The next two manga volumes of "Battle Royale" were excellent. Vol. 3 documents the fall of bad girl Mitsuko Souma in very graphic detail, but it was an interesting backstory. They're such quick reads I'm trying to take my time and draw them out a bit.
"Fell Vol. 1: Feral City" by Warren Ellis is a graphic novel featuring amazing artwork by Ben Templesmith, who did "Wormwood". I really liked the story of Detective Fell coming to the hole that is Snowtown and trying to clean it up. It was interesting and fun, and I'm really enamored with Templesmith's artwork.
After totally falling in love with HBO's "True Blood" last week, I decided to start reading the Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris that the series is based on. The first one, "Dead Until Dark", was really good, a quick and fun read. It introduces us to barmaid Sookie and what she calls her disability: she can read minds. She's delighted when she meets a vampire named Bill, who is trying to mainstream and live as normal a life as possible. She can't read Bill's mind, so she is able to relax and let her guard down around him. While it would have been nice to drag their courtship out a bit (damn "Twilight" for reintroducing me to the concept of delayed gratification!) their relationship seemed sweet and natural. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.
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