I started "Twilight" by Stephanie Meyer today after noticing at B&N that it is a pleasantly LONG book, which is shamefully rare in YA fantasy that is not about boy wizards with indie glasses. Plus, it was recommended by many people.
I'm about four chapters in, and it's very compellingly written. It hasn't been exactly revealed, yet, that one of the main characters is a vampire-type-thing, but I have no doubt it will come up soon. He's unearthly beautiful, has superhuman strength, his eyes change color, and the book deliberately takes place in a small Washington town with the most rainfall of any city in the U.S. Clever way to avoid the sun, I thought. I'll be back with more impressions later in the week...
I finished the Mediator series before beginning it. Turned out interesting - what started as a monster-of-the-week type series morphed pretty thoroughly into a fun romance/adventure with a nice fairy-tale ending. Overall, 1.8 thumbs up from me.
I finished the Mediator series before beginning it.
That's a neat trick. Probably saves a lot of time.
You have no idea. Costs, though. (Pronouns suck.)
Gris, speaking of YA, have you tried "I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You"? It was very cute. There's a sequel now too, which I also enjoyed.
I haven't, meara. Thanks for the rec, though. It's not currently kindle-able unfortunately, but I'll look for it next time I'm in B&N.
So I avoided LibraryThing when it was really big here. And What happens, my library gets all into this web 2.0 stuff - and as part of learning 2.0 - they want us to play with LibraryThing. Obsession here I come. (egb63 on LibraryThing, just like my blog)
He's unearthly beautiful, has superhuman strength, his eyes change color, and the book deliberately takes place in a small Washington town with the most rainfall of any city in the U.S.
If they mean hours of rain, rather than inches of rain, that would be Olympia. Though (even excluding Alaska and 20 days of night) there may another U.S. town that has the fewer hours of direct sun due fog and dark clouds without rain.
They're fun for a while, but get old fast.
He's unearthly beautiful, has superhuman strength, his eyes change color
OMG this is the sparkly book, amirite? Where the vampires turn out to fluoresce under starlight?
OMG this is the sparkly book, amirite? Where the vampires turn out to fluoresce under starlight?
Under sunlight, yep.
I ended up reading all three of them. They're mindless fun, and the first book is the weakest of the lot.
