Hello
Carmen! Glad you are taking time from work to talk vampires with me.
YES! The TV series "True Blood" was born from the book series. I personally have not watched the show because I prefer my own version of the characters rather than those of casting directors.

I had that problem with the Twilight series and casting for the films so I chose to not watch the TV series. I have heard that the TV version does not follow true to the story lines in the books either. So I will stick with the books, thank you.
The book series is fantastic in my view. I had read the Twilight series first and very much enjoyed those books. I have said to people that Sookie is like Twilight but for grown-ups.

Just enough heat for an adult.
The characters are all very intriguing and there are many and lots of different story lines. The "universe" that is created by the author is full of colorful characters in a great setting. If you like reading reading about vampire lore etc. these books are for you. I'm thinking about re-reading all 13 of them!
Let me know if you take the plunge
Carmen and decide to read these!