I can’t believe it’s already Wednesday. I feel like life is there then gone within 5 seconds.

Partly because I’m literally flying through the Twilight series like my life depends on it. It has the addictive quality I come to love in books and series (like Harry, also the Emily Giffin series) It is so GREAT! And the best part is that my friend Kristin U. (one of my 3 amazing Kristin’s in my life) is letting me borrow them so I’m not paying for them, AND we’re going to go see the movie together with some of  her other addicted friends and I’m psyched.

There is a small spoiler coming, so beware.

I think what is so amazing about the books is the utter emotional turmoil of the main character, Bella. Because it is written from her perspective, you are feeling every emotion and all the insane tension between who she loves and what he is (vampire) but what that really means. And I love how the author re-defined the mythical vampire — instead of a dark, caped figure with blood dropping from fangs in the dark, a beautiful, almost God-like being that’s expressions/eyes tell all about it’s current state, who can’t come out in the sunlight because he glitters too brightly and beautifully, not because he’ll turn into a bat. And in book 2, the redefinition of another mythical creature, and it’s introduction was so awesome because it allowed you to put it together WAY before Bella discovers it herself – which is one of the most gratifying feelings a reader/movie watcher can have :-)

One thing I don’t like? How the back of the book, the little summary you read to see if you want to buy a book or not? It tells WAY TOO MUCH. On both the first and second, it’s given away a climactic point of the book. And I HATE SPOILERS without warning. I didn’t even finish the summary on the back of the second as I could see what was coming.

Anyway I’ll stop Twilighting on you.

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