I have been doing a lot of reading recently. It helps to have a library a couple of blocks away and lots of time. (Well, I mostly read after the girls are asleep.) Anyway, when I was back in Yuma a good friend of mine recommended a book series to me. She told me it was a young adult series about vampires. Well, I'm not into vampires, so I listened but didn't think much about it again, until I got my winter BYU alumni magazine and read about a BYU English alum who was having wonderful success with her vampire series. I decided that I was going to read the books after I read a bit about the author. Stephenie Meyer was born a year after me, got a degree in English from BYU (I was an English major there for a while--okay, for a semester, but I wondered if we may have ever crossed paths), and we graduated from BYU the same year. Oh, and she lives in Arizona (Phoenix).
Well, I started reading the first book (Twilight) and I was hooked. You know, the most I've ever gotten into in regards to vampires is the movie "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", and even then it was really only for the one-liners. Anyway, I was surprised at how good the book was. It's about an average 17 year old girl who moves from Arizona to a small town in Washington and falls in love with a vampire. I don't want to spoil the plot for anyone, but I was impressed with the story and the writing. Where many authors give into the ways of the world, Stephenie Meyer holds quite well to morals and standards. Well, the next two books in the series (New Moon and Eclipse) are just as good. She creates incredibly likable characters with lots of dimension.
Anyway, if you are up for a good long read (each book is at or over 500 pages) I recommend this series. Forget all of your preconceived ideas about vampires, because this isn't your typical Hollywood style vampire novel. A fourth book will be released in August (I think) and the Twilight movie will come out in December (or thereabouts). If any of you give it a read, let me know what you think. And if you are interested in finding out more about the author, click here.
Happy reading!
Well, I started reading the first book (Twilight) and I was hooked. You know, the most I've ever gotten into in regards to vampires is the movie "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", and even then it was really only for the one-liners. Anyway, I was surprised at how good the book was. It's about an average 17 year old girl who moves from Arizona to a small town in Washington and falls in love with a vampire. I don't want to spoil the plot for anyone, but I was impressed with the story and the writing. Where many authors give into the ways of the world, Stephenie Meyer holds quite well to morals and standards. Well, the next two books in the series (New Moon and Eclipse) are just as good. She creates incredibly likable characters with lots of dimension.
Anyway, if you are up for a good long read (each book is at or over 500 pages) I recommend this series. Forget all of your preconceived ideas about vampires, because this isn't your typical Hollywood style vampire novel. A fourth book will be released in August (I think) and the Twilight movie will come out in December (or thereabouts). If any of you give it a read, let me know what you think. And if you are interested in finding out more about the author, click here.
Happy reading!
7 comments:
Amy, Can't believe I'm admitting this, but I've read them all and enjoyed them. I've got the set if you want to borrow...
Best, Wendy
Wendy, I should have guessed you would have read and liked this series. I think we like lots of the same things. :)
-Amy
I love the series...the girls in my family have all read them! I am not sure if I am happy about jumping on the Twilight bandwagon or not, but I definitely have and can even admit to checking her website to see who they cast for the movie! I am looking forward to the next book and in the meantime reading some of the other books on my goodreads list! :-)
oh man amy....we should talk more. i read them all last summer!! my girlfriends are addicts!!(along with the majority of mormon ladies)they all have countdowns on their blogs until the 4th comes out. i got mindy to read them (and mom to read the 1st). i'm glad you liked them:) and even more glad you updated your blog!!!!!
Amy,
We have always had so much in common!!:) It is nice to know we like the same books and if I remember correctly you were an english major for a little over a month:) or was that psychology, or botony, or...(don't you miss me!!) As the saying goes we will always be friends because you know too much!!
Kim,
You crack me up. I live you! (And, yes, you know WAY too much!)
:)
yay! a new post! and yes i'm in love with this series! i'm so excited that you read them too! fabulous books..and i can't wait for the fourth book and the movie! have you checked her website? she's got the cast of the cullen family on it..haha..i may be slightly obsessed!
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