I *shudder* at the fact that I am going to read twilight. This is so far beyond my idea of fun. Mormon highschool vampire love. Oh yes, sign me up! Honestly, I don't get it... at all! However, two of my friends who are not mormon are in love with these books which to me holds more weight than every other mo girl between the ages of 13-28 saying they're the greatest thing. Yeah, I'm probably offending people left and right here, but if you know me, you know truly, I mean no harm.
So, I'm going to read them and I will try my best to withhold judgement of myself for reading a super trendy book. BTW I know I'm being super judgemental right now. This is what I picture the books to be like. "oh my word, Edward kissed me last night, but don't worry both of our feet were on the floor"
I suppose I'm being a bit harsh, but I just had to get that off my chest. I think I may really enjoy these books. I heard that these books take you back to the days of highschool love. Young highschool love was a bit of a traumatic event for me, but I think I can safely relive the good memories and maybe a few of the not so good, for old times sake. So, if you're at all interested in what I end up thinking of these books... stay tuned. I promise I'll "keep it real" or "keep it virtual" as Renee would say.
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hip hip horray! who else (non mo) reads these besides me? chris maybe? i know you are resistant, but i also know you well enough to know that you won't let that stop you from loving this book if you really like it!! i can't wait to see your update to this post recanting your negativity-ah vengance!!
to further offend your readers, i have to say that i read this book and LATER found out it was a mormon fad and was genuinely shocked. mormons and vampires aren't really things i would couple up right?
OMG, Kat, this is hilarious. I feel the same way.. but i hear from gals that the author is a mormon, but there aren't mormon references in the book.. but still.. and i LOL'd when you actually wrote, "both of feet were still on the floor" ... young Mormon love. I laugh because it's true. I remember being a teen and hearing many girls say that both of their feet were still on the floor. gag.
Yes, it's Chris who's read twilight, not sure if she's read the others, but I know she liked it. Wait, hold the boat linds, you wouldn't pair up Mormons and Vampires?? Shocking. ha ha.
Oh Katy, I can't WAIT to hear what you have to say.
I almost wrote a blog about these books, but I knew I'd be offending half my readers. Since the ones I'm worried about don't read your blog, I can talk as much shit as I want.
I read the first page of this book, and it felt like I was rereading the Babysitters Club "Boy Crazy Stacey". This lady cannot write.
Whatever though, I still wish I was her, cashing fat paychecks and blowing it all on scrapbook supplies and vinyl lettering (joking).
I'm going to read them too, only to give myself more cred when I tell everyone how much I hate books that talk down to 30 year old women.
PS thanks for the shout out. Big Ups (whatever that means)
I'm starting the book soon, too. I'm thinking this weekend, but I have a stack of essays that say probably not that soon.
Here's my two cents. I loved these books simply because it was easy reading and it kept me interested. However, I went to amazon.com and read reviews and found myself starting to side with the negative reviews. It has pros and cons, just go into knowing that the first book was aimed at tweens. If it makes you feel any better not one reference to mormons in the book, and she even drops a few swear words. :) I'll be looking forward to your future posts!
Don't worry Renee, I'm sure I'll offend enough for the both of us. I'm a bit discouraged... the babysitters club?? Whatever, I'm pretending that you didn't say that... Clean slate, clean slate. You'd think I was preparing for battle or something.
okay, you've inspired me to talk crap.
I think that the reason so many people like these books is because Stephenie Meyer is a good emotional writer. Sure, she's not Bronte or Austen but the readers can live through the emotions of the characters. And that is what sucks people in.
Jon and I both read them and we enjoyed it. I don't know why people are psycho about the books though----but I always slightly turned up my nose at harry potter fans that went overboard in showing their enthusiasm too. :)
Just keep in mind when you write your critiques: the characters aren't real. Unlike so many people believe!
i think the people are real.
Good fo your Katy!! Don't worry though. She doesn't wax poetic about how they need to follow the "For the Strength of Youth" pamphlet. They never mention needing to have a "Book of Mormons's length" in between them. (I was actually told that at a church dance once!) In fact, most of the more conservative LDS women I know actually think she went too far in the "physical scenes". Stephenie Meyer simply does a good job of portraying true teenage emotions and physical desires...no matter what the religion. Plus, I don't know how conservative of a mormon gal I am.....so maybe that's why I get confused about all the shock and awe over a make-out session.
b of m length and "strength of youth" pamphlet . Shelly you crack me up! that definately eases many of my concerns. Ladies, we're on a Katy's blog comment record. Holy crap I feel like a blog celebrity. I don't care if I've contributed 3
Katja, you are such a blog celeb. I see the paps outside of your house DAILY. "OMG! Is that Katy?! The girl who ACTUALLY speaks her mind?! That's HER! Go get her!! aaaaagh!" Holy S. I'm such a good writer. What emotion. I could probably write a few bestsellers, right?
Not to intentionally offend anyone, but this type of sci-fi content (including Meyers' book HOST), reminds me of my aunt who is an author and writes sci-fi naughty books, but of course, Meyers' is the PG-rated version. It's just weird. And the emotional hook type of writing reminds me of Nicholas Sparks, who wrote The Notebook. I'm barfing all over the place.
Renee, I agree with you. I think I'm going to have to actually read these books, or at least the first one, so I can back up all of my S*-talking.
I also want to shout out to these little group of commentors (that's not a real word.. so would it be commentators instead?). I love you, ladies! I'm glad we can let down our shoulder-length hair and let loose on blogger! yeah!
So....I'm going to Forks today. Completely unplanned and spontaneous. We were in Vancouver, crossed to Vancouver Island, and just took the ferry to Port Angeles. So now we're going to drive through Forks (which I've been told it takes less than 10 minutes to drive through the ENTIRE town) and La Push before heading back to Seattle. Hey we're here anyway! Some people on the ferry last night told us that there is a faction of Born Again Christians in Forks who are completely against the books and upset it takes place in Forks because they think it is about devil worship. (thats what comes to mind when YOU hear about vampires right? -devil worship? Right, thought so)
When I said earlier that the characters weren't real, I meant that the book wasn't biographical. People can probably relate really well to the characters and imagine their own life that way very easily, so the book is realistic in that sense, but it isn't like Charlie and Bella are flesh-and-blood people who live in Forks. Thats all I meant.
(woo-hoo! Lets keep this thread going!)
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