Oh and there will be some kandy at the end of the week so be SURE to check in daily and comment daily! Today I will start with an overview of the books and how I got hooked and why!
I first heard about the Twilight books on Serendipity Scrapbooks message board - someone was asking about what everyone was reading and they started talking about them. I wasn't the slightest bit interested!!!!! I'm not sure why cause I love to read but for some reason I was AGAINST reading them! I think I thought they were going to be gory, gross, overly suggestive and I am just not into that. So I shelved them in my mind under "not interested". Then early October I discovered the Unity forum on SCS and discovered Hip Hop! All these girls were discussing the books too! They kept mentioning them and I will admit this time I was curious! Then they had a Twilight challenge - to create a card inspired by the books. Then I learned some of their stamps were even inspired by the books! That was it I could take it NO longer! I HAD to see what the hype was all about! At this point I didn't even know there was a movie coming out! LOL yes I live under a rock! I still didn't think I would like them but at least I would know what everyone was talking about! I read Twilight on a Friday night um let me explain better I stayed up until 2 am reading cause I couldn't put it down!!!!! I was hooked I bought New Moon the next Friday and read it that night and went Saturday and got both Eclipse and Breaking Dawn and read both of them that weekend. So all four books in 4 days!!!! Ridiculous I know! And then I was mad! I had nothing to look forward too! I had read them too fast! Course now I am re-reading them. The hardest one for me I think was New Moon - I had to force myself through it - but it was worth it! Breaking Dawn also had parts I had trouble with. I also have read the 12 chapters of Midnight Sun on Stephenie Meyer's webpage. Midnight Sun is the partially released book that is Twilight but from Edward's pov! I can't wait for the full book to come out!
I have been obsessed with books before - Harry Potter comes to mind - I love them too and have read them all - I think part of that was the anticipation of wating for the next one. I was so sad when that saga was over as well. It had encompassed several YEARS of my life though. This is more intense having read all of them in such a short time!
I also love the shopaholic books by Sophi Kinesella but to to the obsessive point! That movie is coming out also! YAY!
The Twilight books are incredible! The language is expressive and of a nature that you don't often see anymore! They maybe set in high school but they reach people at a VERY wide array of age groups. They are not blood and guts and gore like one might expect from a VAMPIRE book. They are soft and romantic and amazing - ok so I already said that didn't I?! I love them because I like Bella never fit in during HS. I was a bit clumsy though not to the degree that she is. And I would love for someone to be as in love with me as Edward is with her! The things he says to her! NO ONE says things like that anymore! I want my husband to be more like Edward!
Anyway this week I will be featuring Twilight inspired projects so more focused than others and will be discussing some subjects from the books. You can look forward to:
Team Edward or Team Jacob
Why I love Alice!
The Meadow
Cover Art Inspiration
and whatever else I come up with!

Today's Question: Have you read ANY of the books? Which ones? post a reply and make sure you ANSWER the question for an entry into the drawing for Twilight Candy

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Tessa