happyWImom Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Okay, I never understood what the fuss was all about.:confused: I'm in, now!:D I put the book on reserve months ago, and finally got it yesterday. I was up until almost 1am last night-could not put it down. And, I was actually able to find a copy of book 2 that was available, so I'm picking that up today! I guess it's the escape I need or something.:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarfoot Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Ha! I know exactly what you mean! I saw the first book in the check-out lane at the grocery store. It was a little, "economy-version" paperback, and I thought, "Okay, I'll just buy it so that I can see what all of the fuss is about." I was up until 1:30AM with it. I've read them all once, Twilight twice, and am nearing the end of New Moon for the second time. I read fast, so I wanted to go back and re-read for detail. I'm enjoying it just as much the second time. My DH happily;) saw the movie with me---twice. The next movie will be out in late 2009. Have fun with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elisabeth in IL Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I bought it. It is next in line to be read. Sounds like I'm in for a treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle T Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 When I first put in my library request, I was number 532! I figure it will be awhile before my turn comes up. Hope it's worth the wait! Michelle T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 LOl - I went to bed at 4am last night after starting the 1st novel around midnight! Wow...how addicting! I just wish I hadn't gone online a long time ago and learned essentially what happened in all four books since I had no intention of ever reading them. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyWImom Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 LOl - I went to bed at 4am last night after starting the 1st novel around midnight! Wow...how addicting! I just wish I hadn't gone online a long time ago and learned essentially what happened in all four books since I had no intention of ever reading them. :( That's a bummer! I finished Twilight, and New Moon, and am anxiously waiting on the list for the 3rd one. It's probably good that I have to wait, because everything gets neglected when I'm reading them.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I read them one after another, too. I got nothing done around the house or office until I'd finished them all. Thankfully it was only four days, so everyone survived and my business didn't go under. ;) If I was pressed, though, I still couldn't say what I found so incredibly appealing in those books. What is it about that series?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 ...Harry Potter book after resisting all these years. I haven't read it yet -- still deciding if I REALLY want to -- but I've checked it out from the library and it's in my book basket waiting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret in GA Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I read them all in a few days, too. My dd has had them for years and I never thought much about it until all my friends were reading them. Naturally, I was apalled that my adult friends were reading children's literature. Now I'm eating a little crow. Oh, and as for the poster who wondered what on earth the appeal is. Uh, that would be Edward. :drool: Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJB Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I find him creepy. In fact, I find the premise of the books creepy. I'm in the middle of the third book and while I'd like to stop reading them, I can't. I've fallen under their spell for some bizarro reason. And yet, the whole thing makes me shudder. I mean, he's a VAMPIRE!!! Have you people not seen/read Salem's Lot??? And what about the sweet little lady in the second book with her rosary? Also, there's just something off about the fact that he pines to kill her but holds back because he loves her. Not to get too deep, but I find that bizarre. Oh well. They are fun. Just weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanie Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I find him creepy. So do I. But his being a vampire is the least of it. The mind games, the control issues, the stalking, the breaking into Bella's house to watch her sleep - and her being fine with all of it - is what disturbs me. I've only read the first book, though. Maybe their relationship improves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJB Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 And I still can't get over that the "good" vampires don't try and save innocent humans from succumbing to other bad vampires. I know Carlisle is a doctor, and good for him, but what about all of those tourists in the second book? Wouldn't a real good and wonderful guy try to help all people from their certain fate? Wouldn't he die trying? I personally couldn't respect my beloved vampire who was so obsessed with me and yet wouldn't try to help the innocent. Is it enough to avoid blood on your own hands or do you have an obligation to stop others from killing to make you a real good guy worthy of the adoration Bella has for him? I know. I know. Too deep. It is really just a fun read but Ed bugs me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret in GA Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 So do I. But his being a vampire is the least of it. The mind games, the control issues, the stalking, the breaking into Bella's house to watch her sleep - and her being fine with all of it - is what disturbs me. I've only read the first book, though. Maybe their relationship improves. Right. I get that. And in fact, I find it too bad that millions of impressionable girls have read this book and have come to regard Edward as an ideal boyfriend. So maybe it's my inner weirdo that enjoys that somehow. Some sort of self-destructive part of me that is attracted to that. Oh well. I still say Edward is the reason for the page-turning. BTW, I have read Salem's Lot (and saw the movie when I was a kid... yikes!) I've also read all the Interview with the Vampire books. Maybe that would be why I'm sort of immune to the creepy factor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Governess Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I got completely sucked in too. Now nearly every single woman on my side of the family - three aunts and five girl cousins - have read them. My mom finally gave in and said she would try them. Hehe!! And I agree that Edward is the main draw. :D I always thought his controlling behavior/obsessiveness stems from the fact that he's waited 100 years to meet someone, and now that he has he is extra-protective of her. I find it more romantic than anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekanamom Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I find the books hugely entertaining. That said... it took a couple readings for me to get past the (unhealthy, IMO) obsessive qualities Edward has... and start to like the guy... as a fictional character. In a real person, I would not find his behavior at all romantic or endearing. Been there. :tongue_smilie: But since there is really nothing realistic about the books- it's fun to get wrapped up in them and enjoy the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in PA Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I read the first one, and whew, was it addictive!! I just could not put it down. However, there were themes to the book that I found very troubling, not only for young girls (though I think it's particularly bad for that age group), but also just in general. To see if things were headed in the direction I suspected, I read a summary of the last book online before I got any further sucked into the series, and I was *disgusted* by the events in that book. I am really glad that I didn't read any further in the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooley Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 I see these books as teen fodder, I guess. But, you are all adults, does it REALLY keep your mature interest?? You dont feel as though you are reading teen drama? Cuz, I have enough teen drama here already.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Okay ladies, next, you must read Anne Rice's Interview with a Vampire. This is a trilogy. I'm in the middle of book 2, The Vampire Lestat. Absolutely unbelievably good!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 (edited) Oh Interview with a Vampire is incredible!!! As is Anne Rice's work as a whole. :) I am finding the Twilight series very teenager oriented. However, it sucks you in and I agree with the pp that said it is Edward that keeps the pages turning. It wasn't EDWARD persay, but the way he spoke to Bella. It was the imagination at work, the sweet and soft touches he gave her, the immense love he seemed to have for her...though he had no idea why and tried in vain to fight it at first. It is just that ooey gooey sappy epic love story thing that we all get sucked into as women. My husband would read up to chapter 6 in twilight and vomit at all the ush and gush. :) Me, I just go back and remember a time when touching my husband (before he was my husband mostly! LOL) felt the same way that Bella describes feeling when she touched, saw, or was touch by Edward. Besides...the whole immoratal, faster than lightening, protector type always awes the masses. Now...get to book 2 and after he leaves her...gosh, the thrust really goes downhill for me. My reading voracity slowed down immensely as we get sucked into the whole Jacob thing. It is like watching Days of Our Lives. You know, you always fast forward past the teens to get to John and Marlena/Bo and Hope/Sami and Lucas? LOL Edited January 23, 2009 by Tree House Academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningirl71 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 I read Twilight over Christmas and was surprised when I actually liked it! I was reading it more to see if I would let my kids read it . . . :D In fact, I loved the book so much that I had my dh take me to the movie on our date night! But, I just got done reading New Moon and wasn't impressed. I felt like the book could have been half the pages and still said the same thing. Maybe I just didn't like where the story was leading? I actually love the idea of the books, but not sure if I'll read the next two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningirl71 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Oh Interview with a Vampire is incredible!!! As is Anne Rice's work as a whole. :) I am finding the Twilight series very teenager oriented. However, it sucks you in and I agree with the pp that said it is Edward that keeps the pages turning. It wasn't EDWARD persay, but the way he spoke to Bella. It was the imagination at work, the sweet and soft touches he gave her, the immense love he seemed to have for her...though he had no idea why and tried in vain to fight it at first. It is just that ooey gooey sappy epic love story thing that we all get sucked into as women. My husband would read up to chapter 6 in twilight and vomit at all the ush and gush. :) Me, I just go back and remember a time when touching my husband (before he was my husband mostly! LOL) felt the same way that Bella describes feeling when she touched, saw, or was touch by Edward. Besides...the whole immoratal, faster than lightening, protector type always awes the masses. Now...get to book 2 and after he leaves her...gosh, the thrust really goes downhill for me. My reading voracity slowed down immensely as we get sucked into the whole Jacob thing. It is like watching Days of Our Lives. You know, you always fast forward past the teens to get to John and Marlena/Bo and Hope/Sami and Lucas? LOL I should've just done this :iagree: instead of writing a post! This is how I felt too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in SW WA Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 I'm taking the Twilight series w/ me on our spur-of-the-moment trip to Grand Cayman next month. Can't wait!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 I read Twilight over Christmas and was surprised when I actually liked it! I was reading it more to see if I would let my kids read it . . . :D In fact, I loved the book so much that I had my dh take me to the movie on our date night! But, I just got done reading New Moon and wasn't impressed. I felt like the book could have been half the pages and still said the same thing. Maybe I just didn't like where the story was leading? I actually love the idea of the books, but not sure if I'll read the next two. Read the next two. New Moon is the least interesting by far. I think it is the absence of Edward through the middle of the book. I actually SKIPPED and skimmed middle chapters (*gasp*, I know, :lol:) to get to where she met Edward in the tunnel in Italy... The next two, Edward is there and the whole story is back in line, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 I think I'm going to stick with the movies. I dislike goo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacey in MA Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Yes, I'm hooked too, and not sure why. It's certainly not any literary masterpiece. But the something about the teeny-bopper storyline has my mind sucked in, like to a good b-grade scary movie! I couldn't wait the 150 spots on my library queue, so I bought it on ebay for about $5- and I usually never buy books. ;-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontier Mom Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Yep, I couldn't wait and bought mine at Walmart!! My dh tells all men to beware of wives reading the Twilight Saga because you get no clean clothes or warm food until they are finished!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 I guess I'm the lone dissenter--I read Twilight for my book club and was not grabbed. I didn't read the other books, and I would happily have put it down halfway through. I'm always suspicious of guys who are too good-looking, maybe that's why. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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