Twilight

Well, I finally gave in and read Twilight. I tried to read Harry Potter about 3 times and could never get into it, but once one of these series reaches phenomenon status, I kind of have a "need to know" what everyone is talking about. Via Facebook I know a lot of my friends who have read it, some saying they basically became a hermit after starting because they couldn't put the books down and would read all 4 in like a week. I'm not all into vampires, so it wasn't until a good friend of mine read it and enjoyed it (and I'd say we're a lot alike) that I gave in...plus, it was on sale at Target.

Honestly, the book was about 500 pages and a really easy, quick read. I thought it was quite cheesy, actually, which makes sense since its written for 12-year-olds. I might eventually read some of the other books as I get bored and need something to read, but I'm not jumping at the bit to do so (although I've heard the other books are better because they didn't have to set-up who the characters and relationships were). I did watch the movie a couple hours after finishing the book and I thought the movie was quite good!