The Twilight saga – Stephanie Meyer

Yes, it has just been released in SA as a movie… no I had not heard about it before… But seriously, give me anything with a vampire, werewolves, witches and such, and I will investigate and read it…

Monkey and I went and watched the movie just before Christmas and I really enjoyed it. I went not knowing anything about it and I loved it. It was a bit of an arty farty movie so I’m not sure that Monkey really enjoyed it, but I reckon he did.

The Sunday after Christmas we happened to find ourselves in a bookshop – one that had all four of the books (Twilight, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn and New moon – not necessarily in that order…). We bought them… and then, for three days I simply devoured them. I couldn’t stop reading.

Its a beautiful love story, with an entertaining ending – I’m one of those people who wants to know about the happily ever after, I always want a book to find out about the rest of their lives… and then how they die (The Notebook was a perfect read for me…). Because only on death does the story end… but no. The story often leaves just the particular situation resolved..

The twilight saga was really really easy to read, had great characters, which oddly enough I pictured very differently to how they were portrayed in the movie. I just want to go and read them all again… but I reckon I might wait a year, and then take them slow, read one at a time… not all 4 in just a few days…

The thing about this book, about any really good book? I can not only relate to the characters, but in some instances I become them. I fantasize about what my life would be like if I were a character in that book… and for a few hours, I am that character… I mean seriously, who doesn’t want to be Bella Swan and fall in love with not only a vampire, but a werewolf – and know without a doubt that you are safe from harm because these creatures are always looking out for you…

And the love stories? Well…. even though I am most content and loved in my relationship… Its as though I get to experience it all again through books… It is my world, my place… my time.