I purchased a copy of Twilight after I had already read it. When I read it I had it on loan from Ginger. I bought it mainly because it's dumb to own books two through four of a series and not book one. We came to own book four because there was NO WAY I was waiting for Ginger to finish it when it came out this summer. We came to own books two through three because Russ wasn't waiting around to find copies when he read the books this fall. I may have mentioned on this blog before that I'm kind of a backwards person and here is further evidence. Apparently I married a backwards person as well, although he may be somewhat less backwards.
The second reason that I bought the book was because I have former students to whom I need to loan the book because one library copy isn't going to cut it. Pat has a book to loan out, but that still wasn't enough, so I got one too. It still hasn't made it to the kid I originally was going to loan it to though because on the way it got loaned to a mom at a birthday party I went to.
When the book came back to my house this past Thursday I decided to reread the beginning. Sometimes I like to do that because certain things are funnier when you know what's coming later. For example, as Bella is psyching herself up to get out of her truck on her first day of school she says, "I can do this, I lied to myself feebly. No one was going to bite me." Ha! Too true. Somewhere around page 23, " He was leaning away from me, sitting on the extreme edge of his chair and averting his face like he smelled something bad. I sniffed my hair. It smelled like strawberries, t he scent of my favorite shampoo. It seemed and innocent enough oder," I decided I was rereading the whole thing. I wanted to get to, "'It would be more...prudent for you not to be my friend,' he explained. 'But I'm tired of trying to stay away from you, Bella.'" And then there's the dinner conversation in Port Angeles, and of course my favorite, the meadow scene.
In other words, I was completely and helplessly sucked back in again. I lost two days to the world of Bella and Edward, and I sure as heck don't miss them. I'm cutting myself off though; I am not rereading New Moon again, for the moment. I am, however, dying to see the movie now.
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Midnight movie here we come!
I have read the series. I loved them. I tried to resist so long but finally succumbed when Livia wanted to read them. She is 11 and there is no way she is reading those books for a few more years. We should have a video chat book club sometime about them.
You need a 12 step program. Seriously.
Charlotte, why would I want a 12 step program for an addiction that brings me so much happiness? Maybe it's not like crack, but more like coffee. I'm totally addicted and I like it that way :-)
Seriously.
Ha! Well, you have a point. I feel better about your addiction now that you have likened it to coffee, not crack. (Although at Starbucks, I think they might put crack in the coffee, and I don't know how to feel about that) I am very excited about the movie, too!
I too am addicted to Edward and Bella and I am counting the days until the movie!!! I am rereading Twilight and I have a deeper understanding of the story since reading Midnight Sun!! I admit it, I am obsessed and I am ok with that:)
Tonia!
Just as I told you Tuesday at school, I started reading Twilight this past Wednesday Night 11/26, and finished last night 11/28!! Whew! Why, oh why, can't Edward be real?! The combination of his ninety+ years of maturity and mystique coupled with his 17 year old buffness....ohhh, woe is me. I am totally addicted, infatuated, and drawn into his seudo-world. Obviously, for now, I am "team Edward." I love how Bella is open to new ideas and change...such a non-human thing to do. She possesses a freedom of thought that allows her to take risks, which is good because the whole thing with Edward will never work out unless she crosses over. Oh, and I loved the analogical use of heroin...Bella is Edward's favorite kind of heroin...It reminds me of the song by Papa Roach, "Forever," --they should have used that in the movie soundtrack. Now that I've read it, I will see the flick for sure....I've seen the trailer and I cannot wait!
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