the Host and the ladies discuss the latest news on the Divergent, Mortal Instruments and Crow movies.

They will also cover the latest news and spoilers to some of your favorite shows, i.e. The Vampire Diaries, Arrow, Supernatural, Revolution, Grimm, Doctor Who, Beauty and the Beast, True Blood, Grimm, and much, much more….

You will also listen on what the ladies thought were the best shows in April and the one show that totally dropped the ball…

If you would like to listen to the podcast, you can download it here, via iTunes or the Zune Marketplace.

This episode was recorded on May 1, 2013 at 7:30 am.

Enjoy!

It seems someone in Germany has finished Dead Ever After and decided to post several spoilers, including the ending, over at Amazon.com.

Charlaine Harris pretty much confirmed the spoilers validity today on her Facebook page.

She stated the following:

“By now some of you know that a reader in Germany obtained a copy of DEAD EVER AFTER and decided to post the ending online. While this is unfortunate, I wanted to say this to all of you: Even if you *personally* are unhappy with the ending, please don’t spoil it for other readers. DEAD EVER AFTER goes on sale on May 7th; after that date, you are more that welcome to come here and tell me how much you like – or don’t like – the choices I’ve made for Sookie. But from one Sookie fan to another, I’m asking you all to please not spoil the book for other readers. Thank you so much for your continued support.”

If you’d like to be spoiled, you can do so by clicking here.  You’ll find the spoilers toward the bottom of the page in the discussion threads.

I have not read these threads. I don’t want to be spoiled.  Although I have seen a few unhappy rants regarding the ending that have given me a pretty good idea of what happens.  I’ve also seen several people stating that they’ve now cancelled their pre-orders for the this novel.

This, to me, is a tad ridiculous.

And here’s why:

Members of the fandom are more or less forming opinions based on the opinions of one single person, blindly, without even having read the book for themselves.

In my opinion, even if every fact given away is 100% accurate, who’s to say this person’s take is the same as what anyone else’s take would be?

I mean … come on … I’ve read books and loved them, when everyone has hated them and I’ve hated books everyone else loved.

For me, even if my suspicions are true, I want to read this book because I feel Charlaine will not do us wrong.  She’ll make the ending feel right in some way, even if it isn’t what we wanted to happen.

So please, if you read the spoilers, keep an open mind.  This is one person’s take on the events in the book and even if you’re unhappy or unsure, don’t forget, we’ve all invested so much into this series, not to see it through.

Charlaine just might surprise us …

Plus, there’s that whole thing with the upcoming coda that is supposed to provide us the answers to our lingering questions—including details of Sookie’s own happily-ever-after…

So maybe this book isn’t really the end.

Kelly

The Vampire Diaries: We will be seeing a couple of old faces and a new one (Silas’ true face, partially that is) in the coming weeks. We know that one will be Jeremy Gilbert, but what about…? I feel like Tyler is an obvious choice, but you can never tell with this show. We will also find out why Klaus and Haley are so connected. Plus, the kids of Mystic Falls will be facing the dreaded question of what will they do next with their lives.

It took us a couple of episodes to realize that Sonequa Martin Green portrayed two key character in Once Upon a Time and in The Walking Dead. Yes, many of us were wondering once she was promoted to series regular on The Walking Dead what would happen to Once’s Tamara. Apparently, due to unique shooting schedules, it seems that we will see Sonequa on both shows for the time being.

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It’s almost May and so far, we don’t know much about what awaits us in Dead Ever After.

That’s about to change, though!

Over at Amazon, there’s a short audio clip from the final book in the Sookie Stackhouse series.

In the clip, we hear a conversation between Copley Carmichael, his driver Tyreese, and The Devil.

It seems the clip is almost written from a third-person perspective, which leads me to believe that Sookie is eaves-dropping or overhearing the conversation.  But unfortunately, due to the lack of first-person thoughts, it’s hard to say what’s really going on during the scene.

I guess we’ll have to wait til May to find out!

To listen to the clip, click here.

And be sure to tell us your thoughts about it, by commenting below.

Yep, this is the actor that is portraying Ben, a highly charismatic faerie who will help Sookie and Jason investigate their parents’ murder.  He’ll also take a liking – a liking that WILL BE RECIPROCATED – to Sookie.

What do you think?

I like the red hair…

;-D

~M.

Maria and Kelly are back and this time they are not only discussing the latest news and spoilers of your favorite books, movies and TV shows, but they recap their top 5 shows of the month: Grimm, Being Human, Supernatural, Once Upon a Time and the Walking Dead and discuss their dud of the month: Lost Girl.

For SBLC, they talk about the Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead and in Movie Time, Maria reviews Beautiful Creatures… which she liked… a lot.

You can download the podcast here, via iTunes or the Zune Marketplace.

Enjoy!

This episode was recorded on 03.12.2013.

I know we’re all patiently waiting for Dead Ever After’s release this spring, but once it’s released and we’ve read it, what are we to do?

Well …

It seems Dead Ever After won’t exactly be the last Sookie Stackhouse book to grace our shelves.

Charlaine Harris will be releasing a CODA of the Sookie Stackhouse series titled, “After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse.”

The synopsis is as follows:

Dead Ever After marked the end of the Sookie Stackhouse novels—a series that garnered millions of fans and spawned the hit HBO television show True Blood. It also stoked a hunger that will never die…a hunger to know what happened next.
 
With characters arranged alphabetically—from the Ancient Pythoness to Bethany Zanelli—bestselling author Charlaine Harris takes fans into the future of their favorite residents of Bon Temps and environs. You’ll learn how Michele and Jason’s marriage fared, what happened to Sookie’s cousin Hunter, and whether Tara and JB’s twins grew up to be solid citizens.
 
This coda provides the answers to your lingering questions—including details of Sookie’s own happily-ever-after…

The CODA is available for pre-order now and will be released on October 29th, 2013.

Be sure to reserve your copy now!

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