Oh how I hate to admit this.... but I started reading the Twilight series. I got sucked in around page 30. Crap. I know some major twi-hards who have gone on trips to Forks and taken pictures, and people who dress up for the movies and go at midnight to be with other twi-hards. I am not one of those people.
I decided as part of my 25 books for the year, I just finished book 10 if you are keeping track, I would include the 4 Twilight books. My neighbor has the box set and said she didn't mind if I borrowed them. So I was awaiting my 2 new books I bought online to arrive {The Help & Kite Runner} and decided to give book 1 a read in the meantime. Now I have my new books and I am starting New Moon instead of reading them. *sigh*
Earlier this week I caught myself googling Twilight and I stayed up late last night watching the first movie in bed instead of getting some well needed rest. Pathetic. I'll keep reading the books before the movies, but I have to admit that the movie was a bit cheesy. The part where Edward goes into the sun and "sparkles" was stupid, I mean it was in the book too, but it didn't seem as cheesy. Also when Edward "runs" through the forest I couldn't help but laugh during the movie, it was soo lame and I feel like the special effects weren't that amazing. My last complaint is that I didn't not think the casting for Edward's siblings was great. I loved who the parents were but the siblings {alice, jasper & emmet mostly} were not who I had in my head at all.
I'm looking forward to digging more into Jacob too. I guess I assumed there was more of him in book 1 than there really was. His fake long native american hair was really tacky though. Like I couldn't stop laughing at how awful it looked! I mean just look at this picture of him with long hair. I am glad to see from previews that the long hair goes on the window in further movies, he is much cuter without it. I do think he is more attractive overall than Edward {plus I only see Harry Potter in my head when I see Robert Pattinson}, I like the tall dark and handsome type vs. the extremely pale cold guy, so I am hoping to find myself on team Jacob. Plus I am native american, so I guess my peeps are the werewolves! All in all I have to admit I've grown more attached to the book than I wanted to and as soon as I'm done blogging about it I plan to go and start reading again. I guess reading is great, no matter what kind of book it is. Please tell me I'm not the only mom out there who reads them....I mean I know I'm not, but all the bloggers I read so sophisticated and beyond reading teen romance novels. Tell me I am wrong and that we are all in a secret underground mommy twilight group.
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