Comments on: Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

by: LissaNY

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:14:39 +0000

My friends made fun of me reading a YA Fic until I bribed them with cupcakes to read it. Now they can’t wait for #3 either!!

Do the Audiobooks for Twilight and New Moon. You will fall in love all over again!! Also, definitely check out the author’s website - great additional material. Also some wonderful fan fic out there, specifically on fanfiction dot net.

by: Isabella Snow

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:56:58 +0000

Lovely name for a heroine.

by: web

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:59:59 +0000

Other awesome YA vampire book - perhaps Sunshine by Robin McKinley? Not that there aren’t a gazillion possibilities…

by: KL

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:33:04 +0000

High-five, a lurker. Not that I don’t still worship and adore Bam (and her reviews), but something about this book turned her crank where it left me feeling… eh.

I definitely thought Bella was TSTL — I’m sorry, what? You go wondering off in a strange city at night why? — and I’ll admit that even Edward got on my nerves (though moreso in the second book) with the whole “No, you don’t have a say, I’m the vampire and I’ll make the decisions in this relationship” shtick.

Ah, well. Seems I am doomed to be unsatisfied with any YA vampire books not written by Annette Curtis Klause.

by: a lurker

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:18:28 +0000

KL, you aren’t the only one. I’m surprised by this review of Bam’s, since usually I agree with her. I thought Bella was TSTL, and boring (how many scenes did we need of her brushing her hair?). I had to read this sentence:

“It’s easy to relate to Bella because she isn’t a lobotomized, wide-eyed, big-breasted beauty queen type who rushes headlong into danger and screams helplessly for the hero to save her (though she is accident-prone).”

twice because I thought Bella WAS all those things. Especially at the end. People recommended this book to me all the time, and I was so disappointed. I didn’t find the writing any great shake, either.

Having said that, I thought Edward was a great character, and loved the first chapter written from his POV.

by: Ann(ie)

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:34:48 +0000

Well, if you really wanna know… I used to have this tendency to do HUGE grocery shopping. The idea was, if I bought enough junk it would last a month. Then we always end up going out or going to a party or ordering in more than I think we will. So then, after a couple of months of this, I have a bunch of freezer burnt meat (or stuff I’m not brave enough to test to see if it’s still good), so then I do a clean sweep and throw it out.

Probably not as exciting as you thought, huh? I wish I could make up some big exciting story about were-panthers in my backyard, but I used all my crack yesterday.

by: Keishon

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:08:56 +0000

New Moon, yeah, yawn. I liked the beginning and end. Of course, Ms. Meyer recommends that you read it TWICE to understand it fully for the characterizations.

by: LorelieLong

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:23:18 +0000

I really liked the first 2/3rds of Twilight but started to fade in the last part. Cant put my finger on why, I was just magically able to put it down every three pages when before I’d been putting off everything to finish “just one more chapter honey”.
I still wanna read the sequel but I’m waiting ’til it’s at least in trade paperback.
(And if most of Annie’s first post is true, I find myself wondering why she throws out that much meat. . .)

by: Jane

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:42:31 +0000

Wow. Late to the party much? and yeah on New Moon. Was tres disappointed in it.

by: bam

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:59:43 +0000

I hope you enjoy New Moon. I didn’t like it as much as Twilight but it has some very powerful scenes.

I’m in the process of reading it right now. I’m not sure I’m liking it too much. Bella’s gotten a little whiny. But then again, look at the situation she’s in.