Book Review: Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet

I love easy reads. I love them because while it is an easy read, I still get the chance to lose myself in the characters and the story line and just get away from everything for a while.

This book was no exception. We start off with Jane and Michael. Jane is 8, in a few days she will be 9. She's sitting in the Astor Court of the St. Regis hotel in New York. Eating an ice cream and also ordering another ice cream for her "friend" Michael. Michael is imaginary. They hold conversations, he helps her fight loneliness. Jane's mother is highly involved in Broadway productions and therefore rarely has time to dote on her daughter. Michael, naturally, fills that void. Her father also doesn't seem to have a lot of time for his daughter and has a girlfriend (Jane's parents are divorced) that he is preoccupied with.

On every Sunday, Jane and her mother go to the Astor Court and then afterwards go to Tiffany's. We get an idea for the relationship between mother and daughter and wonder how on earth a child could grow up without major self esteem issues stemming from her mother's harping.

On Jane's 9th birthday, Michael tells her his time as her friend is up and that she will be fine. He tells her that after he leaves she won't remember him and that she'll grow up to be a great woman. She is heartbroken and swears to him she'll never forget.

Fast forward 20 years. Sure enough, Jane hasn't forgotten. She works for her mother and has written a musical about a little girl and her imaginary friend that is hugely popular. Michael is still an imaginary friend to many different children and is "in between" jobs when one day he notices a girl who looks alarmingly familiar. He begins to follow her when he realizes it's Jane.

Basically, you should be able to figure out the rest just from that. It's a pretty predictable book with a few curve balls thrown in. For instance, why can Jane see Michael again? What is he supposed to help her through? Is she dieing? Does she have some kind of brain tumor? No, he's really there and other people see him, too.

The characters are well written and the description is just enough that I don't feel like it's too verbose.

I would definitely recommend this book if you like love stories and books about "fate". I enjoyed it and thought it was a sweet book.

Review: Frenemies by Megan Crane

I ordered this book when Barnes and Noble was having a fantastic sale. It started out as a fun read by the pool one day, and then I didn't touch it for a month. Until yesterday when I needed something to pass my time at lunch...and then I couldn't put it down. I finished it last night.

In Frenemies, Megan introduces us to Augustus "Gus", who is 29 and just found her boyfriend Nate that she's been dating for 4 months is cheating on her with her "friend" Helen. If anyone could imagine how hurtful that would be, you wouldn't be surprised that 2 weeks later she's singing "Piece of my Heart" by Janis Joplin at a Karaoke party at the top of her lungs, right in both of their faces.

The whole story is based around her and her friends who all have some kind of issue with men or for one character how her two friends bring too much drama into her life. Gus's friend Georgia only likes jerks who break her heart and leave her sobbing in her bed, while her Gus and April Lee console her. April Lee is married and is always exasperated at her friend's shenanigans. There's Nate, who cheated on Gus, but of course sends mixed signals to her to make her think he's still interested (which, naturally, gives Gus hope-so she's constantly pining away for him throughout the book). Helen, of course, is the epitome of "that girl". The one who flirts with everyone, has guys waiting on her hand and foot, the one we all hate. Henry is Nate's roommate...or rather, Henry is letting Nate live in his to-die-for brownstone. Gus hates him and thinks he is the devil.

Gus is determined to make Nate see the mistake he made by hooking up with Helen, but in the process becomes hounded by Nate's roommate, Henry. Henry is that guy who you look at from far away and think he's gorgeous but completely vain and only interested in girls with perfect bodies and no brains. I'll leave you to determine what could possibly transpire between Gus and Henry. It was pretty obvious from the beginning! :) Gus also deals with Helen who constantly tries to track her down, seeks her out at parties, shows up at Gus's apartment unexpectedly, and answers Nate's phone with Gus tries to talk to him. Can we say, "crazy"?

Basically, this book was drama after drama. I found myself laughing at the horrible luck Gus was having and at all of the situations she put herself in. At the same time, I sided with her when she would be upset at Helen. Don't we all know those girls who never admit when they have done something wrong?? I could totally relate.

After finishing the book, I read the Author's notes and found out that Megan was inspired by the movie, Mean Girls, when she wrote this book. Once I read that, I could totally see how they related to one another. I recommend this book to anyone. I really enjoyed it and it was a very easy read!

Review: We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates

I'd like to start out by saying that as usual, I try to read my books during my lunch break. Generally, every time I try this, I just don't get into the book as much. I don't know why this happens, I just can't seem to concentrate half the time. It could possibly be because this is a more serious book and other books are more "easy reading", who knows? So this review may be this way because I couldn't concentrate.

I thought the book was very well written, but I just never really, "got into it". It took all I had to finish it and I often found myself skimming pages and just trying to get through the book.

The book is about the Mulvaney family. They live in New York and they live on a farm. The man of the house is Michael Mulvaney. He owns a roofing company and is a member of the Country Club. There is Corinne, a mother of 4, who loves antiques and even owns a store but can't seem to part with them because she loves and forms bonds with every single piece of delapitated furniture she buys. There is Michael "Mule" Mulvaney, Jr. who has already graduated high school and is living at home. There is Patrick "Pinch" Mulvaney who is the valedictorian, very smart and very serious. Then there is Marianne "Muffin" Mulvaney. She is very popular and very Christian, very giving and always puts others first instead of herself. Lastly, there is Judd "Ranger" Mulvaney. He is the youngest and is often the narrator of the book. Everything you see if mostly through the eyes of a child who views everyone as their hero and looks up to his brothers and sister.

A tragic thing happens to Marianne and tears the family apart. The whole book centers around about a 10-15 year span and all that happens after the incident between the family members. I really thought it was a realistic portrail of the inside of a family. No one knows how a family gets through a trying time, no one knows why some families break apart, except for the family members.

It was a long book and very tedious to read for me. Like I said, I just couldn't get into it. There were times when it was easier to read and easier to get into and then after a chapter or two, I would lose interest. But I'm glad Joyce decided to keep going with the story. There were many points that the book could have just ended and left you wondering if the family ever picked up the pieces and moved on or reunited...but Joyce continued writing to let you have a sort of "happy ending".

All in all, I'd recommend this book to people who have time to dedicate to it. It was extremely well written.

Review: The Queen of Subleties by Suzannah Dunn

Wow, look at me! Reviewing 2 books in one week! I feel so cool!

After reading Flirting With Forty, I decided to change it up a little and go for Historical Fiction. I have always been really into Henry VIII and his crazy life. But more importantly, I have always found the life of Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth fascinating. So I knew this book was going to be awesome!

Let me just say, I loved reading about Anne. I feel like Suzannah really read her history and got her attitude and personality right down to a T. Anne is charming, conceited, angry, and ambitious. She's also hilarious and has a great sense of sarcasm, which I loved.

Basically, Anne is writing or thinking about her daughter, Elizabeth, while she is up in the tower waiting to be put to death. She recounts her life and the hardships she went through to finally become Queen. I sympathised with her. I didn't realize that Anne waited MANY years for Henry to finally be free of Catherine (his first wife and mother to his daughter, Mary). Usually, in movies, you assume that their courtship happened over the span of maybe a year or two..but in fact it went on for much longer than that. She also suffered 2 miscarriages, the final being the nail in her coffin, I'm sure. At that time, Henry was already courting Jane Seymour and in the process of figuring out how to get rid of Anne. Of course, Anne never really sees that coming.

The one thing that I didn't like about the book was probably the fact that it went from the narrative voice of Anne Boleyn to the narrative voice of Lucy Cornwallis (the King's confectioner). As Anne is reminiscing about her courtship and marriage to Henry, you are then brought into the more recent "present" of Lucy's life. Each of her chapters is a new season. There is one major common factor between the two, though. That person is Mark Smeaton, one of Anne's favorite musician and someone Lucy inevitably falls in love with.

If anyone knows about this history, then you know why Mark Smeaton is important to the story. I don't know why I didn't enjoy reading about Lucy. Maybe I was just more in tune with Anne's mind and Lucy wasn't as interesting. I don't know. I do think it was an interesting way to write the book though- Different, so that why I appreciated it.

All in all, I'd say it was a good book and a nice read. Suzannah really did her homework and I really enjoyed reading The Queen of Subtleties. It makes me want to go out and buy all books that have to do with Henry the VIII and his many wives.

Review: Flirting With Forty by Jane Porter

Well, I finally finished another book. It took me long enough, right?

Flirting With Forty was probably the best escapism book that I needed. I couldn't put it down. I think it was great.

We meet Jackie who is a forty year old divorcee of a year. She has two children, William and Jessica. Jackie is an interior designer and is trying to find the balance between juggling work, children, and life, but isn't succeeding very well.

We start around Christmastime. She takes her children to get a Christmas tree. This is the first year she's had to get the tree into the house by herself and it's a big struggle. This is where you see her putting on a happy face for her kids, but she's so confused and scared on the inside.

One of her best friends, Anne, decides that she and Jackie need a girls vacation. So she books a trip to Hawaii, but has to cancel last minute because her husband is "sick" (read: doesn't want to take care of their kids by himself) and so Jackie goes on the vacation alone.

I loved Jane Porter's writing about the inner struggle Jackie has with herself. She knows she deserves to be happy, but she doesn't know how to make that happen and she's so lost as it is. After being married for 11 years and being with one man for 15 years, she doesn't know how to become a single woman who does stuff for herself.

Of course, what would Hawaii be without hot, younger surf instructors, right? Jackie meets Kai and he sounds like a dream boat the way Jane describes him...but I could do without the "bulldog tattoo" that's between his navel and the band on his board shorts. That just doesn't do anything for me, Jane. Sorry.

So for the rest of the book you watch as Jackie tries to juggle her kids, her job, her friends (who don't approve of Kai), and going to Hawaii.

Lots of crazy things happen and you truly just want Jackie to be happy. The whole time I just wanted Jackie to not care what her friends had to say and do what makes her happy. I also wanted Jackie to tell her ex-husband to mind his own business and quite being a hypocrite.

Of course, the book has a happy ending. It's a great, feel-good book and I really enjoyed Jane's style of writing and explaining the crazy way a female mind works.

*I had to edit to say:
I was very disappointed in the lack of sexy talk in this book. Very disappointed. Jane Porter, if you're going to describe a sexy hunk of a man, at least give me some sexy talk so I have something to imagine, ok? :)

Also, the Lifetime movie, doesn't really follow the book that well at all. But they never do...so oh well. It was still a cute movie and the book was still great.

Let's Try This Again...

After doing some serious thinking, I've decided to shelve my Obama love for a bit and read something that is more uplifting. Not that The Audacity of Hope isn't uplifting...it's just I need some escapism from all of this economical and political turmoil.

I think I'm about to sink my eyes and teeth into, Flirting With Forty. Yes, I've seen the Lifetime movie with Heather Locklear and Hottie-McHotterson (can't think of his name-Robert Buckley, perhaps?) Hottie-McHotterson describes him better, though...so I imagine the book will be enticing as well. I am hoping the sexy talk will be more fulfilling than the sexy talk a-la Twilight, Stephanie Meyers (Don't disappoint me, Jane Porter!!!).

So hopefully tonight, though probably not (Biggest Loser is on and I'm addicted) I should start on my escapism book.

Second Chance by Jane Green

I love girly novels. I love happy endings. I love England and I especially love when I read British novels and get to read some of the common language they use. It just cracks me up. At night time, when I would read it, I'd have a cup of tea and think of myself as so "British".... I'm a loser.

I really enjoyed Second Chance. It's a great book about self discovery. There are quite a few characters and I'll go into detail each one.

First, I'll introduce you to Tom. You never fully "meet" Tom because of a disaster at the beginning. But he brings all of our characters back together because of this disaster. He is friends with all of the characters I'll introduce you to. He is best friends with Holly....

Who is our main character. Holly is a mother of two children, in a marriage that is devoid of love, passion, and communication. She is married to Marcus, who is described MULTIPLE times as a "pompous arse"-which he is. She is unhappy, can't sleep, and does not know how to correct the loveless marriage she's in. She tries to get back in touch with Tom, but finds out about the disaster...Basically for the rest of the book, she really starts questioning her marriage and realizes how unhappy and unfullfilled she is.

Another character is Paul. Paul is married to Anna, who own's a website called "Fashionista". He is a down to earth man, as well as his wife, much to everyone's amazement. Paul and Anna are trying to have children, but are unsuccessful, even with dozens of IVF treatments.

Then there is Olivia. She is a pet rescue shop owner. She was in a relationship for 7 years with a man, unwilling to commit. He eventually moves to America-and, naturally, calls her up one day to tell her he's getting married. Fantastic. She doesn't fix herself up much, until her friend Tom hooks her up with a business acquantience named Fred. After emailing back and forth for months, they meet and eventually Olivia finds out she's pregnant.

Saffron. She's an actress, trying to make it big. She's come close to being the next big thing, but at approaching 40, her light is starting to fade. She's in AA and has been sober for quite some time. She is having an affair with a big time movie star, who's in a marriage only because of business. Once their affair is outed, she starts drinking again.

All four (or 5 if you count Tom) are childhood friends who have lost contact, except for with Tom. They all stay connected through him. After the disaster, the four of them get together before the memorial service and realize that time has taken no toll on their friendship. The foursome comes together again when their friend in need, Saffron, needs rescuing.

This is a great book. I highly recommend it. I feel like it defintely makes you think about decisions you've made or friendships you've lost contact with.

My only problem with the book was how often it changed narrative view points. It got a little dizzying (if that's even a word). Sometimes I'd have to go back a few sentences and go "Oh, wait, Holly's not narrating anymore-it's Maggie" or "Shoot, is this Olivia's viewpoint or Anna's?"

Past all that, it makes me hope I have friendships like that when I get a little older. People who still know the real me and don't judge me for it. It's a great book.

On a Happy Note!

I just got my books this afternoon from Barnes and Noble. The beautiful and lovely Smash informed me of B&N's holiday sale and I decided to hit it up!

I got 9 books for $40! How cool is that?

I can't wait to start reading them. I have about 80 pages left in Second Chance, so I'll be reading them soon!

Teaser Tuesdays!

Teaser Tuesdays: Grab your current read.Let the book fall open to a random page.Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!Please avoid spoilers!

"Before Marcus, Holly had loved expressing herself through her clothes. She had spent hours at Portobello looking for the perfect vintage dress, had always known exactly what was in and what was out that season, and even though she couldn't afford it, she could make do between Miss Selfridge, Warehouse, and the markets". Page 99 from Second Chance by Jane Green.

March by Geraldine Brooks

I finally finished reading March. It took me a while to get through because I really wanted to concentrate and really take in the book.

March is a book from the perspective of Mr. March (the dad from the book Little Women). I LOVED Little Women, so I was excited to see what this book would bring me. It begins on a battlefield during the Civil War. Mr. March is already painted as a caring, giving person as soon as you begin reading. He tries to save a soldier who doesn't know how to swim, but in the end has to let go in order to save his own life. This immediately lets you know the kind of person he is. He feels guilty for having to let go and it haunts him.

In the book, you also get to see how Mr. March and Marmee meet. It's a really nice perspective to see. Throughout the book it cuts to his younger days back when he was a peddler and somewhat of a preacher. You also find out that, after marrying Marmee, they participate in the Underground Railroad.

Mr. March also is in love with a black servant of a plantation owner. The servant makes several apperances in the book and she is really an amazing woman. One of March's recollections about his past, when he first met her (Grace), is staying at the Plantation and secretly teaching one of the slaves daughters to read. This is against the law and Grace is caught and beat in front of Mr. March. Just like the soldier's death he takes so personally, this too he considers to be his fault and never forgives himself.

Mr. March comes back in contact with Grace and is caught in a compromising situation by a fellow soldier. March is immediately reassigned in order to avoid scandal. This time he is sent to another plantation, where he is to teach the slaves. He is so excited, for he lives to teach. He stationed with a man who is a certified attorney, who is broke and making sure the crops get sowed. As with Grace, March becomes attached to many of the slaves and cares for them all. He enjoys teaching them. He also contracts a deadly fever that will probably haunt him for the rest of his life. It is one that comes back multiple times before the book is over. But the Confederate return to the plantation and try to find him (since he is teaching the slaves and therefore, obviously a N-word-I hate the word- "lover") . In order to try and get him to come out, they hurt his friend the attorney and kill a slave. But March hides.

After trying to get the slaves back from the Confederate soldiers, he again, collapses from the fever. He is taken to a boat taking patients to a hospital up North by a mute slave. This is where we see Grace again, for she is working with Surgeon Hale at Blank Hospital. Marmee gets word of his fever and where he is and is called to the hospital by the surgeon. You see a little bit of her perspective on Mr. March in these last chapters.

I won't give away what happens at the hospital, but I will say that seeing as both Marmee and Grace are at the hospital, March's secret past is bound to finally become known to Marmee.

If you know Little Women, you know that March eventually goes home to his wife and 4 daughters.

I thought it was a very good book. I enjoyed learing about Mr. March and what kind of a man he was. It is a bit of a detailed book, but I enjoyed it. If you like the Civil War era, and you liked Little Women, then I think you would enjoy March. It's more of a grown up book than Little Women, but still a good read.

Review: Dry by Augusten Burroughs

Ok, so I'm about to go to lunch, and then I'll edit this to show my full opinion on the book Dry, but I just to go ahead and post SOMETHING.

I could not put this book down at work. For 2 days I've read the 300 pages. It was so, so, so good! It makes me seriously reconsider how I felt about Running With Scissors. Maybe I should re-read it. Seriously.
Ok, so I'm going to go to lunch and then I can't wait to blog about Dry. I'll probably do a horrible job of telling just how good it is, but I'll give it a shot.

Ok...Now time for the REAL review...

Dry reminded me a lot of A Million Little Pieces by James Frey....though not entirely. Basically, Dry starts off years later, once Augusten has taken up a well paying job for an advertising company. Immediately, he sweeps you into his life of work-then booze. It seems, at least to me, to start off as just a get together with a friend at a bar...and then you realize he has a problem by the time he's on his 10th martini of the night.

You can tell from the very beginning why he's drinking. He had a traumatic childhood, his mother left him with a crazy doctor and his family, he was in a relationship with a pedophile when he was 13, and never really had a place to call "home". On top of that, he dropped out of elementary school, he has a job he doesn't like (but brings in the money), has a best friend (whom he loves-but tries to distance himself) who has HIV, and another friend who's his drinking buddy. Put all of that together, and you can imagine why he wants to drown everything with alcohol.

One would wonder how long a person could keep that kind of lifestyle up AND keep their job. Well...Augusten gets lucky and his co-workers decide to do an intervention on him one day after another long night, to which he comes to work reeking of alcohol. I'm not exactly sure how long he had been doing this-going to work late in the mornings, coming home and starting drinking...but to have co-workers care enough about you and know you're wasting your talents on alcohol, is comforting-at least to me.

Augusten goes to rehab (of course, before-which he gets plastered every night). I would say he does pretty well in rehab. He makes some friends, especially one, who is British names, Hayden. After he leaves rehab, he is supposed to go to group meetings, individual counseling sessions, and AA meetings. He keeps this up for a while, which is impressive. He meets a hot guy by the name of Foster, who is a crack addict going to the same group therapy session as him.

I really felt sorry for Augusten when he described his relationships with men. Jim, his drinking buddy, couldn't really be his friend after rehab (because Jim had to learn to change his ways-which he eventually does at the end of the book), Foster is a crack addict-who can't stay away from crack. Then there's Pighead. He's the HIV positive friend. Augusten tells of his love for Pighead, but Pighead didn't love Augusten the same way. THEN Pighead was diagnosed with HIV and soon afterwards, he realized he did, in fact, love Augusten...But at that point, it was too late. Augusten distanced himself from Pighead because he thought it would be easier once Pighead finally succumbed to the disease.

Honestly, I was pulling for Augusten the whole time. I was pulling for him to win his battle with alcoholism, to right his relationships, and get help for his friends who needed it. The end is where you really see him battling his demons and I really enjoyed reading about it. It's amazing what goes on in the mind of addicts, and what they would do to just have one more hit or one more drink, etc. I could not put this book down.

Like I said, the way he wrote this book, makes me want to go back and re-read Running With Scissors because it was fabulously written. I guess this time, when I re-read it, I won't read it during lunch :)

Dry

Ok, so even though I didn't like his book, Running With Scissors. I'm going to give Augusten Burroughs another shot with his book, Dry. I'm mostly doing this because my sister let me borrow the books and I feel I should read them and I'm out of books at home that I haven't read. Who knows? Maybe I'll like this one.

Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

Ok, so I FINALLY finished this book yesterday at lunch.

Like I said in a previous post, the book was mildly offensive and disgusting, but I'm pretty sure you can't sugar coat what goes on in your life. Augusten's book starts with his childhood and goes through to his late teens. It starts off talking about his life with his mother and father and their dysfunctional life together. They go to therapy with this doctor who immediately grosses you out by his uncleanliness and talk of sex. He even has a "masturbatorium" which is located in his office for when he feels the need to relieve himself of his sexual frustration. The thing I liked about Augusten's writing is that it's comical and you can see into this kid's thoughts and relate to him. Augusten is naive (as most kids are) and doesn't see the red flags everywhere regarding his mother's relationship with her psychiatrist.

I guess the things that disgusted me were the living conditions that he supposedly lived in at the Finch's home and some sexual encounters he had as a thirteen year old. I have no problems with gay people, but like I said before, I guess reading about that kind of stuff when you're on your lunch break isn't such a great thing.

The whole time I was wondering how on earth a person could come out a normal human being after dealing with the things that Augusten was put through...but I guess you can. He managed to get his GED and attempted college.

Final verdict:
I liked his style of writing, but it wasn't my favorite. I enjoyed some parts of the book but for the most part I didn't enjoy reading about the filth he had to live in, the weird people he lived with, his sexual encounters, and the pooping. (no, I'm not joking)
I guess it all depends on your sense of humor.....or how hungry you are while you're reading the book...because seriously, you WILL lose your appetite. And maybe I haven't been in the mood you should be in while reading about these things, so my sense of humor may be warped at the moment...I don't know. It wasn't easy for me to get through it, though I will say it was an easier read than The Memory Keepers Daughter (probably because it wasn't a very serious subject). I don't know. I guess I take things more seriously, so when reading about his life, I'm just like, "Oh my God, get out of there now!!", instead of just laughing about it and being amused at the dysfunction he lives around.

Teaser Tuesday

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:

Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
Please avoid spoilers!

From: Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

Even though I wanted to. I said, "School. I hate school."
"What are you, like eighth grade or something?"

Page 132

The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

This book was really good. I have to admit it was a little hard to get into after reading Twilight, but once the story started, I wanted to know more...

I loved the description Kim Edwards used to describe everything. You could see everything so clearly, the color of Norah's coat and how her eyes were the same color green. The color of the flowers, etc. It was wonderful. I really enjoy good visualization. It really helps me connect to the book and the story.

I have to say that it was a sad story, of course there was happiness, but it still made me sad. I think it's just the prejudice that people with Down Syndrome or any other mental defect are faced with on a day to day basis. I cannot imagine what it would have been like in the 1960's where this book begins. There are so many misconceptions and wrong judgements about people with Down Syndrome and their abilities. I enjoyed reading about Caroline and how she dealt with overcoming the stereotypes of children with Down Syndrome. How she fought for her daughter and other children's rights for an equal education.

I really enjoyed this book. I liked the way it was laid out and I liked Kim Edward's style. It was a really great story and I would definitely recommend this book to others.

Book Update

Ok, so I finished Water for Elephants Friday night. It was such a good book. I really enjoyed reading about the old days of the circus and what it's probably like in old person's mind. It makes me wonder if most of them feel like they're being treated unfairly. I absolutely loved the ending. Mostly because I was hoping that Jacob and Marlena would end up together. I hated August with a passion and at the end was completely surprised by how he met his death. :) All in all, I loved it. It had me laughing and near tears at some points. It was a great read.

The other book I just finished was "Twilight". There are no words that can sum up how I feel about that book. It was awesome. I know it may be geared towards teenagers, but I still enjoyed it. Much like I enjoyed all the Harry Potter books, which were also geared towards teenagers, but adults read, too. I really want to see the movie now, although looking at the trailor, I can tell there are going to be some things that probably weren't in the book that will happen in the movie. I always leave movies made from books disappointed. They always leave something out that I was really looking forward to seeing. But what are you going to do? I'm not the director or the screenwriter, so... Seriously though, Robert Pattinson makes me swoon. I loved him as Cedric Diggory, I know I'll love him as Edward Cullen.

The next book I'm reading is an old one I never got to, "Snow Falling on Cedars". I started it on Saturday, before I got Twilight. My co-worker is bringing me the next book in the Twilight series tomorrow, so I'll probably stop in the middle of it to feast my eyes on more Edward and Bella :)