A popular trend in television and movies at the moment is bringing popular book series' to life. Why has this become so popular? Are the creators running out of original ideas or do they see it as an easy way to make money? In my opinion, if you re-create a popular book series on television, you are pretty much guaranteed to have viewers. People want to see their favorite characters come to life. They want to compare their mental image of the characters and settings to the ones on the television show. It is kind of exciting in a way. One of the most popular book series that has made the jump to television is the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris.
The novels follow a telepathic waitress, Sookie Stackhouse, in the small town of Bon Temps, Louisiana. The series tell the story of how Sookie assists vampires and other supernatural creatures by using her telepathic. The series currently has nine books. In 2008, the books were developed into the television series, True Blood. The first season of the series follows the first novel of the Sookie Stackhouse series. However, several changes were made to develop stories for minor characters in the novels. I highly recommend both the book series and television show, but do not expect the show to be exactly like the novels!
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