Eclipse Novella

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner:An Eclipse Novella is a new novella in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer.  I stumbled upon it at Barnes and Noble and had to get it (of course.)  It was a fast read, and although interesting I wouldn't say it was as fun a read as any of the Twilight series books.  I did like the thought process that Meyer goes through to explore her characters, and wanted more of some of them (Diego, Fred.)  Bree Tanner, a newborn vampire who is just briefly introduced in Eclipse, is the main character in this book (of course.)  Her newborn character is interesting, and the tale from her perspective is a sad but enjoyable one.  A quick summer read.  

Vampires for Halloween

What is it with vampires?

I am re-reading the Twilight books. I didn't mean to. I just wanted to re-read New Moon because of the upcoming movie release, BUT...
They are so durn addictive.
Yes, they are cheesy, teenage-angst filled stories.
But they are so addictive!
I am up to Breaking Dawn again now and hoping I don't have the let-down I did the first time I read them.

My 12 yr old daughter has not read them yet. I didn't want her to read them last year. I told her when she turned 12 she could read the first one (only) if she wanted to, but she said she didn't want to. When I asked her why she said:
"Mom, the girls in my class are SO into them. That's all they talk about. I don't want to be addicted to anything."
What a smart girl I have.

End of the series depression

I finished reading The Diamond of Darkhold to the kids. They LOVED it of course. We'd skipped the third book The Prophet of Yonwood because it goes out of sequence and didn't want the 7 yr old to get too confused. This book was darker than the first two, but still had a good ending and makes you really think about the choices we make today and their impact on our future and our great-grandchildren's futures. I finished The Prophet of Yonwood and enjoyed it, but it was very Salem witch trial-like to me and didn't go with the other books as much as I'd have liked it to. It was fun to find the little reference to something that happens in that book in The Diamond of Darkhold though.


We are all in a depressed, coming down from a series, mood now. I hate when a series wraps you all up in it like these (or the Twilight books) do and then you are disappointed with many books to come...

To try and refrain from disappointment I started reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to the kids. I LOVED these as a kid. I hope mine like them as much!