Twilight
It’s still Tuesday, so it’s still Tuesday Book Club, and I’ve just spent the entire day reading Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight, and all I can say is
WHY DIDN’T ANY OF YOU TELL ME?????
ARE WE NOT FRIENDS? HAVE I NOT EXPLAINED TO YOU MY NEED FOR THE KIND OF ROMANTIC, THRILLING BOOKS THAT MAKE THE FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL INSIDE ME SWOON??
Not that Twilight is for fifteen-year-old girls only, but that’s a particularly potent part of my personality (wow, lots of “p”s) that responds extra forcibly to stories like Pride and Prejudice and Wuthering Heights and now Twilight and of course New Moon and Eclipse, which I’ll have to get right away and do nothing but read straight through like I have these past two days, not pausing to buy or make food or write or sleep very much.
Anyway, I don’t mean to yell at you all, but please, in the future, do not hold back. I was really happy Kelly talked about Plain Janes today (and yes, Fuse, I remember you did, too, but the book was too far away back then, and maybe I just have to hear about things more than once), so now I know I have to buy that as soon as it comes out in May.
In other words, I need you to have my back on these things. If there’s really something I absolutely, positively MUST read, then please hit me over the head with a car jack until I get the message. Okay?
Thank you for your cooperation.
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April 17th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
Woohoo! I own that book. I shall bump it up the “to read” list.
Books you must read… I personally think “Fair and Tender Ladies” by Lee Smith is a masterpiece. Especially if you like Southern lit.
April 17th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Okay, Katie, are you really willing to stand behind that recommendation? Because I am serious here–I only want the best. I can’t read everything, and I’m tired of not reading exactly what will make me happiest.
April 17th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
Okay, I will say. It’s in my top five. Yes. I am prepared to say I stand behind it. Why does that make me so nervous??
April 18th, 2007 at 7:01 am
Twilight was the first book I read this year. I was so sick that I all I could do was stay in bed and read. I loved that book so much that I’m actually afraid to read New Moon. I’m not ready to know what happens next because I’m still living in the Twilight fantasy…
April 18th, 2007 at 7:02 am
(And I have not reported a new book read because I’m reading a really long book right now.)
April 18th, 2007 at 9:39 am
I haven’t read Twilight but have been hearing some good word of mouth on it and now with your recommendation,Robin,looks like I’ll have to check it out:)
April 18th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
I was finally able to get a copy from the library. Thanks for the enthusiastic recommendation. And if you haven’t read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, you absolutely must. Incredible. Beautiful. Haunting.
April 18th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
Thanks, Vivian. I’ll definitely do that. Been meaning to, but sometimes it takes that extra, direct statement: “Read this!” to get through to my brain.
April 19th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
I adored Twilight, Robin. I listened to it on MP3, and was utterly and totally compelled. I’m a sucker for the star-crossed lover story, if it’s well done. I felt when I read it that the dialog between Bella and Edward had echoes of Elizabeth and Darcy, and Stephenie Meyer later told me that this was intentional. So cool!
I must warn you that I didn’t like New Moon as much as Twilight, largely because Edward is absent for a big piece of the book. But I’m still eagerly awaiting the next book.
April 19th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Jen, I just bought New Moon today, and I’m fully prepared to love it and the next one and the next one.
That’s so cool about Elizabeth/Darcy. Love details like that.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Robin, The Book Thief is great, but I have noticed that people who listened to it liked it much better than people who read it on paper.
And now I have to go get Twilight, because I am a love-to-swoon girl too.
April 20th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Nancy, thanks for that tip.
And I’m so glad to hear you’re a Swoon Girl, too! I just started the second book in the series, New Moon, today, and already my heart is aching. In a good, girlish way.
April 22nd, 2007 at 4:04 pm
There are lots and lots of must-read books.
My favorite books: (alphabetical by author)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
The NeverEnding Story by Michael Ende
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Body Bags by Christopher Golden
The Boys are Back in Town by Christopher Golden
Innocence by Jane Mendelsohn
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
April 22nd, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Little Willow, you’re making me all nervous now. I’ve only read two on your list. Gulp. I have to stop blogging and go read IMMEDIATELY.