I’m 2/3 of the way through the Twilight book series.
Currently, this entails four pretty thick books. So far, in the last 4 weeks, I’ve read Twilight, New Moon, and I’m roughly 1/3 through Eclipse. Breaking Dawn comes after that. Of course, being the genius she is, Stephanie Meyer has created a story with no ending, so there’s ALWAYS the possibility of a next book.
I’m not sure if this is something I wanted to admit or not, but there it is. Erin read these books faster than I’ve ever seen her read any other book before, so I had to at least give it a chance. Book 1 started off slowly for me. I was struggling, about to quit. Then the plot thickened, and from the second half of Twilight until now I’ve been reading about 60-100 pages every night before going to bed. And I’m not a terribly fast reader, so this means I’ve been turning the lamp off around midnight every night, and waking up every morning just a little more tired than I’d like to be.
For those of you not yet inclined to read these romantic adventures, let me give you a very brief synopsis: girl moves to a small town. girl falls for boy. turns out boy is a vampire. turns out boy is a relatively “good” vampire, as far as vampires go. girl wants to be with boy forever. girl wants to become a vampire. danger, struggle, love, drama, and crisis ensue. that’s really the essence. Like any story, there’s much more to it, but that’s the core.
(side note #1 - outside of my office window, right now, it is snowing. i think it’s the first snow we’ve had so far this winter. but it’s not sticking. it never does. cold weather + no snow = no sledding = sucky winters)
(side note #2 – yesterday at crossings was the second week our new venue, The Square Room. and for two straight weeks, we’ve scrambled to put out enough chairs for everyone to have a seat in the 2nd service. yesterday, there were people sitting on the floor. crowded room + great worship + great message + really loud singing = lots and lots of goose bumps)
(excessive interjection #1 – 4 hours later, it continues to snow steadily outside of my window. want to know how much snow is actually on the ground? none.)
