Okay, so my review might be a *little* biased...This was my first (and only major) episode of full-blown fangirling. I owned a t-shirt ("vegetarian vampire" - so edgy). I saw the first movie an embarrassingly large number of times in the theater. I judged people based on whether they were Team Edward or Team Jacob (for the record: Edward in the books, Jacob in the movies).Even now, more than 10 years later, I still absolutely adore this first book – there are just too many good memories attach...

Actual rating: 1.5 stars. Believe it or not, there are actually a few books that are worse than *Twilight*.Ok, funny story. I was sitting on my couch with my husband last night finishing up *Twilight*. I slammed the book shut and began rubbing my temples. Then, my husband goes, "So you finally finished, huh?" "Yes. I can't believe I used to like this book," I said. "Hahaha! Yeah, I remember you were all over *Twilight*'s balls hard." Yeah, yeah, yeah...There isn't a single book on my shelf that ...

My name is Bella. Bella Swan. Here's what Stephenie didn't tell you. It's super-duper-important. On the morning after it rained, it was rainy outside and I frowned at it being so rainy all the time. I chuckled to myself, darn weather! I stared at the rain outside, which is where they usually keep the rain. There was never any rain in Phoenix. I love Phoenix. I hate rain. I tripped over a large air pocket on my bedroom floor and bashed my skull into the corner of my bookcase, which had three sh...

Turns out we don't need Dr. John Gray to tell us men are from Mars and women are from Venus. We just need Stephenie Meyer's books. For instance, from *Twilight* we learn that the millions of women who've devoured the *Twilight* series (pun intended) want men who:1. Talk about their feelings. Either Meyer's husband is the single most communicative male on the planet and she doesn't realize how unusual he is, or she, like most of her female readers, is using her fiction to imagine a world where me...

I hate this book. I'll probably end up reading the rest of them, because if I don't, the people who love this thing will think they can convert me if I just keep reading. (ETA (Jan. 2013): Never even remotely bothered to finish the series. I said that as a joke to begin with, and I did not finish the series. Did not finish them, not for irony's sake or for amusement's sake or as some kind of amulet to ward off kind-hearted Twimoms that would encourage me with "they get better!" I hope that clear...

Okay, I have to admit I picked up Twilight partly because of all the hype (and partly because it combines two of my favorite genres)... I mean, so many people recommended it, and I finally got sick of hearing about it, so I gave it a shot... or at least tried to.First off, I'm a huge romance and vampire/supernatural fan, so when I first heard about Twilight, I was really excited because it combined two things I love.But, I seriously regret buying it and forcing myself to finish (I hate not finis...

I actually had to give this book three separate reviews, channeling different sides of my personality. My three-star rating is the average of those three perspectives: Review 1, by My Inner Fifteen-Year-Old Girl (5 stars): Bella is smart, funny, well-read, pretty, and yet misunderstood by most of her peers (just like me!). Then she meets a cool, hot guy who turns out to be a good vampire, and he can do really cool things, like run fast and stop cars with his hands, but he's still sweet and wond...

Oh my goodness. For me, this book, *Twilight* by Stephenie Meyer, is like chocolate: a delicious, sinful, addictive indulgence that you convince yourself has beneficial qualities (zinc, calcium, keeps me quiet at that time of the month...) to justify your addiction.By "beneficial qualities," I mean that it's reading, and since when is reading bad? :) Let me say quite clearly that I'm a sucker for romance, especially the intense, passionate, tragic kind. I don't usually read romance novels, thoug...

Let me tell you how much my opinion of Twilight changed as I read it. About a third of the way in, I was so hooked that I immediately reserved the sequel at the library and wishlisted every edition on BookMooch. Now that I'm done, I doubt I'll bother with the rest of the series. The beginning is genuinely interesting: Bella moves from sunny Arizona to rainy, gloomy Washington State to live with her dad (her slightly ditzy mom wants to follow her new husband who's on the road as a minor league ba...

I really enjoy lively details. There's nothing better than knowing an author has really thought about her characters and situations, and come up with some surprising and delightful detail that makes the whole reading experience fuller. Lively details, you understand -- pointless details are a nightmare to read. I don't need to know that Bella ate a granola bar for breakfast. I REALLY DON'T. (Notice that I remembered the granola bar. I think this is partly because I was fervently hoping it would ...