tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post1574648538279096815..comments2023-08-03T07:00:56.131-04:00Comments on Tapdancing on the Edge of Reason: My Head in a Book, or Two or Threewe_be_toyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100712745473031460noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-21111792486746919882009-02-26T10:38:00.000-05:002009-02-26T10:38:00.000-05:00Okay. So now I'm 3 books into the Twilight series....Okay. So now I'm 3 books into the Twilight series.<BR/><BR/>You're so right. One book would have been plenty. I don't even want to read the fourth at this point but feel compelled.Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01585792654204130424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-37252717849982293812009-02-22T15:21:00.000-05:002009-02-22T15:21:00.000-05:00"I can't help but wonder why any vampire would fin..."I can't help but wonder why any vampire would find her remotely attractive"<BR/><BR/>Because she's played by Kristen Stewart! Hello??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-76823059439156028312009-02-19T13:30:00.000-05:002009-02-19T13:30:00.000-05:00MurmurGazeGlowerPerfectJust four of the most overu...Murmur<BR/>Gaze<BR/>Glower<BR/>Perfect<BR/><BR/>Just four of the most overused words in the Twilight series.Gypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14327359141716141220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-40698519449427793472009-02-19T11:03:00.000-05:002009-02-19T11:03:00.000-05:00I have nothing to add, other than I have never rea...I have nothing to add, other than I have never read the Twilight books, and I'm not too sure I will.<BR/><BR/>Of course, I've never read Harry Potter, either, and everyone keeps telling me what I'm missing....Autumnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03945410292439698931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-36270366136695288322009-02-16T20:44:00.000-05:002009-02-16T20:44:00.000-05:00Hey lady!Sorry I dropped off the face of the Earth...Hey lady!<BR/><BR/>Sorry I dropped off the face of the Earth... These things happen sometimes.<BR/><BR/>Coincidentally, I just ordered Twilight. I caved.<BR/><BR/>Now I have something unremarkable to look forward to. ;)Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01585792654204130424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-17214027682690479552009-02-16T18:08:00.000-05:002009-02-16T18:08:00.000-05:00You're neat.You're neat.bandickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13282657121965971618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-81811844173482967362009-02-15T20:07:00.000-05:002009-02-15T20:07:00.000-05:00We book whores must stick together. (And I LOVE S...We book whores must stick together. (And I LOVE SWTWC, as well! ) <BR/><BR/>great minds........Vodka Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04734323418017847775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-50052958077943793162009-02-15T19:23:00.000-05:002009-02-15T19:23:00.000-05:00I keep hearing about this series and was wondering...I keep hearing about this series and was wondering if it was going to be the next Harry Potter. Sounds like I should save my money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-91322503270684421582009-02-15T15:54:00.000-05:002009-02-15T15:54:00.000-05:00i just can't decide if i should read them...i just can't decide if i should read them...Madgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14905740781186585499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-46821575232398638122009-02-14T17:24:00.000-05:002009-02-14T17:24:00.000-05:00I read this series a couple months ago and then re...I read this series a couple months ago and then reread it just a couple weeks ago. I find Bella to be extremely irritating. Meyer's I think put all of her clumsiness in there to make her an anti-Mary-Sue character which really failed.<BR/><BR/>Now please tell me, but was I the only person creeped out by the fact that we had a 75-90 year old man 'in love' with a 17 year old girl? Granted he VelveetaWingnuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708657464253641065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-47896787407143402322009-02-14T14:13:00.000-05:002009-02-14T14:13:00.000-05:00I absolutely saw Bella as a walking advertisement ...I absolutely saw Bella as a walking advertisement for abuse. I was interviewing women for my DV article while I was reading, so I saw things through that lens, and maybe that made me biased, or maybe it made me aware. <BR/><BR/>I also thought they were incredibly poorly written.<BR/><BR/>And I devoured the entire series, so.... what do I know. ;)Maggie, Dammithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471019955310537571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-23904578148588212352009-02-13T22:21:00.000-05:002009-02-13T22:21:00.000-05:00Sorry, I loved the series. It does gel in book 4. ...Sorry, I loved the series. It does gel in book 4. <BR/><BR/>Now, I will concede that if I read the word "murmur" one more time in the series I was going to eat my own eye...but I don't at all agree that Bella was a walking advert for abuse.flutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828689769747130419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-54663923517891046662009-02-13T17:03:00.000-05:002009-02-13T17:03:00.000-05:00Several things to say here:1) You have got to read...Several things to say here:<BR/>1) You have got to read Bradbury's <BR/>"Summer Morning Summer Night" I just finished my library copy and it was wonderful!! His short stories set in a small town are fabulous...I wasn't as big a fan of his science fiction either...but "Dandelion Wine" is a classic. Also read "The Halloween Tree" (the professor will love it) and "From the Dust Returned" (a book FairiesNesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00447315631854416364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-38467651680464337502009-02-13T16:52:00.000-05:002009-02-13T16:52:00.000-05:00I guess I need to read these and discuss them with...I guess I need to read these and discuss them with the BA then because she devoured the lot over the Christmas break AND has seen the film AND has the soundtrack AND calls Edward 'Mr Perfect'! :-(<BR/>I had only heard people rave about them so I was unaware of the dubious nature of a) the writing and b) the main characters!<BR/>Thanks for the 'heads up'!!Arizaphalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402602175460446158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-56039875428238227492009-02-13T15:58:00.000-05:002009-02-13T15:58:00.000-05:00Hey, at least it wasn't a series about a down trod...Hey, at least it wasn't a series about a down trodden woman of the Appalachian Mountains!<BR/><BR/>You know I agree with much of what you've said here, though it took me until book four to finally reach the end of my patience with Bella. I'm not sure what that says about me- perhaps I'm WAY too in touch with my inner 16 year old, and I have an unhealthy obsession with overly melodramatic angst. IChanda (aka Bea)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12321020069183192224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-25874396874242507972009-02-13T15:42:00.000-05:002009-02-13T15:42:00.000-05:00I haven't read these books. I'm just not interest...I haven't read these books. I'm just not interested. Your review (which is written better than the Twilight books, I'm certain) confirms that until I have nothing else to read, and that's all that's available (and free), I'll pass. Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495152387577965107.post-33027488127046305222009-02-13T14:43:00.000-05:002009-02-13T14:43:00.000-05:00God, I couldn't agree more! What an annoying serie...God, I couldn't agree more! What an annoying series of books. And yet I read them. Or no I didn't, really, I listened to them on CD. But still. Just thinking about them frustrates the hell out of me. And I despair for the young girls of the world who think life and love is going to be like this. <BR/><BR/>Of course, I was reading Bertrice Small and Johanna Lindsey at, like, 12, and now I think myGypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14327359141716141220noreply@blogger.com