Twilight Fanart

I've not seen very much quality fanart out there on the web for the Twilight books, so I had to share a link to one I did like. And maybe it's not your cup of tea, but hey - I like anime, too. :) I'm an oddball like that. (If they made an anime show with the Twilight characters in the Twilight world, I'd totally watch it. Just sayin'.)

Robbuz @ deviantart.com

Here are some of my favorites (click to go to the original location, click again to view full size, and get the full effect!!):

The Cullens by *Robbuz on deviantART


Edward x Bella - Hug by *Robbuz on deviantART


Eclipse Bloopers by *Robbuz on deviantART

Breaking Dawn

Don't worry, I won't post any spoilers here!

I picked up my copy of Breaking Dawn on Saturday morning, and started reading it mid-afternoon. I just finished, and oh my!! I am in awe at how much I *loved* this book. All 754 pages of it!!

I re-read all of the previous three books (Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse) over the past week (and no, I was not a very productive person this week, but oh well, half of us were sick over the course of the week, anyway!). I enjoyed them still, but I was not completely in love with them as I had been the very first (and second) times I read them. I wasn't laughing or crying my way through them. I already knew them well enough, I suppose.

But Breaking Dawn? It got me right back into the swing of things, and I was immediately sucked back into the vivid world that Stephenie Meyer creates. I laughed out loud. I cried. I felt completely elated, blissed-out. I felt hopeless. I felt sheer determination. I felt free and on top of the world. I felt powerful. I felt confused. I felt love, I felt pain. The turns that were taken in the early part of the book were things I didn't like- I rejected them at first, felt disgusted that such a perfect story would be marred. But in the end? Oh, how perfect it really was! I had no idea Stephenie Meyer could make the Twilight story turn out like it did. BEYOND my expectations, completely beyond them! The whole of it really just clicked right into place! I will never read the previous three books with the same perspectives, now. Am I allowed to call the whole thing just ... genius??

Honestly, I would re-read the whole darn thing right this minute, if I knew I could pull myself away from it all willingly tomorrow. Although I know I wouldn't be able to... and with a move just a couple weeks away from us, I just can't allow myself become unproductive for any length of time until we're settled into our new place.

BUT. If you've read Breaking Dawn, please feel free to phone or email me privately (to avoid spoiling it for others!) so I just absolutely gush with joy with someone who will understand!!

Edit to add:
After poking around on the internet a little bit, it has come to my attention that a large percentage of readers really hated this book! I'm honestly shocked! Hope my "review" doesn't raise your expectations too high, if you haven't read it, and end up not liking it. I guess I'm just a sucker for a certain kind of ending. :) I really thought it was the best of the bunch, by a long shot!

I know, I know. Twilight, again.

First, apologies to those who aren't eager fans like myself!

BUT, if you are.....

Exclusive Twilight movie scene!!
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1588451&vid=237323

Breaking Dawn sneak preview

Okay, Twilight fans! Want a sneak peak at the opening scene of Breaking Dawn Chapter 1??

Go here!!
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20203238,00.html

Twilight movie trailer!!

Wow... how awesome to get a peek into the movie! I can't wait for December! (I'm so happy about the actor they picked for Edward!!)

Twilight

Obsessed with Twilight

Many thanks to my sister Melissa, who generously gifted me with Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Collection for Christmas this year. She told me time and time again that I would just absolutely *love* them...and I was sure that I would enjoy them -- when I finally got around to reading them. There are very few books out there I haven't enjoyed, after all! But I really didn't know much about the books, besides my sister just being (what seemed like) excessively eager to get me to read them. Christmas vacation, with Jesse home from work, presented a perfect time to delve into Twilight, though, putting aside more serious reading and other projects I had a mind to do. And yes, I was instantly hooked.

I've now read all three books (currently in the series) three times each. And I want to do it again. Like...right now. I can't really describe how captured I am by the characters. I'd have to go into long details about how experiences in my life help me relate Bella, the main character. Or how the intensity of a range of emotions portrayed within the books have helped me pull out of my own semi-persistent "blah" sort of mood towards my life. There is a passion in me now that I've been missing for a long time, I guess. And how on earth did three little books do that to me? I'm not sure. All I know is that the stories seem completely magical to me. I feel what the characters feel. I experience what they do. When I read the books, I am totally, 100% immersed into their lives and perspectives. And I just don't want to leave that when the book is done! I've found fan fiction to read. Extras and "outtakes" on the author's website. Forums where I can read what other fans are saying. There's a movie to look forward to, hopefully out at the end of 2008.

But one of the biggest impacts to me, outside of the books themselves, has been that Stephenie Meyer actually included "playlists" on her website - music that inspired her while she was writing these specific stories. It's been ages since I have listened to new music. At least 4 years, I guess, since I've purchased a new album for myself. I thought it was kind of a kooky idea to check out this music, but since I'm aching for more Twilight, I did it. My MP3 player that Jesse gave me for Christmas came with a free month subscription to Rhapsody, and I basically have unlimited free transfers of songs for the duration. So I found each of the songs that she included on her website, made one giant 56-song-long playlist, and stuck it on my MP3 player. And then I listened. And ya know what? I *love* this music. Who knew? A whole mix of bands I've never or hardly heard of (like Muse, Marjorie Fair, My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park (okay, that one I'm still getting used to...), Coldplay, and so on), and nearly all the songs included just really speak to me somehow...in genres I've never been exposed to before, or at least minimally exposed to (Rock, Brit Rock, and Alternative/Punk). But wow, I love this music! It's odd to say out loud, but it feels really thrilling to find new music- for me- that I really enjoy.

My Rhapsody "Twilight" Playlist (you can listen to 25 of them for free with a free account).

At any rate... all of this - the books, the music - make me feel oddly awake and aware of myself in a way I wasn't before. I LOVE it.