Thank goodness these fabulous teasers keep coming out. It’s totally preparing me for the movie and how different it is going to be. I need preparing too because the books are so real to me. They already play like a movie in my head. It looks like so much fun though.
I totally forgot about the dream Bella has at the beginning of New Moon where she thinks she’s her grandmother and Edward is still 17. If I was Bella that dream would terrify me too. To think that soon your life would be over and the love of your life would be separated from you forever would just be gut wrenching. Then later Edward admits that he would end his life when hers ended but I’m sorry, is that supposed to make me feel better? What a crazy little predicament they’ve gotten themselves into.
Some of my favorite stuff is when Bella is talking to Carlisle after the birthday party incident. I like this bit of the conversation the most:
“You try very hard to make up for something that was never your fault…What I mean is, it’s not like you asked for this. Your didn’t choose this kind of life, and yet you have to work so hard to be good.”
“I don’t know that I’m making up for anything,” he disagreed lightly. “Like everything in life, I just had to decide what to do with what I was given.”
Amen to that. If that’s not true I don’t know what is. On a side note, I don’t think Bella is ready to be a vampire at this point. I think she’s only thinking about getting older than Edward. She’s not thinking about the hard work and the sacrifice that the change would entail.
It’s because of Carlisle and his example that I’m totally OK with this family of vampires. Bella says, “I couldn’t imagine ayone, deity included, who wouldn’t be impressed by Carlisle.” I would have to agree. Who wouldn’t look at what he’s done with his life and cut him some major slack for being turned unwillingly into a vampire. Don’t worry, I know vampires are fictional, but can’t you see a correlation into real life? There are great people out there in every walk of life.
Anyway, I’m enjoying the ride so far. The hard parts are coming so I’ve got to bask in the sunshine for now.
This is the final installment of the Twilight Quiz soon to be followed by the New Moon Quiz. Just a reminder that I got this quiz from the lady at the Forks Chamber of Commerce.
21. What ornament hung in an upper hallway in the Cullen’s home?
22. What age is Carlisle?
23. What river could Edward see from is bedroom window?
24. What animal does Edward run like?
25. What kind of ball did the Cullen’s use playing baseball?
26. What were the names of the three visiting vampires at the baseball game?
27. How fast did Edward drive the jeep when fleeing from the other vampires after the baseball game?
28. What’s the name of the street in Scottsdale, AZ where the ballet studio is located?
29. What did Edward taste when sucking the venom from Bella’s hand?
30. What part did Jacob need for his car?
31. What kind of trees did Bella & Edward sit under at Forks High School during the prom?
32. What did Bella want to happen at Twilight and why?
Here’s the second installment of the Twilight Quiz. Some of these are no brainers. I almost didn’t write them but you need some easy ones too I guess. Answers in the comments.
11. What are the names of Edwards’ adoptive brothers and sisters?
12. What are the names of Edwards’ adoptive mother and father?
13. What are the color of Alice’s eyes?
14. What did Edward rip from the trunk of a spruce tree?
15. Where and what year was Edward born?
16. What was Edward dying of?
17. ____________is one of the most sunless places in the world where vampires can go outside in the daylight?
18. How old is the Cullen’s house?
19. What kind of car does Edward drive?
20. What job does Edward’s father do?
btw The picture is of “Bella’s house.”
I just finished Twilight and have to say that I love it as much now as I did the first time. Totally feeling Bella’s desire to become a vampire and be with Edward. Not personally Scott, I just mean I get it. He asks her if she’s so ready to become a monster but like Bella I don’t feel that he is one. I’m not stupid, I know he’s a vampire but look what he chooses to do with his life. He’s more than a vampire and that’s what is so appealing about him.
I still love/hate James and his sneaky plan to get Bella to ballet studio. I totally would have fallen for it too. The story of her falling through a window is a little far fetched to me, but if you buy into the whole Bella not being able to walk straight thing I guess it makes sense.
I know Twilight was originally a stand alone book so it makes me smile that Stephenie left it in such a suggestive way. Did he bite her? Did he just give her another kiss? That ending would have killed me had the next book not been out when I read it. I guess that’s what prompted New Moon; all of the fans writing in asking what really happened
All in all, a great book. I would totally read it a sixth time. Heck, I still read Harry Potter over and over again and I like these books better so why not? On to New Moon…
So when we went to Forks the lady at the Chamber of Commerce gave us a quiz for Twilight and New Moon. As I read through the book again I answered the questions for the quiz and it was so much fun. So I thought I would print the quiz in installments here and put the answers in the comments so you can take it too. I’ll have to find an Eclipse one on the web somewhere but don’t you worry, I will find one. Here goes.
1. When Bella took a walk in the forest what did she see covering the trees?
2. What is the driveway of Charlie’s house made of?
3. What description did Bella give of Port Angeles when helping her friends pick dresses?
4. What is the name of the Port Angeles restaurant that Edward and Bella went to?
5. What dish did Bella order at the Port Angeles restaurant?
6. How long did it take for Edward to drive from Port Angeles to Forks?
7. What kind of car was Edward’s sister Rosalie’s red convertible?
8. What is the name of the classical musical piece and composer that Bella & Edward listened to while driving?
9. What was Bella’s favorite gemstone?
10. What is the safest time of day for vampires
Alice: “I’ll play you for it. Rock, paper, scissors.”
Edward: “Why don’t you just tell me who wins.”
Alice: “I do. Excellent.”
Have you guys been on Stephenie’s site? She’s posting a quote a day from Breaking Dawn! I thought there was no way I could get more excited about this book coming out and then this happened. The first quote which I’ll put here only because I’m posting about it brings happiness to my whole being. I just love that Edward and Alice are being so playful with each other. I guess you have to trust Alice pretty thoroughly to believe the outcome of the game. I love that she seems to be surprised by the outcome too. What did I do before these books? I’m seriously wondering how I used all this mental energy before I became obsessed. Who cares, right?
So I know that you know that I love the Twilight series. And most of you know that I love Bella. She is so much like the seventeen year old me it’s ridiculous. With some exceptions of course. For instance I was boy CRAZY at the time. And dancing was my life. I’m just reading the part where the dance is tomorrow and she’s running around telling everyone that Edward canceled on her and she’s staying home alone to do laundry and study for trig. That’s going a little overboard for me. I mean she hardly even knows the guy, he’s a freaking vampire and she totally covers all tracks that would lead to discovering what happened to her should things go wrong. She’s a bit too trusting and I have a little more value in my life than she does. I’m not saying I wouldn’t have gone with him, I totally would have been there, I’m just saying I would stick to the story that he was driving me to Seattle. That may seem like a minor difference but there you go. I don’t always agree with Bella or the things she does. Shocking. I know.
And why does she have to fall down all the time. I get the contrast between her and sturdy perfect Edward and there’s also the contrast of what she is now to if she becomes a vampire but does she have to fall down so much. I remember this not being as much of a factor in the next two books which makes me happy. No more PE class I think.
I just wanted to mention really quick that I’ve finally come to grips with the whole sparkling thing. At first it was just too weird to me to picture big burly Emmett sparkling, but I took a deep breath and accepted it. I actually like the idea now which is saying a lot. Who says vampires have to burst into flame in the sun anyway? Not Stephenie, oh no, she puts diamonds in their skin.
Now today I just got to my favorite quote from all three books. It’s when Bella asks Edward why he doesn’t attack humans and he says,
“…just because we’ve been …dealt a certain hand…it doesn’t mean that we can’t choose to rise above–to conquer the boundaries of destiny that none of us wanted. To try to retain whatever essential humanity we can.”
I just love that about life. No matter what we’re born into we can rise above it and even make a difference in the world. This is what makes these books so special to me. Sure I love the romance and the action but this is what keeps me reading it over and over.
Breaking Dawn, the fourth and last book, comes out in August so I’m reading the Twilight Series again. I wasn’t sure if I was going to do it since I’ve read them four times already but lets be real, I’m obsessed with these books, of course I’m going to read them again. What was I thinking? So I just started and I thought I’d take an idea from the Twilight Guy and kind of journal my reading. Now I’m not going to write down every thought I have about every page of the book; I just thought it would be fun to write down the little things that I love or that pop out at me along the way. Just glimpses into why I love the books.
For instance, at the beginning of Twilight, Stephenie’s describing how green Forks is and she describes it as an “alien planet,” which just tickled me since she ended up writing The Host. I have no idea if there is a connection or not, but like I said, I found it amusing.
I also get it when Bella says, “Sometimes I wondered if I was seeing the same things through my eyes that the rest of the world was seeing through theirs.” I can totally relate to that. Who can’t. I mean how many conversations do you get into that you feel like you get the other persons point of view but they just can’t seem to grasp yours. Maybe it’s just me but I think this has got to be a common thing. I know that Scott has my back but who knows who will disagree with me next on parenting styles or gospel principles or politics or books or anything and not be able to accept what I’m saying as even a different opinion. It’s like my the words aren’t even coming out of my mouth or their ears are shut off or something.
Now onto Bella’s aversion to blood. She can obviously handle animal blood if she prepared steak for Charlie without any incident or notice of it. She has a major aversion though to human blood. She says she can smell it even. This makes me think that when/if she changes into a vampire she will not have as much of a struggle with abstaining from humans. What do you think?
Yes, that’s me. A Twilight tool. I was on my way to Borders on Saturday and I was going to grab the book and read the first chapter of Breaking Dawn and then just leave it behind. On my way over Scott called and said, “Why don’t you just get the book.” Can you hear the love and the disdain in his voice (love winning out I believe)? Needless to say, he made my day and I officially bought into the marketing scheme. I skipped into Borders and bought my copy of the Eclipse Special Edition. It’s everything I hoped for and more and I’m dying to talk about it so if you’ve read it give me a call. I’m also willing to loan my copy out as long as you promise to read only the preface and first chapter. I’d love to get this to as many people as possible so if you’re looking to read Eclipse again you can have my other copy to read. Those are my rules. Please borrow my copy I want everyone to be as excited as I am. You can even bring your kids to my house and I’ll watch them while you read then we can talk about immediately!!
For a teaser you can go to my last post but I wanted to add my own teaser. They have a big spread with the cover of Breaking Dawn on it and it says this:
“Don’t be afraid, ” I murmured. “We belong together.”
I was abruptly overwhelmed by the truth of my own works. This moment was so perfect, so right, there was no way to doubt it. His arms wrapped around me, holding me against him….It felt like every nerve ending in my body was a live wire.
“Forever,” he agreed
Delicious. The preface is good too. It really is a lot of fun ladies. Borrow my book.
The first couple of paragraphs of Breaking Dawn were released on EW.com today. To get the entire first chapter and the cover art you have to check out the Eclipse Special Edition tomorrow (Saturday). I am sorry to say that I don’t think I’ll be able to make it to the bookstore tomorrow to check it out. A shame, I know. Believe me, I’ll do everything within my power to make it to Borders to read it. This little taste definitely whet my appetite. I’m hooked already! It was really fun to picture the scene playing out in my head in the real Forks. The gas station at the end of the main road. The shops lining the street. I still think about the boysenberry cobbler. (Totally off topic, I know, but yum.) I can’t wait until August 2nd.
This is me, Julianne and Laura at Second Beach in La Push, but I thought I should start out with a picture of us together. This is our trip to Forks, Port Angeles and La Push to find the sights from Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series. This was one of the funnest things I’ve done in my life. What a silly thing to go looking for vampires and werewolves in real life America. We didn’t find any but we found pretty much everything else we were looking for.
Port Book and News is the bookstore that Bella was looking for and never found. We didn’t find a new age bookstore to visit nor did we wander back alleys trying to get attacked. I tried to buy Wuthering Heights but they were out so I settled on Sense and Sensibility. I did end up finding Wuthering Heights at the Borders Bookstore at the airport. You’ll remember these were some of Bella’s favorite books. I also got Dracula for my birthday from Laura and Julianne so now every time I read these books I’ll think of our trip. What great souvenirs. Thanks you guys for the unexpected birthday dinner and present!!
Bella Italia (also known as Bella Vino) is where Edward takes Bella for dinner. The food was actually really good my only complaint being that they didn’t have mushroom ravioli (what Bella ate) on the menu. I mean if you’re going to go along with the whole book thing by changing your menus and windows why not add the ravioli to the menu? The place was a lot smaller than I imagined it from the book. They did have a back corner booth though that Bella and Edward could have sat at. I wanted to take a picture of it but was too chicken to ask the older couple sitting there if I could. Of course I had a Coke but didn’t ask for all the refills Edward got for Bella, I just can’t handle that much caffeine.
This picture with my finger in it is on the drive from Port Angeles to Forks which is absolutely gorgeous. Just above the water line there is a line of mist. It really set the mood because it was kind of eerie just sitting there over the water. Also the little picture is of the store Bella went with Angela and Jessica to shop for the dance.
All the pictures from Port Angeles and the subsequent drive were taken with my iPhone. Speaking of which, I used my phone three or four times a day to get directions or look up ferry info or whatever. I can’t tell you how much I love my phone.
La Push coming tomorrow!
I finally finished it and I love it!! I will admit that the first half of the book was weird for me.
Even though I was excited about the book coming out I hadn’t anticipated my reaction to it. I felt betrayed at first hearing Stephenie’s voice come out of the alien Wanderer. I thought I had prepared myself for this but it took the whole first half of the book for me to come to terms with it. I also didn’t like Wanderer at first. How dare the aliens come here and take over our planet and then stifle our voices in our own bodies!! Then I got to know Wanderer better and realized I hadn’t given her a fair enough chance. I ended up loving Wanderer and those she is surrounded by. I loved the ending and really hope that there is a series coming (which I read she does want to do). I’m not obsessed about this book like I am with the Twilight series but that doesn’t bother me in the least. I’ve been up all night dreaming about the characters and imagining their lives in the future and where this story line could go. I will definitely read this book again now that I have the correct perspective on it and probably enjoy it even more.
I totally ordered a great t-shirt from Zazzle.com and it came yesterday!!! It has a “conversation” between Jacob and Edward and they banter back and forth like this: “leech.” “dog.” “bloodsucker.” “pup.” “parasite.” “mongrel.” and then both say, “you smell funny.” I fell in love with this shirt a couple of months ago but just got it because I’m going to Forks!!! That’s right. My friend Laura L. invited me (that’s her in the picture). I don’t know why but I just felt like I needed this shirt on my trip so I got it. As you probably know, I already have my “I am Switzerland” shirt, but this one is just so fun!!
Also, I am reading The Host. It took a while for me to get into it because I’m not big in to aliens but It’s really picking up now and I find myself totally drawn to the main character Wanderer. I did hear Stephenie say that some early readers were routing for the aliens but I’m not with them at this point. I’ll let you know how I feel when I finish the books.
I just wanted to talk about my current favorite website for a sec. This guy Kaleb is reading Twilight by Stephenie Meyer and is blogging about his reactions to it. He also has stories of other guys who were roped in to reading the books and ended up loving them. Seriously fun read.
On a different note, my friend Summer just got an award for her company that makes baby bows. Check out her bows at babyblingbows.com