Actually, I'm not quite sure how the re-introduction and expansion of these themes (incest and pedophilia) contribute to the actual flow of the plot other than by throwing in some random-out of character-WTF! O_O plot twists in Breaking Dawn. I don't think that there would be anything of substance in books that would follow Jacob/Nessie- just another over-dramatic love triangle with different characters and probably a lot more random crazy powers (since Meyer seems to not follow her own rules anymore).

Meyer has said in interviews that the fourth book would explore "different kinds of love"- something I think is rather nauseating because there is already a population of moms teaching their girls to have an "Edward standard", the books obviously have a huge pull and influence at the moment, and therefore whether I like it or not is changing the definition of "love" for some people. So to teach that it is perfectly ok/norma/a manifestation of true love to be claimed by someone as an infant then raised by that person until you are physically mature (not mentally mind you) when you will then become that person's sexual partner/mate-is in my opinion digusting and rather shocking considering that the author is a mother herself.

EDIT- Personally judging by the themes of the book, I would much rather NOT try to hard to figure out what the author's motivation was because it just really paints a negative/sad pitcure of the author and the psych student in me could have a field day with it and I have things to study for.

i'm sorry but I'm too lazy to check all the previous pages to get to know what's going on with the 5th book "Midnight Sun"
wow, so it's gonna be the 5th one?
I thought Breaking Dawn was the last one ^^"
welll...

midnight sun is basically book 1 twilight - but told from edward's point of view instead of bella's.

midnight sun was leaked online and stephanie meyers is current halting the project i tink
she posted like half the book online on her website.

I thought Midnight Sun was all of the books put together from Edward's point of view. I remember Stephenie saying something along those lines because she couldn't make a reflecting book for new moon (it would be really depressing and dark ... and short).

^^ no it's JUST Twilight in Edward's perspective

I like that typical high school love story in twilight. Edward and Bella: perfect couple.
I gotta admit I had no interest in vampires until I watched Vampire Knight and then I thought about twilight so I've decided to read it. Even though I'm not finish, I will for sure!!!!
I can't wait until the movie is out

So what's up with these books? 3 of my girl friends are going nuts over it. "like omg! YYEAAHH~!"

It was brought up numerously on the Amazon boards. I go there for laughs because the Dark Siders are ridiculously funny and they do bring up a lot of good points (on how horrible Breaking Dawn was).

YES! it’s a brilliant book !! so many people in my school are walking around with it hahahah… I read them when they came out so yeah. I can’t wait for the movie!!

hi. no.

i quote this from stephanie meye's offical website

"Midnight Sun: Edward's Version of Twilight"

Yes it IS one of the best Vampire Books I've read. I've deeply fallen in love with EDWARDCULLEN! Not even KIDDING. Althought the last book.. eh. I didn't like it so much. I liked.. Eclipse and Twilight the best. New Moon was kind of BORING. But in that one. I liked how she had the pages "november, december, january" haha. that was funny. I think.. O____________O

Oh ok only Twilight (sorry haha) . Well I guess it would be repetitive if all of the twilight series was told again, I just don't want the story to end lol.

i don't want to go into too much detail but simply put "i don't really mind" . i guess its just me. i mean i totally get where you're coming from and going with this but it doesn't really bother me, hence my earlier comment i believe i'm a sick person? i rather have other people like you for example *no offense* do all the talking and analyzing the book while i've done enough of that . if i was to go into more detail to add with what you just posted believe me there wouldn't be no stopping me but i took the high road . i just simply ignored all the negs and try to appreciation the story and Meyers writing/thinking. yes, i agree when i finished the trilogy i wasn't jumping up with glee and obsession over the book. the ending and overall last book-Breaking Dawn did crush my view of what was going to happen and blah, blah, blah but i simply shrugged it off. its like expecting something good to come to you but sadly it puts you down nonetheless i'm not going to throw a tantrum *not meaning you or others just my example* but i have to say i like reading all the critique's made from others and you of Meyers writing down to last words of her story. and yes, i am quite interested still in pursuing my earlier quest lol i like to call. i don't really mind, people have their opinions and way of thinking. i guess i feel kind of bad for all the bad rep the story and Meyer is getting so yeah i am defending Meyer because no one seems to and i think this thread has gotten quite interesting with all the different views. i find it fun .

breaking dawn didn't have enough punch

like twilight and new moon

but it was alright

it was totally nearing the end so i didn't really

expect much

nice ending......it wasn't as bad as everyone says

i just can't wait for midnight sun hopefully

it'll come out next year...the sooner the better......

i love how edward was so tormented by

bella that he wants to kill her by barging into his life......

and whew! the korean covers are awesome wish they sell it here in CANADA

and the japanese one's too are cool because its really in manga format....

has anyone read Blue Bloods? i've heard about it from my friend who said its like Twilight x Gossip Girl. it seems everyone around me is starting to read twilight. i like to think of myself as a Twilight magnet lol

does anyone know of any new twilight publications in magazines or anything? i feel like i havent bought anything twilight for a while

LOL i dont want it to end too LOL.

but i think she is putting midnight sun on hold for god knows how long LOL.
i think she mentioned somewhere she had enough of vamps for now LOL

have read that she put it on hold because of some sort of leakage of her drafts of the midnight sun and it was all over the internet, sort of intellectual property violation thing which is definitely true..and she's currently working on another project..but she promised to finish the book and share to all of us edward's thoughts and ideas..

^
Yeah, you could read the whole thing at Steph's site (wait, did ya read it there?).

Ax016-
Nah. Really? Twilight X Gossip Girl? Cool.

Ahaha, I spread the "Twilight" everywhere i go.

i've downloaded it from her site but i haven't started reading it though..
still waiting for the release of the book soooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnn...

crap i just started reading twilight...how old is bella?? i did not catch that...17-18? all i know is that she is in hs...bleh such a bad reader lol

when did bella revealed her age or even hinted...gawd im lost..lol

^well, it stated that bella is a jr. in highschool, so you assume that she's around 16/17 years old, but in New Moon, she turns 18, so throughout twilight, she was 17.

Wat page or chapter was it specified? >_< I get annoyed wen I miss lil details such as age... Thnxx

I feel like such a stupid teenie right now but I was at work and this song started to play on my Ipod so I thought of Edward and Bella in New Moon at the end.

3 Doors Down - Your Arms Feel Like Home

I think i've walked too close to love
And now i'm falling in
Theres so many things this weary soul can't take
Maybe you just caught me by surprise
The first time that i looked into your eyes

There's a life inside of me
That i can feel again
It's the only thing that takes me
Where i've never been
I don't care if i lost everything that i have known
It don't matter where i lay my head tonight
Your arms feel like home
Feel like home

This life aint the fairy tale we both thought it would be
But i can see your smiling face as it's staring back at me
I know we both see these changes now
I know we both understand somehow

There's a life inside of me
That i can feel again
It's the only thing that takes me
Where i've never been
I don't care if i lost everything that i have known
It don't matter where i lay my head tonight
Your arms feel like home
They feel like home
(hold on, you're home to me)

There's a life inside of me
That i can feel again
It's the only thing that takes me
Where i've never been
I don't care if i lost everything that i have known
It don't matter where i lay my head tonight
Your arms feel like home
They feel like home

Just thought I'd share.

sorry, i don't really remember. i read the book months ago. I don't know if you've read New Moon yet, but she turns 18 in the first chapter i think. i'm not too sure.

^ haha thnx i found it...talks about sumthing junior year (such a bad idea to move hs..junior year too..)...yupp >_> i guess i didnt catch that early on...bleehh thnx anywaiz

I got my mom into the Twilight series, she is srsly in love with it. Yay! I was at Borders the other day buying the Bella and Edward poster and sooo many people were talking about the Twilight series and many people were stopping outside to point at the huge supply of Twilight books on the inside, haha. The books are too addicting.


My friend works at Hot Topic and she said all of the Twilight goodies come to them. She didn't specify what it was because she's not allowed to, but she said they're really awesome.

hiyee!

I just caught the Twilight VIRUS!!!!!! oh my oh my!!!!!! i heard the proposed lullaby (for the movie) a while ago and im soooooooooo giddy right now! wahahahahahahaha

but im still in "New Moon" gosh!!!! i cried at some parts lah? i can feel Bella's heartache! and i have a looong way to go! hahahaha btw, did i mention i finished reading Twilight in just approx 16 hrs? whoah! hihihihihi

im gonna lurk here for sure! hahahahaha

till next!

i wonder how many guys like this book...its kinda girl-ish lol

im still on the first book haha..the hyping ..got me to read it..pretty GOOD im excited about the movie haha..by then ill be done with the book ^^

I just finished reading Twilight a minute ago and DANG!
I WANT NEW MOON SO BAD! DDDD: It's definitely the best
book I've read. I knew it was worth all those searching through
bookstores that didn't have any stock left LOL.

How it sent me squealing like a crazy fangirl at the middle of
the night because of hot Edward and how it made my heart
race so quick that I had a hard time breathing at like, ch.21-23;
Agh it's just sooo beautiful! T___T I want to read New Moon. ._.

LOL and I just bought Twilight two days ago. I finished it instantly. xD

^
Prepare to DIE in New Moon.

jesmon27- *waves hello*
16 hrs?!That's kinda..a long time, actually.

^hahah im actually one of those ppl who skimmed the middle and read only the beginning and the end...
@___@ im such a bad twilighter!

edit: OH SWEET I TOPPED A PAGE!

for some wierd reason, i pictured jaejoong as edward. O_o he's not even my favorite one from the group. lol



i actually loved new moon, cuz edward was gone most of the time, and it focused more on jacob....heehee i'm gonna die for this

hahahahaha one of my guy friends also commented this way... geeesshh... he said the book "was made for girls" although he love's alice! hahahahha



wave back to yah! belle_kd1413 hahahahaha neh its kinda long, but it includes break lah! hihihihihi a nap in between to rest my eyes.. hahahahahaha

im almost finished reading new moon, (maybe tonight, theres a lot of work to do! hahahaha) just one question, is it just me or did some of you cried reading new moon? SPOILER ALERT!!!!!! especially the break up scene and the scene when Bella jumped off the cliff and was "happily accepting" her death but "Edward" is telling her to fight... hahahaha cheesy me!!!!

i walked into hot topic and started squealing when i saw all the twilight stuff. But anyways...i finally got my friend to read twilight. At first she didn't want to read the book, then i forced her to read the first few chapters. That following day i called her and she finished reading the book and had already bought the second book. wow...the power of twilight!!! My new goal is to get one of my GUY friends to read this book. Guy are too full with pride to even be seen with any kind of romance novels (especially twilight).

Goal this week: get a guy to read twilight.

does anyone know a guy who actually read twilight and enjoyed it?

im a guy who read Twilight, New moon and Eclipse and thoroughly enjoyed it, and i know at least 2 other guys who have read the whole series.
now i am up to reading breaking dawn, although im a bit lazy when it comes to reading, but hopefully i'll finish the book by the end of this week

jesmon27--
For me, it wasn't really long, i think it's cuz i read Harry Potter, and they're like
800 pages long..so yeah. Oh, with the nap, yeah.
I cried. In agony. I was like, all the time, "Hmm..yeah, okay but..WHERE'S EDWARD?!!"

SO..
been meaning to ask,
WHO'S PRETTIER?
Is it still Rosalie?
Or..is it, Bella?

i felt like there was a distance between me and the whole twilight series when i read breaking dawn. i wouldnt say i disliked it but i wouldnt say i liked it :S. it was a weird feeling, but i rekon she should've spent more time writing the book. ><

Just finished reading New Moon. LOL I finished it within
two days. I bought the book yesterday and finished it today.
I'm now craving for Eclipse. xD

-now stop reading from here if you haven't finished New Moon yet since this contains a few spoilers LOL-

I admit, there were a LOT of times that I was whining about Edward's
absence. I almost disliked Jacob because of it. But when the werewolves
stuff started, I got all thrilled again and my heart raced just like how it
did in Twilight. xD And yes, not to mention sqealing everytime Bella
would hear Edward's voice in her head. LOL. I seriously thought he was
somewhere near, watching her and just sending her telepathic messages
in a way. O__O Turns out it really was her subconscious. xDDD;; I cried
a lot of times in New Moon... I dunno why, prolly because I was hurting
too for Bella. Haha~ But seriously, I cried too much. This was the first
time I cried too much over a story that didn't involve a main character
dying. O__o I can't wait to lay my hands on a copy of Eclipse. I've already
asked for reservations in the bookstore and hopefully, I'll get my copy
within this week. *is starving for moreeee*

i just finished the whole series in less than a week
ahhhh i frekkkin love edward!!!
i so hate bella for aquiring such a creature =P
i love the series minus a few minor things like s.meyer's writing style sometimes it irks me
im totally for edward rather than jacob
i mean jacobs great and all but hes deefinately no edward in my book
anywho i really reccomend this to anyone who loves a good forbidden romance thing

im done reading twilight, will be reading new moon today.
damn i wanted to get eclipse too when i bought the two books, but eclipse is out of stock in the stores i went T_T i hope i wont crave after i read new moon not too soon T_T

gosh... same sentiments here! hahahahahaha i took a lot of time reading New Moon coz i havent got my copy of Eclipse yet... i went bookstore hopping last tuesday and yesterday but geeeesssshhhhhhhh its out of stock... huhuhuhuhu now im tempted to read breaking dawn but i know its not a good idea. hahahahahaha

it reminds me a lot of fanfics actually.
i loved twilight and new moon was alright (but edward came in far too late) and after eclipse, my respect for the book has dampened.
i hate bella- i think the author has gone too far in her pursuit to make the protagonist the centre of everything. bella was a character people can relate to in the first 2 books, but has now become a greedy and selfish character that is not the realistic in the least.

I don't want to finish New Moon. I miss Edward. T__T

OMG...I DID TOO! I think it's because he has that look perfection...also his skin is so fair... i was just thinking the other day how he could totally pull off the look lol~

Wish they would make the books into a drama...i think with movies...there is always so much that is left out..

I really loved this saga! Took a little while to get into in my case (took me a whole week to read twilight! but 4 days to read all of new moon, eclipse and breaking dawn).

The storyline and the characters are just so lovable....its so depressing to reach the end of the saga....i wish Stephenie Meyer would finish writing Midnight Sun sometime soon...such a pity about the leak and how it upset her...but at least there is the movie to look forward to...

as for midnight sun...not sure about everyone else...but i kinda wish she doesnt end it at the end of twilight...i wish she would write from edward's perspective till after his return in New Moon....in that way...we can hear his thought and find out what he did in his absence...lol...or maybe she should just rewrite the first 3 books from edward's POV *wishful thinking*

^^^ you can see part of New Moon from Edward's perspective on her website.

She did the portion where he finds out from Rose that Bella's dead and you see it all from his perspective. Part of me wants to see all of the books form his POV but New Moon would be scary from his POV. The one section that she posted was super depressing and dark and sad. You seirously want to cry for him because of the pain that he radiates from missing. 100 times more than she hurt.

i actually read twlight & im a non-reader person . i love the book ! i just have a couple of chapters left & im finished its the best book ive read so far in my life . LOL & i also hope i can finish the rest of it .

i cant wait until the movie comes out though

That's exactly what's happening with me right now.
I'm craving for Eclipse yet they're all sold out in all the
bookstores I've gone to. OMG. And because of too much
craving for anything Edward, I went off to reread Twilight. xD
And yes, Breaking Dawn's calling me! LMAO. And I know it
wouldn't be good to read it without reading Eclipse first.
Ahh, life is hard. xDDD

OMG i pretty much did that in New Moon... but i read a lot the middle ...but eventually started skimming ...
...my friends have told me the ending anyway.. so i thought ...'whats the point..?'

i was a tad bit disappointed with new moon after reading the awesomeeeeeeee twilight!
but the start and end of new moon was amazing ! ...and im still reading eclipse =)

where can I download the books ?

i also skipped a chapter when reading eclipse...i didn't care much about the quilette(?) tribe history. hehe.
was that in eclipse? or new moon? hmmm...