Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
How many of
you here have already read Twilight?
[Wait
for a response: If no hands go up: "I can't believe it! You don't know
what you're missing," if they do go straight to:]
Apparently,
the good folks at Hollywood think this is a killer novel: Paramount and
Maverick have optioned the movie and a guy named Mark Lord is writing the
script!
Here's the
story:
Isabella's
parents are divorced, her mom has remarried, and so Bella finds herself relocated
to Forks, WA. Does anyone know what Forks big claim to (Washington) fame is?
[Wait
for a response]
Yep. Forks
gets a lot of rain. As much as 160 inches—that's 13 feet, every
year. Now, if you were a vampire, and had to stay out of the sun—and if nice
grey cloud-cover was just as good as nighttime--where would you relocate?
[Wait
for a response]
Right
again. Forks second claim to fame, if anybody knew about it, would be the nest
of vampires—the "Cullen family"—that live there—several of whom
attend Isabella's new high school, and one of which, Edward, has taken a
dangerous interest in Isabella's blood. Scary stuff, right?
[Wait
for a response]
Yes. And
no. It's not (quite) that kind of story. These vampires—the Cullens—have sworn
off human blood. They only hunt wild animals. What Edward is, is deeply
attracted to Isabella, and Bella can't believe that the most beautiful,
irresistible guy imaginable has the hots for a seemingly-ordinary girl like
her. Bella just has no idea how good she smells to a predator.
Edward may
look 17, but he's older, a lot older. He knows how dangerous it is to get
involved with a human. Bella and Edward are falling in love, and half the time
Edward is trying to stay away from her—for her own safety.
But he may
not have a choice. Because the Cullens aren't the only vampires around, and
most of them--? Are a lot more old-fashioned about their menu choices.
Read Twilight:
A hot story of dangerous, forbidden love.
(Booktalk by Kirsten Edwards, King
County Library System)
Twilight
by Stephanie Meyer
There are
three things that Isabella knows.
1. Edward is a vampire
2. There's a part of
him—how big a part, she isn't sure—that truly thirsts for her blood
3. She is
unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.
Of course,
Isabella never planned on falling in love with a vampire. It's not the kind of
thing you put in your dayplanner. Tuesday, 4pm, fall in love with
blood-sucking undead monster. Nope.
Imagine
going to your boyfriend's house for dinner to meet his parents knowing that
under other circumstances you'd be the main course.
Isabella
knows that loving Edward is dangerous. She even suspects that she may be
putting her family—everyone else she cares about—at risk.
But what
Isabella doesn't realize is that Edward and his family aren't the only vampires
in town.
Read a very
different kind of love story, read, Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Adapted
from the back cover blurb
Last
Updated: January 15, 2008
