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Amazon.com "Softly he brushed my cheek, then held my face between his marble hands. 'Be very still,' he whispered, as if I wasn't already frozen. Slowly, never moving his eyes from mine, he leaned toward me. Then abruptly, but very gently, he rested his cold cheek against the hollow at the base of my throat."
As Shakespeare knew, love burns high when thwarted by obstacles. In Twilight, an exquisite fantasy by Stephenie Meyer, readers discover a pair of lovers who are supremely star-crossed. Bella adores beautiful Edward, and he returns her love. But Edward is having a hard time controlling the blood lust she arouses in him, because--he's a vampire. At any moment, the intensity of their passion could drive him to kill her, and he agonizes over the danger. But, Bella would rather be dead than part from Edward, so she risks her life to stay near him, and the novel burns with the erotic tension of their dangerous and necessarily chaste relationship.
Meyer has achieved quite a feat by making this scenario completely human and believable. She begins with a familiar YA premise (the new kid in school), and lulls us into thinking this will be just another realistic young adult novel. Bella has come to the small town of Forks on the gloomy Olympic Peninsula to be with her father. At school, she wonders about a group of five remarkably beautiful teens, who sit together in the cafeteria but never eat. As she grows to know, and then love, Edward, she learns their secret. They are all rescued vampires, part of a family headed by saintly Carlisle, who has inspired them to renounce human prey. For Edward's sake they welcome Bella, but when a roving group of tracker vampires fixates on her, the family is drawn into a desperate pursuit to protect the fragile human in their midst. The precision and delicacy of Meyer's writing lifts this wonderful novel beyond the limitations of the horror genre to a place among the best of YA fiction. (Ages 12 and up) --Patty Campbell
10 Second Interview: A Few Words with Stephenie Meyer
Q: Were you a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Angel? What are you watching now that those shows are off the air? A: I have never seen an entire episode of Buffy or Angel. While I was writing Twilight, I let my older sister read along chapter by chapter. She's a huge Buffy fan and she kept trying to get me to watch, but I was afraid it would mess up my vision of the vampire world so I never did.
I don't have a ton of time for TV, and my kids get rowdy when I have on "mommy shows," but I do have a secret fondness for reality shows (the good ones, at least in my opinion). I always TiVo Survivor, The Amazing Race, and America's Next Top Model.
Q: What inspired you to write Twilight? Is this the beginning of a series? Why write for teens? A:Twilight was inspired by a very vivid dream, which is fairly faithfully transcribed as chapter thirteen of the book. There are sequels on the way--I'm hard at work editing book two (tentatively titled New Moon) right now, and book three is waiting in line for its turn. I didn't mean to write for teens--I didn't mean to write for anyone but myself, so I had an audience of one twenty-nine year old (and later one thirty-one year old when my sister started reading). I think the reason that I ended up with a book for teens is because high school is such a compelling time period--it gives you some of your worst scars and some of your most exhilarating memories. It's a fascinating place: old enough to feel truly adult, old enough to make decisions that affect the rest of your life, old enough to fall in love, yet, at the same time too young (in most cases) to be free to make a lot of those decisions without someone else's approval. There's a lot of scope for a novel in that.
Q: What is your favorite vampire story? Fave vampire movie? A: I guess my favorite vampire story would be The Vampire Lestat, by Anne Rice, simply because it's one of the only ones I've ever read. I keep meaning to pick up Bram Stoker's Dracula, because I get asked this question so often and I should probably start with the classics, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. Again, I'm afraid to read other vampire books now, for fear of finding things either too similar, or too different from my own vampire world.
Ack! I can't even answer the movie question. I can't remember ever seeing a single vampire movie, outside of clips from Bela Lugosi movies on TV. I don't like true horror movies--my favorite scary movies are all Hitchcock's.
Q: What other young adult authors do you read? A: My favorite young adult author is L.M. Montgomery I also enjoy J.K. Rowling (but who doesn't?), and Ann Brashares. As a teen, I skipped straight to adult books (lots of sci-fi and Jane Austen), so I'm rediscovering the world of teen literature now.
Stephenie Meyer's List of Books You Should Read
Anne of Green Gables
Romeo and Juliet
Dragonflight
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Princess Bride
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Q&A with Stephanie Meyer
Q: What book has had the most significant impact on your life? A: The book with the most significant impact on my life is The Book of Mormon. The book with the most significant impact on my life as a writer is probably Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card, with Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier coming in as a close second.
Q: You are stranded on a desert island with only one book, one CD, and one DVD--what are they? A: The CD is easy: Absolution by Muse, hands down. It's harder to give myself just one movie, but the one I watch most frequently is Sense and Sensibility--the one with the screenplay by Emma Thompson. One book is impossible. I'd have to have Pride and Prejudice, but I couldn't live without something by Orson Scott Card and a nice, thick Maeve Binchy, too.
Q: What is the worst lie you've ever told? A: My lies are all very, very boring: "No, you really look great in hot pink!" "My children only watch one hour of TV a day." "I didn't eat the last Swiss Cake Roll--it must have been one of the kids." That's the best I've got.
Q: Describe the perfect writing environment. A: It's late at night and the house is silent, but I'm still (miraculously) full of energy. I have my headphones in and I'm listened to a mix of Muse, Coldplay, Travis, My Chemical Romance, and The All-American Rejects. Beside me is a fabulous, and yet mysteriously low in calorie, cheesecake....
Q: If you could write your own epitaph, what would it say? A: I'd like it to say that I really tried at the important things. I was never perfect at any of them, but I honestly tried to be a great mom, a loving wife, a good daughter, and a true friend. Under that, I'd want a list of my favorite Simpsons quotes.
Q: Who is the one person living or dead that you would like to have dinner with? A: I'd love to have a chance to talk to Orson Scott Card--I have a million questions for him. Mostly things like, "How do you come up with this stuff?!" But, if he wasn't available, I'd settle for Matthew Bellamy (lead singer of Muse).
Q: If you could have one superpower, what would it be? A: I'd want something offensive, rather than defensive. Like shooting fireballs from my hands. That way, you're really open to going either way--hero or villain. I like to have choices.
Product Description "Softly he brushed my cheek, then held my face between his marble hands. ''Be very still,'' he whispered, as if I wasn''t already frozen. Slowly, never moving his eyes from mine, he leaned toward me. Then abruptly, but very gently, he rested his cold cheek against the hollow at the base of my throat. " As Shakespeare knew, love burns high when thwarted by obstacles. In Twilight, an exquisite fantasy by Stephenie Meyer, readers discover a pair of lovers who are supremely star-crossed. Bella adores beautiful Edward, and he returns her love. But Edward is having a hard time controlling the blood lust she arouses in him, because--he''s a vampire. At any moment, the intensity of their passion could drive him to kill her, and he agonizes over the danger. But, Bella would rather be dead than part from Edward, so she risks her life to stay near him, and the novel burns with the erotic tension of their dangerous and necessarily chaste relationship.Meyer has achieved quite a feat by making this scenario completely human and believable. She begins with a familiar YA premise (the new kid in school), and lulls us into thinking this will be just another realistic young adult novel. Bella has come to the small town of Forks on the gloomy Olympic Peninsula to be with her father. At school, she wonders about a group of five remarkably beautiful teens, who sit together in the cafeteria but never eat. As she grows to know, and then love, Edward, she learns their secret. They are all rescued vampires, part of a family headed by saintly Carlisle, who has inspired them to renounce human prey. For Edward''s sake they welcome Bella, but when a roving group of tracker vampires fixates on her, the family is drawn into a desperate pursuit to protect the fragile human in their midst. The precision and delicacy of Meyer''s writing lifts this wonderful novel beyond the limitations of the horror genre to a place among the best of YA fiction. (Ages 12 and up)
harry potter part deux?August 29, 2008 About six years ago, i finally succumbed to the hype and started reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone. About six DAYS ago, i bowed down to fangirls everywhere and picked up Twilight.
My thinking is that if even a few people love something THIS much; if so many can be so passionate about it; there's just got be SOMETHING special there, right? This logic is bolstered by my pleasant surprise and eventual love of that teen wizard,
So now its 2008 and the kids who grew up with Harry and Hermione and the lot have found a new love. They are flying away with their teenage urges and dark despairs; taking this romantic, dangerous journey.
So, everybody's more sophisticated now, right? We've all learned how adverbs practically DEFINE weak writing? We DEMAND technical proficiency and emotion-laden, economical, meaningful prose?
No. No. No. This book is horrendous. There are some good, imaginative ideas. There are a few nice descriptions.
But i don't think i have ever encountered a professional, published work of literature so in need of a good editor, or just ANY professional editor.
Here is a sentence i love for its insanity,: (page 8)
'Even the air filtered down greenly through the leaves.'
So, she's telling us that everything is green around them, all the trees and grass and everything. This sentence specifically attempts to say that the canopy of leaves acts as a filter allowing only green sunlight through.
Green light is shining on the scene. Air does not have a color. If it does, you might want to hold your breath.
However the literal meaning of the sentence is that virtually everything in the scene acts 'greenly.'This is probably the best example of an adverb's weakness and inability to truly describe anything meaningful in existence, if this word even does exist.
You do not do something greenly-YOU ARE GREEN.
virtually every page has a similar example of a muddled, unclear, underedited, first-draft quality sentence. This assassinates the flow of the story. Reading it is like getting random electric shocks of varying intensities.
ON THE SAME PAGE, Ms. Meyer writes 'It was a faded red color...' as if there were things in the world that could be red, but not as in the color red. Ya see, if something is a red color, then it IS RED. That's how you say it in English.
Anyway, i'm gonna be a lot more suspicious the NEXT time everybody thinks something is so great.
Better than The Vampire Chronicles (or just as good at least!)August 28, 2008 I was skeptical when I had purchased the saga, however, I was completely immersed in the story line. It is a wonderful, romantic tale that I just wasn't able to put down! Kudos to Stephanie Meyer & her fabulous characters! I am a huge Anne Rice fan, and I LOVE the Twilight Saga just as much, if not more!
Twilight - A Modern Day Fairy-Tale RomanceAugust 28, 2008 I can understand why so many individuals don't like this book. It's hard to get into, I understand that. Romance novels aren't for everyone. However, I strongly suggest that readers give this book a chance. With or without its fellow brethren (there are three other books in the series), this book entices readers to follow along page after page. Any reader could follow the story line of, and be content with, only the first Twilight Saga book, though I highly suggest picking up the remaining three. And while the story may be written with an audience of teenage girls in mind, it delivers to both teenage and adult readers alike. I realize that this isn't the first novel of its kind on the market, but it does bring a fresh breath to the sub-genre of vampire romance novels, and I highly recommend it.
Dazzled!August 28, 2008 Twilight is an excellent book. Edward is breathtaking. I fell in love with his character. I can't believe that he isn't real!! :) This book will leave you wanting more. Good thing there is a sequel!
Don't waste your time!August 28, 2008 This book is nothing but fluff. Bella's character takes the womens movement back 10 decades, with her constant damsel in ditress bit. Jane Austin wrote stronger female leads in the 19th century. Edward might as well have been made of stone. His one dimensional character is sooo boring, I could hardly keep my eyes open. As for the story itself...well, if you like to know every excrutiating detail of some boring girls life with some vampires thrown in the mix, then this book is for you.
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Q: Were you a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Angel? What are you watching now that those shows are off the air?
