Twilight

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  • heather0mc
    heather0mc Posts: 4,656 Member
    That's the one! Someone leaked it online and it's NOT the finished version. Meyer doesn't want anyone reading it but doesn't want to finish it now, either. Very frustrating- I want to read it, but until she makes up her mind for sure she's not finishing it, I don't want to read the current version. (Meyer claims it must have been someone close to her who leaked it, as few people had copies at that stage. I swear, anyone does that to me if I become successful, I'd kill them. But take it out on my readers? Harsh, Meyer. Harsh.)

    totally with you on this. i read a blog on her website. i think she wants us to read it but at the same time she doesnt. grrrr :noway:
  • Iceprincessk25
    Iceprincessk25 Posts: 1,888 Member
    eh....I'm gonna read it. :bigsmile:
  • borac
    borac Posts: 174
    Ok.. i must be from " out of the space " .. ev ery one is talking about this.. those books, the movie.. my friends are in love with it and i don't even have a clue " what is it all about " ..

    is this a love story. is it.. drama.. what is this all about ?
  • borac
    borac Posts: 174
    :heart: :heart: :heart: OMG !!!!!



    btw everyone, i met a friend at hot topic last night to give her something. i never go there these days (shoot, i worked at one in phoenix when i was 18...a bit different back then but basically the same) but they had SO MUCH twilight stuff it was crazy!!! maybe i am just slow but i was like, look at this! look at that! hehe. yea, im 33 and love twilight - sue me! :smokin:

    are you still in phoenix.. i live in phoenix
  • specialsong77
    specialsong77 Posts: 78 Member
    I haven't read them but I have read the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris and I LOVED IT! It's along the same lines with vamps and were's but there's MORE! My recommendations.

    I watched the HBO series "True Blood" based on the book series I am going to start reading that series next.

    I guess that book series was written before "Twilight." You have to wonder if Stephanie Meyers was inspired by that series a bit because there are so many similarities...
  • specialsong77
    specialsong77 Posts: 78 Member
    I love love love the books.

    But I am here to tell you that I thought the movie was thing stupidest thing ever. :grumble:


    JUST MY OPINION.

    I have to agree I was expecting better

    I didn't mind the movie, it certainly was not as good as the books, but movies always pale in comparison to the books. I went in with LOW expectations so i think that helped me enjoy it. I always figure there is no way they could put everything from the book in a movie just because the movie would be SO long. I read Drew barrymore may be directing the 3rd movie "Eclipse." That could be a good thing. i love drew... :)
  • alecsandrawired
    alecsandrawired Posts: 25
    The other day in psych class I was doing a worksheet designed by the student teacher and noticed the theme. The names of all the people in the character descriptions were Edward, Isabella, Carlisle, Jasper, and then Alice. I asked my teacher where she got the names and she pulled Breaking Dawn out of her bag. It made my day :happy:

    P.S. I cannot wait until tuesday! TWILIGHT DVD!
  • neome90
    neome90 Posts: 420
    :flowerforyou: heatherOmc... Thank you for your advise and suggestion! They are always welcome and appreciated :flowerforyou: And I have found that it had actually brought us closer once again...( I am 49... she is 16...:wink: ) All in all a great experience in todays life! It opens up communication, among a million of other avenues. Once again ....Thank you for you .....:flowerforyou: always , neome90: heart:
  • MissResa
    MissResa Posts: 1,147 Member
    I've read the first 2 books, and have absolutely LOVED them!!! Then I watched the movie, and thought it was killed by the acting... I just don't really like the actors they picked out... But I loved the characters from the books. It's depressing to me when I have really high expectations and then feel let-down... Maybe that's why I didn't care for the movie version? I set myself up for failure.:sad:
  • Losing_It
    Losing_It Posts: 3,271 Member
    I've read the first 2 books, and have absolutely LOVED them!!! Then I watched the movie, and thought it was killed by the acting... I just don't really like the actors they picked out... But I loved the characters from the books. It's depressing to me when I have really high expectations and then feel let-down... Maybe that's why I didn't care for the movie version? I set myself up for failure.:sad:

    The movie is never as good as the book!!!!:grumble: I wish I had done what someone mentioned earlier and watched the movie first...I may have liked it better.:laugh:
  • LosingIt4good
    LosingIt4good Posts: 1,214 Member
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  • JillDavisWright
    JillDavisWright Posts: 18 Member
    I too read them all in about a month. I was obsessed with them for a while. I just watched the movie for the last time last night though. I was a little disappointed in the movie. It just seemed to leave out a few details and it seemed to move too fast. It was still good though.
  • jdelisle
    jdelisle Posts: 1,050 Member
    I just bought the first book today! :happy:
  • Kimono
    Kimono Posts: 367
    I have not read them but my 10 year old daughter wants to. I wanted to know if you think it is ok for a 10 year old?
  • MissResa
    MissResa Posts: 1,147 Member
    I guess it depends on how mature of a 10 year old we're talking about... There isn't anything really sexually explicit in the books, so far(I only read the first 2)... But there are some moments in it that I would consider mature content for someone in a younger age group.

    I think 12 or 13 would be safe, but maybe it would be better to pre-read it? That's one of the reasons why I read it in the first place-my 13 year old sister wanted to read the book, but there was NO WAY my dad would have read it first...:laugh:
  • DawnInOhio
    DawnInOhio Posts: 211 Member
    I deliberately saw the movie first. If I read the book, then see the film, it can ruin both for me; not so the other way around. Liked the film (though am I the only person who doesn't see the appeal in Pattison?); LOVED the books. POed that the 5th may not come out (the rumours change so much. I'm never sure what's happening with that.)

    Yep, yep, that's what I do. Then when I read the book I have faces to put with the characters, been my way of watching/reading for a while.
  • Kimono
    Kimono Posts: 367
    I guess it depends on how mature of a 10 year old we're talking about... There isn't anything really sexually explicit in the books, so far(I only read the first 2)... But there are some moments in it that I would consider mature content for someone in a younger age group.

    I think 12 or 13 would be safe, but maybe it would be better to pre-read it? That's one of the reasons why I read it in the first place-my 13 year old sister wanted to read the book, but there was NO WAY my dad would have read it first...:laugh:

    I was thinking about reading it first. Sounds like a good plan.
  • MissResa
    MissResa Posts: 1,147 Member
    You know, it "started out" with me reading the books to make sure my sister could handle it, but it ended up with me reading 2 in a couple of weeks, and then my 24 year-old sister reading all 4... I couldn't get the other two without going on a wait list... I'll be getting my sister's copies soon.:happy:
  • chunkabutt25
    chunkabutt25 Posts: 277 Member
    so the books are a ton better than the movie, but im still waiting in anticipation for Eclipse to come out! Too bad she wont finish the 5th book since it was leaked!!!!!
  • heather0mc
    heather0mc Posts: 4,656 Member
    :flowerforyou: heatherOmc... Thank you for your advise and suggestion! They are always welcome and appreciated :flowerforyou: And I have found that it had actually brought us closer once again...( I am 49... she is 16...:wink: ) All in all a great experience in todays life! It opens up communication, among a million of other avenues. Once again ....Thank you for you .....:flowerforyou: always , neome90: heart:

    what a beautiful thing! :flowerforyou:
  • heather0mc
    heather0mc Posts: 4,656 Member
    :heart: :heart: :heart: OMG !!!!!



    btw everyone, i met a friend at hot topic last night to give her something. i never go there these days (shoot, i worked at one in phoenix when i was 18...a bit different back then but basically the same) but they had SO MUCH twilight stuff it was crazy!!! maybe i am just slow but i was like, look at this! look at that! hehe. yea, im 33 and love twilight - sue me! :smokin:

    are you still in phoenix.. i live in phoenix

    nope, left phoenix in 1995. i grew up in havasu but have lived in dallas for 12 years :drinker:
  • Tyravis
    Tyravis Posts: 37
    I'm with you.I love Anne Rice. My wife read the Twilight series and from what she described to me it sounds OK. I am half way through the vampire chronicles by Anne Rice.She has kept me mesmerized.I have had a hard time reading.So these are great for me.:smile:
  • chunkabutt25
    chunkabutt25 Posts: 277 Member
    I'm with you.I love Anne Rice. My wife read the Twilight series and from what she described to me it sounds OK. I am half way through the vampire chronicles by Anne Rice.She has kept me mesmerized.I have had a hard time reading.So these are great for me.:smile:

    oh i looooove Ann Rice, have you read the witch books? The Mayfair Witches, Lasher and Taltos? Those are my favs!!!!
  • jdelisle
    jdelisle Posts: 1,050 Member
    I just bought the first book today! :happy:

    ... and am already half way through it already! I'm experiencing the 'Twilight Effect'
  • jdelisle
    jdelisle Posts: 1,050 Member
    I just bought the first book today! :happy:

    ... and am already half way through it already! I'm experiencing the 'Twilight Effect'

    And now done. So it literally took me only 1 day of reading (and I did lots of other stuff yesterday too). This book is crack, lol.

    Who is reading book 2?
  • Tyravis
    Tyravis Posts: 37
    I'm with you.I love Anne Rice. My wife read the Twilight series and from what she described to me it sounds OK. I am half way through the vampire chronicles by Anne Rice.She has kept me mesmerized.I have had a hard time reading.So these are great for me.:smile:

    oh i looooove Ann Rice, have you read the witch books? The Mayfair Witches, Lasher and Taltos? Those are my favs!!!!
    I haven't read the witch books yet but i intend to after the vampire chronicles.I have looked into to those a little bit and it looks like there as good as the others Ive read so far.
  • Iceprincessk25
    Iceprincessk25 Posts: 1,888 Member
    If you guys like Twilight you should check out this trilogy by Garth Nix. There's three books and the first one is called Sabriel.

    They're supposed to be young adult but they are BY FAR my number one favorite books EVER. I've read them a million times, have them on tape so I can listen to them when I fly, etc.

    They're just AWESOME!!!!:heart::heart:
  • megbar1979
    megbar1979 Posts: 150 Member
    Yep, I hopped on the Twilight bandwagon just last night. I'm about 5 or 6 chapters in and so far so good.
  • TROUBLE2
    TROUBLE2 Posts: 6,660
    on recomendation from a friend (Heather) I am going to start to read this series.. sounds interesting...:happy:
  • hiddensecant
    hiddensecant Posts: 2,446 Member
    I refuse to read them until the movies are done. That way I wont be disappointed the next time my in-law makes me watch it.
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