I know we're only two episodes in, but I'm loving the new season of True Blood so far.
As someone who owns, and has read all the Southern Vampire Mysteries books, I can confidently say that the HBO series is significantly better than the books. There are, of course, some digressions and cast choices with which I disagree. (How exasperating was the Maryann plotline last season? Nevermind the piss-poor choice of casting Evan Rachel Wood as Sophie Anne.) But as a whole, the series is a typical Alan Ball hit: dark yet humorous, unexpected, and quite addicting.
While the first season of the television show was almost exactly like the first book, I was glad to see that the show started deviating from the books last season...
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