Back to Life. Back to Reality...

First of all, My disclaimer: When the "Twilight Series" first came out I was VERY against it. "Vampires?! Are you kidding me? LAME!" - I thought. So I decided then and there that I would NEVER read them. They became HUGE. Ridiculously huge. And everyone was talking about it, but really it was just more fuel to my fire. I was NOT going to read those books. And I enjoyed telling the "oh so obsessed ones" that I hadn't read them, and that I wasn't planning to read them. (take That)


When the movie came out, although I REALLY debated, we decided to rent it from the RedBox. I was glued. But I knew "there must be more". So when my sister Tara had just finished her copy of the 1st book, I swallowed my pride and decided I would read them.

So on April 20th I started book 1. Today is May 20th and I am done. Done with all 4 books. I AM SO LAME! I was SSSSSOOOOoo sucked in. I would try not to be, but I was. All I could think about was Edward and Bella, and the world like ours (but different) that they lived in. I started watching Maverick more closely to see if he had any mythical skills. I think I even decided he could foresee the future, after he walked outside one day into the beautiful sunshine and declared that it was "going to rain today" and I laughed and said "not today bud" then within hours it did rain. Okay, so if Maverick was a vampire his skill would be to see the future, definitely. And my sweet Slater baby already is a vampire - what with his SUPER paste-y white skin and incredible strength, and all... Wow, I was losing it. I just had to finish the darn books so I could move on with my real life.

Much thanks to Deanne and Dan who supplied books 2, 3, and 4. If it weren't for them I would still be waiting on the very large waiting list at the library for book 2. Or I would have gone out and purchased them or something silly like that, which brings me to my overall consensus...

I loved reading the Twilight Series. Yes, I was DEEPLY sucked in. It is a very interestingly different story, that gave my mind a break from reality. BUT, no teenager should be allowed to read them. And I am appalled to think of just how many hormonal young girls are obsessed with them, and have read them over and over. I found myself blushing about several things. and I am an old-er married woman. I also was slightly annoyed at all the spelling and grammatical errors thru-out. Which I am not a pro at, but this is just my blog, not a published piece of literature. And the errors seemed to get worse with each book. Weird. It was definitely an entertaining read, and I am anxious for the next movie, but... not sure... hum, I guess all I can say is that I am glad I read them. I am glad I am all done. I was all for Jacob for Bella until I read book 4, then I was glad for how things turned out. I wish they would have fought the Voltri at the end of book four. It was a HUGE climax for nothing. Although I loved the ending. The last page made it all worth it. I could have done without the intimacy, especially because of the age of her target audience. I won't read them again. But I loved them none-the-less.

The End.

Now I get to move on and be normal again.... Whatever "normal" is.