Am I the only one who doesn't get Twilight?

Ahhhhh......

Thank you.

And the colour of his eyes were again?

Edward is cold This is easy to remember as he is dead, and dead things are cold, unless you warm the up under a sun lamp or something, not that that happens in the book.

Jacob is hot because he is a beasty. And wild beasts are hot from all the running around.

Edward = dead = cold

Jacob = lycanthrope = hot

LOL.

I think he was cold... but I could be wrong. Let me go look it up again...

Sorry, what was that?
Its been 5 minutes and I was wondering if Edward was cold, parky or just feeling a bit of a chill.

Remind me again?

Oh God, the Da Vinci Code. And Angels and Demons.

Hated, hated, hated them. Gah. Don't see the hype at all!!!

LOL

I did feel rather sledgehammered by Mrs Meyers at the end of it all, but as pointy pointed out to me on another thread they are supposedly written for young teenagers who (apparently - don't have one yet) need reminding about things. So there we go.

I liked the Volturi, at least they had some balls.

Ahhh... Slubber, you've helped me find a use for the books - teaching DS (1.9) opposites!!

Ah yes, I finally understand the finer nuances of the prose. Thank you for that analysis Slubber. Now, if you could walk me through The DaVinci Code?

Ah yes, Jacksmama, I found my gumption around the age of 25. Poor Miss Swan has a few years to go I'm afraid. Oh dear...

oh yes but Jacob is HOT.

Edward is cold and Jacob is hot.

Hot

and

Cold

It helps us to tell the difference you see.

LOL - I was going to say she reminds me of my 16-year-old self but was hideously embarrassed to admit I was ever that shallow. Irritated is clearly more courageous honest than I am!

Sorry, did you say he was cold Slubber? I must have missed the reference to that on Pages 5,7,19,22,28,34, 45,77,78,79...

lol IrritatedMe

You forgot Edward is cold. He is very cold, His lips are cold, his hands are cold. Cold cold cold cold. And he is cold ALL THE TIME. Never warms up.

I didn't mind the books. I read them in a week whilst recuperating from flu. All perfectly bland harmless stuff really.

She must smell AMAZING otherwise surely there is no-one who would put up with the enormous gaping chasm that is her personality.

She reminds me of me when I was 14.

I know, she's a gutless little twat, isn't she.

My sister raved about it. All I got from it was:

Edwards eyes change colour...alot.
First brown, then a chocolatey gold, now topaz, now more of a nougat hint, now a bit almondy with a hint of caramel, now broze but with flecks of black...yawn yawn yawn.

And has there ever been a heroine with so little personality or gumption. If I were her mum I would have left her up with her dad as well.

What have I let myself in for to say I'd go see New Moon?
Oh no... it's going to be awful

My friend MADE me and DP watch it the other night. Never read the books. I have to say I have not watched such a load of teeny bopping crap for many years ( I'm 27 ) It was BORING, nothing happened, very predictable. Very dissappointing!

Ok, I had to go to Wikipedia and read the plot spoilers for the other books or I would have thrown this one in the bin... fortunately, although I'm sure the actual writing will continue to be utter drivel, the ending of "Breaking Dawn" is something I can live with.
Yesterday I went to our local huge book shop and was shocked by how much Twilight merchandise there is!! FGS, there were T-shirts saying "Team Edward" in Gothic letters. Personally, I find myself on Team Jacob. That is, if I were into the story enough to take sides

I've been invited out by a group of girls to see New Moon in two weeks so I'm forcing myself to read the books... working half-time and with a toddler, I don't get out much so it sounded good at the time, but the books are so awful!!!!! Is the movie as cringeworthy? Because there will have to be some pretty good eye candy for me to sit through it, otherwise I will have to invent a crying baby emergency

Um. I haven't read it so have no opinion but it is a book aimed at teenagers.

Of course it is trivial and crappy.

There are great examples of teenage fiction but expecting them all to be challenging and well written seems a little optomistic. And surely the hype around these makes it less rather than more likely that they will be deep and moving....
Or is that just me?

Bucharest sums it up I've read the first two, and can't say as I 'get' it either. There is no character development, no natural story development, and I really wanted to slap Bella.

Movie is much better than the book.

Book is meant for a teenage audience. I am well past that sort of obsessive intensity to actually want to read about it . How many times do I need to read endless permutations of how Bella's heart flips when she sees Edward?

It is total rubbish.