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Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is a really good novel. It has awesome characters and a face-paced story line. I got into this book later than a lot of people. The movie had just come out and everyone was talking about Twilight this and Twilight that. After a while, I started paying attention to it because Twilight was not leaving the conversations any time soon. I decided I'd get the book and see what all the fuss was about. I have to say after reading it, I became quite the fan. Now, the Twilight series is all I want to talk about. If you're paying attention to the last few posts I said I was reading New Moon. Well, I finished that a week or two ago and have since then have read Eclipse. I am probably going to begin reading Breaking Dawn today. Before I say anything else about Twilight, you should know that I have not, repeat not, seen the movie. I hope to within about two weeks. So, with that said, back to the novel. I really enjoyed reading this novel. I connected with Bella pretty easily. She just wanted to blend in with the crowd so that no one will make a big fuss over "the new kid" in school. I enjoyed seeing how Edward had to force back his instincts because of this feelings for Bella. That was quite interesting to read. We, as the audience, could see how much he had to try just so he wouldn't kill Bella. I can't say too much more about this without going back to re-read the story because my memory is failing me at this current time. I do remember though about James, Victoria, and Laurent. That was really interesting to see vampires that were not like the Cullens. They were like good, old-fashioned Draculas. Okay, maybe not, but still the same concept. You know, the whole kill humans for their blood deal. James was very tricky in getting Bella to do what he wanted. Not even I could tell what he was up to. I am glad though that James was taken care of. You know what I mean if you have read the book or seen the movie. Now you just have to worry about Victoria and what she has promised. I believe that she had made her promise in this book. If not, then it is in New Moon.

In this book we also learn about the Volturi. If you don't know, the Volturi pretty much are the ones who make sure all the "vampire rules" are being followed. And apparently you do not want to make them angry, that is unless you want to endure the consequences that will surely follow. We also learn in this book that Bella wants to "change." I can't say I could disagree with her if I were in her shoes. If you had Edward, who is incredibly romantic, nice, kind, and forcing back his instincts for you, why would you not want to be with him? If everyone acted like the Cullens, we might have world peace. We are introduced to Jacob Black in this novel and believe me, he will come up again and again and again. Carlisle is an interesting character because of his overall calmness and "immunity" to blood. You would not think that a vampire could be a doctor, but none-the-less he is. Esme is quite nice herself and seems to be in control of her natural instincts. Alice...well, I'll talk about Alice in my next post or so. I will say now the I really like Alice. Emmett is just a fun guy. A little scary maybe but still fun. Jasper is the newest to the Cullen clan and has to really force himself to not go with what his instincts tell him to do. Rosalie isn't really mentioned in this book, but it is for a good reason. I will talk more about her later on as well.

As many of you know this storyline mainly only focuses on Bella and Edward. We see more characters and their impact on Bella throughout the next few novels. I have to say though that I am excited to see the movie although I highly doubt that it will be as good as the novel. The cover to my book shows the Cullens and Bella with the exception of Esme and Carlisle so I feel I must talk about the casting. I think Alice was cast quite well as was Emmett. Alice's hair seems to be brown instead of black, but other than that I think it's good. Rosalie and Jasper just don't really seem right. I can't put my finger on it, but there's just something there that's missing. Bella was cast pretty well although her face seems a bit too childish. I know some people reading this just got confused because of my comment, but I don't know. It may be just the picture. Now onto Edward. I believe that Edward was cast quite well also. Although, again there seems to be something missing. Now I know you can't be perfect because the characters in these books are fictional. I can not stick by these comments until after I have viewed the film. After I have done that I may then say that my first impressions were wrong. Or right, for that matter. While I'm talking about Twilight, I figured I'd mention one more thing. Twilight is from the point of view of Bella. Stephenie Meyer is currently working a side project called Midnight Sun. Midnight Sun is Twilight but through Edward's point of view. She has posted a bit from that book on her website. http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/ Next post will be about New Moon, so keep an eye here for updates!