15 posts tagged “breaking dawn”
Ah, I just finished reading the leaked chapters of Midnight Sun, which I will share. At first I was suspicious because I thought the feel was off but that soon passed. Then I was wondering about the length as S. Meyer has said she was half way through and it was over 300 pages, but then I realized this would equate to that in book format. I soon found myself engrossed and I have to say that it is a much more compelling read than Twilight. I will even add that it is more steeped in yearning and desire than Bella's point of view. More sexual. And I've only read the first 12 chapters. The manuscript is lousy with errored paging though, pages 16 and 25 come after 51 and others are inverted. One page is sideways and that will be interesting for some one on a PC to read. I want the rest now. I very much hope that this isn't a clever fake, I'm leaning hard on it being legit. Edward's perspective is just enthralling. The rest of the books need to be done, regardless of what Stephenie Meyer has to say about that.
I came across the pdf. and the audiobook of Breaking Dawn recently and took the time to upload them. The audiobook is broken up into our parts, I, II, III and IV. I still maintain that the book wasn't bad despite the ending. I think I am likely to listen to the audiobooks sometime. And I still have plans to reread all 4 books sometime and look for the clues that S. Meyer talked about being there that tell you the events of Breaking Dawn. Now I just have to find the audiobook for The Host.
I have listened to the newest Stills CD and I pretty much love it. I think that I must have listened to it about 5 times on loop when I first got it. I have uploaded that too and you can grab it here. It is a lot more of a throw back to Logic Will Break Your Heart. I think the last album tanked and they realized that people liked them for their initial sound. A few songs stand out on this one; Being Here, Everything I Build, Hands on Fire, I'm With You and Statue of Sirens--But really the whole thing is c cohesive work and it all stands out. I do have to say that as a longtime fan I miss the feathers. The skull seems a bit morbid and harsh. I am planning to see them play in October. They will be touring with Kings of Leon and the tickets were fucking expensive, 120.00 for both of us. Much different than the 15 bucks we paid last time they were out here. And I don't even plan to stay for Kings of Leon... I know they had a marketable song a few years ago but I don't really recall what it was. I miss club shows.
Going back to Twiligt-verse related things... this photo of Rachelle LeFevre as Victoria was leaked last week and I love it. The woman is totally gorgeous and I might totally be in love with her. I do have to say that I wasn't half as interested in Victoria in the book as I am as her character in the movie. I read an interview with her and Robert Pattinson last week and I can't remember who it was with but she was so well spoken and even Rob commented about it she credits it to her dad being a professor and her mom is something impressive too. There was a bit of joke from that when Rob came back with his dad made German techno music. I guess it was funnier in the context of the interview rather than my playback. I'll go back to drooling over Rachelle. I totally want her for my girlfriend.
I've been slogging away at my goal to read all the Harlequin Blaze books. I read 7 in a three day period this week before slowing down to a less machine like pace. D made me a little database to keep track of the books I have, need and what I've read. All this because I was BookMooching books that I already had or had read. I have 72 unread books at the moment. I have more that I've ordered that haven't arrived yet. And to be honest most of them aren't stories that I'm that impressed with or that I will think to ever read again, although there have been a couple. One was Sarah Mayberry's Take on Me. I totally loved it and it even warmed me some to Mayberry who I wasn't impressed with in the past. I am reading one by her now called Below the Belt. I'm hoping it will be as good as Take on Me. I have about 350 books to read to read all the Blaze books. It's quite the undertaking. I don't have a set date to read them by so it can be a marathon rather than a sprint. I still have other books to read too.
Today I'm spending time with Logan again. We are going to the Mission of San Gabriel, which will be fun for me and who knows if anyone else will actually like it. I am already late in getting ready. I don't regret it Midnight Sun was worth the upheaval this morning.
Oh and Death Race is a completely senseless movie, just like it looks, but D is happy he got to see Jason Statham. My boy has a big man-crush on him. Ian McShane was no Swearengen sadly.
This last past week more ads for How to Be surfaced. It's had some success in London and New England with screenings. I hope that it means that it will get a fair shake in the new year and get some distribution. I am just dying to see this film. Some yummy Rob goodness.
I have my desktop looking like my trash pin it's covered in pics so I thought it was time that I posted some of them so they can be dropped into iPhoto and I can see my desktops again. I love the new baseball one. I think Jackson looks good there. I'm not a fan of his crazy 80's hair in the film so seeing him with the hat on is major points in my book. I am totally becoming a huge Cam Gigandet fan and I think this pic is such a good James one. I watched the video from Comic Con again and he's just a creepy mofo.Krys... I'm such a sinner with the perving on a baby, but I think he's really beautiful. Should have been Jacob. I could have bought him over Taylor Lautner. The Read poster makes me shake my head. It's genius in a marketing standpoint but I wonder if they have any shame. And then the girls. I both love and hate this picture. It makes it all seem neat and pat. They are all Twilight whores. All of them.
Yesterday I found the audiobooks and pdf for Breaking Dawn. If anyone sees this and wants me to upload them let me know and I will. I am not ashamed of my pirate-y ways and think audiobooks cost way too much for something so cheap to make. By the same notion, anyone know where I could score the Gemma Doyle Trilogy on audiobook I would greatly appreciate it. I do miss me some Kartik. And I loaned my first two books out and can't reread them.
D has been really unhappy at work for a while so he was going to take the latest offer that Get Back. But just when he thought all was lost Spike TV, who he works for offered him a promotion with an office and a pay raise. So of course he couldn't in good conscience say no to that and he took the promotion. Today he got his office and you can see it in the picture to the left. Nice view too. Now I am determined to decorate his office. I want to get some lucky bamboo for it and he can use one of my Twilight posters if he wants. I think he needs to get some swag from MTV, it's the mother company to Spike TV and then his walls won't look so bare.
My plans for the weekend include seeing a movie with Connie and whomever else is coming. I think I plan to do nothing but read over the weekend. I have 80 Harlequin Blaze books, Vampire Kisses, Vampire Diaries, Tithe, more Sookie Stackhouse books. I could happily read and do nothing else and have no problems with it. We will see.
Yesterday I got to see a friend of mine, who I haven't seen in 8 years. We had to drive down to Orange to see him though and the 5 is always so trying but we spent the day in Huntington Beach so it was a nice day. We got to talk a little about old times and what he's been doing since. We also talked him into signing up for Twitter. I can never have enough Twitter friends. We took a picture off the pier and I look like shit but hey what can I do. I sort of look like my Grandmother... and that is a little eerie to me.
I Finally finished Acheron. It felt like I read it for weeks rather than days. It was pretty good once you get passed the violence, humiliation and degradation of the first 400 pages the present day story was really nice. I loved that you got to see a humorous Jaden, an advice giving Urian and an ensemble showing of ex-Dark-Hunters. Wren has a showing and Ravyn got a mention. Vane and Fang were both there but no Fury. I think I loved Valerius' small part. Tabby is in a condition that made me way happy. Styxx is finally something other than annoying. And I think the heroine is obvious if you have read all your books. Although I have to admit waiting for her to show up was very hard and the notion to skip ahead and peek struck me time and time again. Her story is good though and her abilities in the end are ones that I thought were earned. Now I really want to read One Silent Night It. Now it will be really hard to wait until 4 November. And I don't even like Stryker so reading his book isn't that important to me. I do think at some point I may reread all 15 books again. I do miss me some Talon and Kyrian. And Julian is always good for the line about invading Alexandria. The girl, not the city.
On Friday night I went to see Sherrilyn Kenyon at Dark Delicacies in Burbank and to get my Acheron book signed. It was a really small place and there was no Q&A. It was just the signing... but over 120 people showed and there was a line out on the street that went down the block. I was really impressed by the turn out. Sherri is just the sweetest woman, she really loves her fans and it is apparent in the time she takes with each one. She is always touching your hand and hugging you and thanking you for just being there. It's really nice on the heels of Stephenie Meyer to meet someone who appreciates you as a fan. God knows why Stephenie Meyer even bothers she is so unpleasant when you get to her. Anyway, Sherri was great and I mentioned how hard it was to read the beginning of Acheron and she was like, "...but now you understand him and why he does the things he does and why he is the way he is." Which you really do but this sweet, kind woman thinking up these tortures and trials is beyond my ken. She's too nice to be so evil.
Earlier on Friday I got to have a phone date with Nielle. These events are rare and I do cherish them. True, I detest the phone and if they were more often I would resent them but I miss her and it's been almost a year since I've seen her. Who knows when I will see her again. Emails and phone calls are all we have. So an afternoon phone call was very nice. We got to gossip and girl talk and the time just passed quicker than you could believe. I miss her very much and wish we lived closer so we could have BSG nights and go to movies. Knowing she's doing fun stuff with others when I can't be there makes me retardedly jealous. And if anyone is offended by my use of retarded than you can offend me with the word douche bag and we will be even.
And then Thursday... The Breaking Dawn Concert Series at Royce Hall at UCLA. Belle and I went together and the mood there was psychotic. Fans are just rabid. The TwiMoms were in attendance but no cheerleaders were in sight. We got in about 7:30 and found D had scored us prime seats right in the left front. We had a totally unobstructed view. Justin Furstenfeld came out and played some. There were questions for Stephenie and then more Justin Furstenfeld. Then all hell broke loose as they let the balcony out to line up. It was about a half an hour later when we were told we could go but that really meant we could stand in the hall for 15 minutes. The line was just ungodly and when I finally got to Stephenie Meyer she was as pleasant and lacking in life as the first time I went to a signing. She had the most fake smile and barely looked at me before letting her gaze drift to my nose ring and then she was looking at Heather. It is really too big an impersonal. I would rather pay more for a smaller crowd of people and have her be more appreciative and personal than to go to another cattle call signing of hers. Of course I guess I could say this now, as all my books are signed but I don't recommend anyone else go to a signing. I think you should save your money and read more books by other authors who can do quality Q&A signings.
/end rant.
Today Acheron came out and D took me to get it this evening. It is hardcover and huge--just when I was coming off of reading the epic tale of Bella and Edward too. I have to read it by Friday so that I can tell Sherri what I think of it at the book signing. I am so torn because Acheron is not one of my favorite characters so it being his book sort of ways on me. Like this will be a chore. But Sherri said, at Comic Con, that this book has everyone in it because Ash is such a central character. I'm looking for Urian, Valerius and Tabitha, Kyrian and Amanda, Wren and Maggie, Fang and Aimee, Alexion and Danger and Sin and Kat. Oh and Jaden, Simone and Xypher. I can only hope that all of them will make it into the book. I think Wren will definitely be in Fang and Aimee's book but I don't know about Acheron's. So I'm thinking of giving myself a break tonight and reading a Jill Shalvis book I bought and starting Acheron tomorrow. I may even take it with me to the Stephanie Meyer signing on Thursday night. There is so much going on in the next few days I am a little scared that I won't get to finish it in time. Compound that with the fact that I'm only minimally jazzed about it. *sigh*
The other day at the release party for Breaking Dawn I bought a bunch of books that I clearly don't need... A couple Sarah Dessen books, The Vampire Diaries and Vampire Kisses. Does anyone see an overall theme to this post? Do I read books other than vampire books? I definitely do, it just really doesn't seem so lately. HAHA and thinking about it right now, I bought two more Sookie Stackhouse books tonight too. I am not a weird vampire lover. I feel really weird about all these books now but anyway. I haven't started on any of them yet because I also have a kajillion Harlequin Blaze books to read and they go into the bathtub better than bigger books. Very few of them are about vampires. 2 that I have read so far, but the majority is not. So take that my growing reputation as a lover of the bump in the night. *sigh* That sounds dirty now. I feel like I'm giving the wrong impression all over the place.
Okay here is something nonvampire related. I just read these three books by Sydney Croft and they were paranormal military romances. Very down and dirty. Not at all what I expected. I thought they would be more like Stephanie Tyler's other Navy SEAL stuff but it wasn't even a little like it. I am so out to lunch on whether or not I liked these books that I couldn't even BookMooch them. I set them aside to ruminate on keeping them or not. They are just so raw and the character situations are just out there... but I do suspect that I will read the next book Taming the Fire when it comes out next year. I did like the character Remy a whole lot and I loved Wyatt. I think the jury will let me know my opinion on everything later. Maybe it's better that way. Sometimes I get attached to books for the wrong reasons.
Decompressing turned to avoidance and now I have 3 days worth of things to write about and that is just daunting.
I have to start with Sunday when we went to the San Diego Zoo. We got a really early start too, we got there around 10AM and it was really nice to be there without the crowds. Though they showed up as the day wore on. I have to say the highlight of the day for me was the mating orangutans. I was fascinated but those around me were really a.) freaked out or b.) appalled. Me, I was all crazy apes. For other reasons than the call of nature, I do love me the orangutans and I got to spend some time just watching them. They are my favorites by far. I usually want to go check out the chimps too but the SD Zoo doesn't have any. I know that is blasphemy but it is the true. I also was rather into the polar bears. I think they were tons of fun. The male was just huge and he was making love to frond and that didn't freak that many people out. Oh and the baby meerkats. They rocked the house. The young hippo who was smushed up against the glass was rad. The cats are always favs. I'm distressed by the animals that pace. I empathize with them and imagine that they would be worlds happier in the wild. Of course that will get me on a jag about how some of these animals don't have a habitat anymore and that leads to an unhappy place so I will desist and post a caboodle of pictures.
Now to be real honest, I don't care about the birds or the reptiles but I do love anything in the water. I was really excited about the fish. What I really need to do is go to the aquarium. We never went when we lived 5 blocks from it but D would take me anytime I wanted to go. We might have to make that a day adventure. But about the zoo. I like the tank living animals where you can see the water. It makes me unbelievably happy. These two are videos. Something to share of the day that isn't 2 dimensional. I really liked the polar bear as I said, the jaguar needed to eat some people and chill out. There were snack children everywhere too. I'm sure one or two of them would have put him in better spirits. And there are no lion picks because the bitch wouldn't come out. They don't have to be active but they shouldn't hide. It was a good time. Now I want to do the safari thing next time.On the way home I started reading Charlaine Harris's Dead Until Dark and I finished it very quickly. I like Bill Compton
and Jason Stackhouse, Sookie's brother and reknown male slut. Sookie cries too much and that just put me off her. I do have to say that I can't believe Stephenie Meyer didn't read the books before she wrote Twilight. There are just so many parallels. The situations are just too similar in some places. I really liked it and I got the next two books in the series. I can't wait to hear what happens with Eric the 'Viking' vampire. He intrigues me. And I have to admit that the books really have me wanting to try vampire sex. Apparently it's better than plan human sex. So yeah, more books and I want to see The Cullens go up against Fangtasia and see what happens.Speaking of The Cullens, Breaking Dawn comes out on Saturday and D, Belle and I are heading to a release party in Corona. I am excited to read the 4th book, but really scared. I will be fine once I've read it but getting through it will be hard. I want too much from this book. Too much and there is no way it will live up to my expectations. *sigh*
The last few weeks I have indulged in a ridiculous amount of bookmooching and I requested something like 70 books. All popcorn books and they are arriving these days in quantities in which I can't possibly store. Nine new titles arrived today and I have the Harris books to read and I still haven't read Tithe or City of Bones or Coraline for that matter. I've been out of control. I need to learn to curb that impulse until I've read about 60 or so books. It will tide me over for the month atleast. I should give myself a goal of getting back to 120 points and then not letting myself go below 100. Self control, I need some.
As for Twilight happenings, it is Twilight Tuesday, there are a ton of tabs open on my computer. Yahoo has an article about Comic Con. I may have posted this earlier but hey. Jo Blo had they best retelling of what it was like
to be in Hall H last Thursday. One of three articles by MTV, who is just whoring themselves out for this movie. Article two about Kellan and Ashley and three. The photo to the right is of Sol and Krys taken by photographer Amy Howe and it's just a gorgeous photo. All the ones she took of these guys were. I shamefacedly admit that I think Krys is really hott and the kid is a baby, just 17 years old. Hell, he could be my child. I really am sad for this one. It puts me in a position where I can never really make fun of Belle again. It may even trump her.So after having a fabulous week, I crashed and spent two horrible days in bed. I even slept until 5:30 yesterday afternoon. So I took the new meds last night to make sure I'd sleep and I woke up today with joint aches like I'm crippled or something. Again, horrible. Not even Dr. Horrible, just regular horrible. I feel so off and I really hate it and I kind of hate myself for feeling it. I really wish that being bipolar didn't mean that the ups and downs were so guaranteed. I'd really like to just feel the elevation. The depressed cycle is not even a little fun. Lying all day in bed feels a whole lot like lying in a coffin. I don't want my life to be over yet. So, yeah--tons to share in therapy tomorrow. If I'm not so incapacitated that I can't go.
The other day I went to work with David he works in Santa Monica in the MTV Networks location and around the corner from it is Summit Entertainment. The fangirl in me was all it excited. I had to go by it. I had the typical fangirl delusion that I would see Rob Pattinson in front of the building standing around just waiting to meet an overzealous fan. Yeah, that did not happen. I know your surprised that my very unlikely fantasy didn't pan out. That kind of thing happens to obsessed fangirls every day. It will be enough that I will see him at Comic Con. It will have to be enough since I just don't have the kind of life that would put me in his path. How much of a chance do I have when I'm depressed and in bed?
On Thursday the new Twilight Trailer was unveiled and it shows more scene wise then the first one. But I still feel like it's geared for the fandom and that just makes me worry about getting new people interested. Of course I do have to say that there is much with the pretty. I love the shot to the left. I think them man looks yummy. There is a touch of something that might start with 's' there. I don't know the word yet but it's there. The other thing is David Strick posted more Twilight photos in his Hollywood Backlot site.These seem way less serious than the first batch. It would seem Rob has his tongue out for the majority of these. I have no problem with this man's tongue.
As for books. I have been devouring Harlequin Blaze books. I have about twenty of them that I ordered from BookMooch and I have been eating them. I ordered twenty more today. They are really easy, mindless books of fluff and sometimes fluff is all you can do. I do have my favorites. I love this one Author, Stephanie Tyler. Her books are always about Navy SEALs and I really have something for SEALs apparently. The last few books I've read have been by Dawn Atkins. Her books aren't themed, although the last two were about girls from Copper Corners, AZ. I have Breaking Dawn coming out in just two weeks and I finally figured out what Midnight Release Party we are going to for that. Acheron comes out three days later. D said I could order a series of books that I'm dying to read when we get back from Comic Con. The book world is A-Ok. My life will be over when I run out of things to read. Let's hope that day isn't anytime soon.
Today was Twilight Tuesday and Larry Carroll delivered some behind the scenes stuff. The first blog is about the Cullen Family Crest. The other is interviews and clips regarding the direction away from the book. Catherine Hardwicke talks about how the film can show in seconds something that might take the book 25 pages to say. The one clip is behind the scenes at the field trip to the green house and how Bella is trying to get Edward to tell her how he stopped Tyler's van. I have a little wibble with the delivery of Edward's line about it being adrenaline and how it's not uncommon, that she should look it up on Google. It just bothers me. I don't know if it's Rob there or the line itself. I do like the idea that they have this talk somewhere other than the hospital. I think that is what I think, for right now atleast. Who knows I'm fickle maybe it will bother me more later.
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On to another book. I finally read Highlander Ever After, which is the third and final book, by Jennifer Ashley, about Nvengarians. It was a really fast read. It seemed like chapters just flew by. I liked Egan from previous books and he was a little more sensitive and less the mad highlander so that was different. You hear a lot about Zarabeth in the first two books and it's interesting to finally meet her in the third. I felt a little like her character wasn't as developed as it could have been. I didn't get why he was in love with her. I did like the idea of the magic, but as a witch, I think Zarabeth should have used it more often. I would have also liked to hear more about this connection that Egan and Zarabeth share when one of them is in danger. It's just a romance novel though so I guess I can't really complain.
I picked up Blood and Chocolate and started reading it but I was feeling the effects of the new medication and almost fell asleep with my face in the book. I think I will have to go back and read it all over again. I also got further in Fragile Things. I didn't think I would read more of it but I have been. I think I even liked the one story, The Flints of Memory Lane. There are currently 8 books in my to read pile. Coraline, Atonement, Sebastian, Belladonna, City of Bones, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town, Lock and Key and Tithe. I'm not so sure about the Cory Doctorow book. It sounds a bit out there... we will have to wait and see.
Tonight I think David and I are going to watch Enchanted. Last summer was hard with me always being in the hospital so I didn't get to see it then. It's weird not having hockey to watch anymore. I miss Vesa. I guess this just gives me more time to read.
I used to be more clever than I am these days. I used to write very interesting entries and these days I am living through my interests. This post won't be different. I just have to marvel at my former wit and wonder where it all went. It's like I've had a lobotomy. I was more fun before. I had edges. *sigh*
Today was Twilight Tuesday and Stephenie Meyer announced that she would be doing the Breaking Dawn Tour in conjunction with Justin Furstenfeld of Blue October. She will be in LA at UCLA's Royce Hall, 7 August. I am just one who doesn't learn, I wasn't so blown away with the last signing and yet I am bound and determined to go to this one. And it's more expensive too. She's really not worth it but I am compelled to go. It's like I'm a domestic violence victim and I keep going back.
I had hoped that we would get more about Twilight the movie on Twilight Tuesday. I really don't think Breaking Dawn touring dates count. I don't think I can be convinced that that was worth my full attention. You could give me Taylor Lautner and it would be better. Oh hell, I'm rarely happy on Twilight Tuesday. I like them beefy with Rob and Kristen. I have yet to have one that gave me a Kellan fix. That would be awesome. There are many Tuesdays between now and 12 Decemeber though. There is still hope. C'mon MTV, give me a Kellan Tuesday.
Last night D got me to watch some season 1 Veronica Mars. Jason Dohring is so perfect as Logan Echolls. We watched the Pilot and Credit Where Credit's Due and it was as good as I remember. We found a map with all the locations on it and there are a few that we have never seen. Maybe if we are down there in SD for Comic Con we can scope out some of the new places. New to me. I guess the fangirl in me is still die-hard. Atleast I'm not staying up all night reading Logan fanfic and stalking Jason Dohring. Although that experience made me really deluded about how celebrities react to fans. He was way too nice to us. It is too bad Moonlight got cancelled. I'm sure he'd have been at Comic Con otherwise. Okay I'm scaring myseld with where this line of thinking is going. I can only fixate on one celebrity at a time and I have to choose Rob for the time being. I say that after mooning over Kellan.
Books... they don't usually petition for restraining orders. I finished This Lullaby last night and I really liked it. I did have some minor issues with it like the time frame, it felt like things were a little rushed and that the time period given wasn't enough for the events that take place. Of course I was put out by the main character, it's not a book if I don't like the main character. The girls always drive me crazy and Remy Starr was no different. She's inflexible and pigheaded and a little too know-it-all for me. Dexter, the love interest, on the contrary, is quirky, bumbling and adorable. I don't think there was a line by his character that I didn't like. He's easily relatable and his faults aren't annoying to anyone other than Remy. I really found the pacing good up until nearing the end when there are long periods of Remy with everyone but Dexter and this was tedious. The pay off was a drop in the bucket when I wanted a deluge. It felt a bit like an afterthought. But in the end for all my complaints I did like it. It was a quick read and I really want to read Dessen's new book now. I also BookMooched How to Deal which is Someone Like you and That Summer together. I hope to read a lot more Dessen. I approve.
So after I finshed This Lullaby I started Fragile Things and so far I'm barely into it and already remembering that I hate Neil Gaiman's short stories. I just never like these compilations. I am going to try to read to page 50 and see if I don't enjoy it more but as of now I am really in hell. I like Neil Gaiman, I really do. His short stories always bore me though. I don't find them a draw like I did with Neverwhere, Good Omens, Stardust or American Gods. A part of me just thinks that there is a good reason why none of these are full books. These are the cast offs that he couldn't make work. Someone is going to be a huge Gaiman fan and feel really insulted by that, but it's how I feel and I won't apologize for not liking crappy stories. When I get a Gaiman craving I would be better off reading something I've already read than to read Smoke and Mirrors or Fragile Things.
Before I read Wicked Lovely I was rereading The Host again and I loved it as much on the second read as I did on the first. I read all the signing questions on Twilight Lexicon and I am really excited about the prospect that this could be a trilogy. I really am hoping that it is. I know Stephenie Meyer is taking next year off to write and I hope she gets the urge to revisit Wanderer.
I got the 1st chapter of Breaking Dawn the other day. Belle found it had been leaked on the internet. I was really excited to read it but it made me immediately aware of the fact that Bella drives me nuts. She waffles and wars over the silliest of things. Edward apparently buys her a new car, a Mercedes Guardian, because the truck dies and she is embarrassed by it. She's not embarrassed to ride in a truck that no doubt kills emissions standards but a nice car is too much for her. And she is still belaboring the getting married thing when she is the one who insisted on it after Edward tells her that he rescinded his demands. The girl is marrying Edward Cullen, her dream guy, you think she could pull it together and be happy about it. The first chapter just made me want to devour the whole book. I don't know really if I can make it the 65 days until it comes out. I guess I can reread my Twilight Saga and The Host and pretend that time is passing more quickly.
Today, well yesterday I guess, was Twilight Tuesday and I actually wasn't disappointed in the article this week. I thought it was a nice little grab bag of some really dorky questions. I especially loved the RPattz one. I think I could call the guy Spunk Ransom. Although D thinks it sounds like a porn star name. I think we are going to go to the red carpet for the MTV awards on Sunday. It should be interesting to see what can be seen. I hope that we do see Rob there. Kristen I could take or leave. I was talking to D and I can't even really name that many good movies from the last year. Stardust should win something though. Just so Ben Barnes could maybe get some love. I realize Charlie Cox is the star but Ben is cuter.
Speaking of Twilight, Heather sent me a photo of the Breaking Dawn cover today. It's inside the dust jacket of the Special Edition Eclipse which goes on sale on 31 May. I must say that the quote at the bottom got me all hopeful. I like the image too. The queen with the pawn behind it could speak to so many scenarios. Belle sent me a bunch of spoilers about the chapter 1 too, and I am just overly excited about it. I can't begin to put into words how badly I want to read this book. And a part of me worries that it can't possibly live up to the expectations I have for it. I half think that in it's pages I will find the cure to cancer and the meaning of life. Edward of course will be the hand of God and in the final pages he will turn Bella and it will be perfection in literary form. AMEN! Oh and there was a new photo put up in the gallery on the website today and I have to post it here. I really like it. It was in the LA Times with the others but really small this is much better.
I am still reading The Host and for the first 100 or so pages, I just wasn't sure I liked it. It was rather boring and I wasn't into Wanderer at all. But then the setting changed and I started really getting into it. Today I didn't want to put it down when I had to get ready to go. I really like Jeb, Jamie and Ian. I still have a hard time with the character of Wanderer/Wanda because she has a colossal martyr complex and that gets so old so quickly but I like her more now. I am eager to read and see where the story goes. Especially because I left off today where she is in danger and I like her best then.