I don't read. I've heard that if you want to be a good writer, you have to read. Well, I read magazines and blogs. Aside from the occasional self-help book, I really just find fiction a waste of time. (I'd much rather see a movie.) The one book that I actually ever called my favorite is "Speak," which was later made into a Lifetime movie. I read that in 9th grade. I figured I better spruce up a little so, begrudgingly, I've jumped on the "Twilight" bandwagon.
I first heard of this fiction tale via my niece, who pointed out the book in Wal-Mart saying, "It's soooo good. It's about this girl, and she falls in love with a vampire." I laughed aloud and quite rudely threw the book down in disgust. "Sounds so lame." I still feel bad for that.
Anyway, on a road trip to the temple with a bunch of the Young Women, they began talking about the book too. And how it was written by a Mormon! I couldn't believe that a book about vampires could be written by a Mormon. It's also on the bestseller list, and a much "bigger" book than I had realized. Later I asked my husband about some book called "Timeless" and whether or not he had heard of it.
He corrected me saying: "It's called Twilight, and my cousin wrote it."
Me: "Ahem. What?"
Apparently, Stephenie's dad is my husband's mom's brother!
Awesome! So now out of family obligation, I had to start reading it. Of course, as many books I DO end up reading often do, I became lost in the story and was halfway through in one evening.
So far, the other leaders and Young Women have started talking about Edward and Bella like they're almost real, or a part of our daily lives. Church has become somewhat of a book club. And this is how I found out that a movie will be released on December 12th of this year.
I Googled it, and watched the trailer. It looks pretty freekin' awesome. However, strangely enough, the very same girl that played the main character in my first fave "Speak" is also the main character in the "Twilight" movie.
In any case, if you haven't joined in - I suggest you get on it. Apparently, there's more than one book - it's a whole series! So I need to get caught up.
2 comments:
I totally judged myself for starting those books. (sigh) Now, I've read all of them and am eagerly anticipating the last book.
I even remember thinking when reading the second-book how much I hated the fact that it was 3am but I was still readin and had to finish it.
Now, I don't care. Hi, I'm Cliff and I'm a Twilightaholic.
I've read all of them and enjoyed them, but I'm not obsessed. They were just ok in my opinion. I think the draw for the teenage Mo's especially is the sexual tension. There's never anything "bad" but Meyer is so good at writing the tension into it, that I think all the girls can relate to some extent.
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