Minor Madness
It is 12:26 a.m., and I’m home from the midnight madness party for the Breaking Dawn book release. I actually have my as-yet-uncracked copy. Compared to a Harry Potter midnight party, this was fairly tame. My companion and I were numbers 26 and 27 (just one wristband away from being in the top 25!), and we were out of there by approximately 12:07. Pretty amazing!
The fans, though, are very enthusiastic. We enjoyed all the girls who are so excited about this book coming out. Excited enough that they dressed in costume and homemade T-shirts with novel quotes on them. The winners of the costume contest got their books for free, and their costumes were excellent. One dressed up as Forks (the rainy town where Bella and Edward live), one dressed as La Push (the reservation where Jacob lives), and the third dressed up as Bella’s 1960s, red Chevy truck, with a tailgate and everything. They totally deserved to win free books for that effort! But all the red and black evening gowns/prom dresses were great, too.
And, lest you all think that Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series is only for girls, let me say that I did see one boy at the event. OK, I saw a few more boys than that, but most were there unwillingly because of their sisters. But there was one boy, somewhere between 12 and 14, there to buy a copy of the book for himself. And he had “Bella” written on his cheek (a counterpoint to all the girls who had “Edward” written on their cheeks… though, sadly, I saw no one with “Jacob” emblazoned anywhere…).
Well, now it is 12:32, and I must decide whether to read a bit or go to sleep. I think I’m getting old, because sleep does sound appealing. Then again… maybe just one chapter…
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Erin:
The local bookstores were abuzz here in Seattle last night, too. The West Seattle Barnes and Noble, just up over the hill from us, stayed open late and was packed.
At least that’s what Rachael, my partner, told me; she works there and brought home Meyer’s latest (so that you don’t think you’re the oldest person to buy a copy, I’ll tell you that Rachael is forty-five.)
She has read the others (I have not) and has been after me to take a day trip. Forks is only 150 miles west of us, on the Olympic Penisula — a four-hour trip, including the ferry ride.
With the price of gasoline, I have been resisting, but it may become necessary, just to preserve the peace. We may have to be careful, though; I have heard that a lot of people in Forks are not happy with the town’s sudden fame.
I hope you enjoy the book.
K.C.
It would be disconcerting to be from a small, quiet town and suddenly be descended on by many rabid teenaged girls! I have to say, though, I’d love to see the real place, if I were close enough.
If you want to get Meyer a try, but don’t want to read Twilight, try The Host. I think it’s a better story all the way around (though I like Twilight, too.
But how is the book?
I haven’t read the Host yet as I want to make sure the Twilight series ends decently.
Hmmm, my son is 14 - I didn’t give him Twilight as I thought it would be too girlie but maybe I’ll tell him to try it.
Ooops. Well as a sideline, you helped me find an error in my auto-completes! Sorry for the funky url above.
Sylvia, I just finished BD last night, and I liked it a lot. I’ll probably do a book review of it here later, so I won’t give away all my thoughts, but I will say that I enjoyed it very much. I’m happy with how Edward and Bella’s story ended.
As far as The Host, I would definitely recommend it. I like it even better than the Twilight series, and it ends well, too. I’m thinking of going back to it for a re-read already!