Yes, I jumped on the bandwagon. And, might I add, I’m so glad I did. I missed out on Harry Potter, which I am still ambivalent about, but when I found a handful of my students – students’ whose native language is NOT English – thumbing through copies of this book, I thought it would be cute to read it, too.
This is a VERY fun book, and it would have been right up my alley in middle school although it’s not far off now. It’s a “young adult” novel, so there’s always something moderately silly going on, but the suspense is amazing and it’s relatively complex.
Truth be told, the protagonist, Bella, irritates me pretty frequently. She’s the cliche, non-athletic, super-intelligent-yet-underachieving high school outcast who reads Jane Austen to forget her cares. Uggh. I am aware, of course, of the fact that she irritates me because she reminds me of myself in high school, which is embarrassing already, and that every other female book-lover in the world identifies with her also. She’s irritating, and it speaks volumes that there are so many other elements of the book that more than make up for Bella.
I finished the book this morning and bought the sequel, New Moon, after work today. I ordered tickets to see the movie tomorrow night. I am one of those people now.
Not all literature has to be Great Literature. That’s kind of fun.
I loved this book! It was just so entertaining…. Unfortunately I haven’t really liked the sequels much. I still haven’t read the fourth one but I may get to it one of these days just to complete the story.
Comment by iliana — November 21, 2008 @ 11:31 am
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I totally understand the Bella annoying as she was me in high school situation. I was completely drawn into Twilight but felt increasingly distant with the series and have yet to read Breaking Dawn. It will be interesting to see how your experience pans out.
Comment by bookchronicle — November 21, 2008 @ 1:30 pm
I’ll have to give it to you that despite impressive education you do find junk lits fun as sometimes a Mills & Boon can have flashes of entertaining brilliance too. :) – Em
Comment by Anonymous — November 23, 2008 @ 3:42 am
Hi Jordan! I’m so glad that I found your blog! I’ve added you to my blogroll! I’m a secondary math teacher with a love for reading and who really emphasizes the importance of literacy in my classroom. I’m in charge of several school wide initiatives to improve the attitude of reading within our school! Please feel free to add my blog to your blogroll!
On another note… I read Twilight through Breaking Dawn in under two weeks. They are addictive and awesome books. I definitely like the first two books best, but that’s just me!
Anyhow, glad to have found you online! I look forward to sharing!
Comment by kbsmith34 — November 30, 2008 @ 10:09 pm