New Moon

So I took my little cousin Marissa to the "New Moon" movie last night (because I have been dying to go). Ladies, I tried to not read the books, I tried to not become one of the followers, and ladies I have failed. If you love an easy read that involves romance that brings you back to high school when you were swooning over your first love this series is a must. The girls at work are the ones to blame in my case. They kept pressuring me to read the series; I kept making fun of them. The Twilight series reminded me of the Harry Potter obsession which I never understood. This phenomenon with Twilight you will completely get after reading the first book.

Once I began reading it I could not put it down, I even went and bought New Moon after I finished Twilight because I could not wait to go to the office on Monday to grab it off of Jessie's desk. My husband looked at me in disbelief and has been completely annoyed that I insisted on reading every night before bed this last month. By the way my dreams have also become more adventurous since I hopped on this train. I now have finished all four books and my blood is boiling for the 5th book which should be coming soon.

Regardless, the movie was AWESOME! I am definitely Team Edward all the way. Make fun of me all you want but I am telling you if you can get over the stigma your imagination and heart will forgive you. The story line is great, the characters are unique, and the setting is beautiful.

Say what you want I don't care. If I can convince you to take the step you will be thanking me later. I may even let you come to Eclipse (the third book) when it comes out in June of 2010.

The series goes as follows: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn. Buy it, borrow it, or download it on your Kindle. Does anyone have a Kindle? Please tell me what you think about it if you do. The thought of being able to download thousands of books and keep them in one location makes me salivate. The only problem is that I am prone to losing things as well as borrowing out books when I am done.

So now I am on the hunt for another good book to read. Granted I have 3 on my nightstand that have been collecting dust since my new obsession but I am thinking about going to get Barbara Kingsolver's new book The Lacuna: A Novel her first novel in nine years, she is the author of The Poisonwood Bible (Oprah's Book Club) (Paperback) (great book) among many others. I read it before it became an Oprah book by the way- for whatever reason it really bugs me that she puts her stamp on a book and then it is deemed good. Not sure why I have a beef with that but it BUGS ME. I am also contemplating Jeannette Walls new book Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel because her first book The Glass Castle: A Memoir was unbelievable. I tend to read mostly non-fiction books in terms of auto-biographies and biographies. That is why I had a hard time deciding to read the Twilight series because there is no way that it was factual. I like books that I can read and then try to dig into the history of them when I am finished. I also like to read in first person versus second person most of the time.

So with all that being said PLEASE share what you are reading, who are some of your favorite authors, and what are some of your favorite books? I am always up for a good read, even better if it has been recommended!