Twilight - An alternative view

Twilight - An alternative view

Seducing, heart-breakingly sweet, with plenty of tension and the everyday fantasy of an average teenager. Agreed. But to me, these elements of the romance threw me in the completely opposite direction. Many people absolutely fell in LOVE with this story. I didn't. And heres why.

Was it love? True love? Or was it just "love at first sight?" Frankly, none of us would really know what the characters themselves are feeling, simply as we are not Bella or Edward. Or Stephenie Meyer. But several events points to maybe not so much love at first sight or what I believe to be "true love," but something in between.

Edward. Most likely extremely attractive, as he is a vampire. More than that, he saves Bella's life. Very sweet. But is this all there is to falling in love? Appearances - lust. Saving your life - feeling indebted, or overjoyed that someone would do that for your sake. But what about loving the person for who they are? There was not an awful lot of communication and understanding between them before Bella confessed her feelings to the reader. Is this not, in essence, lacking understanding of each others personality?

Bella. Beautiful despite her modesty. Appears to be a weak girl who tries to be strong. More lust, more induction of the feeling to protect such an innocent figure. And whats more, the very reason Edward is attracted to her is her scent, and the fact that he cannot read her mind. It seems to me that none of the reasons included loving each other on the inside. How can this be true love?

Is this all there is to love? Surely they fell in love too fast. So fast it seemed unrealistic, or as if it was simply lust, or induction of impure feelings. This idea of love, Stephenie Meyer's idea of love, to me, was sickening. And because of it, any more details on their romance made me dislike the novel even more, all because of the doubt of whether or not this was true love.

Many people thoroughly enjoyed this book. And that is fine. We are all entitled to our own opinions, and especially our own ideas of such an abstract topic as love. But the fact that this is a romance novel, and again, one that failed to show me or make me feel love, is the reason for all this critisism. Feel free to comment and tell us your opinions on this book, and why you feel that way. Maybe you can even slightly change the way I feel about this novel.

- Carmen

Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind

This book Series has been made into a tv series. though the book is very long it has interesting twists and turns. set in a fantasy world with Confessers, sorcerers and wizards. Dark lords try to destroy the world. I believe it deserves a 9 out of 10.

Artemis Fowl book 6

Hello this book rules you should read it sometime so that you know what happens to artemis when he goes back in time to rescue a lemur from himself. thats why its a paradox, it will happen foreverforeverforeverforever and forever more.... lol

The Taggerung By Brian Jacques: MASTER BLOGGER

TAGGERUNG is the 14th Redwall adventure, by Brian Jacques, and it's got everything a Redwall lover could want.The story begins in Redwall Abbey with the birth of a baby otter named Deyna. But the celebration of this happy event is short lived: the young otter is kidnapped! And who steals the baby? None other than Sawney Rath, a savage ferret who leads a murderous band of rats, weasels, and foxes. Sawney Rath and his crew have not just stolen the baby to be mean or to get ransom; this baby is very important to them. The clan believes the baby is destined to become a warrior hero. All the signs and prophecies point to this otter baby. He will be their Taggerung --- a mythic leader of ancient legend. To fulfill this important prophecy, the evil clan whisks the otter away from his devastated parents and the kind folk of the Redwall community.

Stars From Me

The Hunting of the Last Dragon - Sherryl Jordan

Hi Everyone,

After the last Sherryl Jordan book that I read turned out to be a 'hopeless, lump of pus', I was a bit reluctant to read this one. But the passage from the book that was part of the blurb, captured my attention, and I decided to give Sherryl Jordan another chance.

"High overhead, a dragon flies on coppery wings, raining down fire and destruction on all that lies below. The last of the great beasts, it wreaks havoc everywhere it flies, burning the countryside and its terrified inhabitants to grey ash and cinders with its fiery breath. Desperate and frightened, the people pray for a hero to save them...".

After reading the book, Sherryl Jordan drastically increased the little honour I had for her books. The Hunting of the Last Dragon is a terrific book, fueled with great history, touching friendship, courage, strength and the heart to keep going.

Jude is no hero. Deeply traumatized after returning to find his village a charcoaled ruin and his family dead, he is picked up by a travelling fair, where he rescues the strange yet beautiful Jing-wei from a life as a caged freak.

Eluding their pursuers, Jude and Jing-wei meet Lan, a wise old Chinese woman who straightens Jing-wei's bound and crippled feet, and reveals to Jude his destiny. He alone must kill the last dragon.

With Jing-wei's help and Lan's ancient knowledge, Jude and Jing-wei set out to destroy the beast, and embark on the perilous journey that becomes the hunting of the last dragon.

It's a great young adult book that some Eragon fans may find enjoyable.

8/10 from me.

Dark Heart

This book is by a New Zealand author who writes fantasy books. This is a second series by Kirkpatrick. it is slightly related to the first series but you do not need to read them to understand this book. if you like magic, immortals and Gods who walk the earth this book has it. I would give this book a 8 out of 10 because its still is not the best bok i have read.

T is for Trespass By Sue Grafton: MASTER BLOGGER

"The 20th Kinsey Millhone crime novel (after 2005's S Is For Slience), a gripping, if depressing, tale of identify theft and elder abuse, displays bestseller Grafton's storytelling gifts. By default, Millhone, 'a private investigator in the small Southern California town of Santa Teresa,' assumes responsibility for the well-being of an old neighbor, Gus Vronsky, injured in a fall. After Vronsky's great-niece arranges to hire a home aide, Solana Rojas, Millhone begins to suspect that Rojas is not all that she seems. Since the reader knows from the start that an unscrupulous master manipulator has stolen the Rojas persona, the plot focuses not on whodunit but on the battle of wits Millhone wages with an unconventional and formidable adversary. Grafton's mastery of dialogue and her portrayal of the limits of good intentions make this one of the series' high points, even if two violent scenes near the end tidy up the pieces a little too neatly

**** 4 STARS FROM ME

The Shadrach Trilogy - Joy Cowley

Joy Cowley unleashes the magical nature of animals with human relationships. It discovers a new, modern, meaning of life and is touching for any audience. However it is especially enjoyable for younger readers because it is simply written with ideas that anyone can deduce. In my perspective I reckon this book is not entirely fascinating or boring.

I rate this book a 7/10

Hero.Com

<---- Hello everybody this book is awwwwwwsome what it is about is that there are these four kids (Toby,Pete,Lorna,Emily) surfing the net when a lighting struk the connection and then this website pops up called Hero.com and whats about is that they get to use a bunch of powers for only a hour and then they have to stop a villan named Doc Tempest hahahahahahaha then Doc Tempest steals the mother of Toby's and lorna's mum (ohhhh nnnooo!!!!!) and Doc Tempest also wants to destory the earth so what do they do, save their mum or The world. If I had to rate this book I would give it 4.5 stars

'Snake and Lizard' by Joy Cowley

'Snake and Lizard' by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Gavin Bisho is a very short book with picture on almost every page! Not really a story with a moral or any particular outcome at all except for a great bond between a Snake and (you guessed it) a lizard.

Very quick read. Cute little story...

Um... If you have nothing to do or are looking for something to do on a quiet lunch at school or something portable to take along between events, this is the perfect little book. 

'Violence 101' by Denis Wright

'Violence 101' by Denis Wright (The blurb):

My name is Hamish Graham and this is the journal I have to write. Doesn't worry me because I'm a good writer and I'd rather write than talk any day, although I like talking to Terry. The people who run this place don't know what to make of me. Just like the last place I was in . . .

. . . I think we should have these special schools for bad kids in hard core places like Waiouru and Central Otago where you do school subjects from 8am to 1pm and then in the afternoon you do things like compulsory mountain climbing and river crossings wearing huge packs. The kids who refuse to do it would get fed bread and water until they changed their minds. I would divide them into various teams and have mock wars. Military history would be a compulsory subject. I would also make the study of violence compulsory.

Hamish Graham is intelligent, disciplined, resourceful and fearless, and scorns all weakness. His heroes include Charles Upham, Alexander the Great and Te Rauparaha - all men of action. But he is also a fourteen-year-old with an anger problem and a disturbing past, and these have landed him in a series of boys' homes for violent and troubled young offenders.

The gripping series of events following his arrival at New Horizons culminates in a desperate rescue mission on a mountain that has already claimed the lives of two young soldiers.

Definitely a book worth reading, a quick read that takes only a few hours to finish. A very interesting main character, Hamish

Graham, who cannot control his anger, leading him to do many disturbing things but interesting things. This book, like I said

before, is definitely worth reading.