Living Dead in Dallas

Just finished the 2nd Sookie Stackhouse novel Living Dead in Dallas, and it was pretty good. I like the books because they are fast-paced and full of action. Every chapter ends with a cliffhanger! This book really even had two plots running at the same time. In this volume, Sookie finds herself forced to go to Dallas and use her telepathic skills to look for a missing vampire. She finds herself prisoner of "The Fellowship of the Sun", a kind of church whose members want to "do away" with all the vampires of world! All this after Sookie is attacked by a maenad and almost killed. I know if you're like me, you are wondering what a maenad is, so I will grace you with my knowledge... straight from wikipedia! Maenads were the female followers of Dionysus, the most significant members of the Thiasus, the retinue of Dionysus. Their name literally translates as "raving ones". Often the maenads were portrayed as inspired by him into a state of ecstatic frenzy, through a combination of dancing and drunken intoxication. In this state, they would lose all self-control, begin shouting excitedly, engage in uncontrolled behaviors, and ritualistically hunt down and tear animals (and sometimes men and children) to pieces, devouring the raw flesh. During these rites, the maenads would dress in fawn skins and carry a thyrsus, a long stick wrapped in ivy or vine leaves and tipped by a cluster of leaves; they would weave ivy-wreaths around their heads, and often handle or wear snakes. Pretty darn scary, huh? Well, this book was a quick one to read and fun but not for kids. Ms. Harris could have left out about 3 pages, and it would have been fine. Guess there must be a market out there for those 3 pages!