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« on: October 25, 2009, 05:24:53 PM » |
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Twilight was my first YA series ever. My sister literally made me read it, and I did so planning on hating it. But I loved it and finished the series in a week. Then re read it the next week. Then got the idea to write. SO its what got me going, and all I hope is that I can publish my book. If one person loves the story as much as I loved the Twilight story, then I will feel that I've done my job. Incidentally, I dont think she is the greatest writer technically, but the story is great. I think she repeats things WAAAYYYY too much but I just love the story!
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« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2009, 05:44:57 PM » |
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*raises hand* I'm a Twihard too. I'm actually re-reading Eclipse right now.
There are many other YA novels/series I really adore as well. The Mortal Instruments, Vampire Academy, The Immortals, Vampire Diaries, etc...all great series that I adore! Oh and I can't forget The Hunger Games!
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« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2009, 05:52:24 PM » |
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Team Jacob here! And I love the werewolves, so looking forward to New Moon - and I am old enough to be Jacobs, um, older sister...haha
You said:
There are many other YA novels/series I really adore as well. The Mortal Instruments (didnt read), Vampire Academy(didnt read), The Immortals(didnt read), Vampire Diaries(didnt read), etc...all great series that I adore! Oh and I can't forget The Hunger Games!--->read and felt it was way too morbid for kids to be killing each other for food, but my sis loves it! Ok, if you havent read Evernight/Stargazer, run out RIGHT NOW and get them - I liked them second best to Twilight! And the morganville vamp series is good, check out NightWorld, and of course, House of Night. I also read some nonvamp stuff, the Gallagher girl series was really cute, and I also like Sarah Dessen though the few I have read are girls hooking up with bad boys and the consequences of that...
PS I have been reading Eclipse off and on, keeping it on my nightstand, and now just got back to Breaking Dawn (my least fave of them all).
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« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2009, 06:19:27 PM » |
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Only watched the first movie, and I'm wondering what all the hype is about. I have strong questions of why some hundred+ year old vampire finds the vapid female lead so attractive. In the film, she was a nothing.
In the books, is she any more attractive to a vamp's attentions? If not, then the series from Twilight onward wouldn't seem particularly interesting to me.
Can anybody say anything about whats-her-name that's attractive? If the books are better, maybe I might want to read them. With the movie as example, I have no desire to read the books.
The Lightning Thief is coming up in movie form in a month or two. Having already read that book, I am interested in seeing what the film industry does with it.
I understand that books and movies don't always match up, but Twilight was a big letdown IMO.
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« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2009, 06:27:24 PM » |
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G woman, the movie was pretty bad if you didnt know the story, and even then, I watched it for what I knew of the story, not really the movie itself. The book is about a thousand times better. Yes, Bella is an ordinary human girl who moves to the town and runs into Edward and he is after her blood, more potent than any other persons blood ever to him, which is what attracts him to her. But he falls in love with her despite her ordinary-ness and she falls for him. Its basically one of those forbidden love type stories. I dont know anyone who has read it and was disappointed. The last book I could do without but the first three were great!
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« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2009, 07:48:02 PM » |
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I've read Evernight/Stargazer, NightWorld, and House of Night, LOL! I like all of them as well! I agree, The Hunger Games was a bit disturbing, but I think it was one of the best written novels I've read this year. I absolutely LOVED Peeta!
I am die hard team Edward, LOL -- I've actually never been much of a werewolf/shapeshifter fan -- that is until I read Shiver. That book may have changed my opinions on the whole shifter phenomenon. But I am not a Jacob fan at all. He was all right in New Moon, but I was so devastated by Edward's absence that Jake just never had a chance in my eyes. I completely despised him in Eclipse though.
G-Woman -- honestly, I highly dislike Bella. In my opinion, she really doesn't have any redeeming qualities. Meyer attributes Edward's initial attraction to her to her blood. Apparently her blood (specifically) holds something that calls to him. *shrugs* And I've heard the argument about the 108 year old vamp loving a teen girl, but I have to admit, I adore Edward. I can't really tell you why. I guess I'm drawn to the whole tortured soul thing. I liked the books, not because they were any type of literary masterpiece, but because Meyer just has a knack for spinning the story in such a way that allowed me to actually FEEL all those feelings of falling in love again. I don't know how she does it. I mean, I've read some other books with a romance, and a good romance at that, but none affected me like Twilight. The Mortal Instruments, Shiver, and Vampire Academy came close but just didn't do it completely.
The first movie was very poorly made. I admit, I still loved it because I like the story itself. I plan to see the second even though I hated the second book with a passion (my beloved Edward was absent through 2/3 of it). I can't tell you whether or not you'd like the book better than the movie. As with anything, I tend to say the book is always better than the film adaptation. You could try to read it and if it failed to hold your attention then no harm done, right?
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« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2009, 08:24:48 PM » |
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Can anybody say anything about whats-her-name that's attractive? If the books are better, maybe I might want to read them. With the movie as example, I have no desire to read the books. I liked the first book, well at least the first 3/4 of it. Part of the reason was that Bella (what-her-name) was a caring person. Bella left her mom (her own decision) to live with her dad (although she didn't want to) because her mom was newly married and wanted to travel with her husband, but she wouldn't leave her daughter. (Does that make sense?  ) Bella also worried about her dad, and cooked and cleaned for him. She also wasn't too worried about the teenage peer world. She seemed very mature and unselfish for her age. Edward, who didn't think he'd ever fall in love and somewhat believed himself above it (he did have over a hundred years to find someone) saw these qualities in her and fell. But the conflict (which I think was pure genius) is that Edward can't stand being around her because the scent of her blood makes him crazy and Edward does not kill humans(anymore at least: tortured man part). Now, all of this worked for me until Bella turned whiny and selfish(it gets worse with the sequels). The only thing that mattered was Edward, Edward, Edward. It ruined my perception of her character, but mostly it ruined my belief that Edward could love her. |
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« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2009, 08:45:56 AM » |
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AJ, the reason I like Jacob is because he is real and upfront and honest. He holds nothing back and is in love with Bella. But, he is still less mature than edward and goes about it the wrong way, I agree. Edward to me is too serious, too controlled, too stoic. I would prefer a guy like Jacob, animated and warm and fun! She never seems to have fun with Edward, its just serious I love you all the time. I love Jake in the third book - and if I were Bella, I would have never forgiven Edward for leaving me and Jake would have won out. The question would be, if she got together with Jake and renesme never came to be, would Jake have imprinted on anyone else or just loved Bella forever? Hmm, maybe she can write and alternate ending...Did you read Midnight Sun, from Edwards perspective on Stephenie Meyers website? If not, check it out. Its the first ~250 pages of Twilight all from his angle. its interesting, but I like it as it was written.
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« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2009, 10:41:10 AM » |
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AJ, the reason I like Jacob is because he is real and upfront and honest. He holds nothing back and is in love with Bella. But, he is still less mature than edward and goes about it the wrong way, I agree. Edward to me is too serious, too controlled, too stoic. I would prefer a guy like Jacob, animated and warm and fun! She never seems to have fun with Edward, its just serious I love you all the time. I love Jake in the third book - and if I were Bella, I would have never forgiven Edward for leaving me and Jake would have won out. The question would be, if she got together with Jake and renesme never came to be, would Jake have imprinted on anyone else or just loved Bella forever? Hmm, maybe she can write and alternate ending...Did you read Midnight Sun, from Edwards perspective on Stephenie Meyers website? If not, check it out. Its the first ~250 pages of Twilight all from his angle. its interesting, but I like it as it was written.
See, I don't see Jacob that way at all, LOL! And I can understand the reasons why Edward is so controlled and cautious (he could kill her if he's not), that actually makes me appreciate what he's going through more. I did read Midnight Sun and actually thought it a ton better than Twilight. Edward's mind fascinates me. I didn't like Jacob in Eclipse because he kept trying to force himself on Bella. He acted really immature and gave her ultimatums. That bugged me. Eclipse was when I really starting disliking Bella too. Edward was way too overprotective, I'll admit, but Bella was acting childish and putting herself in more danger than she needed to. I guess I could understand that. |
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« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2009, 05:12:32 PM » |
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For Twilight and its followups, I'll put them on my library list. Buy the book? Not. It's a bit too high up in the YA chain for me. I'm studying the MG world at present with Percy Jackson, Gregor the Overlander and the like. Closer to my genre.
I know that a lot of teens absolutely loved Twilight. Bless their little pea-pickin' hearts, but it's clearly a wish-hope-to-fullfilment book. I'm way too many years past that to have my heart throb. Now, why the hell did they take Moonlight off the air. The bastards!
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« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2009, 05:24:36 PM » |
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I'm way too many years past that to have my heart throb. Now, why the hell did they take Moonlight off the air. The bastards!
Thank you! I thought the show won a peoples choice award for crying out loud! I suppose they had to make room for another reality show, yawn. L PS Anyone into the CWs Vampire Diaries? The "kids" look like they're in their mid twenties, but hey, it's about vampires, amen? |
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« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2009, 05:40:07 PM » |
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I'm way too many years past that to have my heart throb. Now, why the hell did they take Moonlight off the air. The bastards!
Thank you! I thought the show won a peoples choice award for crying out loud! I suppose they had to make room for another reality show, yawn. L PS Anyone into the CWs Vampire Diaries? The "kids" look like they're in their mid twenties, but hey, it's about vampires, amen? OH OH! I LOVED Moonlight!! I still don't understand why they canceled it! I watch Vampire Diaries!! Elena and Stefan don't look at all like their characters from the books (which I read - of course ;) ). Elena is supposed to be blond with blue eyes (actually, the girl who plays Caroline would be a much better fit -- and if this isn't worse, but in the books Caroline was dark haired.), Stefan is supposed to have very dark hair and bright green eyes. Damon WAS older (not a teen) and Ian Somerhalder is BRILLIANT as him. He even fits the description quite well, except Damon has black eyes -- but who would dare hiding Ian's gorgeous eyes? Not I, not I. |
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« Reply #12 on: November 04, 2009, 11:56:18 AM » |
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sorry, found this thread a little late but...
Y'all forget one the other major reasons why Edward is obsessed with Kirsten, er--Bella. She's the only person whose mind he can't read. She's a total mystery to him.
I'm team Edward, BTW. Heck, I'm team Robert Pattinson, actually.
I did like the movie. I liked the mood of the film in general. I thought Chief Swan was well cast. The one thing was that Edward wasn't nearly as sparkly as I'd expected. I guess he needed more razzle glue-gunned onto his skin. Ah well.
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« Reply #13 on: November 04, 2009, 02:06:20 PM » |
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sorry, found this thread a little late but...
Y'all forget one the other major reasons why Edward is obsessed with Kirsten, er--Bella. She's the only person whose mind he can't read. She's a total mystery to him.
I'm team Edward, BTW. Heck, I'm team Robert Pattinson, actually.
I did like the movie. I liked the mood of the film in general. I thought Chief Swan was well cast. The one thing was that Edward wasn't nearly as sparkly as I'd expected. I guess he needed more razzle glue-gunned onto his skin. Ah well.
LOL! Yep, we did forget to mention that. I LOVE Rob. He has the sexiest voice...I could listen to him talk all day, British accent or America...either one. I liked the movie too. I think it could have been done better, but I have high hopes for New Moon. So excited! |
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« Reply #14 on: November 06, 2009, 04:26:12 AM » |
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WOO HOO! New Moon in 2 weeks - I am so there first AM showing!!! I love the werewolves - tan skin, warm bodies, black hair, woodsy scent - YUM!!!
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