Bookstores are fun

I don't know why I don't go to bookstores more often - they're are always a treat.

I went to Schuler's today (both Schuler's I might add...) to get the last Southern Vampire Mystery book and grab the first book in the Jaz Parks book series - Once Bitten, Twice Shy. I seriously have something about Vampires...I don't know why I'm so obsessed.

The Okemos Schuler's had the Southern Vampire book, but not the Jaz Parks book, but the girl said that maybe the other store did. So, with nothing better to do tonight, I drove out to north Lansing, hoping like hell they had the book I wanted. Thankfully, they had ONE left! Ah, sweet success. I was so overjoyed that I bought the next two books of the Jaz Parks series and a cool notebook.

I love looking at all the cool novelty items they have at Schuler's. It's a great place to buy gifts for your office Christmas parties and what-not. Plus, the atmosphere is just nice and calming. I could spend hours there just looking at all the cool things and books...

By the way, the Southern Vampire Mystery books are very good. They get better with every new story! (Unlike the Anita Blake books, which were great up until about book 12, then goes downhill into bad erotica very quickly. Keep in mind, there are a total of 24 books...) So now I'm reading the last one (well, newest one...) I can't really seem to put it down. They're about a southern waitress, who is telepathic by the way, who meets a dark and beautiful vampire one night and gets pulled (or kind of pushed) into the supernatural world. Yes, the main character's name is Sookie Stackhouse (I still don't know where the author came up with that!), and she is a little too sweet and innocent in the first few books, but she has definitely matured a lot. Definitely recommend these books! (And like I said before - NOTHING beats Twilight, but, unfortunately, I can't very well read only Twilight for the rest of my life...)

The Jaz Parks series looks to be fun too. It's kind of in the vein of spies and vampires. The main character (Jaz) is a CIA agent/assassin whose boss is a vampire. Of course she has some supernatural gifts of her own, and kick ass martial arts training to boot. (Kind of like Alias if Sydney were involved with vampires...) I've read the reviews of the books and the first one only had a luke warm reviews. But the other books have had great reviews...I'll let you know how it goes.

So, two nights of work and then off to Tobi's for the weekend again!

See ya!