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12-29-2008, 10:39 PM
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I am rereading the series right now (yay Christmas presents!). Instead of doing Edward's perspective of Twilight, why not do New Moon? I think that would be interesting.
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12-30-2008, 04:37 AM
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I am rereading the series right now (yay Christmas presents!). Instead of doing Edward's perspective of Twilight, why not do New Moon? I think that would be interesting.
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I agree it would be interesting. But Stephanie Meyer said she wouldn't do New Moon from Edwards perspective because it would be too depressing. Entertainment Weekly's website has a video discussing that.
I think Ecilpse would be interesting from Edward's perspective.
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12-30-2008, 09:42 PM
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I agree it would be interesting. But Stephanie Meyer said she wouldn't do New Moon from Edwards perspective because it would be too depressing. Entertainment Weekly's website has a video discussing that.
I think Ecilpse would be interesting from Edward's perspective.
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The whole "from so-and-so's" perspective got me thinking ...
I'm sure all of the Cullens could have their own, but I would LOVE a Jasper vignette. Oh and more about the art on Carlise's office wall. Art history major here. 
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12-30-2008, 01:54 AM
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My aunt regifted me her copies for Christmas and I must say that I was more than a little skeptical at first but it was the only thing in the house so I started reading and I LOVE the books!!! The first one at least, I haven't quite finished it yet. Thank goodness she got the four books and not just the first one! lol.
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03-08-2009, 12:37 PM
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Ok, so I'm REALLLLLLLLY late to this party - but I just read these books last week, and I LOVED them. I read them all in about a week and a half - and when I was done, I really felt like I'd lost a best friend, it was that depressing to be done with them...did anyone else have that feeling?
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03-08-2009, 03:29 PM
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Ok, so I'm REALLLLLLLLY late to this party - but I just read these books last week, and I LOVED them. I read them all in about a week and a half - and when I was done, I really felt like I'd lost a best friend, it was that depressing to be done with them...did anyone else have that feeling?
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Absolutely. You can read the first 12 chapters of Midnight Sun on stepheniemeyer.com It is Twilight again but written from Edward's perspective. Interesting literary idea.
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03-08-2009, 03:43 PM
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Haha, I was late to the party too! I completed the books about two weeks ago or so. I'm now eagerly awaiting the DVD so I can tear it apart and discuss the movie vs the book version with the other teachers who read the book.
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Absolutely. You can read the first 12 chapters of Midnight Sun on stepheniemeyer.com It is Twilight again but written from Edward's perspective. Interesting literary idea.
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I thought it was a great exercise in writing and found the story from his perspective more interesting than the one from Bella's. While I still shake an angry fist at the jerk who posted the story, I do think it would have gotten repetitive quickly.
I still can't believe someone would do such a terrible thing. I thought it was bad enough when someone took pictures of the Harry Potter book and posted the pages online, but at least that was completed, printed, and bound. This was an author's draft. That is sacred. I can't even imagine the horror and exposure she felt.
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03-08-2009, 04:07 PM
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I thought the story was more interesting from his perspective too, for the first book. In subsequent books, I don't think it would be as beneficial. We understand Edward more in the later books anyway.
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03-08-2009, 08:50 PM
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Haha, I was late to the party too! I completed the books about two weeks ago or so. I'm now eagerly awaiting the DVD so I can tear it apart and discuss the movie vs the book version with the other teachers who read the book.
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That's why I started reading it! About 2 weeks before the movie came out my students let their teachers borrow the books and a bunch of us got addicted! Topics around the lunch table were often about Twilight much to the male teachers' chagrin.
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03-09-2009, 10:22 AM
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Ok, so I'm REALLLLLLLLY late to this party - but I just read these books last week, and I LOVED them. I read them all in about a week and a half - and when I was done, I really felt like I'd lost a best friend, it was that depressing to be done with them...did anyone else have that feeling?
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I felt alone. I felt like I had no more goals to reach. I just felt... empty? Lol it took me 2 months to get through the series and I think the emptiness has a lot to do with having them be a huge part of my two months of life.
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I thought it was a great exercise in writing and found the story from his perspective more interesting than the one from Bella's. While I still shake an angry fist at the jerk who posted the story, I do think it would have gotten repetitive quickly.
I still can't believe someone would do such a terrible thing. I thought it was bad enough when someone took pictures of the Harry Potter book and posted the pages online, but at least that was completed, printed, and bound. This was an author's draft. That is sacred. I can't even imagine the horror and exposure she felt.
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She says she knows who it was that leaked it because of the different versions that were handed out. I wonder what happened to that person.
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03-08-2009, 05:35 PM
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I am so ready for the DVD to come out!!!
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03-09-2009, 10:56 AM
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The Volturi got to him?
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03-09-2009, 01:26 PM
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The Volturi got to him?
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bwahahahaha! 
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03-09-2009, 01:59 PM
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My mom was reading an interview that USA Today did on Stephen King. He spoke about JK Rowling and about Stephanie Meyers.
Apparently he thinks Rowling is a great writer, but that Meyers can't write for shit (my mom's words, don't know if they were his). My mom lol'ed so hard, cause she doesn't like Twilight.
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03-09-2009, 02:47 PM
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My mom was reading an interview that USA Today did on Stephen King. He spoke about JK Rowling and about Stephanie Meyers.
Apparently he thinks Rowling is a great writer, but that Meyers can't write for shit (my mom's words, don't know if they were his). My mom lol'ed so hard, cause she doesn't like Twilight.
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One of my pledge sisters feels the same way. Oh well - more for us. It's my crack ... err heroin.
And when I finished Breaking Dawn, I had no idea what to do with myself. I already read Midnight Sun. It was very upsetting.
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