Twilight is badgood. :D
It's kind of lame, but we love it anyway. Not sure why.


I just ordered "Jennifer Government" by Max Barry and "Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff."
I know, laaame. But I read one of those Chicken soup for teens books before, and I did like it. And I've got some heavy books in my to-read pile, so something easy would be nice. And sometimes I just feel like reading a sad story and crying. xD

Originally Posted by Cherry Flavored Antacid

Twilight is badgood. :D
It's kind of lame, but we love it anyway. Not sure why.

xD That explains it all to well. Two of my friends (technically they're ex-teachers) read it, one is a Shakespeare teacher and the other a British lit teacher, and they don't know why. They read, complain about it, then go back and reread it. xD

Also, easy books are always fun to read. I just finished the Darkangel trilogy by Meredith Ann Peirce, they were an easy read. I think I finished them all in less then two days. xD It's the fun of not having to think very hard.

@Cherry
Jennifer Government is sitting on my shelf at home right now. I always used to play NationStates online, so I just couldn't resist when I saw the book at a library sale.

When you read it, tell me what you think.

Originally Posted by Melissa

Kit - I went her Laurell's blog and it wasn't the last book. *whew*
I'm all caught up on the Anita books I read most of them the few weeks before Blood Noir came out. I like the Anita books. But...all the sex makes me annoyed sometimes...because there isn't any plot except sex. .___. Anita used to go on cool crime scene investigations...and now she doesn't seem to anymore.


Qwill's 'stache has a life of it's own I swear. It leads Qwill around and every time it rustles he knows hes onto something.

-tension is relieved- xD

Yeah....the constant sex does get a little annoying. >.>
I mean, the sex itself bother me, but I miss when she used to go on her badass killing sprees and crime scene investigations. xD
She's like, exactly my height and people underestimate her, as they do me, so that gave me some kind of bond with her and it was cool to see her kick ass and call names all the time. XD
And now it seems like most of the story is spent in a bed. >.>
Maybe that's why I'm having such a hard time getting through Danse Macabre? They're not having sex the whole time, but basically the whole book up to where I am is issues from them having sex. ><

Hahaha....twitchy mustache.

Originally Posted by Thoth Star

Wow, I just saw a commercial for that twilight movie....
I hear a lot of people love the book... I've never read it though.

I keep telling you to read it. xD

I don't know why I like it so much. It really doesn't make any sense. Its...really not that good. Its like freaking addicting though. Like word crack. ;D

Gotta go see the movie as soon as my grandma who lives away from me sends me my birthday money...

Originally Posted by Dream_and_Die

xD That explains it all to well. Two of my friends (technically they're ex-teachers) read it, one is a Shakespeare teacher and the other a British lit teacher, and they don't know why. They read, complain about it, then go back and reread it. xD

Yep. That's what I do.
I read each book in under 48 hours each (except breaking dawn, but that was just to prolong it being over), complain frequently about the lack of real personalities, the cliched characters, the faults, the amateur style, and then I reread the book and watch the trailers five times in a row.
It's not a book. It's a virus.

Originally Posted by Knerd

@Cherry
Jennifer Government is sitting on my shelf at home right now. I always used to play NationStates online, so I just couldn't resist when I saw the book at a library sale.

When you read it, tell me what you think.

Oh, really? My boyfriend plays Nationstates. He's apparently pretty well-known on the forums.
I played just the game itself for a while, but I got a little bored of it. It was fun for a bit, though.

XD Seriously, Twilight's like a drug. Most people who like it can't tell you why....They go off on a list of reasons why it's bad, maybe one or two why it's good, and then, "But you should read it. You'll like it a lot."
Stephenie Meyer is brainwashing us!

I have just finished Neil Gaiman's Stardust, and found it perfectly lovely. The writing was wonderfully flip, and therefore respectably representative of life as a whole.

Originally Posted by Stardust

Have been unavoidably detained by the world.
Expect us when you see us.

I'm hoping to finish Kite Runner by tomorrow. I also desperately want to read Eric Schlosser's Reefer Madness, but find myself detained by responsibilities. This makes me resent responsibilities.

Originally Posted by Cherry Flavored Antacid

It's not a book. It's a virus.

Yes! That's it exactly!

One can't help but read it really, and yet also cannot help but feel guilty for doing so. The writing lacks credibility but also causes the pleasing urge to giggle. It's a cruel paradox!

I actually found Meyer's writing itself to be very enjoyable. Once I read The Host, and that stupid sub-par teen drama plot was out of the way, I realized I really love Meyer's writing. There's something just...beautiful about it.
And she actually did a very good job with character development in The Host. I think Meyer as a writer is splendid--she just choice a really crappy way to show that with Twilight.

Ah, I've never read The Host. My friend threw me in the path of Twilight first, which worked for the first three books, but after reading Breaking Dawn I didn't have the spark to engage in any other Meyer book for awhile.

Is there anything different about the narrative choices in the Twilight series and The Host?

Really? You didn't like Breaking Dawn? I thought it was the best of the series. The second and third ones left a bad taste in my mouth, so I was glad BD was better.

Hm...not particularly. I think the main difference between the two is that the characters and plot are much more original and interesting in The Host, allowing you to fully enjoy the novel. There are also periods of nothing but description or action, as opposed to Twilight, which was very dialogue heavy, so you really get a feel for Meyer's writing.

Cherry & Bishie:: Exactly. xD
Its like some freaking virus or drug. I can't tell you why exactly I must read it, in fact I'll give you a list of reasons why the book isn't good. Yet I'm still tempted to throw my books overboard and re-read the series. Dx

Its creepy. o.O

I'm not touching The Host. I refuse to get addicted to anything else. >.>;

But The Host is so good! And it's only one book!

I liked Breaking Dawn a lot, too. You actually could see how much Stephenie Meyer had matured as a writer and story teller in it.

... I'll add The Host to my reading list, but probably the Thanksgiving/Christmas holiday reading list. I feel less guilty, then, because I'm not technically ignoring my school work.

Breaking Dawn didn't really do it for me as much. The plot was very predictable, and I didn't feel that Bella really overcame her obsessive compulsive neediness. As a protagonist, she could sometimes be excessively overbearing. So the opening of the book? Didn't work for me. I didn't like the whole Romeo and Juliet complex experienced by Edward and Bella in the earlier books, either, although it lead the action along to interesting places.

The actual writing may have been better. I don't know. I have to check.

I loved Alice and Jake, though. I always do.

... and now I'm thinking of rereading them. Which is where the virus thing comes into play.

Yeah, Jake was amazing in it. I was disappointed when it switched back to Bella. xD