The Twilight Saga

So I am finally out of my reading coma. I started reading Twilight on 6/22/09 and finished the entire set by 6/29/09, and these are not small books. This last week, I have spent every waking second with my head buried in one of these 4 books. I'm almost embarrassed to admit how much I absolutely got sucked into them. They started out just a curiosity as to their popularity, then instantly became my world for one week. And now that it's over, I feel almost lost! It's a very weird feeling. I created this world for the last week and lived in that world that now that I'm back to reality, I feel out of place and lonely. Since the books are written through the main character's voice (such as "I looked out the window and saw him." vs "She looked out the window and saw him.") I felt like I was the main character. I admit that I did fall in love with the character she fell in love with (not the actor in the movie, only the character which I know he is not really). It's very strange, but I'm sad that the books are over. They ended happily, but I cannot believe how much I cried through all 4 of them! I mean, these are supposed to be high school age kids books and I, a 24 year old book snob, fell so easily into their pop-culture trap! Now I feel no better than all the screaming, giggling, obsessed teeny-boppers who put "I love Edward" bumper stickers all over their MySpace page.

Edward is the main male character that, I too, fell in love with. It's easy to see why though. Stephanie Meyer took EVERYTHING that a girl would want in a guy and made Edward out of it. He's passionate, loving, protective, understanding, loyal, handsome, dangerous, manly, rugged, smart, cultured, funny, sexy, and a virgin who wants to wait for marriage to top it all off. Stephanie Meyer caught us all off guard. Whenever we thought there might be a flaw in his character that would make him seem more realistic, it was counteracted with a reason why that completely erased the flaw. Girls all over the world never had a chance.

Anyway, I'm done with them now, and they may not be on the top 100 books of all time list, but they're certainly in my top favorites. But for now...back to the list! Up next is The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow. Stay tuned :)