Oh Robby, you make my heart beat fast too.
Ugh. I did NOT want to have to post a blog about Twilight but unfortunately I do.
A few weeks ago, my hubby had a lively conversation with some friends of his about the ins & outs of the Twilight saga on tweeny-bops & young adult teen-agers for whom these books are targeted.
Just like the Harry Potter books there were those arguing both sides: everything from “they are so evil,” to “there’s lots of wonderful spiritual principles to draw from.”
So. I just had to find out for myself.
Thankfully, my friend told me about the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services. (If you live in MI -check it out- unlimited free ebooks -whee!) 
Let’s just say in the last 1.5 weeks I’ve done little else than completely ingest the 1,000+ pages of the Twilight saga –books 1 & 2. Followed by the Twilight & New Moon movies. I’m in book 3 now & chomping at the bit to get to the theatre to see Eclipse soon.
I’m not going to get into the various sides of the argument. What I will say is this: if I had an 11-18 year old who wanted to read the series I’d suggest we read them at the same time and talk through some of the major themes dealt with.
How totally lame of me right? My kids will have to learn to deal with their nerdy Mama.
As a story, it’s fun. Flat out. It’s just good, page-turning, drippy, cheesy, high-school romance fun. You may say I’ve been a tad obsessed, or you may call me a freaking Twilight freak ~ that’s fine too. I am. And, I have so unfortunately realized how easy on the eyes Robert Pattinson is. Ugh. So annoying, right?!?!
Okay. Um. No comment.
Well, if your on the fence about whether or not to take the plunge: DO! It’s a great escapist book series. And I am so glad that I read the books -as always- before seeing the movies, though both adaptations were great.
(or maybe I just really like Robby).
P.S. Fyi, my hubby knows all about my -hopefully flighty- Pattinson fixation. We watched the movies together & he kept calling Edward “my man.” Lol.
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Grace-
I have to completely agree with you! So many friends raved about the books and I just couldn’t wrap my head around why…until I started reading the books! I read all four in four days…literally read nonstop…for those very same reasons. Good for you for reading AND for defending your choice!
**that should have said good for you for reading the series AND for defending your choice***
You would be called a TwiHard! My friend gave me the first book a few years (?) ago and I didn’t read it cuz I knew I would be obsessed and didn’t have time for it. I did, however, see all of the movies and loved Eclipse! I am now reading Breaking Dawn cuz I just can’t wait for the last movies to find out what happens!!! I’m glued to the Nook and can’t wait to see how it all ends!
But for the record, R.Pattinson just does nothing for me! Gross!