Twilight: New Moon

Here's the first entry in my blog. I haven't been much of a reader throughout my life. In fact, I despised it. Throughout high school whenever assignments where given, book reports requested, and English papers due, I was the one who lied, cheated, and stole my way through. The written word had absolutely no appeal to me. If there was a movie made about it I considered it watched. You always hear about how the movie was so much different from the book. It wasn't until recently that I was walking through Walmart and I noticed in their small book section, New Moon. I was on my way out to a long night at work knowing I wouldn't have much going on. Saw the book and that it was 5 bucks. Why not? The movie was coming out soon. Maybe I could be the one who could finally say. The book is so much better than the movie.

I own in excess of 1,000 DVD's and beginning a collection of Blurays. Bought a fantastic $2000 LED TV. Now I'm finding myself under the compulsion to read rather than watch. So far in the last two months I've went from reading absolutely ZERO books, to having read 10. Normally I'll have gotten bored or headache, double vision. Now I can't seem to get enough.

So, to some up my introduction into this blog I'm hoping that however this fire to read started in me, that I might be able to spread it to others who were like me.

So...Here we go!!!

New Moon by Stephanie Meyers the Second book in the Twilight Saga

When the movie was coming out I saw a lot of Burger King commercials promoting Team Jacob and Team Edward. Having read all of the books thus far it's a pretty humorous conflict knowing how it all turns out. That's one of the beauties in reading books that are being made into movies. You can read ahead and it doesn't seem to ruin the movie. So far with New Moon, aside from the overly descriptive nature that Meyers uses to describe the supernatural characters, the book was good. The change of senery from the dismal coast of Washington State to the intoxicating countryside of Italy was a nice transition. As well as the emphasis from Edward to Jacob. There has been a unique twist to the overused "werewolf" icon in which instead of turning into mindless creatures half man and half wolf who's weekness is a Silver Bullet to the heart and a full moon to boot, in the book we are dealing with People turning into wolves. Huge wolves mind you, but straight wolves non the less. A collective concience and the practicality of haveing to solve clothing issues after every phase from Man to wolf and back again is something the book subtally throws in when the Movie does not. Not a huge draw to read the book instead of just watch the movie, but these are questions you ask yourself after leaving a theater as to..." what happens when they change back to human and they're naked"? Books tend to answer those questions where movies can not due to the time limit.

Turning our focus on the Vampire side of the story. The beginning when Bella cuts herself and Jasper goes bazerk was fun. Very much drew me in. The self destruction of Bella when Edward takes off made me want to drink my own blood and kill myself. Maybe that is what Meyers was going for and maybe not.

All in all the book was good. If you can bear through the moments where the author drones on and on about the skin, eyes, sound, touch, etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.etc. Over and Over and Over again, the plot does keep the reader wanting another book. Thus we continue.

Let me know what you think. If you've read it, even if you haven't.

Peace!!