Head over heels for fiction
Twilight book sets high standards for guys
Ashley Smith
Issue date: 10/27/08 Section: Opinion
His eyes with their golden hew stare with such intensity; it's as if he can see into my soul. He is my one and only, and he just happens to be a fictional character.
With the release of the Twilight book series as well as the up-coming movie, women are falling head over heels for a renegade vampire who knows what you are thinking.
My obsession began this summer when, after a long day of visiting my cousin at the hospital I, along with several family members, ventured to the mall to release some pressure.
My cousin Deana and I wondered into a bookstore, and as we glanced over the racks, I noticed a very simple and unique cover of a pair of hands holding an apple. Picking it up to examine what kind of book it was, Deana gladly told me that it was Twilight, a series about a teenager named Bella and a vampire named Edward. Now, I have not been living under a rock, so I have heard of the series but just dismissed it as juvenile fiction.
Deana, like me, is an avid reader and she began to tell me how good these books were and that I needed to read them. I had been looking for a new series since Harry Potter ended, and the book was only $10, so I decided to buy the first book.
The book stayed in a bag in the corner of my room for a couple of days, but one night when there was nothing on T.V., I decided to crack it open and give it a try. The next thing I knew, it was four in the morning and I had read half of the book.
This series became my new obsession. After finishing the first book in two days I immediately ran out and bought the remaining three books of the series.
Anyone who has read, or seen the books knows that they are heavy-duty novels. Once I started reading them I couldn't stop; I ended up finishing the entire series within a week.
I fell, almost instantly for Edward and how he always put Bella's interest before his own, even if it meant having to do things he never wanted to. Stephanie Meyer's description of his eyes and his mannerisms hooked me from his first introduction.
With the release of the Twilight book series as well as the up-coming movie, women are falling head over heels for a renegade vampire who knows what you are thinking.
My obsession began this summer when, after a long day of visiting my cousin at the hospital I, along with several family members, ventured to the mall to release some pressure.
My cousin Deana and I wondered into a bookstore, and as we glanced over the racks, I noticed a very simple and unique cover of a pair of hands holding an apple. Picking it up to examine what kind of book it was, Deana gladly told me that it was Twilight, a series about a teenager named Bella and a vampire named Edward. Now, I have not been living under a rock, so I have heard of the series but just dismissed it as juvenile fiction.
Deana, like me, is an avid reader and she began to tell me how good these books were and that I needed to read them. I had been looking for a new series since Harry Potter ended, and the book was only $10, so I decided to buy the first book.
The book stayed in a bag in the corner of my room for a couple of days, but one night when there was nothing on T.V., I decided to crack it open and give it a try. The next thing I knew, it was four in the morning and I had read half of the book.
This series became my new obsession. After finishing the first book in two days I immediately ran out and bought the remaining three books of the series.
Anyone who has read, or seen the books knows that they are heavy-duty novels. Once I started reading them I couldn't stop; I ended up finishing the entire series within a week.
I fell, almost instantly for Edward and how he always put Bella's interest before his own, even if it meant having to do things he never wanted to. Stephanie Meyer's description of his eyes and his mannerisms hooked me from his first introduction.
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