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I was in a bookstore right when a new one of those books was coming out and so there were big displays everywhere. My sister and I picked up the books and started opening them to random pages and reading out loud from them... it was hilarious ::meev::
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Were you guys stoned by Twilight fangirls? ::meev::

A lot of my friends like that series ("omg EDWARD CULLEN ::squeeeee::")... I never bothered to read it XD
 

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I read the first two and I cried because I could FEEL my IQ dropping.
Also, you can literally skip 20 pages and not miss anything (which I did many times in the second book).
My friend won't let me read the rest because she hates listening to me whine about it XP
 

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I won't even touch Twilight. It was tempting at first (vampires!), then I got the skinny from my creative writing prof, whose daughter ADORES the books. My prof even got dragged to a Stephanie Meyer "reading," which was just her and some musician sitting on a couch, in front of an audience of a zillion screaming fangirls and their mothers, telling each other how awesome they are.

It's poorly written drivel. I won't tell anyone not to read it, but be warned: It's crap.

In other news, I grabbed Ann Patchett's latest novel, Run, today. Loved Bel Canto.
 

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It's been awhile but when I first became aware of Twilight it was being compared to as the next Harry Potter. When the plot was briefly summarized I wanted to gag, at least the way it was described made it sound like a Mary Sue story ::bleh::
 

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It's been awhile but when I first became aware of Twilight it was being compared to as the next Harry Potter. When the plot was briefly summarized I wanted to gag, at least the way it was described made it sound like a Mary Sue story ::bleh::
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The way my friend described it to me, it basically is a giant Mary Sue story. :|
 

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I've been geeking out this month.
I just finished "Vampire Hunter D -Demon Deathchase-" ::batsu::
I'm also reading various Harry Potter installments before bed, as I find it to be an excellent stress reliever.
Still working on Sir Gawain, and I'll have to skim Siddhartha again to do an assignment, though I've already read it once.

Umm, I guess I'm fairly far outside the Twilight tweenager target audience . I'd never heard of it until I saw some big display at the bookstore a couple months ago. I don't really like vampire stuff in general, even if it's well written. D is the only exception, because he's only half vampire, and spends more time kicking a$$ than feeling sorry for himself and wooing young ladies (though they nearly always fall for him).
 

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My "home" board is one where, at 32, I'm actually the youngest one there (most are in their mid-late 30's with a couple in their very early 40's) and, bizarrely, a few of them are reading the Twilight series and gushing about it like 13 year olds. It's really odd, and I make fun of them for it all the time.

And then they make fun of me for liking androgynous Japanese guys.
 

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It's amazing what you can find in your basement.

While hunting down different collections of the Grimm Fairy Tales (Mostly to compare versions of The Juniper Tree) I happened upon a signed, first edition hardcover of a book. I wonder if it has any value? It's a bit worse for wear, but the spine is in good condition.

The book is Because of the Lockwoods (1949) by Dorothy Whipple. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Whipple
 

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DementedThingie wrote:
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It's been awhile but when I first became aware of Twilight it was being compared to as the next Harry Potter. When the plot was briefly summarized I wanted to gag, at least the way it was described made it sound like a Mary Sue story ::bleh::
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The way my friend described it to me, it basically is a giant Mary Sue story. :|
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basically. the concept is sorta original, but not really and the writing is.... :roll: the author only has a really limited vocab. it's a brainless romance.
 

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I have not read Twilight yet, It's been reccommended to me... by not so trustworthy people :-P
I'm currently reading a compilation of Neil Gaiman's works: SMOKE AND MIRRORS. So far I like it and I'm almost done with it X-D
 

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ohmyjeebusjesusch no escape from twilight insanity in any corner of world. its funny.

what am i reading? "Twilight". :D
can i be more mainstream this time ^^

as i myself am teenager who likes malice and misery in general, i get along with teenagers who like such stuff like fantasy literature, and like, during last 4 moths half of them became smaller of crazier twilight addicts so i felt like im just forced to read it.

the only best(good) thing i could point out about this book is that even i who isn't this kind of reader who could forget herself reading for days and nights, but it is easy to fall into the no need of thinking and easy mood of reading reading reading twilight.
 

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and I'm scared. ::weepy::
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Does it really get that scary? I read about 2/5ths of it and got swamped by school work so I never had a chance to finish it. When I finally get around to it again I'm going to have to start it over ::hora::

I did like what I read though.
 

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It's a strange kind of scary for me so far. Nothing that creeps me out, per se, but it's definitely keeping me up at night just to think. My boyfriend lent me the book, and I guess it does get worse.
 

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Has anyone here read 'The Cheese Monkeys" by Chip Kidd? It's probly the first book I've read in over a year, and that's because it was mandatory for a class! ::meev::

It was a completely weird, but entertaining book. It had to do with a guy who entered the art program at college and had to deal with strange classmates and a tough graphic design teacher. I actually laughed out loud a few times, which is uncommon for me.
 
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