Comments on yes and yes: 30 New Things: Read Twilight

reasoningwithvampires.tumblr.com for commentary on...

2011-07-11T18:48:53.840-05:00

reasoningwithvampires.tumblr.com for commentary on the grammar (if you can call it that) of the twilight saga. it is AMAZING.

I read all of Harry Potter before I ever cracked o...

2011-01-12T15:46:38.080-06:00

I read all of Harry Potter before I ever cracked open Twilight. I was also an uninterested eye-roller, PLUS I had seen the first movie and was wholly unimpressed. However... I got completely sucked in (pardon the pun) and spent many a twilght hour engrossed in the lives of these teenagers. I fell madly in love with Edward, and by the end, I loved the whole Twilight universe - even Bella, who, up until then, had been my least favorite character.

Love your blog. Just stumbled upon this post. Firs...

2010-01-27T20:52:37.982-06:00

Love your blog. Just stumbled upon this post. First, let me say that I wish Buffy (the Vampire Slayer, of course) would kick Edward's ass. Seriously. I have a very dear friend who convinced me to read the books. It was one of those train-wreck things. I wanted to look away, but couldn't believe how it just...kept...getting...worse..
Bella is such a dope! I don't think I've every encountered a female character with a worse self-image. Edward is just annoying. And sparkly daylight vampires? What's with that?

Take a trip to Hogwarts. Much, much better than Twilight.

Haha only just found your blog, and I love it alre...

2009-12-29T06:07:19.602-06:00

Haha only just found your blog, and I love it already. You put into words exactly how I feel about Twilight (Apart from your seeming acceptance of Bella. Grrr she annoys me. A lot.) Seriously, though: Read Harry Potter. You may hate it, I don't know. But it's better and more original than Twilight, with better morals and more realistically achievable characters to emulate.

Wow, for all its successes, The Da Vinci Code and ...

2009-08-30T13:10:22.245-05:00

Wow, for all its successes, The Da Vinci Code and Harry Potter sure don't seem very popular ! ;)
But I totally loved the Harry Potter series. And Da Vinci. Now that was really awesome. Opened my eyes to so many things I hadn't even known or heard of. And the passionate debate it created! You have to love a book that can do that. Dan Brown's latest book is coming out soon and I can't wait to line up outside a bookstore for that, haha. I enjoyed the Twilight series too, but the writing really IS crappy. Now that I agree with.
Great blog! :)

Have you read George RR Martins fantasy series A S...

2009-08-22T17:18:14.058-05:00

Have you read George RR Martins fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire?

It's fantastic.

I decided to do 31 before I am 31. http://www.byh...

2009-06-29T09:26:00.987-05:00

I decided to do 31 before I am 31.
http://www.byhillary.com/2009/06/thing-i-want-to-do-this-summer.html

I am uberlist member and have 109 for 2009 and had 108 for 2008 etc. So this was fun to do a sub list for the year.

Indeed I have given in to societal pressures. I j...

2009-06-06T11:11:11.293-05:00

Indeed I have given in to societal pressures. I just started the book. I've only finished the first chapter. Aaaaand...I want to read more =0

Everyone I know has been raving on about Twilight,...

2009-06-05T13:20:14.838-05:00

Everyone I know has been raving on about Twilight, but I'm also a bit wary about these kinds of books. I think I might just pick it up now...

Well; I did go to see the movie but only just beca...

2009-06-04T14:04:45.539-05:00

Well; I did go to see the movie but only just because I could stay in the loop and know what everyone was going on about.
I haven't touched the books and I'm never ever going to. I like the movie alright, yeah. But it's nothing to become obsessed over.

The only real vampires, to me, are the Anne Rice ones and the Buffy guys. Edward just doesn't fit into that group.

Also, if the writing is as bad as shown above...
I'll probably end up not reading it.

I've had lots of people recommend it to me but...

2009-06-04T13:40:40.025-05:00

I've had lots of people recommend it to me but i just haven't had time!

I also forgot to mention that one of my girlfriend...

2009-06-04T12:03:44.554-05:00

I also forgot to mention that one of my girlfriends (we're both 25) went on a "Twilight trip" where they filmed the movies and went to all the locations in the books: Forks, Port Angeles, etc. Anyway, she bought me a Forks highschool hoodie and I love it but will never wear it in public, lol.

I am chagrined to say that I love to hate Twilig...

2009-06-04T09:41:22.674-05:00

I am *chagrined* to say that I love to hate Twilight. It's so freaking absurd - also it requires about .5% of my brain power to read, so it's like a little nap for my weary mind.

However, I do i have a friend who is very serious business about Twilight. For Christmas she got me a Twilight shirt), the Twilight soundtrack and the Twilight movie behind the scenes book. I am 25 years old...so is she. It is sad.

Dear Naked Readhead and Erinwalker, YOU GUYS! I KN...

2009-06-04T08:49:29.899-05:00

Dear Naked Readhead and Erinwalker, YOU GUYS! I KNOW, RIGHT?! I'm 100% with you. Please tell Sarah that just because she has multiple degrees in Fancy-This-And-That from international universities, that it's OKAY TO LOVE VAMPIRE BOOKS FOR TEENAGE GIRLS! ;)

I read it and hated that I loved it so, then got o...

2009-06-04T00:55:50.936-05:00

I read it and hated that I loved it so, then got over that and just outright loved it, and now I'm a little tired of it. I haven't even watched the New Moon trailer, and that is a HUGE deal.

I am a book snob as well. It's really because...

2009-06-03T23:21:35.754-05:00

I am a book snob as well. It's really because of my MA in literature. After reading Woolf and Joyce, everything else pales in comparison. I have been avoiding this book like the plague. It seems that the plot is engaging, but I'm not sure if I'll read it. I enjoyed reading your thoughts on it.

Haha, yay! Twilight is so terrible, but "ter...

2009-06-03T14:47:43.921-05:00

Haha, yay! Twilight is so terrible, but "terrible" in the way that eating an entire chocolate cake by oneself is: so good, but bad, and you still want to throw up afterwards. Currently, there are three over-thirty women at work who are obssesed with these books, and I feel as though it is my duty to encourage them by sending them links to pictures of Robert Pattinson's half-naked body. HOURS of entertainment.

agreed!!! so poorly written, but it pulls you rig...

2009-06-03T12:47:11.265-05:00

agreed!!!

so poorly written, but it pulls you right in. i personally got sick of reading about edward's good looks, and muscles, and eyes.

i too am a book snob and picked this up strictly as a beach read for vacation. i finished it in about a day even with all my beaching, and vowed never to read the rest of the series--based on how it was so poorly written. but now i find myself wanting to know how it all ends. . . .so maybe.

I should add that while I was definitely engrossed...

2009-06-03T11:58:58.613-05:00

I should add that while I was definitely engrossed, I'm not sure that I'm totally committed to finishing the series. I think I might read Harry Potter first and then decide which hugely popular, young adult series deserves my attention! :P

haha, love this post! i havent read twilight mainl...

2009-06-03T11:55:38.207-05:00

haha, love this post!
i havent read twilight mainly because i'm one of those people who have been blindly hating on it for no clear reason. maybe it has to do with me being a harry potter fan (i'm very much looking forward to hearing your thoughts on that!)

i've heard lots of things about it, such as that it was anti-feminist and full of thinly veiled mormon chastity propaganda. but if you who are so cool can enjoy it, maybe i should give it a shot.
p.s. love the pussycat dolls' "when i grow up" too!

I am so with you Sarah! I read the books a couple...

2009-06-03T11:41:03.351-05:00

I am so with you Sarah! I read the books a couple of months ago and I'm totally hooked. Dude, even my MOM is reading them and I never saw that one coming. The writing is so cheesy but I totally got all swoon-y (mind if I borrow this, Marie?) over Edward too. And Marie is right, Book 3 is definitely the best!

I caved in last summer and read all 4, devouring t...

2009-06-03T11:14:02.678-05:00

I caved in last summer and read all 4, devouring the last two in a 24 hour time period.
I enjoyed the story and despite being 28, I managed to get swoon-y (I've decided that's the adjective version) over Edward. It felt like I had a high school crush all over again! I became slightly obsessed and read all about it online until I convinced a few friends to read it.
Book 3, Eclipse, was my favorite by far.

Leia: I'm a TOTAL snob over the DaVinci code. ...

2009-06-03T10:44:30.055-05:00

Leia: I'm a TOTAL snob over the DaVinci code. I read it while I was living in Taiwan (there weren't many English books around) and just about strained my eyeballs with all the rolling. It's written like a really crap screenplay!

That said, I think it's admirable to find a way to make religious history interesting to the general public. :)

i've read the first two twilight books and i d...

2009-06-03T10:30:20.845-05:00

i've read the first two twilight books and i don't really think they're romantic at all! edward is creepy and borderline abusive, and bella is the shadow of an actual character. but i'm probably going to read the last two books, and i'm definitely seeing the movies, so what do i know!

I am DEFINITELY a book snob! I read the Da Vinci C...

2009-06-03T10:29:24.128-05:00

I am DEFINITELY a book snob! I read the Da Vinci Code but before it became a huge worldwide hit, and didn't think it was very well-written. Harry Potter? Eww! TOTALLY over-hyped. I haven't succumbed and read Twilight yet, but I'm thinking of watching the movie just so I can try to understand why ladies are finding it difficult to find real-life boyfriends because they're obsessed with Edward Cullen.