Go for the audio books, great to be able to take a book and go!
And yes, Twilight is addictive...

I've got to admit that I like RPatz!

I haven't read the books but my SDs love twilight too and they have Twilight posters all over their rooms. I have taken the kids to see the movies, though. I really liked those!

The books are awesome! If you read them before you see the movie, then you know exactly what everyone is thinking, how their feeling, it's truely incredible. I love them. So, start on the third book! It's awesome. And theres something that happens in the fourth one that will completely shock you! It's unbelievabe... I would recomend to read the last two. The forth is a jaw dropper. There's so many twists and turns. I read the WHOLE thing in 16 hours. I couldn't put it down it was that good. I read through a migrane and everything.

****There are 3 sides to every story. Yours, mine, and the truth.**** -THE WIFE

OMG- I have SO been waiting for someone else to bring this up, but my Twilight life is seperate from my "mom" life, and if I'm gonna Twilight blog, I have other places to go...

READ THE BOOKS.... Or at least go to your local library and get them on DVD to listen to them. They are so amazing, and the words just jump off the page, making a whole new world and set of friends for you to meet.

For me, I had to see it. Forks, Washington. It was so real on the page, I wanted to see it. Loghead seemed to accept my love for Edward- I think he was happier with the idea of my crush on an 100+ vampire than an 18 year old teen wizard. I wouldn't shut up about seeing Forks. So he sent me there. Last summer, a girlfriend and I flew to Seattle and then rented a car and spent time in Port Angeles and then Forks. It is the most AMAZING place on this country. It is so beautiful...

Side note- Last summer I took part in a research study at an area university. The study showed women in happy marriages choose Jacob and unhappy marriages choose Edward.
I fell in love with Edward during one of the lowest points in my marriage.

Now that I've read the book three times, and am in a happier place, I think Jacob is a better mate.

(I also had the chance to teach at another local university a lit class for high school girls to receive college credit for reading Twilight and comparing it to Romeo and Juliet and Pride and Prejudice. Class again this summer for high school girls in the state of Missouri if anyone is interested...)

Anyone who wants Twilight talk can PM me!

"I HAD to pick the road less traveled..."

the books are awesome. they read very fast, trust me. meyers is no shakespeare.

I'm a diehard twigal:) I read the whole series,twice.have the hardcover collectors set and I have twilight and new moon on blueray...watched them both twice. Omg I sound like an idiot

Inspired to change my image to a picture from Forks...

"I HAD to pick the road less traveled..."

I love you ladies but the whole twilight thing makes me want to stab.myself.in.the.eyes! I watched the first movie out of curiosity and hated it. Watched the second one because I loved the idea of the werewolves that actually looked like wolves and hated that one almost as much. It's so mind numbingly boring. Because of those crappy movies, I refuse to read the books. I mean a sparkling vampire? C'mon!

I hope no one murders me for these comments *glancing around*

"I have always loved the time before dawn because there is no one around to remind me who I am suppose to be, so it is easier to remember who I am." - unknown

My brother's gf had the books...so being bored last summer and not being able to sleep with a newborn and 2 others running around I read alot. I read all of the books in less than a week. I LOOOVVVVEEEE Twilight Saga. I have read it like 2 or 3 times since and I can't help it...I keep going back to it. I am normally a romance or real crime novel gal but there is just something about Twilight. And it was funny when hubs and I saw New Moon on dvd....I explained it all to him and he was like WTF maybe I should read the books too...lol...so not going to happen but I love the saga. Although, I have to say I like the books better than the movies...and the way you picture things in your head are sooo different from what they put into the movie.
Def a must read series!

OK- re: my earlier comment about unhappy marriages and Edward

It was my fascination with Edward that did make me realize maybe things weren't quite right between Loghead and myself... Ever notice how Bella really doesn't seem to have any option but Edward? You have to admit, he is somewhat controlling.

It's like when I fell for Loghead. I knew he had kids. I knew I couldn't get too involved with him because eventually the kids would become a part of our dating as well. It almost had to happen fast. How can a man with kids aged 2,3 and 5 at the time have free time to date? It was like I had to make my mind up fast- decide if I really loved him. I knew it was SERIOUS LIKE, but I don't know that I really loved him by the time I got to know the kids. Then it was too late. I loved them. There was a point where I knew I needed to leave, but I was too involved with the kids to leave.

When I first read Twilight, I saw a lot of my husband in Edward. I thought Jacob was just a pain in the ass teenage boy, trying to cause trouble. I didn't see until the 2nd read through of the whole series that he really loved her. And I sat and cried. At that point, I'd read the books 2, so I knew the final outcome. And I knew the choices made. Loghead and I'd had a huge fight, and in fact Princess and I were out of town that night, staying with family, partly because I needed to be away from Loghead. I cried for Bella and myself. I saw that Jacob would have been an easier choice. Growing old together, having kids, still being with her family. When I married Loghead, I lost family. Seriously, I have 5 family members that I was very close to who have hardly spoken 20 words to me in the 12 years we have been married. I gave that up. Bella gives up many things. And yes, Bella and I both gained a helluva a lot too, but it isn't easy. And if Bella's story continues past Breaking Down, there will be more hardships to face. Just as I have faced the seperation between me and my skids as they've become teenagers, and the pain of "losing" those 5 people I loved.

So yeah, Edward's great and he loves her. But Jacob loves her too, and she never really gives that a chance. Edward admits he's being selfish.

Loghead and I have had similar conversations. He always wants to know if I regret my decision, if he should have let me go...

And I don't have an Alice to tell me this will all work. The last three weeks have been great around here, but the months before where hell.

I secretly find myself wishing she'd had more time with Jacob, but still had the other Cullens around. She lost a lot when she lost Alice, and that wasn't fair...

"I HAD to pick the road less traveled..."

I've read all 4 Twilight books before the movies were thought of, and I loved the books. I watched the first movie and HATED IT. I think if I had watched the movie first, I would have probably been ok with it. I won't be watching any of the other movies.

If anyone didn't already know, or if it hasn't already been mentioned, Stephanie Meyer started writing "Midnight Sun". Basically Twilight from Edwards perspective. Unfortunately someone leaked it and she hasn't finished writing it because she is so pissed off. She has made the leaked version available on her website however. I've read it, and it's friggin amazing. Check it out if you have already read Twilight.

Also her short novel on Bree Tanner that is coming out will be available for free on her website for a few days.

BMJen - I use to freaking love "The Little Mermaid". It came out when I was in kindergarten and I had started swimming around that time. That year and the next couple, my brother, my close friends, and I would all play "mermaids" at the pool. All I wanted at that time was to become a mermaid. ha ha

"I have always loved the time before dawn because there is no one around to remind me who I am suppose to be, so it is easier to remember who I am." - unknown

Has anyone read the books that inspired the TrueBlood series on HBO? It's a little more adult and delicious. I.love.those.books. There are 9 of them, the 10th comes out in May. I can't wait! I went through all 9 in a week and a half on my Kindle. I'm vampire CRAZY. I also like Sookie (yes that's her name) better than Bella, she is a way stronger woman.

Jen, you have to read them. They are all a really quick read. You will love them. Seriously.

Did you know that the author is Mormon? I have a whole theory about these books, and how the author's message is essentially about purity and chastity.

BB

You are not second best, you are not second class. Do not ever let anyone make you feel that way. - 2BLoved

OH.MY.GOD.... Jen... you are going to kill me now but I'm soooooo over the whole Twilight thing. I read the first one, loved it. Second one was ok. Third one I had to force myself through. Fourth book sucked so bad I skipped 100 pages and read the very end. I NEVER EVER EVER do that. Then the movie came out and I puked in my mouth. Robert Pattinson? SERIOUSLY? The epitomy of beauty? On WHAT planet? LOL ***GAGGING*** Kristin whatsherface can't act worth a flip either. HATED the movie Twilight. Now, Taylor Lautner in the 2nd movie? Oh yah, I'll watch that one over and over just to see him but the rest of it blows.

Running away now screaming I LOVE YOU JEN!!!! DON'T HATE ME!!!!!

(Oh yah... I'm a DIE HARD HARRY POTTER FAN!!! heehee!)

You HAVE to read the books. They are so much better than the movies. Don't get me wrong...I love the movies but the books are so much more in depth!!!

****I can do bad all by myself****

Yeah! I finally got my new picture up of me, standing at the OFFICIAL "Welcome to Forks" sign, as seen in the movie.

You can't see it very well, but I am holding "Edward on a Stick." My friend took her favorite Edward picture and enlarged it onto cardboard at a copy shop and attached it to a paint stick. We had lots of fun with Edward...

"I HAD to pick the road less traveled..."