Dexter Series

We've finished the Dexter TV series 1, 2, and 3, and are getting ready for 4.  We just needed a break from all that blood and violence for a little while.  We really like the series, it's well done, and I don't even mind the lead (I don't like him at all, for no reason, really).

Meanwhile, I've read the book series:

- Darkly Dreaming Dexter
- Dearly Devoted Dexter
- Dexter in the Dark
- Dexter By Design

I'm planning to read Dexter is Delicious soon, I got the audiobook, but it's not as enjoyable for me as reading an actual book.  So, they're pretty good fast reads, like fast food snacks.  The TV adaptation significantly departs from the books except for the first book, so don't expect to get the same thing or you'll be rather disappointed.  The third in the series has been panned, but I thought it was right in keeping with the whole theme in general.  The author's been practically hitting us over the head about the existence of the Other, so why such violent reaction when he expands on it?  I found it interesting.

Anyway, good reads, very violent, very bloody, very graphic, but not utterly repugnant and nightmarish like American Psycho.