I feel the need to explain myself...I did not not like the Twilight series. (that sentence doesn't seem right so re read it if it didn't make sense the first time) I enjoyed the books - except for parts of New Moon, which I explained in my first Twilight post. I thought it was a fun, easy read type of book that was a good escape, especially while on vacation. I simply didn't love the book as so many others seem to. I think people have gotten the impression that I hated it. That's not the case - it simply did not live up to, in my opinion, the huge amounts of hype I heard before I finally read it.
I am not hating on Edward, Jacob, Bella or any of the other Forks folks. I'm not loving some of the other freaks - Victoria especially creeps me out. But I happen to love Alice and I'd like to think that if I was a vampire I would be her - the girl can throw a party.
So if anyone was planning to not read Twilight and beyond because of my post (although I am pretty sure I don't have that much power to persuade) just read them. So I didn't love them (I liked them) Millions of others love them - maybe you'll fall into that group. Just head my warning... if you haven't read them yet try not to listen to the hype - I really do think talking up something...book, movie, whatever does make people expect a lot and often tends to mess up ones opinion.
So there...I have spoken my peace.
side note...love them or like them, I do want the story to continue so I can find out how it all ends.
The girls and I left Thursday for our trip to San Francisco. Before we headed out for the long drive we made a stop at Torrance High School for an author discussion and book signing with Stephanie Meyers. We got to listen to her answer fan questions about the Twilight series and her new book The Host as well as hear a few personal stories.
We were about #830 and above in line so we had a bit of a wait after the discussion to get our books signed but it was still an enjoyable night, at least for us. I can't imagine being an author and signing so many books. Each person could have as many Host books signed as they wanted and then up to 2 other books. Between myself, Megan and Em we were able to get each Host book signed and then all our copies of the Twilight books. The group waiting in lined was into the 900's so you can only imagine the hand cramp poor SM must have had. We laughed when we got to the table because there was a huge pile of black Sharpies at the ready.
We had never been to a book signing so it was a fun new adventure for us to experience. I'm not sure I would do it again - I take that back, I would do it if I could get a book signed by JK Rowling but beyond that I am not sure I would sit for hours to get a signature. It was still an enjoyable night and a great way to kick off our San Francisco trip.
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