Saturday, June 21, 2008
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
I have NEVER been one to read more than one book at a time, however, The Fountainhead is soooooo, hmmmmm, how do I put it, laborious, that I decided to read something light in between Howard Roark's commissions. I settled on Twilight, a YA vampire romance. It has been wildly popular at our school and I felt very out of the loop for not having read it. Suprisingly, I enjoyed it very much. Yes, I rolled my eyes several times. When Bella would rather be damned as a vampire for eternity rather than be without Edward, her vampire boyfriend, I thought it a little much. Once you accept this part of the novel, the rest is really quite good. It is a trilogy, so I have started New Moon. It seems to make reading The Fountainhead a bit more bearable. Jordan has started Twilight and likes it as well.
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Ahhh, I'm now listening to Twilight, and I'm HOOKED! Bella is a little trying with her constant irritation at everyone who is nice to her (really, who gets irritated because people won't stop asking them to the dance?), but Edward is a pretty tempting character. I'm trying to imagine his "impossibly perfect" face, I haven't got a picture in my head yet, but its coming!
I'm also concerned that the message of this book may not be what teenage girls should hear (wow, i'm not even 30 and i sound like a mom). the "he's dangerous and bad for me but i love him" message is romantic and all, but maybe not the best precedent. although i guess when compared to everything else out there, vampires may not be that bad!
It's fiction.......
I got Eclipse today at school. I'm going to read it on the plane.
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