Comments on Remarks from Sparks: TWILIGHT'S ECLIPSE • PART I OF IV

Or is it procreate...

2009-11-26T01:59:23.550-08:00

Or is it procreate...

I do miss you Rookie. Badly. I want you to come ...

2009-11-26T01:59:06.019-08:00

I do miss you Rookie. Badly. I want you to come here and taste the sauces then recreate them at home. I wouldn't be able to recreate on my own...

Because they are privilege and not a right (much l...

2009-11-26T00:16:58.254-08:00

Because they are privilege and not a right (much like bikinis and tank tops), I don't own a pair of skinny jeans. Listen to the name people! SKINNY jeans! If you aren't skinny, don't wear them.

And Rabid, does that mean you miss me too? How sweet.

This was fantastmic. (Fantastic and orgasmic at t...

2009-11-25T22:45:25.912-08:00

This was fantastmic. (Fantastic and orgasmic at the same time.) I love your metaphors. Love 'em. Can I say that I love your metaphors again? And not just these ones? I love your metaphors. Someone should write a saga about us.

Deseret Book no longer carries the Twilight saga. I know 'cause one of my running buddies is a big cheese for the Chosen Book Store.

I'm a little baffled by the cult following of ...

2009-11-25T22:31:49.453-08:00

I'm a little baffled by the cult following of these books...
My drive to read them was some combination of wanting to feel dialed in (not the best use of time) and attempting to find a single redeeming quality in the protagonist (a downright waste of time).

Trend is strange stuff, indeed.

My feelings for the great and spacious bookstore are further solidified by

I like Twilight. Bubble-gum for the brain my dad ...

2009-11-25T15:48:35.826-08:00

I like Twilight. Bubble-gum for the brain my dad would say.

But it was pretty irritating when it was my turn to host our book club meeting and EVERYONE conveniently "forgot" to read, or got too busy to read, Kite Runner (my pick) and suggested we discuss Breaking Dawn instead.

Yes, totally delivered. Love the skinny jeans refe...

2009-11-25T15:39:20.546-08:00

Yes, totally delivered. Love the skinny jeans reference.

I'm only a little jealous that Sister Meyer totally banked on here mediocre writing successes. Lucky gal there, if you ask me.

Amen.

2009-11-25T14:16:37.947-08:00

Amen.

My dislike for Deseret Book is up there with Micha...

2009-11-25T13:28:36.278-08:00

My dislike for Deseret Book is up there with Michael's craft store and Costco. Just the thought of it makes me anxious and annoyed.

But, good to know if I want to be anxious and annoyed it's only about 3 hours away.

Way to steal tomorrow's thunder, Rookie. I kn...

2009-11-25T13:09:27.643-08:00

Way to steal tomorrow's thunder, Rookie. I knew that'd be the danger in my writing four parts.

You also reminded me to be clear: I don't feel disdain for the books; I'm totally neutral. Disdain involves a whole lot more energy than I think this whole issue merits.

Jessica, your closest Deseret Book is in San Diego--not too far. I think you can make it if

Rookie, these books are sold in church bookstores?...

2009-11-25T13:02:51.638-08:00

Rookie, these books are sold in church bookstores?!? Please, oh please, tell me you're joking.

All the more reason not to live in Utah. No church bookstores in LA.

Yes yes yes, but Twilight - in FOUR PARTS? You ca...

2009-11-25T12:49:48.350-08:00

Yes yes yes, but Twilight - in FOUR PARTS? You can come up with FOUR PARTS of things to say about it?

Here's what I got on Twilight, in four parts:

You know better than to like it
Which makes liking it all that much more fun

The movies suck
Which makes liking it all that much more fun

People get REALLY into it
Which makes liking it

And my sister in-law and I were talking about the ...

2009-11-25T11:58:13.756-08:00

And my sister in-law and I were talking about the level of sexual tension written in the book. The books are geared toward teenage girls. But the way the physical scenes are written is pretty inappropriate for little Mia Maids and Laurels of whom we are trying to preserve and protect their innocence. And these books are even sold in church bookstores. Is it too much sex without intercourse or am

Bless you for giving credit where credit is due. M...

2009-11-25T11:52:50.253-08:00

Bless you for giving credit where credit is due. My genius is often stolen and uncredited by my husband. My own husband. Rude.

This post brings me joy because you are explaining your disdain. For as many people as I know that like the books, I know just as many that don't. I appreciate you being able to organize your thoughts the way you have.

For me, the books

Twilight is like reading a reality show. And ditt...

2009-11-25T11:43:13.054-08:00

Twilight is like reading a reality show.

And ditto on [Morgan]'s comment and Tricia's first paragraph...

I will be camping out in 40 degree weather, waitin...

2009-11-25T11:38:25.658-08:00

I will be camping out in 40 degree weather, waiting for your next installment. :) and if you had a sparks t-shirt, I would buy & wear it.

I read 1/3 of the first book & don't care if I ever pick it up again. I hate feeling like I'm being talked down to while I'm reading. the writing is terribly juvenile. and trying to go back & relate to a high school girl.

I do own skinny jeans (but I look cute in them), a...

2009-11-25T11:07:34.060-08:00

I do own skinny jeans (but I look cute in them), and I have read Twilight. I agree that the books are entertaining, but not literature.

Not literature by any stretch of the imagination.

(my word verification includes "jess". funny)

Amen.

2009-11-25T10:58:48.666-08:00

Amen.

I completely agree as well. There is nothing for d...

2009-11-25T10:38:04.645-08:00

I completely agree as well. There is nothing for discussion in the books but they can entertain. I read a couple of them and sure, I wondered what would happen next but in the end I realized it didn't change anything in my thinking which is what makes me love books the most. So I just couldn't bring myself to finish the series. It really doesn't deserve the level of hype that it has.

Huzzah.

2009-11-25T10:27:43.037-08:00

Huzzah.

wow! I totally agree..

2009-11-25T09:33:11.433-08:00

wow!
I totally agree..

That's exactly what I said--let them be entert...

2009-11-25T09:06:44.089-08:00

That's exactly what I said--let them be entertainment, not an social obsession.

Um, I just think the books are fun. Like ice cream...

2009-11-25T09:05:59.323-08:00

Um, I just think the books are fun.
Like ice cream. It's not gourmet or high society, just tastes good and is fun.

Isn't that okay?

hip hip! yay! hooray! wahooooooo! skip, twirl, do ...

2009-11-25T08:50:23.377-08:00

hip hip! yay! hooray! wahooooooo! skip, twirl, do a little dance. i LOVE your skinny jeans analogy.