Twilight (book series)

[Betty]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Weird- I made a post, but it didn't show up. Anyway, here goes again: Tori loves these books- she's a total fanatic. (I read and liked them as well). They're making a movie right now in Portland, and the character of Edward is played by Robert Pattison, the kid who played Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

I thought I recognized him but couldn't place the face. I wonder just how old he is so I know whether or not I can lust after him. I visited the movie website and can't wait for it... or the 4th book... or my lunch break to read some more.

And yes - I think that GC will totally fall for Edward just like I have.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Betty

Have not but I will definately check them out now.

I just can't stop myself from thinking of the characters... their lives are going on while I'm stuck at work and missing everything.

Do! They are a fun read. BTW... One of the cable channels created a series based on the books last year called Blood Ties. If you've seen it, the books are FAR better!

[libraryvixen]

For the longest time, I avoided this series. My friend talked me into it by lending me her copy of Twilight.

Now... I am addicted. After I finished Twilight, I devoured the other books. When I finished with physical books, I started to listen to the books on CD. I wanted to prolong my enjoyment of the series while combining it with the crappiness of my commute. Needless to say, I was happy commuting (until I finished Eclipse).

[Betty]

I just finished Eclipse and am both happy and sad about it. I want to reread them but my daugther has been rebitten by the Twilight bug and has the first book. I contemplated "losing it" for her but thought better after I couldn't find it. I think she's hiding it from me now.

Do you like the reader of the book on CD? That can make or break it for me. where did you buy it from?

I need my fix and dont' think I can wait until August to get it.

[libraryvixen]

Originally Posted by Betty

Do you like the reader of the book on CD? That can make or break it for me. where did you buy it from?

I rent from the library. I buy very little from the bookstore. Our library system has been pretty good about getting the unabridged editions. The reader for the library copy is the same as the bookstore copy (Ilyana Kadushin). She's a decent reader. You're right though... a bad reader can make or break a book on tape.

[ToriBear]

Ugh, the movie is way to far from now.... It's killing me. Oh well, at least the new book, Breaking Dawn is coming out in August 2.

[Betty]

I am counting down the days with a widget on my google home page. 37 days... 17 hours... etc.. Not soon enough.

Can't decide if I want to go pick it up at midnight or not.

LOVE your avatar. It's my desktop here at the office. and yeah - I do get some odd looks over it.

Spoiler:

What do you think? Should he bite her or not?

I was pulling through most of all three books for it- just bite her dammit! ARGH! Now though - I'm not so sure. Will it change her so much that she's not the same? Will her scent change and he won't think of her the same way anymore? But what sort of personal power might she have if he did? She's so insightful on some things... will she be able to hear Edwards thoughts all the time? (thinking that she may have been hearing them on some level when he was gone in book 2).

[ToriBear]

I think I'm going to the midnight thing for the book. I didn't get to do that with the last Harry Potter book. Wow, 37 days, it's coming up fast!

[Strangler Lewis]

Wet blanket alert!

Skillet! Skillet! Skillet!

Paging Victoria! Quick! Please!

And, yes, I'll probably buy the third book to see (hopefully) how this all gets resolved.

The books are not straight male friendly. This is basically tepid young adult fiction with a likeable (for a while) klutz heroine who finds a bad boyfriend who's not so bad after all. The books are page turners in the sense that the basic plot draws you in while most of the actual writing is best ignored. The courtship scenes are cloying. If you've ever watched a movie or read a book and had the sense that the author was filling it with cute but not terribly compelling details from their own lives that they had no perspective on, these books will give you that feeling in spades.

Given the author's Mormonism, I'd like to think there's something interesting here about persecuted sects, marriage, eternal family, etc. It's not getting through.

[Betty]

Wet blanket is right. oh well - not all books are liked by everyone.

I think what I liked a lot about the book is that it reminded me how it felt to be young and falling in love again. It brought up feelings I'd forgotten about.

I know my husband has been appreciative of the spark it's put back in our love life.

Spoiler:

I'm torn between her becoming a vampire or not... I really wanted it to happen for a long time - now I'm afraid she'll become one and it will change everything. She'll lose both Edward and Jacob.