Eggs and book.

I blame canadianevil for making me start this. =D



Our new book is called Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. It has the following summary:

Summary: Up–Headstrong, sun-loving, 17-year-old Bella declines her mom's
invitation to move to Florida, and instead reluctantly opts to move to her dad's cabin in
the dreary, rainy town of Forks, WA. She becomes intrigued with Edward Cullen, a distant,
stylish, and disarmingly handsome senior, who is also a vampire. When he reveals that his
specific clan hunts wildlife instead of humans, Bella deduces that she is safe from his
blood-sucking instincts and therefore free to fall hopelessly in love with him. The
feeling is mutual, and the resulting volatile romance smolders as they attempt to hide
Edward's identity from her family and the rest of the school. Meyer adds an eerie new
twist to the mismatched, star-crossed lovers theme: predator falls for prey, human falls
for vampire. This tension strips away any pretense readers may have about the everyday
teen romance novel, and kissing, touching, and talking take on an entirely new meaning
when one small mistake could be life-threatening. Bella and Edward's struggle to make
their relationship work becomes a struggle for survival, especially when vampires from an
outside clan infiltrate the Cullen territory and head straight for her. As a result, the
novel's danger-factor skyrockets as the excitement of secret love and hushed affection
morphs into a terrifying race to stay alive. Realistic, subtle, succinct, and easy to
follow, Twilight will have readers dying to sink their teeth into it.

Let us look at this. It starts so well. We have our protagonist going somewhere she admittedly doesn't want to go even though she has the option to go to Florida where she'd be much happier. This will allow her to angst about how horrible her life is at this new place where there's no sun and stuff.

Ten internet cookies say I'm right.

Never realized that falling in love with someone is an option. Also the prey-hunter romance is old.

There's a short preface that seems to actually take place later on in the book, as it talks about having been to Forks for several months now. It involves a first person narrator talking about being in a room about to die. The Narrator doesn't appear to be tied down in anyway and is in a long room waiting for the hunter to come and kill them.

"Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I
loved. Noble, even. That ought to count for something."

I never really understood that particular sentiment. I think it would be more noble to try and fight for your life than just stand there waiting for someone to kill you.


Chapter one: "First Sight"
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