Yes, I haven’t blogged in a month. There are a million reasons why, but most of them don’t really matter. Except for this one.
I asked for this book for Christmas. I had seen all the hype around it, with girls screaming after the guy who starred in the movie, etc. Figuring it was aimed for teenagers, I didn’t expect to have the same sort of reaction, but was curious to see what the excitement was about. Since I was in the middle of a few other books and work was busy, I set it to the side. I finally picked it up on January 6th and read a few pages while I was waiting out my time in Jury Duty. I found it interesting, but not nearly as much as other people seemed to think. After I was dismissed from duty, I went out and ran errands, etc. I finally sat back down to read some more around 3:00.
I finished the book at 11:00 that night.
And so I’ve joined the Twilight fanatics. The book really is good! For me, I really appreciated the character development in the book. Instead of just throwing around some names and hair/eye colors, the author really develops all the quirks and personalities of each character (even the characters that don’t have a main role in the plot). You can really form your own scene in your head and watch it play out as you read. And if you were ever a teenage girl, you will probably relate to some of the scenes in the first half of the book, where Bella’s school day pretty much revolves around whether or not she will see Edward during lunch or in the class they shared.
A few days later, Amanda and I went to see the movie. Which essentially is not as good as the book, but it was a noble effort considering the obviously limited budget. I’m sure the movie for the 2nd book, New Moon, will have a much larger budget to create some special effects with.
And last Friday I was not in the mood to work. So at 9 that morning I decided to just read a few pages of the 2nd book. I finished the 2nd book at 4:00 that day. It was good too. 
But this week I’ve not read any of the 3rd or 4th books. Mostly because my shipment from Amazon won’t arrive until tomorrow, but also because work has been busy and I’ve had to concentrate on something besides “teenage vampire lit”, as my friend Lou would say.
Happy reading everyone!
*Alice in Chains
P.S. I also bought the Twilight movie soundtrack. Yes, I’m nuts. But I discovered I like the band Muse, and they have interesting song titles for me to snag for some upcoming posts.
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