I read all four books over Christmas break. Now, I haven't really come across a "middle-ground" when it comes to Twilight - people are either obsessed with the books, or they think that the books are stupid (usually without reading them), and think that you are stupid for having wasted your time in reading them. Well, I guess there is a middle ground - me. I loved reading the books, and I own the three movies that have come out thus far, but I am far from "obsessed." I don't have Twilight posters, and I don't rush out at midnight when the movies have come out, but I have read all of the books twice. Why? Because I could, and because it was easy reading. When you read for school or work as much as I do, it is so nice to just read something silly that requires zero brain cells to comprehend. I read the 4th book in one day - I think it was nearly 800 pages long.
Now, I've never been one for "fantasy-type" books, so I anticipated thinking that the books were stupid and stopping after reading the first one. This is why I had never read a single Harry Potter book. The truth is, it is nice to escape to a world that isn't real. Whatever - I think it would be awesome to be able to live forever, accrue tons of money so that I could buy everything, move to different places whenever I want, "live" life differently after each move, etc. To top it all off, Jason gets to live forever, too? Awesome. So what if we have to drink animal blood instead of eating our favorite foods? - it is fun to imagine at least.
And then, there was Harry Potter. I am obviously a little late to the game. When I realized that I liked the Twilight series, I thought that maybe I would like Harry Potter as well. Not that the stories are similar at all, but if I could be entertained by reading about vampires and werewolves, why not witches and wizards? Unfortunately, there are seven Harry Potter books as opposed to the four Twilight books, and the HP books are longer. I kept putting it off because I assumed that there was no way that I could ever find the time to read all seven books. I was wrong. When I went home to Charleston for two weeks this winter for Christmas break, I took the first three HP books (a friend loaned me the entire series) with me. Like with Twilight, I figured I would just read the first one to see what all of the fuss was about, and if I didn't like it, oh well. I read all three books in about a week and a half, and I couldn't wait to get back to Morgantown so that I could get started on the rest of them. I read all 7 HP books in just over three weeks. They are addicting. It is fun to read about the characters and watch them grow throughout the series. I also enjoyed watching the movies (which I had never seen because I saw no point if I wasn't going to read the books). I ended up buying movies 1-6 on BluRay for like $60!! I love them! Now I am just anxiously awaiting the DVD release of the first part of the movie for the 7th book. While I won't be waiting in line at Walmart at midnight, I am really excited to see it!
To switch it up a bit, I am now on the second book of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series. I also bought Water for Elephants. I don't really know why. I think because it was written during the Great Depression, and I think that it will be interesting and informative to read a story set during that time. I'll let you know what I think of these books once I am done. Happy reading!!!
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