Philippians 2:5-11 (NIRV)

"As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did.
In his very nature he was God. Jesus was equal with God. But Jesus didn’t take advantage of that fact. Instead, he made himself nothing. He did this by taking on the nature of a servant. He was made just like human beings. He appeared as a man. He was humble and obeyed God completely. He did this even though it led to his death. Even worse, he died on a cross!
So God lifted him up to the highest place. God gave him the name that is above every name. When the name of Jesus is spoken, everyone will kneel down to worship him. Everyone in heaven and on earth and under the earth will kneel down to worship him. Everyone’s mouth will say that Jesus Christ is Lord. And God the Father will receive the glory." Philippians 2:5-11 (NIRV)

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

What do I say? I love Twilight...

I had a new author recommended to me in late May when I had nothing new to read and no new shows on TV, so I had the first book delivered to my Kindle (which everyone should get by the way) and tried it out. Loved it, loved it, loved it. I don't care that I'm not a teenager and it is considered a "young adult" series. So, I finished Twilight (by Stephenie Meyer) and had New Moon and Eclipse delivered to my Kindle. I finished the 3 books that were out at the time in 5 days, and had to wait for three months to read the series finale.

Once the final book came out, I was extremely worried when I saw all the very low stars on Amazon. Nevertheless, I read it anyway (I mean, what 'obsessed' fan wouldn't?). (Not only did I read it, but I got it at 11pm Saturday-as soon as it was available on the Kindle-and read for about 2 hours, then skipped church to read all day Sunday, where I finished at 10pm. I had a nice 24-hours. :) ) I loved it. It "wrapped everything up in a nice neat bow." I personally love that. There is too much crap and unhappy real-life endings in the world that I want this type of ending in the books I choose to read.

I'm not going to write a summary...I'm just saying that I loved the book. It did have a happy ending, and that is what I loved about it. Everyone gets what they want and/or should in the end. Some of it is rough on people, but I think that helps keep the book in the realm of "reality" ;-) Bella gets pregnant, has a half human, half vampire child. Bella becomes a vampire and has no first-year problems. Nice. This way, we don't have to not like her as a vampire (half of the readers wanted her to become one and were probably ignoring what that would really mean - OK, its fiction, but still blood, death, and mayhem...not good.). And wow, Jacob is imprinted on Bella and Edward's daughter. Mmmmm. Problems for them, but they get through them, and this contains the answer to several problems. I liked it. Jacob is finally happy and so is Bella (although Edward seemed a little moody about the whole thing, but that kept it "real," and really, what did you expect, it is his daughter and Jacob).

I loved it, can't say enough about it. In fact, it was my favorite. If I could put the books in order of their appeal to me, it would be:

*Breaking Dawn
*Twilight
*New Moon
*Eclipse
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