HA! True Mud....
I love to read entire series in one shot (well, one right after the other). It's like I voraciously rip through each book in the series and then when I get through with the last one, I'm either relieved it's all over and I can rest, or I'm sad there are no more. By the time the next one comes out, I'm lost (having forgotten the history/storyline) and not always all that interested.
This particular series, however, I read one after the other, but in a completely random order (based on when the library got them), so I was forever confused. It was a great exercise in suspending knowledge, and an overall sequential adventure. I have to admit, it was kind of neat to read about something that happened and later read how it happened. For example, when Eric had that connection to Sookie, because of the month they shared or whatever.... I read about the actual month a few books after I read about the results
