Twilight

[OCBuckWife]

On topic, I had to go look this up to know what the hell it was about. It's some young adult series. Some teenage bimbo falls in love with a vampire and they are off to fun and erotic adventures? Been done before and probably much better. The Anita Blake series by Laurell K Hamilton spring to mind. Better yet, they aren't "sex and death" stories, the diet version, like these YA books most likely are.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Oh, christ. My boss spent a couple hours Tuesday raving about how great these books are and how much she wants to see the movie.

 

[BuckeyeTillIDie]

The soundtrack to this movie is #1

Tragically, Muse is on it (the author is a huge fan, kudos to her), so all these teeny-boppers will probably want to go to Muse concerts because the creator of Edward Cullen likes them.

 

[DaytonBuck]

erotic adventures

. That cracks me up. I'm pretty sure at least 4 movies on my guide for showtime or cinemax between 12 am and 6am say that.

I get the impression talking to girls that these books are the next Harry Potter style series that everyone will love. I tried to recommend a real book like Atlas Shrugged but people don't read 1,000 plus page books anymore.

 

[Dryden]

Sounds like a series my wife would read ...

 

[BuckeyeRyn]

Actually, I read it... so did my 11 yr old... we talked/discussed it...

People are certainly entitled to their opinion of liking a book or not but I am all for anything that gets kids reading and discussing... I found the series quite entertaining (not anything I would encourage if you want your brain power to be challenged.) Then again, imagine how the world would be if we all sat around and read Rene Descartes every day... He is interesting but it would get old real quick... I think diversion is a good thing.

 

[Muck]

Seriously - who reads this shit?

Womyn

Actually, I read it...

That was obvious from your first post. :)

 

[BUCKYLE]

Then again, imagine how the world would be if we all sat around and read Rene Descartes every day...

Is that the guy that writes the "Archie" comics?

 

[BuckeyeRyn]

Is that the guy that writes the "Archie" comics?

Shouldn't you be off drinking?

(she brings up a good point, doesn't she?)

 

[BUCKYLE]

Shouldn't you be off drinking?

(she brings up a good point, doesn't she?)

I don't start this early. I just got out of bed at 1.

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

I don't start this early. I just got out of bed at 1.

we should call you BUMBUCK you lazy SOB.

 

[BUCKYLE]

we should call you BUMBUCK you lazy SOB.

I know. It sucks...like Twilight.

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

I know. It sucks...like Twilight.

 

[ScriptOhio]

I know. It sucks...like Twilight.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzlG28B-R8Y"]YouTube - Twilight Zone intro.[/ame]

 

[DaytonBuck]

Actually, I read it... so did my 11 yr old... we talked/discussed it...

People are certainly entitled to their opinion of liking a book or not but I am all for anything that gets kids reading and discussing... I found the series quite entertaining (not anything I would encourage if you want your brain power to be challenged.) Then again, imagine how the world would be if we all sat around and read Rene Descartes every day... He is interesting but it would get old real quick... I think diversion is a good thing.

You allow your children to read things out entertainment? Wow the exact opposite of my parents. I was forced to read the National Review and the Economist at an age before 11. I remember trying to read The Wind in the Williows as a youngster and the book being taken from me. By the age of 17 I had read Atlas Shrugged, The Road to Serfdom, Freedom to Choose, The Foutainhead, The Gulag Archipelago, Home to Catalongia, Constitution of Liberty, Capitalism and Freedom, The Origins of Totalitntarienms and many others. Books of fiction outside of school were discouraged in my household.