If you’ve been reading this blog long enough, you’ll know that once in a while I’ll post about a secular title. When I logged onto AOL yesterday, I saw an advertisement that Twilight was coming out on DVD today. I never saw the movie, but, months ago, while I was visiting my parents, I had a conversation with my sister about the book. I asked her, “What’s up with this book Twilight? Why is it so great? It’s about a vampire, right?”
My dad piped in, before she could respond. He said, “It’s a love story, that’s why it’s selling so well.”
My sister nodded and said, “He’s right, that’s why it’s selling so well.”
Since I’d been hearing so much about this book, my sister, myself and my husband drove over to Walmart so that I could purchase Twilight. I was glad it was mass-market paperback, so I paid less than ten dollars for it.
I read it a short time later and was shocked that I actually enjoyed the story! I know I’d read on some website that Stephen King said that Stephenie Meyer can’t write herself out of a paper bag, but I disagree. I loved the story and the teens never had intercourse.
Although I enjoyed the story, I thought it was kind of sad, too. I mean, he’s a vampire, he’s not a real person, and he stays seventeen forever! How can you live happily ever after like that?
I saw a write-up about the series in Today’s Christian Woman magazine, so I do know they end up together later on. So I purchased the rest of the titles, but have not had the opportunity to read the rest of the novels. When I do, I’ll blog about them and give them away as a set. As I pointed out yesterday, I have TOO MANY BOOKS in this house, and that’s part of the reason why our home is such a mess!
Any of you read Twilight? If so, did you enjoy it? Hate it? What did you like or dislike about it?
I didn’t bother posting the book summary here since I assume most people already know what the story is about.
